Stage Picks: HIR at Magic, Gidion’s Knot at Aurora, Threepenny Opera at SJ Stage, PBO at Bing
San Jose Stage (the company that never says never) brings the iconic musical 'The Threepenny Opera' to life as part of its 31st season.
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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.
Brian Copeland: Back at The Marsh (Review)
He’s smarter with this material, more of a storyteller and more of a philosopher. Only for the briefest of moments did he threaten to start…
How We First Met: Clint and Loni Stark’s Untold Story (Video)
The plan was to pop the question to Loni. But everything was unraveling. We were arguing incessantly - "creative differences". So would it be the…
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'.
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.