Blog Posts in June 2016

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Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Suzanne The Los Angeles City Council recently voted unanimously to finally move forward with construction of a Target store on Sunset Blvd. and Western Ave., a project which was stalled for 2 years due to lawsuits. The development has broad neighborhood ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian On our summer cover, the Muses of Music, Dance and Drama, a sculpture created by George Stanley whose "Oscar" is passed out each year, graces the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl an overlooked artistic treasure we pass as we speed along Highland ... Continue reading » Permalink
Beautiful-The Carol King Musical Theatre Review Posted By Suzanne Birrell A review by Suzanne Birrell. The highly anticipated LA premier of Beautiful-The Carol King Musical finally happened at the Hollywood Pantages. It is definitely a Wow-Wow-Wow! Prior to the show and based on the publicity photos and even being a fan of ... Continue reading » Permalink
Annie Reiner - Entertainer Extraordinaire Posted By Suzanne Birrell An Interview with Suzanne Birrell. Annie Reiner is the definition of a true Renaissance woman. She is a published poet, a playwright who has had two of her plays produced, and a painter with four one-woman gallery shows under her belt. She has penned ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Labitity - Hollywood Fringe Review Posted By Suzanne 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Odilia- Hollywood Fringe Theatre Review Posted By Suzanne 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Hello World - Hollywood Fringe Review Posted By Suzanne 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, ... Continue reading » Permalink
Cowboy Mouth - Hollywood Fringe Review Posted By Rachel Flanagan 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Titus Andronicus Jr. - Hollywood Fringe Review Posted By Rachel Flanagan 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Here There Be Dragons - Hollywood Fringe Review Posted By Rachel Flanagan 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
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