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And here they are…

TheTVolution 2017 Hollywood Fringe Awards…

The ones that truly matter….

BEST OF THE FRINGE

The stunning performance by Andrew Perez as the actor Klaus Kinski was beyond riveting, and director Eric Johnson rode the tail of the dragon shaping this into the most mind-blowing show of this Fringe. Adele Cabot’s voiceover work aided significantly to this staggering examination of the line between genius and madness.

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BEST SOLO SHOW (FEMALE)

THE GIRL WHO JUMPED OFF THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN

A young woman faces the fatal seductiveness of fame, clinging to the top of the Hollywood Sign. Written and performed with stunning, emotional honesty by Joanne Hartstone, directed by Vince Fusco.

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BEST SOLO SHOW (MALE)

HELP! I THINK I MIGHT BE FABULOUS

Alfie Ordinary is beguiling in the most thoroughly entertaining show of the 2017 Fringe.

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BEST MUSICAL

TURBULENCE!

Chris Bramante, Miles Crosman, Molly Dworsky, Sam Johnides, Branson NeJame, Kat Primeau and David Reynolds boldly go where no man has gone before. And they go there singing and dancing. A grand romp of intergalactic rivalries and good ol’ human frailties.

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BEST COMEDY

BONO AND THE EDGE WAITING FOR GODOMINO’S

Writer/director Richard Lucas’ clever utilization of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot to mock the absurdity of star status in our society by transposing Beckett’s two tramps into Bono and David Evans of the rock band U2. Performed to prickly perfection by Lucas, Curt Collier, Jeff Blumberg and Bruno Oliver.

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BEST DRAMA

THE INTERFERENCE

Lynda Radley’s intense and uncompromisingly bold play applies the contrivances of classical Greek theatre to address the very modern tragedy of sexual violence on today’s campuses. Cathy Thomas-Grant in association with Rogue Machine created a stunning staging as a young woman who defies accepting the role of a victim’s fate, which society would seek to force on her. With Chris Bozzini, William Craig, Addyson E. L. Culpepper, Dakota Dickerson, Mallory Erwin, Jacquelyn Ferguson, Alexandria Garrett, Parker Johnson, Buddy Kennedy, Brittany King, Caroline Pitts and Brandon Ruiz.

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BEST ENSEMBLE

LADIES IN WAITING: THE JUDGEMENT OF HENRY VIII

James Cougar Canfield portrays Henry VIII, in his play about England’s most oft-married king finding himself in death’s limbo, facing the verdict of the six women who were his queens. Director Mitchell Glass establishes the pathways of the ladies Henry wooed, wed, loved, discarded and condemned as they flowed in orbit about him. A stellar cast in Canfield (Henry), Hilary Kelman (Catherine of Aragon), Wendy K. Skuse (Anne Boleyn), Laryssa Schoeck (Jane Seymour), Jennifer Haining (Anne of Cleves), Elli Stovall Brown (Catherine Howard) and Claiborne Tomlinson (Katherine Parr).

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THE ESSENCE OF FRINGE AWARD

ANDY: THE RED-NOSED WARHOLA

Director/adapter Ezra Buzzington invites his audiences to experience a riotous rollercoaster ride down the rabbithole of the mind of Andy Warhol. A dazzling, cerebral delight featuring

Kara Emry as Warhol and Krista Conti and Will McMichael as “Beauty #1” and “Beauty #2.”

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Awards aside, there are still far more individuals whose talents deserve some Note of Distinction this year, and we, at TheTVolution wish the privilege of acknowledging them:

Our highest respect to the following actors:

Stephen Spiegel of An Evening With John Wilkes Booth

Panos Vlahos of Mistero Buffo

Marc Peter Reyna of Mungo!

Junesoo Ham of The King’s Language

Nicholas Daly Clark of Nights at the Algonquin Round Table

Steve Scott of Secret Honor, The Last Testament of Richard M. Nixon

Arturo Lopez of The Fabulous Fables of Aesop

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Our highest respect to the following actresses:

Damla Coskun of Chimpskin

Kate Ponzio of Save Me a Spot