The Load-In

Follow the link (“original article”) for my Exit Review of THE LOAD-IN, playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015. Exit Reviews is a new series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews presented by ArtsBeatLA.com.... full review

Follow the link (“original article”) for our Exit Review of "The Load-In," which is part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015. Exit Reviews is a new series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews presented by ArtsBeatLA.com. Guest critic - Kurt Gardner presents his review - ... full review

The Load-in is a light situation comedy following a band “loading in” a bar. The genius is in the location-location-location. The 3 Clubs Bar on Vine is the perfect venue. The show actually starts when you walk in the door. The bartender played with total realism by Tony Nunes is waxing the bar, digging into the corners, buffing anything that shines (He deserves a raise). The give-away comes when and if a customer asks for a drink and the actor has to send him out to the Real bartender. The audience was prepared to laugh and there were plenty of one-liners to tickle their funny bone. As a pro musician myself who has loaded in uncountable times, I was curious to see the show. I laughed at times when nobody else did because some moment... full review

Certainly most of us have wanted to follow a band around and be a part of their backstage antics when we were young enough to have the energy to do so. So it is quite a thrill to be in on the action of watching The Wax Robots load-in for a performance when everything that can go wrong does, yet it all works out in the end. You'll hear stories about their lives and how they got to be in this place at this time as their equipment and sound system miraculous gets set in place. The keyboardist has lost her back-up tracks, the bass player is drunk, the lead guitarist slams his hand in a door, the drummer eats some rice and has a violent allergic reaction, and the disco ball just won't turn. And one band member is late and nowhere to be found. T... full review