‘SAM’ – Sweetness Substituting for Substance
By Ernest Kearney – "Sam" is a sweet show, and writer/director/performer Sam Labrecque is an engaging and talented young actress.
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2024! It’s Time
By Ernest Kearney — Ah, there’s the rumbling that’s music to my ears. A rumbling rising up from actors emoting, directors interpreting, producers frothing;
Pat Kinvane’s ‘King’ — Helping Us Find The Voice We Deserve At The Odyssey — Maybe….
By Ernest Kearney — A horizontal tango. A wailing of loneliness. A cleaning of the stage accompanied by a smothering profusion of lavender.
‘Stalin’s Master Class’ – A Little Despotism in the Night
By Ernest Kearney — “A lot of trouble about a little music,” snarls Andrei Zhdanov (John Kayton) the Central Committee’s Chief of Ideology as he lords it over the two quivering souls before him.
An Extract of Poison and Fire – 2024 Los Angeles International Flamenco Festival *
By Ernest Kearney — Oxymorons. Defined by assorted dictionaries as, “A combination of contradictory or incongruous words.” They pour forth from Shakespeare’s plays: “Sweet sorrow,” “feather of lead,” “wolvish-ravening lamb.”
Stephen Sachs’ ‘Fatherland’ at the Fountain – A Sad Fable For Our Times
By Ernest Kearney – In Fatherland, Stephen Sachs has taken a page from such “documentary plays” as Michael Hastings’ 1966 Lee Harvey Oswald: A Far Mean Streak of Indepence [sic] Brought on by Negleck [sic] an indictment of
‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street’ – Serial Murder Musical at Its Best
By Ernest Kearney — There are those legendary hit musicals that graced the Great White Way to sold-out audiences and gathered enough awards to sink your average battleship.
L.A. Int’l Flamenco Festival: March 7&9 2024
The International Flamenco Festival Features Living Legend 'Tomatito', 'Jose Maya & Rycardo Moreno' direct from Spain - March 7 and 9.
Harold Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’ Faithfully Realized at City Garage
By Ernest Kearney – Perhaps the greatest accolade that can be awarded to an author is when the undeniable ascendency of their artistry and achievements is rendered up as an adjective.
Andrei Kureichik’s ‘Insulted. Belarus’ – Handwriting On The Wall At City Garage
By Ernest Kearney — City Garage’s production of "Insulted. Belarus," a chronicle of that country’s political woes by native son Andrei Kureichik, is commendable on a number of levels