By Ernest Kearney — Since the period of decolonization in Africa, that continent has been lashed continuously with bloody internal conflicts involving nearly half
It is odd to admire the seed but fault the fruit. But Brittanie Richardson’s solo show "Art and Abolition" has placed me in such
For those of you who are unschooled in America’s favorite pastime, Van Lingle Mungo was a Major League pitcher who played with the Brooklyn
"Secret Honor, The Last Testament of Richard M. Nixon" is a torrential tirade spewed by a scotch-soaked Richard M. Nixon, as he prepares to
"Comic-Con The Musical" celebrates that Mecca of Nerd-dom, The San Diego Comic-Con International aka Comic-Con. Four magical days every summer filled with celebrity
Director/writer/set designer Donovan Glover won the 1991 UCLA Best-New-Play-of-the-Year Award for this work and at times "Just Like Life" certainly feels like the work
In "The Girl who Jumped off the Hollywood Sign" written and performed by Joanne Hartstone, under the direction of Vince Fusco, the audience joins
I wanted "Zombie Clown Trump" (Surprise! It's a musical), so badly, to be great. But if wishes were horses….
"Bono and the Edge Waiting for Godomino's" by writer/director Richard Lucas approaches being the ultimate Hollywood Fringe Festival offering.
The personalities with whom playwright, Steven Vlasak populates “Nights at the Algonquin Round Table” are some the most acerbic wits, who carved up their
"My Janis," at The New Collective during Fringe 2017, is not actually a play. It is a moment selected from the life
"The Second Coming of Klaus Kinski" writer, performer Andrew Perez presents Kinski and all his demons with such unnerving commitment that the stench of
"Chimera Bella," with cinematography by James Delhauer, is described as “an acrobatic journey”; I saw little proof of either.
Billed as an exploration of music and magic "Incantesimo" relies heavily on the ability of music to take us into a state of trance
"Nothing Bad – A Werewolf Rock Musical" has spun the 1987 vampire film, "The Lost Boys" by way of the 1971 musical hit "Grease,"
"An Evening With John Wilkes Booth" by Clinton Case and Lloyd J. Schwartz (who also directs), presents a solid and edifying portrait of the
"Herpes: A Love Story," a show about the scourge of the sexual revolution, provides creator/performer Cherise Pascual with the opportunity of blitzing the audience
"Stringmates" by Amanda Noriko Newman takes its core concept from the Asian legend of the “Red String of Fate,” the belief that the gods
Well, I suspected I was going to like "Finally, Some Privacy" Aimee Levey’s one woman show, for Fringe 2017, when I heard the singing
Director, Christopher Johnson is too clever by half, which is clearly demonstrated in his current Fringe offering: a raucous, genderbending, madcap rendering of Christopher
From the first moments of "Mary’s Medicine," currently running at the Complex Theatres during Hollywood Fringe 2017, playwright/director Matthew Robinson takes a risk by