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Theater review: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Berkeley Playhouse, first class family entertainment

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.24.2009

Through-and-through, fantastic! Yet again I’m impressed with the quality of family entertainment Berkeley Playhouse offers its lucky theater goers. A packed house of kids and…

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SF Opera’s Otello – The Chronicle got it wrong

BY STARK INSIDER — 11.23.2009

By Eugene Lee On Saturday November 21 I had the good fortune to take in SF Opera’s production of Otello, starring the South African tenor…

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Theater review: ‘The Seafarer’ at San Jose Stage Company

BY STARK INSIDER — 11.23.2009

The Devil is in the Delivery

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Theater review: ‘She Stoops to Comedy’ West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.22.2009

“It’s a pseudo documentary about reality in the theater,” says one of the characters/actors in David Greenspan’s She Stoops to Comedy which premiered last night at…

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Script Club at Aurora Theatre Company November 30

BY MONICA TURNER — 11.17.2009

AURORA THEATRE COMPANY SCRIPT CLUB New installment examines LaBute and Williams Monday, November 30, 2009, 7:30pm WHAT: Berkeley’s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the second Aurora…

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Theater review: Side Man, singing the Blues at the Dragon Theatre

BY STARK INSIDER — 11.15.2009

Guest post by Pat Reardon. Sideman: A sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he…

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Theater review: ‘FAT PIG’ a captivating take on self-image in America

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.09.2009

Near the end of Fat Pig, a no-holds barred look at how we think about ourselves and others, plus-size Helen says, “I would change for…

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San Francisco Opera: Verdi’s ‘Otello’ intoxicates with jealousy and glorious arias

BY LONI STARK — 11.09.2009

Otello, often considered one of Verdi’s grandest and most challenging operas, is based on Shakespeare’s play by the same name. San Francisco Opera’s enactment of…

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‘Mrs. Whitney’ delights with humor while devulging love’s desperation

BY LONI STARK — 11.03.2009

This past Friday, I attended a John Kolvenbach marathon at Magic Theatre—a double dose of comedy and heartbreak starting with Goldfish and concluding with Mrs. Whitney.…

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Theater review: ‘November’ a turkey

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.01.2009

Talk about a disappointment, and then some. Based on expectations and early hype, we had high hope for the political satire November now playing at…