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San Jose Repertory Theatre celebrates 25 SF Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Award nominations
What's Happening: Film and Arts
San Jose Repertory Theatre celebrates 25 SF Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Award nominations
by Chris Wright | 03.12.10 | Comment

The San Jose Rep Theatre received a grand total of twenty-five nominations from the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle for outstanding productions. The Kite Runner, As You Like It and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling ...

Bravo!
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announce 2009 nominees
by Clinton Stark | 03.12.10 | Comment
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announce 2009 nominees

San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle (SFBATCC) announced the 2009 nominees earlier this week. The list is below, but fair warning: you may want to block off a few hours, or even next week, to get through ...

Theater News
San Jose Rep Theatre responds to auditors report on financial outlook
by Clinton Stark | 03.11.10 | Comment
San Jose Rep Theatre responds to auditors report on financial outlook

The San Jose Rep has issued a formal response to concerns arising from an auditor report that questions the financial viability of the flagship theater. According to the report, with an operating loss of over $400,000, the theater ...

Film News
Cinequest Film Festival: It’s a wrap
by Clinton Stark | 03.07.10 | Comment
Cinequest Film Festival: It’s a wrap

Although the closing ceremony and awards took place last night along with the screening of Mother at the California Theatre, Cinequest Film Festival 20 officially comes to a close today.

For the first time an “encore day” was added. ...

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Cinequest and Adobe roll out the red carpet for aspiring filmmakers
by Clinton Stark | 03.06.10 | Comment
Cinequest and Adobe roll out the red carpet for aspiring filmmakers

Today, we’ll get a glimpse of the future of film. Working now for almost a month together, five teams of teen filmmakers will showcase their shorts at the Camera 12 cinema as part of the Cinequest Film Festival ...

SSC Presents
Rick Lombardo discusses San Jose Rep’s 30th anniversary season
by Clinton Stark | 03.05.10 | Comment
Rick Lombardo discusses San Jose Rep’s 30th anniversary season

A very busy Rick Lombardo, artistic director, goes above and beyond as he sits down with Loni for almost half an ...

What's Happening: Film and Arts
Broadway San Jose announces 2010-2011 season, highlights include Grease, Stomp, The Color Purple, Mamma Mia!
by Chris Wright | 03.03.10 | Comment
Broadway San Jose announces 2010-2011 season, highlights include Grease, Stomp, The Color Purple, Mamma Mia!

Fans of Broadway, hang on to your hats. Broadway San Jose in association with Team San Jose announced today a doozy of a line-up of seven shows for its 2010-2011 season, which kicks off in September.

Highlights include the ...

Film (and Opera too!)
Cinequest Special: Behind-the-scenes with filmmaker Rory Bain
by Clinton Stark | 03.03.10 | Comment
Cinequest Special: Behind-the-scenes with filmmaker Rory Bain

What’s it like watching your own film with an audience during a world premiere at the Cinequest film festival here in ...

Bounce, Bounce, Bounce
Inside Cirque du Soleil OVO Episode 3: Soaring to new heights
by Chris Wright | 03.03.10 | Comment
Inside Cirque du Soleil OVO Episode 3: Soaring to new heights

What is life like behind the sparkling glitz, flamboyant color and stunning acrobatics of Cirque du Soleil? If you’ve seen the ...

Film Festival
StarkSilverCreek Picks: Cinequest films to see
by Clinton Stark | 03.02.10 | Comment
StarkSilverCreek Picks: Cinequest films to see

With only 6 more days to go at the Cinequest film festival, it’s time to spend some quality time with the program guide and ensure you hit all the best films before they leave town.

Telemelodium
Cinequest Review: Shorts 2, when less is more
by Clinton Stark | 03.01.10 | Comment
Cinequest Review: Shorts 2, when less is more

With all of the high quality independent feature films now playing at Cinequest, it’s easy to overlook the shorts. These guys try twice as hard to earn your respect. And last night at Camera 3 downtown San Jose ...

Peepit Real!
Cinequest Interview: Seth W. Owen, director Peepers (video)
by Clinton Stark | 02.27.10 | Comment
Cinequest Interview: Seth W. Owen, director Peepers (video)

Film director Seth W. Owen had just flown in to the Bay Area from Montreal, and was enjoying a day or ...

Mobile Filmmaking
Think Outside the Box: 60-second SanDisk film contest at Cinequest
by Clinton Stark | 02.27.10 | Comment
Think Outside the Box: 60-second SanDisk film contest at Cinequest

What kind of story could you tell in just one minute?  This is the challenge filmmakers took on when they submitted films in the SanDisk Phone Flick Contest, part of the Cinequest Film Festival. To raise the stakes, ...