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THEATRE REVIEW – ‘Batter Up’ Not Just For Baseball Fans, Extended at Hollywood Fringe
You don’t have to love–or even like–baseball in order to love “Batter Up: My Brain on Baseball”, but it helps. “Batter Up” is an astonishing display of memory retention like no other. Highly entertaining and charismatic, self-defined “baseball savant,” Brett … Continue reading
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Tattered Capes’ Out From the Shadows at the Hollywood Fringe
Playwright and Producer Gregory Crafts and Theatre Unleashed production of “Tattered Capes” brings homage to prevalent and popular Marvel and DC Comic superhero films in a fresh, funny, and poignant new work after last year’s award-winning equally loving send up to the classic … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Miscellanious, Theater, Upcoming Events
Tagged Ann Hurd, Caroline Roncalli, Chris Clabaugh, Corrine Glazer, Courtney King, Gordon Meacham, Gregory Crafts, Heather Rose, HFF19, Hollywood Fringe Festival, Joanna Mercedes, LAthtr, Melany Smith, Tanner Risner, Theatre Unleashed, Travis Joe Dixon
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THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Bully Problem’ Beats Back those Bad Memories, at Hollywood Fringe
UPDATED 8/5/19 Remember how you felt the first time you performed in, or even saw, your first high school or college musical? Remember that giddy excitement that sent warm shivers down your spine, instilling a feeling that told you this … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Theater
Tagged Allie Costa, Andrew Landecker, Clint Blakely, Frankie Zabilka, Hallie Mayer, HFF19, Hollywood, Hollywood Fringe Festival, James Everts, Jayna Sweet, Jordan Mitchell-Love, Kyle Ormiston, LA theatre, LAthtr, Malissa Marlow, Matt Kamimura, Michael Shapiro, Musical, The Broadwater, The Bully Problem, theater festival, theatre festival, Tianna Cohen
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THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Bunny the Elf LIVE!’ Spreads Cheer at ‘STAGEStheatre’
UPDATE: 11-12-19* Directed by Rose London, solo show “Bunny the Elf LIVE!,” is both a funny and touching amalgamation of writer and actress Christi Pedigo‘s imaginative YouTube webisodes/Amazon Prime series, “Bunny the Elf,” with some fresh new material, *playing select … Continue reading
LA’s ‘Art Beyond the Glass’ Annual Cocktail Festival to Benefit ‘Beautify’
L.A.’s premier cocktail culture festival, Art Beyond the Glass VIII, is this Sunday, June 23, 2019, at the landmark two-story nightclub Los Globos in Silver Lake. In its eighth year, the event that combines cocktails, art, painting, sculpture, photography, live music, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Events, Food, Miscellanious
Tagged ABTG VII, Amaro Angeleno, Art Beyond the Glass, Aviation Gin, Bacardi, Beautify Earth, Bigallet, Born & Bred, Casa Magdalena, Chareau, Chartreuse, Edinburgh Gin, Fords Gin, Giffard, J’s Hot Sauce, Jack Daniel's, Licor 43, Lillet, Liquid Alchemist, los globos, Mestizo Mezcal, Ming River, Monique A LeBleu, Mulholland Distilling, Partida, Pomp & Whimsy, Temptation Apple Liqueur, The Real McCoy, Tromba, Ventura Spirits, West Coast Ice Provisions
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THEATRE REVIEW: Blackboxing takes an Hysterical Poke at the Craft at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
UPDATED 11/1/19 Full disclosure: this writer donated toward the making of this show without being privy to its full plot and content and has no vested interest in its box office take or success. In the play Blackboxing, actor and … Continue reading
‘Lincoln 2020’ Asks a Pointed ‘What if,’ Offers a Choice, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
Fast-paced satire “Lincoln 2020,” written and produced by Holiday Kinard, and neatly directed by Colleen Labella, hits some very sharp political notes in their first-year effort at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, now playing at the Broadwater Second Stage. Mirroring the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Theater
Tagged Adam Gentzler, Alex Mackyol, Allie Leonard, Amandla Bearden, Broadwater Second Stage, Colleen Labella, Dan Torson, Eric Delgado, Holiday Kinard, Hollywood Fringe Festival, Janet Chung Chamberlain, Kristen Cook, Lincoln 2020, Monique Marie Gelineau, Patrick Censoplano, R.S. Buck, Rebecca Knowles, The Broadwater, Tim Kopacz, women directors, women in theatre, women writers
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The ’10th Annual Edwardian Ball’ Returns to Multi-Level Landmark ‘Fonda’
From lovers of the Neo-Victorian and Edwardian era—the latter the reign of Britain’s King Edward VII, to lovers of All-Things-Edward Gorey—that is, the author, illustrator, and designer, Edward St. John Gorey of the Gashleycrumb Tinies and “PBS Mystery!” intro fame. The Edwards … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Attractions, Events, Fashion, Miscellanious, Theater, Upcoming Events
Tagged 10th Annual Edwardian Ball, cos-play, costumes, Edward Gorey, Edwardian, Justin Katz, Mike Gaines, Rosin Coven, Shannon Gaines, The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust, The Edwardian Ball, The Fonda Theatre, Vau de Vire
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