Among Galileo Galilei's more radical notions was heliocentricism, which suggested that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the known universe.

Interestingly I found myself enjoying the backstories to No Exit more than the actual show itself.

Carolyn Power can do more with a quivering upper lip and and slightly furrowed brow than anyone I've seen in long time

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 earned your wholehearted support!

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 whole beast move across the stage. I’d love to see this number again and again.

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 every one of his performances - they are timeless gems, over and over again.

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 skill at taking a beat and transforming it into an all out musical outburst of energy.

"I'm living my life, what are you doing?"

In March 2009, with the opening of San Jose Rep's exceptional 'The Kite Runner', we inaugurated the theater section here on Stark Insider. Since that time, SF Playhouse has consistently garnered some of our highest praise.

No question: playwright Trevor Allen has a gift.