David MacDowell Blue

An all-round excellent cast (with a few heart-breaking standouts) telling a story of love, and sex, and hope blended with despair. Yeah, with that mix it had better be a comedy. http://zahirblue.blogspot.com/2015/06/sleeping-around-review.html... full review

After seeing this latest show by the Four Clowns, I kept thinking about comedy. About what makes something funny. The Halfwits' Last Hurrah should not have been as funny as it is. Yet I and the audience laughed too many times to count--often at things that should have felt tragic. Why, I wondered? Part of it of course consisted of skill on the part of the entire cast--which proved transcendent! Comedy, as we know (don't we?) depends so very much on timing. The entire company--Tyler Bremer, ... full review

Let me say up front I 'have a complex relationship with "theater about theater." Not that I don't enjoy it (at least when done well, but that is true of almost everything--on the other hand I cannot bring myself to care if a football game is played well or reading new depths of wretchedness--but I digress)! But to be honest, an "in joke" by definition tends to lean too heavily on the references rather that any inherent humor. Having said that, I actually laughed at one point so hard I couldn't... full review

MY SISTER by Janet Schlapkohl marks my first review of the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Honestly, it sets the bar pretty damn high. "A story of twin sisters fighting to live their dreams as the world attempts to tear them apart." reads the tagline, and that certainly proves accurate. If insufficient. We're a little too used to that verb--tear apart--to feel its full power. Imagine your hand torn apart, until flesh and bone ripped asunder. Or your tongue pulled out of your skull. Nothing tha... full review

Very fun, very funny, very entertaining and often even thought-provoking! Don't think it quite achieves all it seems to be aiming for. But quite good and done with great skill and talent.... full review

I've written a full review for my blog: http://zahirblue.blogspot.com/2014/06/odessa-review.html But in a nutshell I am very impressed in a lot of ways with script, production and cast.... full review