Zheng Cao wins audience with PBO
Central to the piece were the hints of Carabino (a piece sung by both Flicka and Cao – who both donned buckles worn by Maria…
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African-American Shakespeare Company closes its 16th season with ‘Twelfth Night’
This film noir-inspired production of Twelfth Night, The Bard’s most popular comedy, gets a provocative re-setting in the mid-1940s.
Theater Review: Powerful ‘Ruined’ at Berkeley Rep
This is the kind of play where you just know it's not going to turn out well... that there will be bloodshed, tears, and certainly…
What’s Happening: Ehler’s Wine, Berkeley Ruined, Cinequest, CFO Roundtable (Plus: Call for writers)
"A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do…
Stark Insider TV: Cinequest Film Festival opening night
Mayor Chuck Reed had one of my favorite lines of the night when he implored the standing only room crowd at the California Theatre to…
John Turturro receives ‘Maverick’ award at Cinequest Film Festival
His fourth directorial outing, Passione, kicked off the festival and screened before a sold-out audience at the majestic California Theatre.
Stark Insider TV: Disney on Ice – Let’s Celebrate!
The show was in town at the HP Pavilion in San Jose over the weekend and is now headed up to Oakland arena before continuing…
Review: Ives Quartet
With a hint of Spanish tunes, interspersed with chromatic passages from Freier and Mussumeli, I never knew that a string quartet could possibly sound this…
‘The Eccentricities of a Nightingale’ coming to Berkeley
Filled with all of the majestic themes, oversized characters, and gentle poetry that earned Williams his exalted position in American theater, The Eccentricities of a…
Theater Review: ‘On the Waterfront’ knocks out San Jose
For instance, during the "It's you Charley" scene, perhaps the most famous of all, sitting in the back of the car Moreno delivers the classic…