Tag: San Francisco

Theresa Rebeck is back, December 7 Magic Theatre

Don’t miss this intimate evening with a master writer! Pulitzer Prize Nominated and Emmy Award winning Theresa Rebeck will join us in San Francisco to dish up juicy conversation about working in theatre, television, and film. An engaging and spirited speaker with a unique perspective on the...

Train wreck alert: Gavin Newsom on how not to give an interview (video)

Got to hand it to CBS for this interview, maybe. Not holding back the punches, they let some obvious bad blood spillover here to challenge the recently media-shy (and often sick) San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom on a series of not-so-fun topics: the city's deficit, his pattern of cancelling...

SF Opera’s Otello – The Chronicle got it wrong

On Saturday November 21 I had the good fortune to take in SF Opera's production of Otello, starring the South African tenor Johan Botha as Otello, Bulgarian soprano Zvetelina Vassileva as Otello's doomed wife Desdemona, and Italian baritone Marco Vratogna as the purely evil Iago. I was not...

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

"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 SF Playhouse. It's one of several, pithy lines that occasionally inject entertainment value into the otherwise uneven gender-bending production. The pieces don't add up and instead of a...

‘She Stoops to Comedy’ opens tomorrow at SF Playhouse

Gender-bending romance is in the air this weekend at SF Playhouse with the opening of David Greenspan's She Stoops to Comedy. The play continues the 09/10 "Power of Laughter" theme; last seen at the Playhouse was the hilarious First Day of School (review). The new production hints at Shakespeare's As...
Live Sushi San Francisco - Restaurant Review

‘Live Sushi’ before live theater, a delicious combination

The Crazy Monkey roll, like the spicy tuna roll, had the right balance between the outside rice and the ingredients placed in the center of the roll.

Expanded SSC coverage now includes San Francisco Opera and Opera San Jose

Arias and symphonies! We're very excited to be now working with San Francisco Opera and Opera San Jose. Look for continued coverage here throughout the season as we bring some of the most in-depth, Twitter and Web 2.0-friendly, behind the scenes style, personable stories, videos among all the media, new...

Gone in 60 Seconds: Opera, Art, Glasses, Berkeley!

Also, Loni in East Coast studio! Follow Stark Insider on Twitter: @StarkInsider. https://vimeo.com/7524698

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

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 Verdi's masterpiece displays both the blinding power of jealousy and its tragic consequences. It was a surprisingly sunny day in San Francisco, but once the...

Sneak peek: New SSC tech

Did you know Loni used to work at the E! Channel? https://vimeo.com/7466161 From our "labs". Got the OK from Clint to show some the things we're working on. More below. https://vimeo.com/7464412