‘It’s in Our Bones’ — Needs It in the Writing
By Ernest Kearney — At the core of Nicholas Buda’s drama, "It’s In Our Bones,"' are two sisters trapped in a cabin confronting each other with their history of antagonistic disregard.
‘Tommy and the Brothers’ – A Toe Tapping Second Coming
By Ernest Kearney — This tribute to Patrick, Tom, Liam Clancy and their musical confederate, Tommy Makem, is long overdue in “the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.”
‘The Toughest Man in Chicago’—The Best Show of the Fringe
By Ernest Kearney — Writer and performer Mitchell Bisschop recreates two prominent Chicagoans in his show. Royko, and his close friend and fellow writer Louis “Studs” Terkel.
This has to be a Coincidence – Needs Some Skepticism
By Ernest Kearney — Hanoch Serebrenik is a very funny soul. His comic timing and his mannerisms display that happy combination of talent and experience.
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‘Pain In My Asperger’s’ — Musical Hijinks, Trumps Life’s Adversity
By Ernest Kearney — Writer/Performer and Composer Jeremy Ebenstein was diagnosed with high functioning Asperger’s Syndrome early on in life.
‘Afghanistan Is Not Funny’ – It Is Riveting, Painful and Honest
By Ernest Kearney — British Comedian and Playwright Henry Naylor set off to Afghanistan to gather material for his play "Finding Bin Laden," and somewhere along the way found his own humanity.
‘Beautiful Monsterz’ – The Cancer of Celebrityhood
By Ernest Kearney — Steve Vlasak’s shows are nothing if not ambitious. This was as apparent in his earlier Hollywood Fringe production of "Nights at the Algonquin Round Table" (HFF’17), as it is in his latest effort "Beautiful Monsterz" (HFF’22).
‘Something in the Air’ – Nothing On The Stage
By Ernest Kearney — After a “successful workshop” production, a group of CalArts students have brought "Something in the Air" to HFF22. After seeing it I’m afraid I must question just who told them their workshop staging was “successful.”
‘Mr. Malcolm’s Music Factory’ – Music for the Young Masses
By Ernest Kearney — Legendary rocker Joe Cocker was being interviewed once very early in his career when the BBC reporter asked him what he would have done if he hadn’t become a musician
‘My Name is Thileepan’ – A Tragic History Badly Told
By Ernest Kearney — Ahash Francis, has chosen a subject for his one-man show that is a fascinating and tragic figure from the history of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.