By Ernest Kearney — "Jamba Juice The Musical" is a rough, toe-tapping little ditty, a kind of “Hey, I’ve got a barn” musical only without the “barn.” In other words, it’s perfect for Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019.
By Ernest Kearney — Some plays, due to the period of their composition or the language in which originally penned, present various problems for those wishing to stage them. But none hold more difficulties than Aristophanes’ "The Birds."
By Ernest Kearney — A writer (Scott Golden) is assigned to do a book on the town of Wigfield. Nestled in the shadow of a threatened dam, it is a small community that makes David Lynch’s "Twin Peaks" look like Mayberry
By Ernest Kearney — Ryan J-W Smith is a known and respected quality among long time Fringers; admired for such productions as 'MacDeth," his wacky and wonderful word fest that reworked "The Tragedy of Macbeth" into the silliest of romps with swordplay and men
By Ernest Kearney — "Tattered Capes" by Gregory Crafts is like a Graphic Novel for the serious Graphic Novel reader. It starts at the fifth anniversary dinner of Kevin (Travis Joe Dixon) and Stephanie (Joanna Mercedes). However, there’s trouble.
By Ernest Kearney — The power of story is in its journey, it matters little whether that journey is Odysseus’s, Luke Skywalker’s or Billie Dawn’s. And a journey is at its core and essence,
By Ernest Kearney — Poetess-songsmith-performer Kate Radford and Co-Producer Shoshannah Frankel have given the Hollywood Fringe Festival a work of lyricism and challenge in "Drought,"
By Ernest Kearney — School of Night is known and respected on the Fringe circuit for performing acrobatic feats of artistry with skillful aplomb as was on display in their "Punch and Judy," followed by Christopher Marlowe’s "The Faggot King" and their HFF2018’S staging of
By Ernest Kearney — Last year, Mitchell Bisschop’s reworking of Madison Avenue icons into the "Citizen Kane" homage of "I Can Hear You Now," demonstrated he was writer/performer of both talent and a sterling comic sensibility. This year’s "Pit of Goblins" reveals a
By Ernest Kearney — Stacy Dymalski is both smart and sharp a reality attested to in her HFF2018’s show "The Other Side of the Razor Ribbon." Her latest show "A Bit Much," for the Hollywood Fringe 2019 has a bit more personal focus.
