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By Ernest Kearney — I see the barest of stages: nondescript chair, nondescript glass…half full of nondescript water. Some token of a set would

By Ernest Kearney — Actress/Playwright Almanya Narula’s choice of subject matter shows a keen sense of what is both the dramatic and commercial. "Noor

By Ernest Kearney — "Metamorphoses," or perhaps more accurately from the Greek root “Transformations,” was Roman poet Ovid’s most ambitious effort and is, definitely,

By Ernest Kearney — Wakings! directed by Ron Sossi at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble consists of four short pieces, four riddles

By Ernest Kearney — Well like a phoenix rising from a pandemic pyre the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2022 is here!   Two hundred and twenty-six

By Ernest Kearney — Tea holds a special significance in Japanese culture. Part of its importance can be derived from

By Ernest Kearney — Playwright Lucas Hnath’s plays are an oddity. Generally, the core of any drama is the conflict generated by specific actions

By Ernest Kearney — BC Caldwell’s "One Way Ticket to Oregon" takes a theatrical setting that is familiar; one could almost say exasperatingly so

By Ernest Kearney — Dance has been equated to language less poetry. Complexions, the dance company founded by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, in

By Ernest Kearney — Judy Carter packs a lot of diversity in her petite package; Jewish, Lesbian, comedienne, abuse survivor, hopeless romantic, dedicated magician,

By Ernest Kearney — There’s an old joke. My wife loves it. A judge in a divorce hearing informs Mickey, “I’m sorry, Mister Mouse, but

By Ernest Kearney — It goes without saying to those in the know, that The Fountain Theatre is one of the

By Ernest Kearney — It was both a pleasure and an honor to take my seat for the world premiere of "Rapunzel Alone" at

By Ernest Kearney — John Fleck is an imposing figure in the history of Los Angeles theatre and beyond. His shows

By Ernest Kearney — In many ways, “Marry Me a Little,” in its final weeks at Long Beach’s International City Theatre is,

By Ernest Kearney — "Singing Revolution the Musical," at the Broadwater Main Stage, has so very much going for it that one is somewhat

By Ernest Kearney  —  The service held at the Washington National Cathedral this past December 10, for the late Senator Bob Dole, wielded a

By Ernest Kearney — "My (Unauthorized) Hallmark Movie Musical," currently onstage at The Broadwater in Hollywood, has all the signposts of a

By Ernest Kearney — There is an old saw that annoys the hell out of me whenever I hear it: “History repeats

By Ernest Kearney — "The Children," running at The Fountain Theatre, opens with trickling blood. Just a nose bleed. A still,