The TVolution Final Medal Tally for Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018

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Final Medal Tally for TVolution HFF#18 Shows Covered

Out of the 380-plus shows presented during Hollywood Fringe Festival Show 2018, 80 were attended by chief TVolution critic, Ernest Kearney and TVolution staff: 69 of which garnered written coverage (reviews linked to titles below.) writer's hand

By Ernest Kearney  —  All Fringe productions achieve a ranking in one of five categories (see below); after which the site determines which of those covered are considered to be the Best of the Best. Find more about the awards announcement HERE.

PLATINUM: These are shows that are either the standouts among the standouts or shows that capture the essence of the Fringe or prove themselves unique in some way above all others.

GOLD: These are the “Oh My God!” shows, the ones that won’t disappoint.

SILVER: These are the “Wow” shows. Solid work. Solid performances. Well worth seeing.

BRONZE: The “Okay” shows. Read the reviews, then make up your own minds. If the show sparks your interest in some way, well, check it out. One man’s “Bronze” is another man’s “Gold.”

EAR WAX: Okay, villagers, we’ll all meet at the castle. Don’t forget to bring your torches and pitchforks. At midnight we march.

The Gold Ribbon Symbol —  — indicates that the show has received a full review that will appear on TheTvolution.com site. Some shows will have reviews posted as we crank them out, so check out our weekly tally.


PLATINUM   12 

 

BUTOH MEDEA  

RESA FANTASTISKT MYSTISK  

BALLS’ON 

LET THERE BE THISTLES 

JACK BENNY (HOUSE BY TRAIN) 

HERCULES INSANE  

THE DAY I BECAME BLACK  

AIN’T THAT AMERICA  

GHOSTS

SHILO KLOKO  

STILL  

MACKERS!  

 

GOLD   30

 

WE NEED THIS MUSICAL TO STOP US FROM KILLING OURSELVES  

BABA, JEE (FATHER, YES)  

HUSH  

PERVERT  

DOCTOR NYMPHO VS. THE SEX ZOMBIES  

HENRY V (THE COCKTAIL PARTY)  

THE CRAFTLESQUE  

A VERY DIE HARD CHRISTMAS  

THE RUNAWAY CLONE

THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE  

EASY TARGETS: ARTIST AND HEROES  

MANSON’S GIRLS

A BEAST/A BURDEN  

MACKERS!  

EPIC FAIL   

THE BITCH IS BACK  

BLACK WHEN I WAS A BOY  

LAST CHRISTMAS  

I CAN HEAR YOU NOW  

AMERICAN CONSPIRACY  

DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE

SKIN JOBS  

THE JOE AND JOSHUA SHOW!  

BLIND SPOTS  

BEATNIKS

EARHART: MORE THAN A F-ING MYSTERY 
(A MUSICAL FLIGHT)

MEN OF BLOOD    

SINK OR SWIM

SEX AND THE MUSICAL

COASTERTHON CATASTROPHE:
AN AMUSEMENT PARK MUSICAL

ECHOES

 

SILVER  16

 

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK  

MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE SUPER LAIR…

THE AUTISM MAMALOGUE  

DOCTOR ZOMBA’S GHOST SHOW OF TERROR  

MOST MASSIVE WOMAN WINS

AN ODYSSEY 

MY OWN PRIVATE RIVER PHOENIX  

MARCUS MARCUM – POLLACK: A FREQUENCY PARABLE  

HOUSE OF TALES  

GOD THE APOLOGIES TOUR

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR  

FINAL PREPARATIONS  

LEFT TURNS  

THE TERRIBLE LEGEND OF VICTORIA WOODHULL

DOROTHY & ALICE: AN AERIAL PLAY  

YOU IN MIDAIR

 

BRONZE   18

 

KING OF THE RATS: A FINAL SYMPHONY    

FRESH MEAT   

GLITCH  

MIME TIME WITH JAMES DIRECT: GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD  

THE BOOK THAT I’M GOING TO WRITE BY JUDY GARLAND  

FORT HUACHUCA 

THE UNIVERSE (101)

STILL LIFE OF AN ORANGE AND OTHER PUPPET PARABLES  

THE DEAD GUY  

UNCIVIL CORRECTNESS  

KNOWNO’S

DRACULA’S TASTE TEST  

NEGATIVE SPACES  

SPACEMAN  

THE WITNESSING

COWBOY MOUTH

PAIN IN MY ASPERGER’S

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAZOR RIBBON   

 

EAR WAX   3

 

SHAKES ON THE ROCKS  

THE BIG PICTURE  

DRUNK BIBLE STORIES  

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writer's hand  Editor’s Note:  The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018 officially began with the opening night party June 1. Shows ran throughout the month of June. Several shows were offered extensions runs, which ended in July 24, 2018. There’s a tremendous amount of work and dedication that goes into producing the Fringe year after year. Our thanks to co-founders:   Ben Hill, Festival Director; Stacy Jones Hill, Communications Director and Dave McKeever, Producing Director.
Interested  in learning more about the history of the Fringe and how it works? Go to:
www.hollywoodfringe.org.


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TVolution Founder and Managing Editor DARWYN CARSON completed a six-year stint as Managing Editor of Leonard Maltin’s Annual Movie Guide in 2015. She has been covering film since her early association with entertainment journalist Michael Symanski at Zap2It.com. She also covered film and restaurant news in her column Carson’s Corner for a variety of social publications. Her articles have appeared on Zap2It, Indiewire, leonardmaltin.com and, of course, The TVolution. Follow Darwyn @bnoirlikeme. Follow The TVolution @thetvolution. Please Like The TVolution on Facebook.

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