To Do: ‘Rock the Garden’ outdoor performance festival at Montalvo Arts Center
The Montalvo Arts Center is easily one of our favorite places when looking for interesting events and things to do. Case in point: next month…
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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.
There Will be Hair: The Wolfpack (Review)
Alert: potential spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen The Wolfpack I recommend you see it first, before reading this or any other review. The less…
Love and Information: Your Twitter stream performed live on stage
Life and the over-sharing economy. New Strand Theater opens with play that reflects ourselves in an era of 140-character rants, aimless streams, and (ugh) obligatory…
On Location: The Strand inaugural production (Video)
“We think this is our big red clown nose, right in the middle of Market Street.” Artistic director Carey Perloff made if official last night.…
‘Live from New York!’ an entertaining, revealing look at the comedy institution known as SNL
New documentary re-visits 40 years of Saturday Night Live's influence and impact on comedy, and American culture.
Making it Real: ‘The Illusionists’ are no disappearing act
The audience was jollied along by host Jeff Hobson, aka the Trickster, who had fewer sequins than Liberace, but nonetheless wore his over-the-top fabulousity with…
San Jose Stage Rocks it with ‘Addams Family’ (Review)
A must-see summer treat, now playing downtown San Jose.
BTS: The Addams Family Broadway Musical (Video)
Backstage at the Broadway musical Addams Family. Diving deep into the macabre comedy, and mind of cartoonist Charles Addams.
Fallen Angels flying high at TheatreWorks
If you want someone who can go from 1 to 100 on the loonymeter, while managing to look drop dead gorgeous with seven sheets to…
Starting up in Berkeley: Inaugural Bay Area Book Festival
Dr. Bonyfide (Jin An Wong) sagely pronounced “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom,” as he showed Know Yourself PBC's latest offerings, while Kim…