By Ernest Kearney – On a small island surrounded by the man-made, turtle-laden lake in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, before the faux Ionic temple tomb of William Andrew Clark Jr., founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, his wife Mabel who died at twenty-one giving birth to their only son, Tertius who died in an air crash — age twenty-nine— with candles lining its marble steps and roses scattered before it, a small audience of Fringe participants, wandering peacocks, vaguely curious felines and one can only imagine the highly appreciative spirit of the muse Terpsichore, Christina Evans performed her resplendent and joyous celebration of humanity’s modestly measured mortality and “Tinsel-town” in the most unique of all the Fringe’s venues.
Evens (Toys HFF2017), has woven a show of movement, with poetry gathered from epitaphs off the tombstones of the cemetery itself; “For life’s peace,” Wild thing,” “You make me smile with my heart,” “When all else fails ask yourself what would Batman do?”
As produced by Sasha Dylan Bell, Evans’ Together Forever provided audiences with the most perfect half-hour this Fringe had to offer.
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Played During the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2024
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