A woman dressed in a tattered white gown dances with her prince, suspended from a single trapeze, as the shadows of skeletal trees play across their bodies. Grace and power combine in a passionate pas de deux, rousing the audience to cheers. At 2019’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, Aeriform Arts gave us a cirque […]
Come in, sit down, and hold on tight – Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard is a riveting, hilarious, and completely unexpected ride through a tightly woven web of Afro-Caribbean myth, folk storytelling traditions, sharp humor and social commentary, and Southern gothic sensibilities. This one-man performance is the first time the Hollywood Fringe Festival has been privileged […]
Welcome to Twirly’s Traveling Tricks – a great new Fringe show where the language is made up and the jokes don’t matter. Tucked away in Studio C, this one-clown, 45-minute showcase produced by Dana Benedict is a riotously chaotic romp full of physical comedy, song and dance, and a thoroughly demolished Fourth Wall. twirly’s traveling […]
Special thanks to Paul Koudounaris, for the featured image. Although Christmas in the United States is traditionally merry and bright, recent years have seen a rebirth of some of the darker traditions spread around Europe, the best known being Krampus. Los Angeles has become home to a thriving community of Krampus enthusiasts, who celebrate […]
I was thrilled to get a chance to see a musical retelling of Edward Scissorhands, one of my favorite films. The juxtaposition of the candy-colored images and the dark heart of the story make it, in my opinion, one of the strongest of Tim Burton’s films. Unfortunately, Scissorhands: A Musical Inspired by the Film doesn’t […]
On December 1, 2018, the team behind the summer Halloween convention Midsummer Scream hosted their first holiday pop-up event at Sweet! Hollywood. Seasons Screamings featured a carefully selected list of artists from Midsummer Scream, an appearance by Cassandra Peterson (the iconic Elvira), photo ops with Krampus and Danielle Bradford as Santa Elvira, and even a […]
Death. The dark. That scratching in the walls and that flicker of motion just at the edge of your sight. Universal, visceral fears that leave their traces on us all. Written, produced, and directed by Annie Lesser, in collaboration with Heidi Calloway and Teresa Loera, The Unknown seeks to explore those things and more, with […]
The Void in Glendale Galleria is a virtual reality theater that launched in early 2018 with Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, and has recently begun to rotate their experiences to include Ghostbusters and original concept Nicodemus: Demon of Evanishment. Set after the closure of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, Nicodemus sends your party […]
Travel back to 1885 and immerse yourself in a decadent engagement party for Elizabeth, complete with meats, cheeses, desserts, and some vampiric company. Following the success of Remember Me: Germaine, which Haunting.net called “well realized and complete” and filled with “nuance and history”, Remember Me: Elizabeth expands upon the backstories of denizens of The […]
Below is a review of Sensa Stems: Agonist by The Paraside Institute. It does contain minor spoilers, but no major plot points, in the event that the experience is remounted. Arriving at a familiar location, I am met by a gruff, suspicious man, who verifies my identity and leads me to the start of […]
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