San Francisco theater critics circle announces 2011 nominees
The Critics Circle gives awards for excellence in three categories: Theatres with 99 seats or less; 100-300 seats; and Over 300 seats. Awards Ceremony &…
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Stark Theater Beat
This week in San Francisco Bay Area Theater: Buried Child at San Jose Stage, A Doctor in Spite of Himself at Berkeley Rep, Green Whales…
Premiere Napa Valley and Monster Trucks?
Winery marketing and PR teams are no doubt burning the midnight oil. Over the past few months (yes, months) we've been receiving a crazy number…
SF Fringe Festival announces shows for 2012
Shows include 25 from the Bay Area and feature companies from – besides San Francisco - Oakland, Berkeley, Pacifica, San Anselmo, Lafayette, Auburn, Fresno, Walnut…
American Dream deconstructed Casey Anthony style in ‘Buried Child’
By the time slacker Bradley is crawling, semi-chasing Vince through the house in an attempt to recover his prosthetic leg, the family is in full…
Review: ‘A Doctor in Spite of Himself’ a mishy-mashy mash-up
There's a neat trick involving puppets at the beginning of the show, which repeats at the end under a striking moon lit evening sky. Once…
Theater Review: ‘Green Whales’ – Sympathy for the Devil?
Gloria McDonald and Sara Luna lead a superb cast of four that capture the just the right tone of comic desperation without ever lapsing into…
Bay Area Stage: Buried Child, Doctor in Spite of Himself, Scorched, Mamma Mia!, Tontlawald
We have shows in today's edition from San Francisco (A.C.T., SHN, Cutting Ball), down to San Jose (San Jose Stage), and back up the other…
Philip Kaufman to receive award at Cinequest writers celebration
Based in San Francisco, Kaufman's work - including Raiders of the Lost Ark - is outspoken and confident, fiercely independent and liberally seasoned with wide-eyed…
“Right now” the perfect time to make an independent film (interview)
With low-cost, high quality gear now readily available, such as the amazing RED system which Nguyen used to shoot his first feature, the emphasis is…