Tag: San Francisco

The Living Legacy of American Bach Soloists

The American Bach Soloists and Jeffrey Thomas are the bomb. Hosting voices so lithe and spirited, the First Congregational Church in Berkeley could have levitated without the audience being aware. In retrospect, it just may have.

Things to Do San Francisco: Cochon 555 Pork Competition (Video)

It's time for Cochon 555 San Francisco. Which Chef will be anointed "Prince or Princess of Porc"?

San Francisco Street Walk, ‘Palo Alto’ SFIFF screening (Video)

Scene in San Francisco, post SFIFF screening of Gia Coppola's PALO ALTO.

Review: Mario Frangoulis at the Nourse

His voice was so strong that he could have blown away the entire Nourse Auditorium if he dispensed with the mic.

Juditha Triumphans a Triumph

LaBelle could sing ASCII code and still make you weak in the knees. Genaux could do the same, all the while convincing you that the most heart-rending drama just taken place.

Every Five Minutes

Rod Gnapp, as so many already know around the San Francisco Bay Area, is the man. His performance here is #epic.

Bay Area Stage: Game On, Every Five Minutes, Live in the Vineyard, Hound of the Baskervilles

Spring is here, see a show! Silicon Valley this week: San Jose Rep, Magic Theatre, Live in the Vineyard, TheatreWorks.

Stark Insider Celebrates 5 Years of SF Bay Area Theater

Loni Stark's March 28, 2009 review of The Kite Runner would mark Stark Insider's first ever theater review. Thank you for 5 amazing years.

‘Venus in Fur’ a laugh-aloud thriller

Meaney’s take on the seemingly flaky, abrasive actress who arrives late for an audition eases the audience into these transitions, at least until the realization dawns that she’s left much unrevealed as she deftly transitions to the character she plays.

Theater Review: ‘Bauer’ and the art of not painting

When we hear of "tortured souls" surely artist Rudolph Bauer would rise to the top of the list. Guggenheim called him "the greatest living painter." So why did Bauer stop painting?