Aurora Adds Additional Extension Performance for FAT PIG

Great news! FAT PIG at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley has been extended. If you get a chance it's a highly recommended show. Don't forget to watch our interview with the star of the show, actress Liliane Klein. And here is the link to the StarkSilverCreek review by Clinton Stark. In...
The Waiting Period - Brian Copeland

No Waiting Period Required: Brian Copeland at the Marsh

Suicide is never too far from anyone’s mind in Silicon Valley, especially here in Palo Alto where most of us are either nursing scar tissue or harboring a worrisome suspicion that we’ve created a coal mine for so many canaries.

The Waltz, the Waltz… Do you Hear a Waltz?

This comparison of European and American attitudes toward marital fidelity suggests that while Americans aren’t as sophisticated as we like to think, we were far more sophisticated in the early ‘60s than we tend to remember.

A Dream of Freedom: ‘Cavalia’ review, plus rare video interview with founder Normand Latourelle

The thundering of the horse hooves, the mysteries of the video and even the cool air that hits the audience in the face when it rains on stage are guaranteed to take you out of your virtual life and get you re-centered back in the world of your senses.

Hardly Child’s Play: ‘The Great Pretender’ at TheatreWorks (Review)

This script is so strong, in part, because the playwright avoids the prescriptive; instead, he provides four rich characters with whom you genuinely want to spend time.

Taking the Political Drama Elsewhere: ‘Warrior Class’

Lin's created that most unlikely of beasts: a play that unwraps itself slowly and thoughtfully with nary a slow moment.

Film Review: ‘Raspberry Magic’

As a guy it pains me sometimes to use adjectives such as cute, charming, delightful. But these are entirely appropriate for the latest Cinequest screener I watched called Raspberry Magic. Of a strong group of films so far, it may be the best yet. The story is centered around a...
A.C.T. San Francisco

The women of A.C.T. to perform ‘The Vagina Monologues’

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.

‘The Kite Runner’ World Premiere: A thousand splendid standing ovations

I read Khaled Hosseini's novel, "The Kite Runner", over a year ago and still to this day, recall the story vividly. Even when these images fade, the emotional impact does not. And so I wondered. How would such a powerful story translate into a stage play?
The Eva Trilogy Review - Magic Theatre, San Francisco

A new Irish epic at Magic Theatre

Multi-part epics are always intimidating. They’re a big commitment to make in advance, and there’s a sense of failure if you don’t see them through. No one wants to be the quitter who only saw Voyage (in Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia) or Das Rheingold (in Wagner’s Ring cycle)....