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On Stage: Oy of Sex, Snow Queen, Little Women, A Christmas Carol, Swell Noel, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play

BY MONICA TURNER — 12.06.2013

The annual Stark Insider don't-miss holiday show round-up. Including Oy of Sex, Snow Queen, Little Women, A Christmas Carol, Swell Noel, It's a Wonderful Life:…

Cameras & Filmmaking

Behind the Scenes of ‘Morado’ (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.05.2013

In 2006 we bought a little plot of land at the Loreto Bay development. It's one of our favorite locations to shoot Stark Insider travel…

Culture

Going Red for Christmas: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play’ at SJ Stage (Review)

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 12.03.2013

Stephen Hilliard’s costumes could be out of a 1940’s Vogue… and his costumes for men are equally memorable.

Culture

The Bay Area celebrates 50 years of Fiddler on the Roof

BY MONICA TURNER — 12.02.2013

Although the story of 'Fiddler on the Roof' is based on the experience of Jews in rural Eastern Europe, its resonance goes far beyond the…

Culture

The Book of Mormon: Irreverent, adolescent, sophisticated, brazen, hysterical, and just plain fun (Review)

BY STARK INSIDER — 11.30.2013

I was curious and eager to see this show at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco the night before Thanksgiving, having had the good fortune…

Culture

Berkeley Rep: A breathtaking ‘Tristan & Yseult’ (Review)

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 11.29.2013

While this is so not Wagner (unless of course, you can imagine clapping along to Wagner, or Wagner with a lot of balloons, or Wagner…

Cameras & Filmmaking

‘My American Pantry’ ambitious, creative food project

BY LONI STARK — 11.26.2013

Watch this jaw-dropping aerial footage from an octocopter shooting Andrea Blum's 'My American Pantry' regional foods project.

Culture

Oakland Redemption: Brian Copeland at the Marsh

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 11.26.2013

Just as the hungry know more about the value of food than any foodie gourmet, Copeland knows more about hope and Christmas miracles than any…

Culture

Berkeley Symphony announces 2013-2014 Under Construction Composers

BY MONICA TURNER — 11.25.2013

Brand new orchestral works by four emerging composers: Sivan Eldar, B.P. herrington, Euben Naeff, and Nicholas S. Omiccioli.

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Sex and death at Magic Theatre: ‘Arlington’ (Review)

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 11.25.2013

Her entire role is sung, and we see her singing the way some of us write: tentatively, figuring the world out, one word at a…