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“Finally, Some Privacy” Aimee Levey’s One-Woman Show
“Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics”: The AMC Two-Night Event
August Wilson’s Fences:
Odyssey Theatre’s Koan Unit Presents: ‘Beckett 5’
Deplorables—Making a Case for the Baskets
Why is Mr. Robot the BFD of 2015?
Final Weekend for ICT’s “Silent Sky”
Perfect Timing for “Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo”
ICT’s “The Glass Menagerie” — The Final Weekend
The Second Week of Fringe —
Unboxing History: A 1940s Monopoly Throwback
Monsters from the Id
Albee’s ‘At Home at the Zoo’ by Deaf West Theatre
Tvolution.com Award Fringe 2018 Tallies (HHF18)
“Pretty Dead Girl” – Love by Another Name
“Silence!” A Toe Tapper of a Musical is Born
Barry Manilow: My Dream Duets
Miki Johnson’s “American Falls”
Hollywood Fringe Diary
“Dracula’s Taste Test” — A Fun Change of Pace
‘Café Society’ at the Odyssey…
Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018, Part I
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015…
EMPIRE – Episode 5
A Reluctant Champion Comes of Age in HBO’s ‘Show Me a Hero’
To Spend a “Last Christmas” at the Fringe
The Last Detective and The Commander On DVD
Songstress Migenes and ‘Debussy: His Letters and His Music’ at the Odyssey
From a Slasher Flick to Film Noir
Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie
“The Sacred Beasts”—Chance Encounters of the Strange Kind
The Trump Train Jumps the Rails
Lock ‘Em Up!
“The Day I Became Black” — Fun, Funnier, Funniest…
Why Hamilton is Historic—Part II
New Show: The Political Apprentice
EMPIRE – Episode 10
Coming to America for Her “… Own Private River Phoenix”
‘Stanley Ann: The Unlikely Story of…’
Julia Migenes Sings Kurt Weil
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 5 is Coming
“Triptych” Dives into the Deep End
HBO Releases Two More GOT Season 6 Clips
An MI-5 for the Big Screen and DirecTV
I’m No Dummy—A Documentary
The Last of the Fringe 2016 Round Ups
EMPIRE – Episode 9
Hollywood Fringe Diary
How To Get Away With Murder
“Swarm Cell” Premiere
The GOP Tries Chemo
‘The Source’ at the REDCAT
The California Republic Secedes
The Autism Mamalogues – From the Heart of One Who Knows….
“Do You: Migration of the Monarchs” Opens the Floodgates to Enter the Mind
Republicans Eat T®ump Sausage
‘Next Fall’ Rises Again
Rebuilding the Music Business
“A Beast/A Burden” — Not Your Average Animal
Why I’m Watching Fear the Walking Dead
“Keith Moon, Real Me” at the Hudson — The Uneven Life of a Genius Drummer
Lord of the House-Flies
“The Big Picture” — Not Worth a 1000 Words
Arya Comes of Age
There Will Be Blood
Does George Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man” Hold Up?
Punch and Judy get it on
Worst TV Shows Ever — Part II
Able Edwards
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2017! Expect More…
But What Will Follow Doctor Who?
Of Tantrums and Teleprompters
Off the Beaten Pathé: ‘The House is Black’
The Cup Runneth Over in “House of Tales”
Noel Coward’s ‘Hay Fever’ on Now
Christopher Marlowe’s “The Faggot King…” Reigns Supreme
Banshee – No Place Like it In America
From the Beginning – An Orphan Black Primer
We Should ALL Kneel During the Anthem
A Walk in the Woods at the ICT proves to be More Than Relevant
We’re Losing Another War
Chromolume takes on “Pacific Overtures”
A Rather Rocky Shakespeare
Easy Targets: Artists and Heroes
“Othello” — A Classical Representation with a Twist
A Stranger in A Strange Land — The Retelling of an “Epic Fail”
The Game Update: Episode 5
Best of the Fringe: The TVolution Take
Tribal Council Time
A Hard Right Turn — Again
L.A.’s PRO-99 Theatre Community Proclaims
The Soul of Amy Winehouse
How to Get Away with Murder and get ‘As’
The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015…
A Toolbox for The Resistance
‘Witness for the Prosecution’: A Classic Reborn on Acorn
Recorded in Hollywood: The Extension
The Rise of a ‘Baby Doll’
The Eight-Year Itch
Porthos: A Musketeer with A Mixed Past
“The Fabulous Fables of Aesop” and “Infantryman in the Wardrobe” (The Reviews)
Mistero Buffo Resurrected at the Fringe (2017)
Robey Theatre Company presents Clare Coss’ Dr. DuBois and Miss Ovington — A Review
Groovin’ It With ‘The Wrecking Crew’
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
We Need this Musical to Stop us from Killing Ourselves — The Musical! Long on Title, Long on Fun….
