The 7th Annual One-Man Show World Championships

From "lights: up" the laughs start rolling with little reprieve during this hour-long send up of self-indulgent artistic excess. Playwright/actor Jim Hanna has distilled the soul-baring one-man show down to its essence and drunk deep of the refined liquor to find the answer to the question: "Are we making art or are we just jerking off?" Setting the scene within the framework of an arts competition kicks the pretentiousness into overdrive as each performer tries to out-do each other's misery on the road to self-discovery. There's not much to criticize here except maybe some instances of timing. A minor quibble, but a few punchlines were lost amidst the laughter. However, as this was a preview and their first time in front of an audi... full review

The best Fringe show I have ever seen and one of the funniest shows I have ever seen, period. It takes an 'Emperor Has No Clothes' approach to the ponderous and pretentious nature of theater that equates death, disease, addiction and abuse with insight and rips every sacred cow a new one. This show is deeply silly and so are the characters. Every single performance is hilarious and incisive. Every damn one. I loved this show.... full review

The 7th Annual One-Man Show World Championship preview had the audience belly laugh with delight at its send up of everything that can go wrong with one person pitted against the other to see who is more damaged. Dan Tooner as the defending champion was hilariously pompous and indulgent. Tamara Davis and Sarah Chaney were both quirky and a lesson to be nice to your tech crew. Jim Hanna brings it all home with a wonderful delivery that is as dry as toast and timing of a true champion. Go see this!! ... full review

This is one hilarious lampoon of a Fringe staple. I was laughing so hard I had a coughing fit. Darin Tooner and Jim Hanna led an absolutely hilarious cast in lovingly skewering the one-man show. I could fill two reviews with all the things I thought were so great about this show, but I don't want to spoil anything accidentally. Do yourself a favor. Go see this show while you can still get tickets.... full review

Absolutely amazing performances and brilliant writing! Laughed our asses off! Must see!!... full review

Loved it! Amazing!!!... full review

I LAUGHED ! I CRIED ! Actually that's a lie, I didn't cry once. And that's a good thing, because when you are parodying sob stories the last thing you want is someone to sob. The wit of the show along with the humor with which the actors approach their characters make it one not to be missed!!!... full review

This. Show. ROCKS. An absolute pleasure. Hilarious. Poignant. Honest. Absolutely worth the time. One of the best shows I've seen in LA. ... full review

The self-absorption, the stagey spins to indicate another scene, the elderly African-American characters who are sources of perfect wisdom, the absurd amount of lighting and sound cues, these and more get gleefully cornholed in Jim Hanna's satire of one-man shows. The production is assisted by Caitlin Rucker's tight direction and a fistful of outstanding performances including Darin Toonder as returning champion Trent "the Soul Mirror" Isaacs and Forest Lancaster as the smooth and smarmy master of ceremonies. After you've seen one too many solo shows, see this one to get your head back together and put a wicked grin on your face.... full review

The 7th Annual One-Man Show Championships. Run to see this send-up of one-man shows. Brilliantly written and performed. It's insane.... full review