Ernest Kearney

This was an unexpected gem. Superbly acted, extremely well written and directed. A more detail review will be appearing at The TVolution.com... full review

PATRIOT ACT Less play than town hall meeting, writer and performer Mike Schlitt voices his concerns for the country and shares some of his appreciable knowledge of the nation’s history before bringing the audience on stage to discuss methods of preserving the republic. Granted, not theatre, but definitely theatrical and very definitely needed in this time of ours. For that: HONORARY MENTION-SILVER FOR MORE FRINGE REVIEWS CHECK OUT THE TVOLUTION.COM ... full review

MIMI’S SUITCASE Written and performed by Ana Bayat, this is an intelligent and skillfully mounted tale of her life in and out of Iran. Bayat is an actress of obvious talent and never bores the audience. A good portion of the show is in Farsi and Castilian Spanish with “sub-titles” projected on the wall above her. The weakness of the show is unexpected in the story she tells. A lack of specifics and a lack of focus on what is truly dramatic about a young girl raised in Spain who loves “Ch... full review

WE MAKE MOVIES PRESENTS WMMFEST 2016 Here we have something different, a LA film collective showing a festival of their best work from the past year. Now like all such beasts there were some high points and some…well less than high points. But the high points were pretty darn fun, among them The Average White Male Comedian’s Plight Against Hollywood, in which writer\director Chris Valenti laments in a glorious sendoff of “political correctness” his lack of opportunities of playing ethnic wom... full review

50 SHADES OF SHAKESPEARE What was most surprising to me I admit was finding the combination here of great acting, great fun and great Shakespeare. You walk into the Three Clubs Venue to find a board listing the scenes from the Bard’s plays that will be performed: Virginity I & II & II Romeo & Juliet (duh.) Training Petruchio & Katherine (duh!) Coercion Isabella and Angelo (duh again!) Clusterf**k Hermia Helena Lysander (huh?) Future Instant Juliet Lady Macbeth (Okay, now you’... full review

ONE OF THE TOP SHOWS I’VE SEEN, AND ONE OF THE TWO BEST PIECES OF ENSEMBLE WORKS AT THE FRINGE (THE OTHER BEING “THE INDIAN WANTS THE BRONX”). A SUPERB PRODUCTION WITH AMAZING ACTORS THAT SHOULD NOT BE MISSED. A FULLER REVIEW WILL BE APPEARING IN THE TVOLUTION.... full review

ONE OF THE TOP SHOWS AT THE FRINGE, AND ONE OF THE TWO BEST PIECES OF ENSEMBLE WORKS I’VE SEEN (THE OTHER BEING “NEVA”). A POWER HOUSE PRODUCTION OF A FORTY YEAR OLD WORK THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS RELEVANCE AGAIN TODAY. AMAZING, SOLID WORK. A FULLER REVIEW WILL BE APPEARING IN THE TVOLUTION.... full review

Daniel Llewelyn-Williams’ one man show, A Regular Little Houdini is an enchanting blend of history, tragedy and magic. Set in his home town of Newport, South Wales during the Edwardian era, Llewelyn-Williams’ coming of age story of a little boy who idolizes the escape artist Harry Houdini draws on actual events from the town past. It is this legitimacy and Llewelyn-Williams’ all too apparent love of his birth place that give an added luster to an all ready stunning performance. Joshua Richa... full review

HOW TO BE A VIRGIN (IN 12 MORALLY AMBIGUOUS STEPS) At the outset of Carla Neuss’ smart and very witty play we are shown a graph that places the number of those who remain virgins after the age of twenty-five at two percent of the population. We’re told this is the same percentage as those who are vegetarians and those who believe the earth is flat. This well crafted piece relates the story of a young woman struggling against the world at large to retain her maidenhood and triumphing. Now... full review

EVERYONE HATES MARTIN SHKRELI. If you don’t know who Martin Shkreli is – you should. He’s the poster boy for that cancer which is rotting away at the American soul even as you read this. In September of 2015 Turing Pharmaceuticals, of which Shkreli was the founder and CEO, obtained the license for manufacturing Daraprim an antiparasitic drug needed by AIDS sufferers. Shkreli increased the drugs price from $13 per tablet to $750 per tablet demonstrating unfortunately that the benefits of ... full review