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beautiful
genius!! do not miss this show!!
highly recommended
intelligent and very insightful
neal's scatman is an acting lesson!
orson welles
rob locke's orson is dead-on
scatman crothers
amazing
auditioning
clever
comedy
dark
fringe 2015
hilarious
hollywood
non-fiction
real
MORNA MURPHY MARTELL
certified reviewer
June 28, 2015
Imagine this! Orson Welles’ last job in Hollywood was as the voice of a Planet, and Scatman Crothers’ was as the voice of an Astronaut named Jazz, in an animated film. In England they’d both have already been knighted for their contribution to their Nation’s Culture but, sadly, here the reward is humiliation and penury. How each of them deal with this reality is the intriguing subject of David Castro’s play where they meet, and skirmish, at an audition. Dennis Neal is brilliant as Crothers, an ironic spokesman for the Tinseltown Truth, while Rob Locke as Welles awesomely personifies this all-too-familiar figure of the Genius who demanded too much. Word is out that it’s being expanded into a full-length play. I certainly hope so and that thes...
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NICK SMITH
certified reviewer
June 29, 2015
The concept was a treat, and the execution was very good. The idea of a conversation between these two legends was interesting on its own, but the actual form of it involved an excellent portrayal of the two personalities. The self-involved, self-destructive perfectionism of Welles was convincing, as was the workmanlike application of skill by the Scatman. ...
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WILLARD MANUS
certified reviewer
July 02, 2015
This is the correct link to my review of A HOLLYWOOD ENDING
http://www.totaltheater.com/?q=search/node/a%20hollywood%20ending...
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WILLARD MANUS
certified reviewer
June 29, 2015
Here is the link to the review:
http://www.totaltheater.com/?q=node/6523...
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