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 […]
Choosing to go to a one-person show at the Hollywood Fringe Festival can be a game of chance. Sometimes you see a theatrical experience that is extraordinary; sometimes the experience is far more mundane. But what you do normally see is a production that focuses, in one way or another, on the life of the […]
It’s back! That special time of year when immersive audiences are treated to a month-long deluge of new works running the gamut of every tone and style imaginable. Whether you crave emotionally intense one-on-one encounters in a private space, mystery and intrigue on the streets of Los Angeles, or a relaxed evening at the theater […]
Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts, penned in 1881, can’t be described as the most accessible text ever written, but its criticism of 19th century morals and the controversy surrounding its content is still an inspiration to modern playwrights. Due to its content Ghosts was, to say it generously, not universally praised at its initial release. But it’s […]
Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many. Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled, And each man fixed his eyes before his feet. -T.S. Eliot, “The Wasteland” I’m being led down the cracked streets of […]
A dingy bar traps seven souls. A young man paces the room, only to stop and slam his glass down onto a table. A young girl rests with her head laid down on the bar. A studious man quietly reads the Bible. A provocatively dressed woman sneaks glances at a bearded man fiddling with his […]
August 9, 1969. Hollywood, California. The bodies of five people – Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Steven Parent, Mojciech Frykowski, and 8-month pregnant Sharon Tate – were found viciously murdered, brutally stabbed and shot to death in Tate’s home. The word “pig” was scrawled on the front door in blood. Who could have committed these horrendous […]
The steel door of the Mutilator Machine slams shut, locking its victim inside. The hungry device growls awake, gears turning, lights flashing. Then the screams begin. A severed arm flies out of the Mutilator Machine and the wailing subsides. Dr. Zomba During the 1930-1940s, before the boom of television, spooky and campy stage productions […]
For the second year in a row, the Hollywood Fringe has designated “immersive theatre” as one of the official categories of performance for their yearly festival. This year we’ll be treated to a deliciously broad range of experiences from both familiar voices and first time creators stretching the definition of immersive theatre in a dozen […]
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