Ojai North! at Berkeley: Mark Morris, Stravinsky and more
Morris’ dancers aren’t the usual ballet clones of perfection, but appear more like you and I on a particularly god-like day, making them seem more…
Culture
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: Reefer Madness the Musical (On Set)
Join Loni of Stark Insider TV as she heads on set at San Jose Stage. Anything can, and does, happen. Who said Twizzlers (oops, I…
Review: ‘George Gershwin Alone’ at Berkeley Rep
Like Copland, Gershwin was the foreigner who created American music, mirroring us back to ourselves.
Reefer Madness! In San Jose!
"Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death."
Marvel Comics, Opera Parallèle & Gesualdo, Prince of Darkness
Gesualdo is better known as a cuckold who killed his wife, her servant and her lover - a story that rates as prime operatic plot…
Loni goes Zombie (Video)
How on earth she ends up showcasing her inner Zombie is a mystery likely solved only at the Federal level (hint: 1936).
Wild at TheatreWorks: ‘Wild with Happy’
Costumer designer Brandin Barón developed the true shocker – a 1970’s wardrobe that isn’t an affront to the dignity of the characters.
Back home with American Idiot
It is entirely possible that American Idiot is one of those ephemeral miracles that can’t exist outside of a particular point in time. It’s worth…
Dear Elizabeth
Crazy thought. What if... what if a pregnant playwright some day in the future read through all the correspondence between you and Robert, those occasionally…