The Interference - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review
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...
View Article1001 Minutes of New Musicals - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review
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...
View ArticleThe Amitycode - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review
By Harrison Held 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...
View ArticleOut & About with Susan Hornik 6/26/17
By Susan Hornik For Mummy Day, Tom Cruise was at the Hollywood & Highland complex as they unveiled a big mummy for Universal's The Mummy movie. "I just remember growing up and seeing them on Friday...
View ArticleApathy Killed the Cat - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review
By Rachel FlanaganApathy 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...
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Summertime and the livin' is easy. That may be true for the true South, but it's also vacation time and there's always an influx of visitors that our summer travel plans don't match. Rachel Flanagan's...
View ArticleSpider-Man: Homecoming - Film Review
By Joan Alperin First off, I must say that British actor Tom Holland is my favorite Spider-Man ever and this reboot, directed by Jon Watts, is my favorite film in this Marvel franchise. What makes...
View ArticleOdd Brodsky - Film Review
By Bill Garry Odd Brodsky, an independent comedy from writer-director Cindy Baer (working with co-writer Matthew Irving), is a little...
View ArticleAny Night - Theatre Review
By Rachel Flanagan Is it a sleepwalker's nightmare or a sweet love story? Any Night at Sacred Fools Theater will have you hooked on finding out. Anna (Marie Fahlgren) is an attractive young woman...
View ArticleThe Devil's Wife - Skylight Theatre
By Joshua Kahn The Skylight Theatre presents another world premiere with Tom Jacobson's The Devil's Wife, a pulpy, comedic melodrama, heavily steeped in the world of 19th Century moralistic fables....
View ArticleSavion Glover - Dance Review
By Joan Alperin After going through a 70 million dollar renovation, the Ford Amphitheatre, which originally was built in 1920, reopened with an incredible show. The amazing Savion Glover tapped to the...
View ArticleThe Conway Curve - Film Review
By Bill Garry The Conway Curve, an ambitious new indie from a Texas-based team, provides both the pleasures and the pitfalls of an independent film. Led by director, producer, and co-writer Marian...
View ArticleOut & About with Susan Hornik - July
By Susan Hornik Movers and Shakers If you were a fan of Will Farrell's Anchorman you might remember a hilarious scene with the comedian playing a flute. The man who, behind the scenes, so deftly...
View ArticleThe Lost Child - Theatre Review
By Annette Semerdjian Skylight Theatre creates yet another compelling, topical and one-of-a-kind production with its latest play, The Lost Child. The story follows a wife and husband who have been...
View ArticleLas Garcia - Hollywood Fringe Festival Review
By Harrison HeldLas 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...
View ArticleHonky Tonk Laundry - Theatre Review
By Bill Garry At the end of Honky Tonk Laundry, the new jukebox musical from writer-director Roger Bean (of The Marvelous Wonderettes fame), you'll leave the theatre feelin' happy, energized and...
View ArticleThe Queen of Spain - Film Review
By Joshua Kahn Photo by Gyorgy Slater The time-tested genre of "movies about movies" has been around almost as long as movies themselves. They're usually joyous, energetic crowd-pleasers (think of...
View ArticleWelcome to the White Room - Theatre Review
By Joan Alperin Welcome to the White Room not only had me guessing until the end but the next day. The extremely funny play, written by Trish Harnetiaux, will keep you thinking long after the curtain...
View ArticleThe Taste at Paramount's Backlot
By Joan Alperin This Labor Day weekend, over 100 of L.A.'s best restaurants are coming to the Paramount backlot for five themed food and drink events. Friday, September 1 • 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Opening...
View ArticleThe Dreamer Examines His Pillow - Theatre Review
By Harrison Held"The Dreamer Examines His Pillow" is an amazing, intense and thought provoking play. The play features an excellent cast of actors, well directed by Mark Blanchard at the Lounge 2...
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