More Shows on Slate for Hollywood Fringe 2017
“Antony and Cleopatra, the Musical” — A Review
Welcome to The Show
Marcus J. Freed is Solomon: King, Poet & Lover
Choppy Waters on Display During LATC’s ‘The Cruise’
Parkland and JFK: Two Views of the Assassination
Orphan Black Season 3
The Voice Recognizes Songwriters
‘Citizen: An American Lyric’ at The Fountain
Rebuilding the Music Business…
Drunk Bible Stories — The Eleventh Plague
Lula Washington Dance Theatre at the Ford
The Spidey Project — A Musical That Soars
Flamenco Now,
In Plain Sight: The Hidden Treasures of Los Angeles – Part II
When Mimes Shout
Walker Falls into the Fire
Not Man Apart Confronts ‘Paradise Lost’
Sons of the Prophet
Make Time for ‘Picnic’
Are We There Yet?
‘Sinner’s Laundry’ — Is a Dream Just a Dream?
The Girl who Jumped off the Hollywood Sign—Final Fringe Show
“Mungo!” An American Pastime During Fringetime!
Game of Thrones New Season 6 Trailer Offers Us Much More Than Jon Snow
“Sparrow” — (A Review)
What does Throne S-7 Trailer Truly Prepare us for…?
“Earhart: More Than A F**king Mystery”—One for the Songbooks
Running Amok in “Herpes: A Love Story”
A Classic is Born…on Masterpiece Contemporary
Bosch—Why the Time is Ripe for Harry
Game of Thrones no Longer Coming
EMPIRE – Episode 6
Unpacking The Vision of Ray Bradbury at The Whitefire Theatre
Office Beat: A Tap Dance Comedy—
What’s Good on TV Tonight?
A Rousing ‘Sondheim on Sondheim’
Love Actually Live – Actually Great Fun
The Reality of Fake News
Politics 101
The Elephants in the Room
“Negative Spaces” in Need of More
The Second Coming of Klaus Kinski—Brilliantly Demonic
Henry IV, Part One
An Evening With John Wilkes Booth — to Know the Man
“Save Me a Spot” Extended at Asylum @ Studio C
The Knick Season 1: Surgery 101
‘Blood’: World Premiere Run Extended
A Shiny New ‘Copper’
“I Can Hear You Now,” Runs with the Laughs
“The Importance of Being Oscar” While at Hôtel d’Alsace
Go “Inside Out”
Latino Theater Company Presents Award-Winning Trilogy: ‘Faith’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Charity’
A One Man Show—The Money Fi$h
Hollywood Fringe 2016 Dairy—
“BLUE” — A Shade of a Different Color
The Walking Dead’s New Monster in Town
Deadline—A Documentary
Kinsherf’s Coat — Still Time to Weigh In
“Gloria” – A Heavily Armed Production
How the Left is Losing …Its Mind
Jennie Fahn’s ‘Under the Jello Mold’—Perfectly Set, Firm to the Touch
Twenty-Fifth Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival Announces Line-Up of Hosts
Musketeers—The Story So Far
End of the Rainbow starts at Long Beach’s
Mein Kampf mit Drumpf
Take Those Polls and Shove ‘Em
Supernatural Season 10
Billy Childs Takes On The Music Legacy of Laura Nyro
“Secret Honor, The Last Testament of Richard M. Nixon” (a review)
Frank Wills: Lost American
Pre-debate Prep from Political Survivor
The People Speak
“Salvation” and “Midnight, Texas” Save the World
ENSEMBLES OF GOLD at The Fringe
The Tempest Reimagined
Key Players in the World infected with ‘The Strain’
Worricker Times Three on PBS
What (A)partment 8 and The Truth Have in Common
“Henry V” Presented in an Extraordinary Space
Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop”
How’s Your Truthiness?
IAMA Presents ‘Redline’ by Christian Durso
“Old Clown Wanted” — More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkey
Game of Thrones, S 5 (HBO)
EMPIRE – Episode 7
“Under Milk Wood” Proffers the Poetics of Life
Forever Flamenco presents Manuel Gutierrez in ‘Five’
The Race Card
Who Rigged the Election? Everyone
I Died…I Came Back…Whatever…
Plenty of ‘Breathing Room’
Guns Don’t Kill, Culture Does
What happens in Vegas…
A Presentation of ‘I And You’
Only the Beginning for “King of the Rats: A Final Symphony”
“The King’s Language” — Extended at Sacred Fools, Second Stage
Who’s the Mole in The Game?
