By Ernest Kearney — It is exceedingly challenging for artists from outside Los Angeles, with no local “boots on the ground,” to hit the terra firma of Santa Monica Boulevard running. This is one reason I try to attend as many international shows, participating in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, as I can.
The problem can also be faced by productions coming in from other cities in this nation. Made For Each Other, a wonderful show from New York jumps to mind. Another show that faced this same hurdle is Clark Wade – A Jazzy Tragedy.
Written and performed by Esquizito (aka EP Perez), a self-described “New Orleans son,” this one-man show is a stylish recounting of the rise and fall of Clark Wade, one of the Big Easy legendary “Gentlemen of Leisure.”
Drawn from the books Bourbon Street Black and A Life In Jazz by the great Jazz musician Danny Barker (1909 – 1994), Esquizito captures the historical setting of the town which like L.A. was in the United States but never really part of it.
The story shimmers like a tale of Scheherazade, evoking a lost time and nearly mystical place, which Esquizito conveys with the silken tempo of a sleek cat wandering through a desert mirage. The show is solid SILVER, but Esquizito’s elegant and ethereal performance, on stage at The Complex Hollywood during HFF 2019, raises Clark Wade – A Jazzy Tragedy to –
A GOLD MEDAL
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