Tag: San Francisco

A Christmas Carol is the story of a withered soul reawakened through imagination. The miserly Scrooge must discover what matters in life. Even if none of us watching this show at the American Conservatory Theater are quite as far gone as Scrooge, we could all use a reminder of...

Stark Insider continues to pursue the creative impulse, and the people who bring us magic -- be it in the arts, food, film, music, or travel. In this episode Loni heads backstage at Cavalia's dazzling new show Odysseo. Be sure to subscribe to the SI YouTube channel and receive...

Clever writing and an outstanding cast make this new musical comedy a feel-good hit, all the murders notwithstanding.

Cavalia is once again in town. Odysseo, its astonishing new production, opened last month in San Francisco, and has already been extended through early 2016. So there's still plenty of time if you're looking for a fantastical family outing over the holidays. In her Stark Insider review, Cy Ashley Webb...

BAM!’s inaugural season opens with 1961 Tony winner 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying' at Marine’s Memorial Theatre

The phenomenal power generated by these dancers executing precisely articulated steps so rapidly that their lower limbs and feet blur is intensified all the more because, as with most Irish dances of this style, the upper torso remains absolutely still.

You don’t have to be familiar with yelling, “Where’s the duck tape? Where’s the Stage Manager?” or even have pondered how good actors can have sex with bad actors to delight in this well-paced wonder.

The daunting power behind even one of these animals galloping across stage leaves you breathless, even before humans engage them in Roman and western trick riding.

Superficially, the execution appears unremarkable until it hits that your brain has been stolen by the shape of the entire dance, moving on the stage like a school of fish, leaving you more aware of the geometries that power it forward.

30 new plays by 31 local writers make for imaginative evening of theater.