“Shakeslesque (To Thine Own Cherry Be True)” (A Review)
BBC America’s “Blue Planet II” Trailer: The Prequel
Luther’s Back—In a BBC America Movie Event
“Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk” Mining a Treasure Trove of Laughter
Nicaea—An Historical Tale Reviewed
When Smart People Do Stupid Things – Episode 1
Los Angeles History—The Backbone of ‘Blueprint for Paradise’
Sense8 Expands our Belief System
Dotard vs. Rocket Man, and Other Feuds
A Mile in My Shoes – A Journey Worth Traveling…
You Have to See it to DISbelieve it
Feisty Fun For Everyone: It’s “Craftlesque”
“Two M-F’s on a Ledge” Sit Tall During Fringe 2017
Happiness is … “Jack Benny” at The Fringe
Do Not Miss Out on “Jaques Brel” Alive in Los Angeles at The Odyssey
Drama Queens from Hell—A Comedic Offering from Playwright Peter Lefcourt
Agatha Raisin: Acorn TV’s Newest Diva Detective
‘Sense8′ Trailer of the Wachowskis’ Newest Thriller
Women’s Lives Matter
Stephen Sach’s Dream Catcher
Soaring ‘Skullduggery’ at Sacred Fools Theater Company
Why ‘The Strain’ is an Elegant Virus
EMPIRE – Episode 8
A Brilliant Case of Idiocy
Dorothy and Alice take Flight — but the Show Falls Flat…
‘All American Girl’ (ITC)
Allan Sherman Remembered at The Fringe
‘Madness! Murder! Mayhem!’ is Rampant
The Honorable Woman: The Summer’s Bravest Freshman Show
Jesus Christ Superstar Reigns
‘Puppet Parables’ Closes Strong With Talent
Two More Weeks to Witness: “Émilie: La Marquise du Châtelet” Defend her Life
Off the Beaten Pathé—’Train to Busan’
You Gotta Love Melissa Manchester
Little Women — Casting Complete — Filming to Start
Corktown ’57 at the Odyssey
A View From the Bridge at the Ahmanson—Worth the Wait…
Dark Reel—On DVD (A Review)
“Zombie Clown Trump: An Apocalyptic Musical”… Oh Well …
In The Flesh: The First Four Minutes
“The Dead Guy” by Eric Coble (HFF18)
Hillary Declares—Who Knew?
In the Eye of the Tweet-storm
All Voters Are Not Created Equal
Fun and Cathartic “Easy Targets”
New Game of Thrones Season 7 Trailer! Yikes!
“Dark Matter” Fills the Political Universe, Too
‘Dry Land’ Makes a Splash
Don’t Miss The Bitch is Back: An Elton John Cabaret
TheTVolution 2017 Hollywood Fringe Awards…
“Desert Rats” is not a Wasteland for Audiences
Presenting NoHo Arts District’s Theatre Unlimited
“Mackers!” is Wackers at its Best
The Americans—The Spies Ante Gets Upped
“Butoh Medea” – East Meets West in Madness
The Relevance of Berkoff’s ‘Hairy Ape’
The History Of Future Folk
A New Breed of Hero Pops Up On TV Tonight
Another Column about Donald Effing Trump?
Rebuilding the Music Business
“Final Preparations” — Building on Things that go Bump…
Jacques Vergès—A Study in ‘Terror’s Adovcate’
‘Two Fisted Love’ at the Odyssey — Lots of Talent, but…
Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous is Absolutely…
The Americans: A Dream Role for Matthew Rhys
Hollywood Fringe Diary Week One—Part IV
“Fool for Love”— A Rattlesnake Riff of the Heart
‘Water by the Spoonful’ at the Taper—Does the Pulitzer Winner Satisfy?
Do We Know What Matters?
Bring on the Crazy
Blueberry Toast at Echo Theater Company
“Art and Abolition” from Atlanta to Africa
Trump’s October Surprise—in June
Grab Some Pine, Meat!
Pervert: A Plunge into Political Corruption
Welcome To Ripper Street
CURSED “MY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD”
It’s My Party and…
A Father’s Fears, a Daughter’s Tears, a Hurricane Nears….
Incantesimo — The Mystery of Magic and Music
‘The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls’
Debating at the Cat’s Table
The Tragedy of “The Women of Lockerbie”
“Spaceman” — Enters the Eye of the Storm
Rectify Day One (Video)
Show Me the Money!
Rectify—Season One, Day Four (Video)
Life in the ‘Elevator’ playing at the Coast
History as Farce: Rajiv Joseph’s ‘Archduke’ at the Taper
Better Call Saul’s Cast Speaks out on BUILD
About ‘Bed’ — The World Premiere
Hollywood Fringe 2015 Medal Count…
Common Ground is the New Arctic Ice
What’s in Store for “Grey Nomad” is All Good…
Recorded in Hollywood: the Musical
‘Entropy’ is on Thru End of May
“Chimera Bella”…? Not So Much…
‘The Turn of the Screw’
“Hush” — The Freedom Found in Fantasy…
“Coasterthon Catastrophe” A Bucketful of Musical Looniness
THE CONUNDRUM OF CONCEPT:
“Small Mouth Sounds” at The Broad—A Review
Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018, Part II
The Fools on the Hill
“American Conspiracy” on a Grand Scale
Covering ‘The Hunger Games: MockingJay—Part 2’ Movie Premiere
Forever Flamenco Anyone?
