It was an early summer outing in the center of once-fabled Tinseltown. For 11 days one could wander the streets of Hollywood among tourists and street denizens, go to 17 venues within walking distance of each other, another 14 that were a bit of a trek, see as many shows as feasible in a day and still only catch part of the festivities. READ MORE
The Fringe, the Ring, and Supernova
by Don Shirley | June 29, 2010
The Hollywood Fringe Festival was fun, but its scattershot programming didn’t bring much of anything new to LA theater. Let’s compare it to the Ring cycle — and to the kind of festival that might actually yield long-term benefits for our theatrical ecology. READ MORE
Figuring Out the Fringe
by Don Shirley | June 24, 2010
Flustered by the size of the Hollywood Fringe and the anonymity of so many of its participants? Here are a few guidelines and a few comments on non-Fringe shows as well. READ MORE.
