San Francisco bar culture revealed in new play
Having worked at 28 San Francisco bars, Jill Vice now brings her comedic look at bar culture to the stage in 'Tipped & Tipsy'.
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Explore San Francisco and Bay Area culture through theater reviews, film, contemporary art, and creative events. Featuring original artwork by Loni Stark, film reviews by Jeanne Powell, and insights by ATCA member Clinton Stark.
Stark Insider TV continues to grow – sorry about that!
The largest online arts and entertainment channel in San Francisco celebrates 5 years of wanton mayhem, untold bloopers, and unadulterated narcissism.
Magic Theatre and Oregon Shakespeare Festival co-commission trilogy by Luis Alfaro
Luis Afaro's Oedipus el Rey was one of Stark Insider's favorite moments in San Francisco theater of the last few years.
The Call of the Drums: ‘Jerusalem’ at San Francisco Playhouse (Review)
Dykstra’s performance draws much from a young Marlon Brando’s Stanley Kowalski, such was the combination of sexuality, bourbon, and bombast.
‘Man in a Case’ at Berkeley Rep – Striking visuals, experimental performance art (Review)
Mikhail Baryshnikov stars, and might be reason enough for date night at the theater. Man in a Case seems the perfect vehicle to showcase his…
Stark Insider TV: The Art of Improv – Acting Games (Video)
Stark Insider throws out the script! Inside the mysterious and magical world of improv. Watch the acting games and techniques that unlock creativity, fearless performance.
Iconic Musical ‘The Threepenny Opera’ coming to San Jose Stage
In their opera "by and for beggars," composer Kurt Weill and playwright Bertolt Brecht created a trailblazing musical spectacle of fierce social and political critique.
The sky’s the limit
Given the general unfamiliarity with Henrietta Leavitt, Cepheid variable stars or the relationship between the period of a Cepheid and its luminosity, Gunderson brings the…
Major Barbara succumbs to Blood and Fire
Would Andrew Ryan from BioShock even stand a chance?
San Francisco Opera Announces 2014-15 Season
World premiere of Italian composer Marco Tutino’s 'La Ciociara', based on 20th-century Italian author Alberto Moravia’s novel of the same name, opens season.