ShoWorks Entertainment has traveled from South Africa to stage two offerings at the Fringe, both written by South African playwright Keith Galloway. While the works are different in tone and subject, I have combined the two here.
In James Cougar Canfield’s historical play Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement of Henry VIII the “ladies” in question are the six wives of that oft-wed king, and their “waiting” is as a kind of celestial court, in which they shall pass subject on their king,
It is odd to admire the seed but fault the fruit. But Brittanie Richardson’s solo show "Art and Abolition" has placed me in such a position. There is nothing overly original in coming from an
For those of you who are unschooled in America’s favorite pastime, Van Lingle Mungo was a Major League pitcher who played with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1931 to 1941 and then with the New York Giants till the end of his career soon after the
"Secret Honor, The Last Testament of Richard M. Nixon" is a torrential tirade spewed by a scotch-soaked Richard M. Nixon, as he prepares to resign the presidency to avoid impeachment from his cover-up of the Watergate break-in.
"Comic-Con The Musical" celebrates that Mecca of Nerd-dom, The San Diego Comic-Con International aka Comic-Con. Four magical days every summer filled with celebrity panels, Sci-Fi seminars, previews of wannabe blockbusters, video game tryouts, cos-play and small herds of pot-bellied Spidermans.
Director/writer/set designer Donovan Glover won the 1991 UCLA Best-New-Play-of-the-Year Award for this work and at times "Just Like Life" certainly feels like the work of a neophyte – absurdist themes are the “training wheels” of choice for all greenhorn bards.
In "The Girl who Jumped off the Hollywood Sign" written and performed by Joanne Hartstone, under the direction of Vince Fusco, the audience joins a Peg Entwistle wannabe as she teeters precariously perched on the top of the Hollywood sign looking down at her impermanence
I wanted "Zombie Clown Trump" (Surprise! It's a musical), so badly, to be great. But if wishes were horses….
"Bono and the Edge Waiting for Godomino's" by writer/director Richard Lucas approaches being the ultimate Hollywood Fringe Festival offering.
