Bruce Norris wins the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Clybourne Park’
The play enjoyed its West Coast premiere earlier this year at the American Conservatory Theater here in San Francisco.
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Theater Review: To Hell – but not back – in ‘No Exit’ at A.C.T.
Interestingly I found myself enjoying the backstories to No Exit more than the actual show itself.
Essential Action Productions Debut Performance: ‘Collected Stories’
Carolyn Power can do more with a quivering upper lip and and slightly furrowed brow than anyone I've seen in long time
Berkeley’s Impact Theatre turns to Kickstarter to help raise funds for next production
Continuing its tradition of breaking new ground, Impact is one of the first Bay Area theatre companies that we know of to turn to Kickstarter…
‘Enchanted April’: A little gem that lives up to its name!
For 32 years the Northside Theatre Company has brought exceptional theatre to the South Bay. Its productions invariably exceed well beyond one’s expectations. It has…
Review: ‘Chicago’ opens at Montgomery Theatre
The dancers move more like an octopus, each an appendage of the whole beast, so you can focus on individual tentacles slithering or watch the…
Theater Review: ‘Three Sisters’ lulls
Per Berkeley Rep's standards, the acting is once again superb. James Carpenter is always extraordinary. Be sure to do what I do, and seek out…
Sunflower Hour: Mockumentaries and NHL talk with Vancouver film-maker Aaron Houston
In this special film-making/NHL hockey-talk Stark Insider episode, Aaron calls in from Vancouver where he is finishing post-production on a film that explores the seedy…
Review: Urban beats of ‘Stomp’ bring standing ovations in San Jose
There was quite a bit of skilled tapping and dancing throughout the show and some of the performers such as Donisha Brown have a great…
Interview: Exploring human immortality, artificial intelligence in San Francisco
Kurzweil "believes that we're approaching a moment when computers will become intelligent, and not just intelligent but more intelligent than humans."