Review: A beautiful mind in ‘The Other Place’
This is the beauty of this play; what appears ordinary on the surface is anything but, and we find ourselves asking questions, contemplating the various…
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Stark Insider TV: Sin deconstructed at ‘The Screwtape Letters’ (Video)
Is it wrong to admit that adopting a world view from the devil's perspective from time to time stokes my inner Guy Woodhouse? After all,…
‘Anything Goes’ – Cole Porter at his best
Stephane Alwyn’s portrayal, both in terms of singing and acting, is a spot on evocation of the style and essence of a debonair leading man…
Stark Insider TV: Lady Antebellum, Dana Carvey entertain at concert for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital (Video)
I wondered: could Dana Carvey do a Mitt Romney impression? Turns out, yes he can. Well sort of. Watch this special episode of Stark Insider…
Film Critic Roger Ebert to receive award from Robert Redford at L.A. Benefit
Ebert follows in the footsteps of philanthropist and Sundance Institute Trustee George Gund, who was the first to receive the award.
Review: ‘Benjamin Britten Centennial’ at New Century
The first movement, “Boisterous Bourée” took me straight back to my high school music comp class.
San Francisco: To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation to hold 17th Annual Gala
Models will wear fashions from UKO, Macy’s, Alice Becker, Banana Republic, Eileen Fisher, West Coast Leather, and Rogue.
Review: ‘Beauty’ in all its forms by The DanceWright Project
'Beauty' opens with the lead female sleeping on a couch. She is awakened by dancer Ismael Alvarez, who leers over her. They begin a pas…
‘Doubt, A Parable’ – Certainty can stifle the truth
This taut, engrossing masterpiece does not confine itself to the cerebral, with the more inspirational and human interludes taking place in the remaining two sections…
Dustin Hoffman, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton to attend Mill Valley Film Festival (Preview)
The 35th edition of MVFF opens October 4 with films Silver Linings Playbook and On the Road and runs for ten days.