***Updated as if 3:56pm*** This show has now canceled its encore performances. Reviewed by Matt Ritchey She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen is an amazing play. It tells a very real story of Agnes, a school teacher, trying to get... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move They deserve a better story. Some reviews come with a sigh. This is one of them. I say this with the utmost respect for the writers, composers, cast and crew. Because in... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Matt Ritchey Things change. It’s inevitable. But it’s how people adapt to the changes that puts them on a path to discovering themselves – push against it too hard and you only wind up losing more than you... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Matt Ritchey We’ve all thought it (and some of us are still thinking it) – “when am I finally going to meet the right person?” Is the “right person” a myth? And how do I get out of... Continue Reading →
Boeing Boeing will be playing at the Complex beginning July 19th. It previewed during the recent Hollywood Fringe Festival. Reviewed by Matt Ritchey The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is an excellent school with some very well-known graduates. And if... Continue Reading →
'Reviewed by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move There is a mindset about Fringe that things will be fringy. An expectation even, that we can expect no less than ‘out of the ordinary’. The over-the-top, the outrageous, the inexplicable ambiguous,... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move Almost directly after the performance, I got tagged on a Facebook timeline, ‘They nailed it!’ While normally I don’t pay attention to the fan hype of any show, with How I Became... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Matt Ritchey There are many burlesque companies in Los Angeles, but if Shipwracked is indicative of all of Victress Burlesque’s shows, they’re toward the top of the list – this isn’t a burlesque show, it’s a full-on comedy... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Matt Ritchey “There is only one thing that a musical play must have – it must have music. And there is only one thing that it has to be – it has to be good.” Well, in my... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Guy Picot In 2015 British actress Bella Merlin brought her one-woman show, Nell Gwynne: A Dramatick Essaye in Acting and Prostitution to the Hollywood Fringe. This year Melanie Johnson steps into the corsets in Rogue Shakespeare's "Pretty, Witty... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Matt Ritchey A man believes that because he owns property, he is so independent that he can create his own Nation, his own Constitution, his own laws – and he is therefore not subject to the laws of... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move "and nothing nothing nothin nothin gonna save us now" Award-winning playwright Aaron Kozak is debuting a full-length script as a world premiere at the Hollywood Fringe 2019, his first in 5 years,... Continue Reading →
