Steve Budd brings his solo show WHATTHEYSAIDABOUTLOVE to the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival. A previous version of the show debuted at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival and won Best of the San Francisco Fringe.
Steve Budd (actor and writer) wonders why other people can and he can’t—tie the knot, that is. So he asked a bunch of couples what keeps them from pulling apart—despite annoying the heck out of each other. He spoke to some singles, too, about why they can’t seem to settle down. Meet a New Age couple that met before they met, an artist who can’t resist homeless guys in her West Oakland ‘hood, a pair of Metal Heads who thought it would be a hoot to get married on 6-6-6, and several others. Satisfy your voyeuristic tendencies about how others look for love—and, in some cases, find it.
This is documentary theater at its best, in the manner of Anna Deavere Smith. Steve Budd brings more than 12 characters to life, using their words from hours of interviews. The piece wa
