By Ernest Kearney — "I Am Not A Man" is a stand up routine trying to pass for a solo show, more than anything else, and usually those are less than successful. What saves this one from that fate is the sincerity of Writer/Performer Heather
By Ernest Kearney — There are seldom any survivors when a relationship crashes and burns, just those who walk away maybe a little wiser. That is essentially what Scott Langer’s "Thank You For Loving Me" tries to offer.
By Ernest Kearney — "Loose Underwear" has a great deal going for it not the least of which is Writer/Performer Dagmar Stansova.
By Ernest Kearney — I make an effort to see all the international shows and those productions coming from other states to participate in the Hollywood Fringe Festival early on in the festival.
By Ernest Kearney — "Let’s Write a Musical," played the McCadden Theatre at this year’s Hollywood Fringe. It is a show of contradictions, commencing with Director John Coppola’s usage of slender enactments in its staging that makes for a charming presentation of
By Ernest Kearney – "The Play That Goes Wrong" is a huge Hindenburg of a cartoon which has found its mooring mast at the Ahmanson Theatre. Perhaps the “cartoon” lacks the screwiness of a Tex Avery or Chuck Jones romp, but it delivers
By Ernest Kearney — This year the TVO crew and I saw 76 shows and from those, here are THE TVOLUTION 2019 Fringe Awards…
By Ernest Kearney — Blaze Starr, stripper and paramour of Louisiana Governor Earl Long (brother of Huey), and Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor who shook the English monarchy to its foundation, shared in common Baltimore as a home town.
By Ernest Kearney — I always say, at least to anyone willing to listen, that the two most common types of failures, theatre-wise, are those shows which are wonderfully produced but have no idea, and those shows that have a solid concept and are poorly
By Ernest Kearney — Readers of my Fringe reviews on TVO are undoubtedly familiar with the rating system I apply to the shows I see. There are five grades. That wasn’t always the case. My first year of reviewing there were only three,
