Berkeley: Impact Theatre announces 2011-12 season
The season features a piquant slate of two Bay Area premieres, an action-packed classic, and a world premiere play by Bay Area rising star Lauren…
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St. Benedict’s Rule touches Silicon Valley and beyond
With the church plunged into darkness save for the lit candles on the altar, seemingly disembodied voices waft down from the choir loft for a…
Opera San Jose Backstage: La bohème (Trailer Park Boys edition)
It might be just a bit of a leap from 19th century Paris to the misadventures of the boys up in Nova Scotia, but darn…
San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra celebrates Britweek and the ‘Ring’ cycle
The San Francisco Opera’s 2011 production of the four-opera cycle of Wagner’s The Ring of the Niebelungs has generated world-wide excitement, not only for the…
Linda Park to star in Gotanda play at the San Jose Rep
Linda Park was raised in San Jose and is best known for her portrayal of communications officer Hoshi Sato in the television series Star Trek:…
Elegant and Warm: Weigang Li and Melvin Chen
Schoenberg’s essay ‘‘Brahms, the Progressive’’ appearing in Style and Idea (1950) declared that ‘‘composing is a slowed-down improvisation.’’ This is a good thought to keep…
‘Altar Boyz’ in Palo Alto: Evangelism has never been more fun
The Palo Alto Players’ 80-year tradition of bringing exceptional theatre to the South Bay has never been more entertaining.
Berkeley Rep’s ‘Onstage’ gala raises record $587,000
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown was on hand and egged the crowd on when the auctioneer announced bidders could win an exclusive dinner with…
San Jose: Religion collides with science in ‘Galileo’s Daughters’
Among Galileo Galilei's more radical notions was heliocentricism, which suggested that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the known universe.
San Francisco: Blue Man Group to play Golden Gate Theatre in May
Although Blue Man Group has toured previously with its Megastar arena rock show, this marks the first theatrical production to tour North America. The theatrical…