 I always look forward to the shows of Shelley Cooper at the Hollywood Fringe. They are musical biographies of women who made history not only with their presence but with their voices a…
SQUEEZABLE THEATER Those dark days all seem so long ago. The face masks, drive-thru testing, fear of crowded indoor spaces, and some idiot assuring us, "It's going to disappear. One day " it…
Unlike his previous shows at The Hollywood Fringe " Spank the Monkey and Shagadelic: The Origins of Slang Words for Doing It " Michael Blaha has shed his stage persona of Professor Richar…
FEMINIST CLOWNS COLLIDE WITH CAPITOLISM Clownish perfection poses a unique problem for reviewers in that the blend of Da-Da slapstick and rib-tickling existentialism tends to defy easy descr…
TITANIC SINKS AGAIN Mallie McCown's madcap reimagining of Titanic, James Cameron's $220 million epic, is ambitious beyond words, which is the source for most of the problems that plague this…
THEATRE ISN'T DEAD: HOLLYWOOD FRINGE 2025, JUNE 5-29 For those under the impression that creativity begins and ends in LA on the multi-screens of the AMC and IMAX theatres in every mall scat…
Redux, adjective From the Latin, returning, from reducere to lead back To be brought back or returned, especially in a new way. When it comes to the re-imagining of Shakespeare's works…
EXIT, PURSUED BY A PRODUCTION In taking on a production of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Play On Shakespeare at Skylight Theatre is to be commended. The last of the Bard's plays-"…
HARE FORCE ONE With White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour currently at the Fountain Theatre, what you encounter is an interesting and provocative theatrical game,…
THIS BIRD AIN'T SO STUPID There is a strange little niche tucked away in the theatre world which, for lack of a better term, could be called "Travesty Theatrics." It's when a classic drama i…
A STRIKINGLY RESPECTFUL TAKE WORTHY FOR A MUSEUM The Antaeus Theatre Company first began offering audiences superbly mounted productions over a quarter of a century ago, and for their contin…
ONE MAN. 60 MINUTES OF DISASTER. EVERYTHING FAILS MAGNIFICENTLY! Ron Campbell is a clown all right. This is apparent from his first pratfall, which occurs about eleven seconds into his show,…
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' SELDOM SEEN PLAY SHOWS WHY IT'S SO SELDOM SEEN It can be a curse to start one's literary or dramatic career with a masterpiece. Doing so serves to intensify the expectati…
HIGH NOTES AND HARD KNOCKS: SHOWSTOPPER CHARTS THE SONGBOOK OF SURVIVAL Singer songwriter Gary Stockdale has a loyal but eclectic fan base. His long-term devotees date back to legendary TV p…