Wow. That’s about the most apropos comment across the board on Squeeze My Cans, Cathy Schenkelberg’s riveting, heart wrenching and ultimately redeeming tale of her decade plus involvement with Scientology. Wow to the account of her descent into the Kafkaesque universe of L. Ron Hubbard’s “religion” that
VOICES According to the program notes, voiceover artist Carla Delaney wrote this one woman show as a birthday gift to herself, and if that’s true it’s a better gift than a pony. Voices is just about everything a solo show should be, personal and universal, funny
Bump in the Night – Tales of Monsters and Fools (Hollywood Fringe 2016) sets up as a parody of those annoying supernatural reality shows such as Monster Quest, Finding Bigfoot, Destination Truth or Ghost Hunters. The team on this venture looking for the werewolf-arachnid of East Hamburg,
Hollywood Fringe 2016 is better than ever and continues on for two more weeks: dance, artistry, plays. There's also plenty of comedy at the Fringe in Hollywood. Case in point
For the Hollywood Fringe 2016, I employ a rating scale that should be familiar to my readers. For newcomers, I've inserted the scale below. GOLD: These are the “Oh my God!” shows. Leave your rich dying aunt’s bedside, cancel the conference on world peace at the U.N.,
Office Beat: A Tap Dance Comedy playing now at 2016's Hollywood Fringe: A review
Hollywood Fringe 2016 is bubbling over with choices. Here we have two shows that share common ground and perhaps even a common philosophy. And represent an element that needs more representation in this festival of ours
Henry Mayhew, in 1841, named his pioneering humor magazine after the gleeful little murdering bastard. Neil Gaiman sought him out to use in one of his best graphic novels. Him and the Missus are clues in the 2014 thriller Gone Girl, and in the Marx
Well we’re off to the races, Hollywood Fringe 2016 has opened, and here is the first handful of reviews for your consideration. I will be employing the rating scale that should be familiar to my readers: GOLD: These are the “Oh my God!” shows. Leave your rich
The Hollywood Fringe Festival's Week One Diary—Part III is all about the Bard who is nicely represented this year with a number of works, these are a few that just struck my interest: MACDETH! From Great Britain, or as it’s known nowadays Britain, Ryan J-W Smith brings this
