Review: Ragnar Bohlin conducts ‘Bach’s B minor Mass’ at San Francisco Symphony
Each passage totally exhausts the possibility of what can be done with this material, leaving the audience amazed and stunned at what can be done…
Theater and Stage
Reviews and coverage of theater and performing arts in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Berkeley, and beyond. Written by ATCA critic Clinton Stark.
Cuckoo’s Nest at Broadway West: Timeless story about the indomitability of the human spirit
The creative design elements of the shocking opening scene augur well for what is yet to come.
Teatro ZinZanni San Francisco: ‘Caliente’ heats up the Spiegeltent
The three hour show included all that we love about ZinZanni - a great 5 course meal, crowd involvement in riotous competitions and performances, spell…
Theater Review: ‘Equus’ at City Lights, San Jose
This multi-layered tale of a young man’s mental instability is perfectly delivered by one of the most stellar casts that City Lights Theatre has put…
Wirehead: Viagra for the Mind
A “wirehead” is a human with an intracranially implanted “z drive.”
Cutting Ball San Francisco: Experimental theatre at its best
Quirkly and self-referential, O’Hare can do more with her cheekbones than many actresses can do with the entire body.
Theater Review: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Broadway San Jose
It is a testament to the universality of the family of man that this endearing story, steeped in Jewish traditions from the shetls of Eastern…
Theater Review: ‘Sex and Death: A night with Harold Pinter’
Pinter’s examination of the games that people play suggests that one’s emotions are not so easily compartmentalized.
Berkeley: Aurora Theatre Company announces 20th anniversary season
"We look upon this juncture in our history as an opportunity for so many of us who have been a part of Aurora from its…
Review: ‘The North Pool’ strikes home in Palo Alto
The 2009 suicides of Gunn High School students are still very close to us here, not the least because the number of deaths was far…