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

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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

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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

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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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Sticky Fingers - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. In December of 2001, actress Winona Ryder was arrested in Beverly Hills after stealing nearly $5,000 worth of items from Saks Fifth Avenue. Her story made headlines and everyone wanted to know why she did it when she ...

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JonBenét Ramsey: THE MUSICAL - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. If you see nothing else at The Fringe do treat yourself to JonBenét Ramsey: THE MUSICAL. It will be the absolute fastest hour you'll spend. Chuy Bravo is featured as little JonBenet complete with mustache and blond wig so ...

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Neva - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Neva is a powerful play. The story takes place at a rehearsal of Chekov but most of the actors and the director have not shown up. It is feared they have died in the violence of an ensuing revolution. One does not need to ...

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Bumpersticker: The Musical - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. Bumpersticker: The Musical is a super fun musical experience, especially for a Los Angeles area crowd. Everyone knows the feeling of being stuck in your car, annoyed at the traffic, reading billboards and bumperstickers ...

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Labitity - Hollywood Fringe Review

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A review by Suzanne Birrell. Labitity is a look at your life. It's a show of labels, titles and identities-our own, our families and perfect strangers. It is witty and intelligent. Written and performed by Katrina Joli, she takes us on a journey ...

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Odilia- Hollywood Fringe Theatre Review

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A review by Suzanne Birrell. Take a journey to the middle ground where dreams are woven and nightmares are felt. Odilia is almost like a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in that Odilia meets the ghosts that know of her past, however Odilia is no ...

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Hello World - Hollywood Fringe Review

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A review by Rachel Flanagan. Hello World definitely deserves some praise for bringing the virtual reality experience to theatre in a very unique and interactive sort of way. With your very own smartphone and headphones and borrowed Google Cardboard, ...

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Cowboy Mouth - Hollywood Fringe Review

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A review by Rachel Flanagan. During their volatile yet romantic love affair in the early 1970's, singer-songwriter Patti Smith and Obie award-winning playwright Sam Shepard wrote Cowboy Mouth. Over two nights, probably holed up in his hotel room at ...

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Alien vs. Musical - Hollywood Fringe Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. Set in the "Land of Musicals" with characters from hit musicals like the Sound of Music, Rent, Les Misérables, and Annie, Alien vs. Musical is the story of a mysterious egg, the laughter, singing, and chaos that ensues ...

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Titus Andronicus Jr. - Hollywood Fringe Review

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A review by Rachel Flanagan. Shakespeare is commonly read and performed in schools all over the country but it is rare that school-age youths are encouraged to read or perform Titus Andronicus. Thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, it is his ...

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Here There Be Dragons - Hollywood Fringe Review

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Review by Rachel Flanagan. Drew Vandiver studied Theatre, Literature, and Mathematics and has been a sawmill worker, a bouncer, a high school teacher, an accountant, a drug dealer, an actor, manager of the world's largest Victoria's Secret, and a ...

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Oblivious - Hollywood Fringe Review

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A review by Rachel Flanagan. Oblivious takes the concept of video games and mixes it with interactive theater to create a fun experience with audience participation. The concept behind Oblivious is set in a fictional United Nation-States of ...

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P.R.: THE CHUCK ROWLAND AWARDED TO TOM JACOBSON June 21

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CELEBRATION THEATRE PRESENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD'S "ONE CITY ONE PRIDE" FESTIVAL presents THE CHUCK ROWLAND AWARD TO TOM JACOBSON FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN LGBT THEATRE AND ACTIVISM CELEBRATION WILL ALSO PRESENT A ...

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A Thorn in the FAmily Paw - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Nick McDow. Photos by Garry Michael Kluger A Thorn in the Family Paw by Garry Michael Kluger and directed by Arden Teresa Lewis opened this week at Theatre West. It's a story of an American family though the ups and downs ...

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A Whole Newd World- Hollywood Fringe Theatre Review

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A Review by Rachel Flanagan. A Whole Newd World - Cherry Tales at the Knock Shop mixes Disney princesses and fairy tales with Into the Woods meets cabaret meets burlesque. Cherry Poppins productions, a production company that creates fun interactive ...

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