Valley of the Heart: What is this Promised Land, this California? (Review)
Valley of the Heart is that big: an epic multi-generational story, larger in scope than the Grapes of Wrath, and worth every one of the…
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Explore San Francisco and Bay Area culture through theater reviews, film, contemporary art, and creative events. Featuring original artwork by Loni Stark, film reviews by Jeanne Powell, and insights by ATCA member Clinton Stark.
A mesmerizing mermaid tale at Cutting Ball Theater
Ilana Walder-Biesanz reviews the World Premiere of a new play by Katharine Sherman about Ondine, a water sprite.
Goo Goo Dolls to headline Yountville Live
The word is in. Goo Goo Dolls, American Idol winner Kris Allen, Mayer Hawthorne and Plain White T’s are among the artists scheduled to perform…
Phantom of the Opera tops Broadway San Jose’s new season (Video)
Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Llyod Webber’s famed The Phantom of the Opera leads the upcoming Broadway San Jose season. Revealed today, the eight…
Only Art Forgives: Because. Refn Red LEDs.
Somewhere in Sonoma, under tall redwoods, I test the Canon C100 Mark II camera. Loni dons the goth. I push record. And here's what happens...
The Nether is a 90 minute heart-in-mouth experience
Instead of a futuristic netherland, this Jennifer Haley play feels like a virtual Second Life crossed with regions of the dark web, with forays down…
Lions, tigers, bears, and men lurking behind curtains
Not only does the script retain dialogue essential to the spirit of the thing, it's iconic moments give you the same hit as the original,…
‘Jersey Boys’ and those Jersey contradictions
“Jersey Boys” gets that part right – gets part of that whole New Jersey thing - in a way that seems unimaginable. Wow… New Jersey.…
What a Wonderful World! ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ (Review)
Looking at the cultural cradle that these greats rock out of, we reconstitute ourselves again, not as polarized ions, clinging to one positive or negative…
Lucky Us: ‘Irving Berlin’ at TheatreWorks (Review)
Every move of Felder’s seems carefully calibrated to a degree that would be stagey on a lesser actor. Here, however, it gives rise to a…