Fringe Festival Reviews

Posted By Harrison Held

SCHMALTZY & PRINCIE by Harrison Held Diary of a Not-So-Great Daddy's Girl Written & performed by MaryLee Herrmann Directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson Production stills by Kenneth Wajda Zephyr Theatre 7456 Melrose Avenue SCHMALTZY & PRINCE by ...

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Manson's Girls - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By James Bartlett

By James Bartlett Cast of Manson's Girls For decades the Manson name has fascinated the public, and so any story featuring him and his family will always garner some interest - though taking it to a musical place is something different. On entering ...

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The Most Massive Woman Wins - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

by Kathy Flynn The Most Massive Woman Wins is a short play that packs a powerful punch. Four women in the waiting room of a fat reduction/liposuction clinic flash back to what brought them there. All of them have reasons to be there, but are any of ...

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All-American Sex Addict/Woke AF - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano, All-American Sex Addict/Woke AF is about neither sex nor sex addiction. It is about America, though, pitting three politically correct women against one tone-deaf man. What playwright/director Matt Morillo sets out to do is, in his ...

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Las Garcia - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Discover Hollywood

By Harrison Held "Las Garcia" is a captivating one woman show that is definitely worth seeing. The exciting, entertaining and intriguing production was written by and stars the talented, energetic and charismatic Gabriela Ortega who recently ...

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Apathy Killed the Cat - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

By Rachel Flanagan Apathy Killed the Cat is a one-act play written and directed by Ryan Lisman and premiering at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The play centers around an unstable playwright named Colin (Aaron Stall). Colin is slowly losing his ...

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The Amitycode - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Harrison Held

By Harrison Held Photo by Nick Cimiluca I had a terrific time at the Hollywood Fringe Festival last night watching the 10 pm performance of the must see play The Amitycode written by and starring the talented Devin Crittenden at the intimate ...

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1001 Minutes of New Musicals - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry I think of the Hollywood Fringe Festival as creative anarchy -- independent writers, composers, actors and producers put on hundreds of shows with just as many goals in mind. Some want to be discovered, some want to hone their craft, ...

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The Interference - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Erin Fair

By Erin Fair It is a tale as old as time, but The Interference is no fairytale; it's a story of sexual violation. Before the play begins, the audience walks in and the stage is littered with a cast of thirteen front and center. They sit very still ...

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Tough Brown Leather - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review

Posted By Erin Fair

By Erin Fair Two chairs adorn the minimalist stage, framing the performer and a projector shining on a white screen. The lights in the theater go down and the screen displays a singular image of four black girls holding hands and partaking in a ...

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Overlay - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. Violence in often overlooked these days thanks to the abundance of violence in video games and movies and television. Real violence is recapped every day, multiple times a day, on the news and newspapers and shared ...

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Simon Coronel - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Suzanne

A review by Rachel Flanagan. When someone demonstrates an extraordinary ability in a certain field that the United States may think will benefit the country, they will grant a priority visa to an immigrant with an alien classification known as the ...

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Chemistry - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. Even in 2016, Mental Illness is an often-overlooked disease. Many people believe that if you cannot see that someone is sick, they are just faking it. Others believe that people make a choice to be happy and those that ...

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The Toxic Avenger - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. The Toxic Avenger is the epitome of a geek turned hero story in the most unconventional, and yet, most New Jersey way. The Toxic Avenger: The Musical turns this unconventional geek to hero story in a rock musical filled ...

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Not Another Horror Story - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. Take a little bit of American Horror Story, mix it with a handful of horror comedies like Scary Movie and add a dash of horror movie stereotype and you will get the premise of Not Another Horror Story. The cast was a ...

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