Stage Picks: HIR at Magic, Gidion’s Knot at Aurora, Threepenny Opera at SJ Stage, PBO at Bing
San Jose Stage (the company that never says never) brings the iconic musical 'The Threepenny Opera' to life as part of its 31st season.
What’s Happening
Bay Area events, film festivals, art shows, and local happenings. Weekly updates on what’s going on in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
San Francisco bar culture revealed in new play
Having worked at 28 San Francisco bars, Jill Vice now brings her comedic look at bar culture to the stage in 'Tipped & Tipsy'.
Magic Theatre and Oregon Shakespeare Festival co-commission trilogy by Luis Alfaro
Luis Afaro's Oedipus el Rey was one of Stark Insider's favorite moments in San Francisco theater of the last few years.
Iconic Musical ‘The Threepenny Opera’ coming to San Jose Stage
In their opera "by and for beggars," composer Kurt Weill and playwright Bertolt Brecht created a trailblazing musical spectacle of fierce social and political critique.
San Francisco Opera Announces 2014-15 Season
World premiere of Italian composer Marco Tutino’s 'La Ciociara', based on 20th-century Italian author Alberto Moravia’s novel of the same name, opens season.
Berkeley Rep: 10th Anniversary Production of Brian Copeland’s ‘Not a Genuine Black Man’
After over 700 performances in its initial seven-year run in more than 30 cities including San Francisco and Los Angeles, as well as off Broadway,…
California Shakespeare Theater Kicks Off Its 40th Anniversary Celebration With All-Female Twelfth Night
Nationally-renowned director Michelle Hensley to direct Shakespeare’s classic comedy to tour homeless shelters and other community settings, and low-cost public performances at Intersection for the…
On Stage: Oy of Sex, Snow Queen, Little Women, A Christmas Carol, Swell Noel, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play
The annual Stark Insider don't-miss holiday show round-up. Including Oy of Sex, Snow Queen, Little Women, A Christmas Carol, Swell Noel, It's a Wonderful Life:…
The Bay Area celebrates 50 years of Fiddler on the Roof
Although the story of 'Fiddler on the Roof' is based on the experience of Jews in rural Eastern Europe, its resonance goes far beyond the…
Berkeley Symphony announces 2013-2014 Under Construction Composers
Brand new orchestral works by four emerging composers: Sivan Eldar, B.P. herrington, Euben Naeff, and Nicholas S. Omiccioli.