A Forward By Ernest Kearney —
In times of radical events, it is both courageous and proper to take action to address the failures of society and to try to right the wrongs of the past. I’m a big mouth white guy of Irish descent
By Ernest Kearney — So here you have the second round of Hollywood Fringe Festival 2019 offerings that sound promising:
By Ernest Kearney — "Fool for Love" by Sam Shepard, which just closed the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood, is not a tidy play. In fact, as far as theatrical experiences go, it shares many of the same traits as Elizabethan bear-baiting; brutal and violent—with
by Darwyn Carson — With an eye and a heart dedicated to cohesive connection and support of local theatre, Better Lemons has become a premiere go-to review aggregate hub on the web. To that end a Theatre Critic’s Panel was convened on Saturday, June 2,
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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