HFF’22

All the shows reviewed during the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2022 are ranked in one of the following five categories listed below:
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 and well worth seeing.
BRONZE: The “Okay” shows. Read the reviews but 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.”
and
NO MEDAL:


NOOR INAYAT KHAN: THE FORGOTTEN SPY…………………………………..SILVER
THE PIG FARM………………………………………………………………………….BRONZE
AUTHENTIC SELF: THE QUARENTINE DIARIES…………………………………NO MEDAL
HOW TO BE JAPANESE………………………………………………………………..SILVER
DOG……………………………………………………………………………………….PLATINUM
BEOWULF……………………………………………………………………………….GOLD
A TERRIBLE SHOW FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE…………………………………….GOLD
THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING)…………………………………………………GOLD
HOUSEWIFE ’52…………………………………………………………………………PLATINUM
THE SECOND COMING OF JOAN OF ARC…………….…………………………..GOLD
CALL ME ELIZABETH…………………………………………………………………..GOLD
TOO BIG FOR HER BRITCHES………………………………………………………GOLD
NOT ANOTHER MIDSUMMER……………………………………………………….NO MEDAL
MR. CHONKERS………………………………………………………………………GOLD
WEST……………………………………………………………………………………SILVER
THE ECSTASY OF VICTORIA WOODHULL…………………………….………….GOLD
SHUBOP-DUBAY-HAD: THE NO MATTER WATT PREQUEL ……………………SILVER
TOURRORISTS…………………………………………………………………………BRONZE
AN UNSEASONABLE FALL OF SNOW……………………………………………..SILVER
TO BAH OR NOT TO BAH HUMBUG……………………………………………….SILVER
FLAMENCODANZA……………………………………………………………………PLATINUM
DEATH TO REALISM…………………………………………………….……………BRONZE
THE TOUGHEST MAN IN CHICAGO…………………….…………………………PLATINUM
MY NAME IS THILEEPAN………………………………………….……….………..SILVER
CAMP GINGER: AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL…………………………..……………..PLATINUM
BEAUTIFUL MONSTERZ…………………………………………….……………….GOLD
THE TANNER…………………………………………………………….……………..GOLD
STILETTOS AND STEEL………………………………………………….…………..NO MEDAL
NO ON COMES TO SEE US ANYMORE……………………………….……………SILVER
CASSANDRA…………………………………………………………………………….BRONZE
SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU…………….…………….GOLD
COCK…………………………………………………………………………………….PLATINUM
QUEEN OF FISHTOWN………………………………………………………………..GOLD
PAIN IN MY ASPERGER’S………………………………………….…………………GOLD
REVELATION!………………………………………………………….……………….PLATINUM
SOMETHING IN THE AIR…………………………………………….……………….NO MEDAL
THE GREAT WILDCAT JACKSON……………………………………………………GOLD
TOMMY COOPER: I DIDN’T LET YOU DOWN, DID I?……………………………PLATINUM
ARE YOU LOVIN’ IT?…………………………………………….. ….………………SILVER
MR. MALCOLM’S MUSIC FACTORY………………………………………………..GOLD
DI LADY DI………………………………………………………………………………PLATINUM
VINCERÒ -THE ITALIAN OPERA EXPERIENCE………………………………….PLATINUM
DYING FOR OUR VOICES…………………………..………………………………BRONZE
BREED OR BUST……………………………………………………………………..GOLD
BEST WIFE EVER………………………………………………………….…………SILVER
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY: SKEPTICS GUIDE TO THE AFTERLIFE…………SILVER
AFGHANISTAN IS NOT FUNNY……………………………………………….……..PLATINUM
THIS HAS TO BE A COINCIDENCE!…………………………………………………SILVER
TOMMY AND THE BROTHERS………………………………………………………GOLD
THE PALE GYPSY’S TRAVELING MUSICAL REVUE…………….…….…………BRONZE

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In all fifty shows were seen out of which, forty-six were reviewed.
The breakdown is as follows:

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50 SHOWS SEEN 46 REVIEWED

PLATINUM: 11

GOLD: 17

SILVER: 12

BRONZE: 6

NO MEDAL: 4

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Check back to see who the designated: BEST OF THE BEST will be:
THE TVOLUTION AWARD WINNERS for 2022

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An award-winning L.A. playwright and rabble-rouser of note who has hoisted glasses with Orson Welles, been arrested on three continents and once beat up Charlie Manson. His first play, "Among the Vipers" was a semi-finalist in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition and was featured in the Carnegie-Mellon Showcase of New Plays. It was produced at the NPT Theater in Ashland, Oregon and Los Angeles’ celebrated Odyssey Ensemble Theatre. His following play, “The Little Boy Who Loved Monsters” was produced at The Hollywood Actors Theater, where he earned praise from the Los Angeles Times for his “…inordinately creative writing.” The play went on to numerous other productions including Berlin’s The Black Theatre under the direction of Rainer Fassbinder who wrote in his program notes of Kearney, “He is a skilled playwright, but more importantly he is a dangerous one.” Ernest Kearney has worked as literary manager or as dramaturge for among others The Hudson Theater Guild, Nova Diem and the Odyssey Ensemble Theatre, where he still serves on the play selection committee. He has been the recipient of two Dramalogue Awards and a finalist or semi-finalist, three times, in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition. His work has been performed by Michael Dunn, Sandra Tsing Loh, Jack Colvin and Billy Bob Thornton, and to date, either as playwright or director, he has upwards of a hundred and thirty productions under his belt, including a few at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater as puppeteer. Kearney remains focused on his writing, as well as living happily ever after with his lovely wife Marlene. His stage reviews and social essays can be found at TheTVolution.com and workingauthor.com. Follow him on Facebook.

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