A couple divided by faith and separated by a deadly accident is the basis for Next Fall, the topical drama by Geoffrey Nauffts that was well-received on Broadway a few years ago. Though it never quite merits the praise lavished upon its initial runs, the skillfully staged Bay Area premiere of Next Fall at San Jose Rep, directed by Kirsten Brandt, is nonetheless something to behold.
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Plans for a new Little Italy emerged shortly before Paesano opened, making the restaurant a giant piece of the puzzle of restoring the historic neighborhood. After all, what is a Little Italy without a good Italian restaurant? Answer: It’s a grandmother that can’t cook.
One doesn’t have to be a wrasslin’ fan to enjoy the The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, but it wouldn’t hurt. This play by Kristoffer Diaz stresses both the artifice and artistry of pro-wrestling, and its spectacle is fully utilized by San Jose Stage in a production directed by Jonathan Williams.
Honey Creek Cafe in Mountain View is beginning to attract those savvy diners who know that boba and tea drinks are just the tip of the iceberg.
From finding costumes to trick-or-treating with the tots to fun for adult ghouls and goblins, we’ve highlighted a couple ways to get the most of the Halloween season in the South Bay.
Winter is almost upon us, which means snowboarding and skiing are right around the corner. The Snow Bomb Ski and Board Festival will help kick off snow season in the Bay Area. According to founder Jim McAlpine, the draw is that it isn’t a typical snow-season expo.
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination celebrates the movie series at San Jose’s Tech Museum with a 10,000 square foot exhibition that features a host of original costumes, models and props from all six of the franchise’s movies, along with a variety of hands-on and interactive displays that educate visitors about subjects such as robotics, space travel, prosthetics and more.
Extreme hunger leads a man to a drastic decision in the play Macario, making its world premiere at Teatro Visión.
Though Nirvanaah does serve cassata (and some other Indian desserts), it’s the ice cream that’s the highlight, which they partner with New Jersey ice cream plant Kwality to make. A lot of the flavors are familiar in Indian cuisine, even if not usually found in ice cream form. Sitaphal, for instance is a common tropical fruit that looks like an artichoke, but tastes like a sweet apple. Chickoo is a fruit popular in India that tastes similar to a pear.
Director Dennis Nahat confronted many different kinds of choreography in creating the show Yulan. From fundraising to building its infrastructure from scratch to navigating visas, it has required some fancy footwork.