Echo Theater Company Scores with ‘Row After Row’ and ‘A Small Fire’
Walking Dead, Season Five
Steven Fechter’s ‘The Woodsman’
The “Glitch” is on at the Fringe
Here’s She Comes Again!
Let’s Watch More this New Year’s Weekend—Part I
“A Splintered Soul” Drama in a Vacuum Splint
“Blade of Jealousy” Delivers a Paper Cut
An Outstanding Production of ‘House of Yes’
Twin Peaks Without David Lynch…?
Who’s Who in Orphan Black’s World
True Detective: Season 2 – You’re Invited
Los Angeles Theater’s Best of 2015
The Medal Tally thus far at this Year’s Fringe!
Celebrities Shine in “Legends, Movement and Memories” at the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival
‘Punk Rock’: Teen Angst, Nihilism, Despair…
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
More Line-Up at Hollywood Fringe, 2017
Rectify: Season One, Day Two (Video)
The TVolution Final Medal Tally for Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018
Why David Suchet Came So Close To Missing Out On Poirot
Two By The Proboscis Theatre Company: Bloody Beautiful and Strap-On
The Disappearing Songwriter
Acorn TV Expands Streaming Service With ‘Above Suspicion’
‘Wizards and Fools The Hallows’ Fool Moon’
Barbra Streisand: Partners
The Musketeers: Their Secrets and Why We Love Them
‘Disinherit the Wind’ a Scientific Dramatization
The Ongoing Tarantino Movie
Hansel and Gretel Bluegrass extended thru March 26
‘Stepford Wives’ and Fembots Explored
Dueling Populist Revolutions
“Still” … Superb
More Please — Butoh at the Fringe in “Shilo Kloko”
“Uncivil Correctness”… Not Quite
D Deb Debbie Deborah: A West Coast Premiere
Something That I Learned From Someone I Know
TheTVolution.com 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards Coming!
Musketeers Season 2 Delivers
The Genius of “Hercules Insane” at the Fringe
“Stringmates” Connect with Fringe Audiences
Nothing Bad – A Werewolf Rock Musical
President Trump: The Movie Pitch
Leon Russell: A Man and His Music
Ballers: The Reinvention of a Man (The Trailer)
Trump Steps in His Own Vomit
They’re Dropping Like Flies
Off the Beaten Pathé: “Tickling Giants”
The Story of Will Rogers
A Rising Tide Obscures All Details
‘Nosferatu’ at Crown City this All Hallows’ Eve Season
Bono and the Edge Waiting for Godomino’s in Special Engagement at The Whitefire
Add ‘The Fall’ to Your Must-See List
William Shakespeare’s Complete Works in 90 Minutes
In “Cardboard Piano,” Artistry Lies Within
Hollywood Fringe Diary 2016: The Final Tally!!
A Cornucopia of Deplorables
“The Chosen” Takes the Stage at The Fountain
The Campaign Circus
Hollywood Fringe 2015 Medal Count..
The Summer of Magical Thinking
Hollywood Fringe Diary
Garth Brooks at BB&T Center
“The Brick” Soars Above the Waves
“Game of Thrones” Iceland/Spain Locations and Final Running Times
“White Nights, Black Paradise” Makes for Poor Theatre, Rueful Review
“Ain’t That America” For Resonance Felt Round the World
The Musketeers: Their Secrets and Why We Love Them
Are You Sherlocked?
Four Chords and a Gun — The Ferocity of Musical Genius Mined
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s an Okay Play…
Moments from the Democrats’ Debate
“Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement Of Henry VIII” — (A Review)
“Skin Jobs” Presents Hard Questions—No Easy Answers
The Dark, Dank World of ‘Penny Dreadful’
For a Moment Reimagined—”My Janis”
“Office Beat” — A Winning Toe-Tapathon!
“Fort Huachuca” — A Story Ripe for the Telling
‘Bob Roberts’ is Off the Beaten Pathé
Schadenfreude, with a Side of Carnage
Salting the Battlefield Winds up The Worricker Trilogy (PBS)
Coffee with my Cat, Please
Amy Snowden takes on the Casting Couch
The Magic of Misdirection
It’s Time to Catch The “Princes of Kings Road”
“Fresh Meat” — but not Sirloin
Orphan Black S 3 premiere
What is “The American Character”?
“Chimpskin” — A Question of Humanity

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