By Ernest Kearney — “A lot of trouble about a little music,” snarls Andrei Zhdanov (John Kayton) the Central Committee’s Chief of Ideology as
By Ernest Kearney — The first date that manages to spiral down from the awkwardness of the initial meeting into the flaming bowels of
By Ernest Kearney — The first superstar of ballet was Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950). The remarkable fusion of strength and grace he possessed would lead
By Ernest Kearney — "The Ramón Show" is a public health service message masquerading as a Fringe show
By Ernest Kearney — In "The Sentence," Co-Writers/Co-Directors-Producers Ainsley Ferrell and Hannah Moore have attempted to present a layered murder mystery
By Ernest Kearney — This Hollywood Fringe (HFF23) has not had a sweeter show, and the ingredients that went into making a
By Ernest Kearney — We have seen these types of shows, wherein one character is contemplating suicide; “Every Brilliant Thing,” “Suicide, Incorporated,”
By Ernest Kearney — You could say Brendan Hunt’s tale of leaving Chicago is, very, similar to the adventures of Dorothy in
By Ernest Kearney — Lady Penelope (Writer/Performer Penny Peyser) prances out on stage in her Elizabethan gown and red Kid sneakers. Apparently, during our
By Ernest Kearney — "Wounded" is an engine firing on all cylinders with a strong script by Jiggs Burgess, under the deft direction of
By Ernest Kearney — Take one-part Discovery Channel, one-part Hair, two-part Monty Python, mix well and you have "Bugs!" (HFF23)
By Ernest Kearney — Australian Singer/Actress Rainee Blake builds a time machine in the Three Clubs Stage Room for her homage to
By Ernest Kearney — Filling in for the regular stage manager, Miles sweeps the floor, readies the stage, and tries to placate the impatient
By Ernest Kearney — My passion for the art of clowning constantly comes as a surprise to most people, while I find
By Ernest Kearney — Writer/Performer Richard Shelton’s "Sinatra: Raw" is, in a fashion, the mirrored opposite to the other musical homage of
By Ernest Kearney — The frustration with one-man show, "Criminal Defence," is that Writer/Performer Murray Meyer has been a practicing lawyer in Los Angeles
By Ernest Kearney — Writer/Performer Drew Petriello has given his audience a war drama, a swashbuckling derring-do, a medical tearjerker, a tragic
By Ernest Kearney — For Hollywood Fringe Fest ’23, the members of the NEO Ensemble Theatre perform seven short skits written by
At 60, when most people are planning for retirement or researching where they're going to spend the remainder of their days, Stevenson Ranch resident Braddon
By Ernest Kearney — "Cadenza," sadly, fails on every level. It is poorly written, and poorly directed.