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

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.
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
Stark Insider Goes Behind the Scenes at SF Playhouse

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

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.
CHLOË BRONZAN as JULIA points out the constellation to PATRICK ALPARONE as DANNY in Trevor Allen's LOLITA ROADTRIP

Theater Review: ‘Lolita Roadtrip’ is gold liquid

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.

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

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 Francisco.
Bad Dates - Dragon Theatre - Palo Alto

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

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 that would otherwise be lacking.
Playwright Trevor Allen with actors Chloe Bronzan and Patrick Alparone and a fire-engine '69 GTO.

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

One of his favorite Facebook status updates: "Writing..."
Aurora Theatre Berkeley California

Berkeley: Aurora Theatre to host annual fundraising gala in May

Funds raised at the gala event will support Aurora Theatre Company’s live performances, innovative education program, and the Global Age Project new works initiative.
Ives Quartet

Review: Ives Quartet Salon with Elinor Armer

Not being a violinist, this cracked open the door a wee touch into how the magic is made.
Snow Falling on Cedars at TheatreWorks - Mountain View

Review: ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ at TheatreWorks

Not telling a story becomes as much a way of telling the tale, as the reticence of the Japanese characters is as loud as the self-righteous Norwegian voices.