Flamenco is exceptional. Nowhere is grace found infused with such power, nor the sorrow and the joy of the human condition expressed with more realness than in the music and dance of flamenco. The Fountain Theatre’s Forever Flamenco Series, under Deborah Lawlor has been California’s and, arguably, the
A life lacking passion is paralysis. The particular focus of that passion counts for beans. Take your pick: Video Games, Persian rugs, NASCAR, graffiti art, in later life Winston Churchill’s passion was masonry; what counts is the possession of a passion, one that possesses you. The rewards are
1897. The Glorious Century, a period of unprecedented peace across all Europe was at a close. As that gilded, moribund age ended, Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol began on a stage tucked deeply in a back alley of Paris’ Pigalle quarter. Its founder and first director, Oscar
Cyanne McClairian’s one woman show, I Died
A one-woman-show on Barack Obama’s mother
The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015 has drawn to a close. The following is the Medal Tally for the 57 Shows I attended: 13 PLATINUM MEDALS 14 GOLD MEDALS 8 SILVER MEDALS 18 BRONZE 4 EAR WAX ♦ ♦ ♦ THE PLATINUM MEDALS: ANNA IN THE DARKNESS BLOOD, A VOODOO LOVE STORY BRIGHT SWORDS SIMON CORONEL: GLITCHES
The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015: Final Tallies & Reviews HOUSE OF RABBITS CHARIVARI IN VOYEURVILLE (Platinum Medal) House of Rabbits Charivari in Voyeurville developed by Brandon Baruch and directed by Baruch and Kyle Johnston owes a great deal to The British Music Hall/rock band The Tiger Lillies
THE GOLD MEDALS: ANNABELLA BOOZE, BALLS AND BLUEGRASS THE DEVIL YOU SAY RESERVE CHAMPION REVOLUTIONARY LOVE THE THREE MUSKETEERERS: CLOWNS WITH SWORDS THE BRONZE MEDALS: FIFTY SHADES OF SHREW MUDD THE MAGNIFICENT: MAGIC & MAYHEM NERD ANARCHY ORSON WELLES & SCATMAN CROTHERS IN 'A HOLLYWOOD ENDING' THE EAR WAX MEDALS: CURSED "MY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD” SPIDERPOCALYPSE! A LOW BUDGET
THE PLATINUM MEDALS: BRIGHT SWORDS THE LEGEND OF BOBBY DARIN: AN UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY SIMON CORONEL: GLITCHES IN REALITY TIANANMEN ANNIE NO TRAVELER: A COMEDY ABOUT SUICIDE THE GOLD MEDALS: ANNABELLA BOOZE, BALLS AND BLUEGRASS THE DEVIL YOU SAY RESERVE CHAMPION REVOLUTIONARY LOVE THE THREE MUSKETEERERS: CLOWNS WITH SWORDS THE BRONZE MEDALS: FIFTY SHADES OF SHREW MUDD THE MAGNIFICENT: MAGIC &
CURSED “MY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD” is an Ear Wax Medal Winner I write this without the least rancor towards Ms. Mendoza. I don’t know the woman. I do understand she is something of a figure in the entertainment industry. So what? Her position or influence is of no concern to
