“Men of Blood” A Splattered Canvas
By Ernest Kearney — Well I can’t say that I was able to discern the “three short plays, written by contemporary German authors.” There was just a single, intense, extended scene.
“Butoh Medea” – East Meets West in Madness
By Ernest Kearney — It is regrettable that more audiences didn’t have the opportunity of seeing "Butoh Medea," an adaptation of Euripides’ harrowing Greek classic of a mother who, due to the betrayal and infidelities of her husband, was driven to slaughter her children
“Doctor Zomba’s Ghost Show of Terror”
By Ernest Kearney — David Lucarelli’s "Doctor Zomba’s Ghost Show of Terror" is straight forward fun. As directed by Kevin Wetmore it harkens back to the old Jeepers-Creepers Shows of the 1960s.
The Anguish of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” — the Final Weekend at The Wallis
By Ernest Kearney — In Eugene O’Neill’s, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” in production at the Wallis through July 1st, 2018, we witness a doomed family on stage before us. All love, all compassion, all warmth and tenderness, all hope is corrupted
“The Dead Guy” by Eric Coble (HFF18)
By Ernest Kearney — A small town unemployed knuckle-dragging ne'er-do-well (Adam Ferguson) is approached by a producer of reality TV (Te’juana Johnson) with an offer. The producer will pay Ferguson one million dollars; he will have one week to spend the sum however he likes,
“A Beast/A Burden” — Not Your Average Animal
By Ernest Kearney — If most non-artists know the name Chris Burden (1946-2015), it is for the art installation “Urban Light,” in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Boulevard, featuring 202 antique street lamps that once provided illumination to neighborhoods
‘Puppet Parables’ Closes Strong With Talent
By Ernest Kearney — Puppeteer Jean Minuchin’s "Still Life of an Orange and Other Puppet Parables" starts off strong and closes strong but… somewhere along the way, the middle falls out, leaving a center that doesn’t seem connected to the creative bookends it’s wedged between.
“Still” … Superb
By Ernest Kearney — Still is a stylishly staged deconstruction of a murder mystery, involving three high school students, that shifts between the police investigation immediately after the crime to a random meeting between two of the, centrally involved, figures years later.
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Doctor Nympho vs. the Sex Zombies — The Perfect Pairing
By Ernest Kearney — Michael Shaw Fisher has apparently taken to heart George Burns’ sage advice on how to be a success in “showbiz.” According to Burns, “Find talent and marry it.” That Fisher started out as a pretty talented guy has only gained a
“Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk” Mining a Treasure Trove of Laughter
By Ernest Kearney — The Burglars of Hamm are a delightfully merry and madcap lot. And if you needed proof of that, well there’s "Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk," which has been extended from its Hollywood Fringe 2018 run.