by Tony Bartolone~
It was fitting that the grand re-opening of Bang Comedy Institute and Theater was topped off with a dance party. The entire event felt like a party. And it was quite possibly the least pretentious and most welcoming theater I have ever walked into. After fighting my way through LA traffic and scavenging [...]
November 6, 2011 | Posted in
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by Danny Rangel~
LA Theatre Review talked to Ezra Buzzington, the curator of this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival [film] program.
Give us the genesis behind Fringe Film. How was this project conceptualized? What was the driving force and the rationale behind creating Fringe Film?
As Founder of the first Fringe Theatre Festival in the U.S. (Seattle) and [...]
Interview with Ben Hill, Hollywood Fringe Festival Director, and Fringe Founder, 7/12/11
by Bree Long~
L.A. Theater Review sits down with Hollywood Fringe Festival Director, Ben Hill, to hear all about the life of the Hollywood Fringe and where it’s headed.
Last year marked the inaugural festival for the Hollywood Fringe, with nearly 200 performance groups, 17,000 seats [...]
Our own Joel Elkins loves crossword puzzles and as a hobby creates his own. He created one for our coverage of the Hollywood Fringe Festival so that, when you have time between all the shows you’re seeing, you can fill it with something more fun than sitting in your car on Santa Monica Blvd. waiting [...]
by Marcus Kaye ~
Last night, The Fringe Opening Night party went off with a bang amidst a flurry of show postcards, networking performers and, most importantly, Fringe Central sangria. Arriving with Adam Sass, a member of the Crooked Rooks (whose show is featured in the festival), I found myself sauntering up to the [...]
by Rachel Stoll~
The Birthday Boys generated some serious buzz by winning the 2010 Hollywood Fringe First Award for world premiere, and LA Fringe Award presented by LA Theatre Review Critic’s Choice. It is because of this buzz that Theatre Asylum‘s Matthew Quinn offered to extend writer Aaron Kozak’s play as part of Theatre Asylum’s [...]
September 24, 2010 | Posted in
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The 2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival is now behind us. Last night we had the extreme pleasure of handing out four La Fringe awards, all for outstanding contribution to theatre in Los Angeles.
The nominees and recipients were:
Outstanding Contribution to Theatre in Los Angeles in a Solo Show
1. The Event
2. Brownsville Bred
3. The Most Dangerous Woman in [...]
by K. Primeau~
Hollywood – An energetic crowd of performance artists, dancers, directors, producers, playwrights, theatre companies, and local council members waited in line to participate in the Hollywood Fringe Festival’s community assembly last evening. The first public meeting to discuss the festival, set for June 17 to the 27, has been three years and one [...]
February 12, 2010 | Posted in
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We have been working on a redesign of our on-line newspaper for some time. In the last several weeks, during the holidays, instead of creating new content, we concentrated simply and completely on building the new site. (And, of course, enjoying the holidays, we aren’t that altruistic!)
With this new design, we have added many features, [...]
January 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Editor’s Note: This month the “Editor’s Page” will also be the front page because it goes far in expressing what we are about at Los Angeles Theatre Review and why we do what we do.
by Geoff Hoff
We Love Small Theatre
What are reviews?
Some people think of them as consumer advocacy. An expression of “Don’t see [...]
November 21, 2009 | Posted in
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