Sir Ian McKellen to receive MVFF lifetime achievement award
One of the (many) highlights of this year’s edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival is the presence of a film legend. That, of course,…
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Stark Insider Uncut: Ben Stiller (Video)
The countdown continues. In just about two weeks the 38th edition of the highly regarded Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off. In anticipation of opening night,…
SF Gay Men’s Chorus opens with ‘Crescendo Turns 10!’
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus today announced they will open its 38th season with Crescendo Turns 10! An annual fundraiser, the event features (fabulous) live…
No Waiting Period Required: Brian Copeland at the Marsh
Suicide is never too far from anyone’s mind in Silicon Valley, especially here in Palo Alto where most of us are either nursing scar tissue…
Thanks to Cy Ashley Webb for her 5 amazing years of Stark Insider theater coverage
400 articles later and she’s going stronger than ever. Earlier this month I realized that Cy Ashley Webb had hit a prolific milestone. And I…
Plastic Surgery as Last Resort: ‘Desire for Beauty’
It’s a documentary, but it could be a horror film. Desire for Beauty begins with a young, attractive Polish woman getting drawn up by a surgeon…
‘This is Our Youth’ amuses and moves at The Custom Made Theater
Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our Youth is about rich, bored, high kids in the Upper West Side of New York City in the Reagan era…
Theater News: ‘Wicked’ returns to San Francisco (Video)
Good news for fans of the untold story of the witches of Oz. Wicked (review from the Orpheum) is returning to San Francisco. Organizers today at…
‘ReOrient’ your perspective on the Middle East (Review)
Some of the best experiences I’ve had covering the San Francisco Bay Area theater scene over the years share a common characteristic: that of the unexpected. Perhaps it’s…
Eco-Theater: ‘Flying Ace and the Storm of the Century’ coming to San Francisco
UPDATED 9.19.15: High resolution photos added. Flying Ace and the Storm of the Century, created in collaboration with scientists from Columbia University’s Earth Institute, is…