By Ernest Kearney — The other night my lovely wife Marlene and I were out walking with a couple of friends, after a pleasant evening of theatre at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, when somehow the conversation turned toward the topic of
by Darwyn Carson — Monopoly, I would wager, was always one of the first go-to games of choice amongst friends and family members. Contributor Ernest Kearney turned me on to this video by Filmmaker, Video-Blogger and Monopoly Lover, Austin McConnell.
Ernest Kearney has adapted the works and words of one “Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899) Civil War veteran, Republican powerbroker and the most influential intellectual in American history; a tireless activist, Ingersoll supported equal rights for minorities, the right of women to vote and opposed capital punishment.
For those of you unaware of the fire storm unleashed on Colin Mitchell, former editor of Bitter Lemons, L.A.’s ground zero for theatre criticism—and perhaps the city’s best scratching post for its artistic Kilkenny’s cats—here, briefly, is the tale.
The Chicago Reader, the Windy City’s equivalent
Well another Fringe has come and gone. I attended 60 shows and managed to review 55 (denoted by the asterisk: “*”), and I must say there were some gems. So here is my final call, including those shows that ranked as Platinum. Congratulation to all
Well on here I am: Hollywood Fringe Show number forty-five now and here’s a just a recap of some of the shows seen:
50 SHADES OF SHAKESPEARE
What was most surprising to me I admit was finding the combination here of great acting,
great fun and great Shakespeare.
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HOW TO BE A VIRGIN (IN 12 MORALLY AMBIGUOUS STEPS)
At the outset of Carla Neuss’ smart and very witty play we are shown a graph that places the number of those who remain virgins after the age of twenty-five at two percent of the population.
A HORSE WITH A VIEW
Last year Christopher Piehler delighted audiences with Reserve Champion, an autobiographical tale of how as a young boy he fell in love with horses.
That love affair continues in A Horse with a View, a quartet of tales in which women break
Bump in the Night – Tales of Monsters and Fools (Hollywood Fringe 2016) sets up as a parody of those annoying supernatural reality shows such as Monster Quest, Finding Bigfoot, Destination Truth or Ghost Hunters. The team on this venture looking for the werewolf-arachnid of East Hamburg,
Office Beat: A Tap Dance Comedy playing now at 2016's Hollywood Fringe: A review