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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Theater Review: THE SECOND COMING OF JOAN OF ARC (The Actors Company) by Ernest Kearney

NOT ENOUGH HEAT The Second Coming of Joan of Arc is the best-known work of American playwright, author, and lesbian feminist Carolyn Gage. Loosely based, scholars will tell you, "very loosel…

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Monday, June 16, 2025

Theater Review: WILDS OF SEA (Actors Company Other Space; Hollywood Fringe Festival) by Ernest Kearney

SEA WORTHY Wilds of Sea is an undersea adventure that will leave little ones wide-eyed and utterly captivated. But make no mistake"this all-ages puppet spectacle is as enchanting for the gro…

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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Theater Review: RAG DOLL ON A BOMB SITE (Hudson Guild Theatre; Part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival) by Ernest Kearney

Â 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…

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Theater Review: CHARMIN THE MUSICAL (Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre; Hollywood Fringe Festival) by Ernest Kearney

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…

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Theater Review: MIKE BLAHA: INTERNATIONAL JOKE (Broadwater Studio, Hollywood Fringe Festival) by Ernest Kearney

Unlike his previous shows at The Hollywood Fringe " Spank the Monkey and Shagadelic: The Origins of Slang Words for Doing ItÂ " Michael Blaha has shed his stage persona of Professor Richar…

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Theater Review: HOLY, HOLY: THE BIRTH OF DISCO (The Broadwater; Part of The Hollywood Fringe Festival) by Ernest Kearney

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…

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Monday, June 9, 2025

Theater Review: OH, FUCK! AN ICEBERG! ONE WOMAN TITANIC (Part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival atActors Space by Ernest Kearney

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…

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Monday, June 2, 2025

Recommended Theater: FRINGE BLAST! (42 Offerings from the Hollywood Fringe Festival, 2025) by Ernest Kearney

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…

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Theater Review: LEAR REDUX: A QUANTUM FANTASIA (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble) by Ernest Kearney

Redux, adjective From the Latin, returning, fromÂ reducereÂ 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…

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Theater Review: THE WINTER'S TALE (Play On Shakespeare at Skylight Theatre) by Ernest Kearney

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-"…

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Theater Review: WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT (Fountain) by Ernest Kearney

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,…

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Theater Review: STUPID FUCKING BIRD (Blue Pen Theatre) by Ernest Kearney

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…

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Theater Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Antaeus Theatre) by Ernest Kearney

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…

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Monday, April 21, 2025

Theater Review: HOW TO FAIL (Actors' Gang Theater) by Ernest Kearney

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,…

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Sunday, April 13, 2025

Theater Review: IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL (Tennessee Williams at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Hollywood) by Ernest Kearney

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…

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Saturday, April 5, 2025

Theater Review: SHOWSTOPPER (Gary Stockdale at Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks) by Ernest Kearney

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…

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