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Reviews and coverage of theater and performing arts in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Berkeley, and beyond. Written by ATCA critic Clinton Stark.

Rose (Lorie Goulart), Mrs. Graves (Marie Ballentine) and Lotty (Rebecca Wallace)
Culture

‘Enchanted April’: A little gem that lives up to its name!

BY STARK INSIDER — 04.18.2011
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…
Shannon Self vamps as chorine Roxie Hart, Michael Mulcahy mugs as slick lawyer Billy Flynn and Mary Kalita is vaudevillian Velma Kelly in the Marquee Production of Chicago.
Theater and Stage

Review: ‘Chicago’ opens at Montgomery Theatre

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 04.17.2011
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…
James Carpenter, Thomas Jay Ryan, Heather Wood and Bruce McKenzie perform Sarah Ruhl’s new adaptation of Three Sisters at Berkeley Rep. Photo courtesy of mellopix.com
Theater and Stage

Theater Review: ‘Three Sisters’ lulls

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.15.2011
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…
Theater and Stage

Review: Urban beats of ‘Stomp’ bring standing ovations in San Jose

BY STARK INSIDER — 04.14.2011
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…
Erin Wilson and Christina Barretti-Sigal paint and distress a set wall in the scene shop at the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Photographer: Lisa Lázár
Culture

Bay Area Stage: The Three Sisters, No Exit, Enchanted April, Collected Stories, Stomp

BY MONICA TURNER — 04.13.2011
"I'm living my life, what are you doing?"
Stark Insider Goes Behind the Scenes at SF Playhouse
Theater and Stage

SF Playhouse Behind the Scenes – Vodka noodles, crawl spaces, blood vessels

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.12.2011
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…
CHLOË BRONZAN as JULIA points out the constellation to PATRICK ALPARONE as DANNY in Trevor Allen's LOLITA ROADTRIP
Culture

Theater Review: ‘Lolita Roadtrip’ is gold liquid

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.11.2011
No question: playwright Trevor Allen has a gift.
Lost in their own worlds, Joan (Samantha Bruce) and Jim (Michael Scott Wells) reveal their romantic longings in the classic Gershwin song "The Man I Love (The Girl I Love)" in Strike Up the Band.
Culture

‘Strike up the Band’ another winner from the San Francisco Company that knows how!

BY STARK INSIDER — 04.11.2011
This wonderful production once again demonstrates the depth of talent and creativity that one has come to expect when visiting the Eureka Theatre in San…
Bad Dates - Dragon Theatre - Palo Alto
Theater and Stage

Chanel pumps and Jimmy Choo shoes: ‘Bad Dates’ opens at the Dragon

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 04.11.2011
Details like these can give a middle aged woman in frumpy, grey sweats with hair that’s gone seven ways since Sunday a modicum of credibility…
Playwright Trevor Allen with actors Chloe Bronzan and Patrick Alparone and a fire-engine '69 GTO.
Theater and Stage

Chasing Butterflies: ‘Lolita Roadtrip’ in a ’69 GTO with Trevor Allen

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.08.2011
One of his favorite Facebook status updates: "Writing..."

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