Ernest Kearney

In Deconstructing Holly, she recounts her surgeries, “facing the loss of all the biological organs that deem one a woman,” and seeing her lifelong dream of motherhood being stolen from her with both honesty and humor and under Jonathan Fahn’s direction shows herself to an be exceedingly engaging presence on stage.... full review

Contributing to Cooper being able to pull off her vocal homage to Callas is the fact that she has a pretty impressive set of pipes herself and manages to quiver the walls of the Hudson Theatre, and probably a good portion of Santa Monica Boulevard, quite nicely with her singing. Read the full review on theTVolution.com... full review

There are some very amusing lines tossed about here – “A mother has no favorites,” one character declares in speaking of her children, “just a clear eye for winners.” This gives one the sense that the playwright thought getting “laffs” right out of the starting gate was the most important aspect of a successful comedy. She’s wrong. Read the full review at theTVolution.com... full review

The main problem with actor Eric Billitzer’s Nobody Needs Another Hamlet, is that just about every actor does need a director. A rambling piece but short in which his facts are more interesting than his acting. Full review to follow on theTVolution.com... full review

The Eleventh Plague has arrived in the form of an hour and forty minute musical train wreck.... Full review to follow in theTVolution.com ... full review

I laughed, I cried, it made me a better human being. (But mostly I laughed) The most flawless fun I’ve found at the 2021 HFF. A GOLD MEDAL. Full review to follow at theTVolution.com ... full review

A love sonnet to humankind’s humanity. Sincere, engaging, beautifully performed and not to be missed. 2021 HFF’s second GOLD MEDAL Full review to follow at: theTVolution.com ... full review

An absolutely stunning performance of such honesty it blinds the senses.... The first PLATINIUM MEDAL of HFF 2021 Full review to follow at: theTVolution.com ... full review

It was fitting that the first show of the Fringe for this reviewer was Gordon Stephen Matheson Jr.’s No Matter Watt The Musical in that it embodies some of the essential, and mandatory elements that give luster to any Fringe. It was Matheson’s first show ever. It was a uniquely personal subject. It is a work that could be more than it is. What Matheson has given us is a love poem to the restorative power of AA for the rejuvenation of hope, and this in and of itself is not a bad thing at ... full review

A CLOWN SHOW WHERE CONCEPTS ARE FLUNG ABOUT THE STAGE NOT PIES. DIRECTOR ERIN LEIGH CRITES WORKS HER ACTORS WITH THE FLAIR LIKE A PHILHARMONIC CONDUCTOR. KENT JENKINS AND MOSES NORTON ARE TOP NOTCH CLOWNS, BUT YULIE ARCHONTAK STEALS THE SHOW. A PERFECT BLEND OF THE SUBLIME AND THE SILLY.... full review