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Fringe as Economic Stimulus

April 13, 2009 by Ben Hill

There is much talk in the news about stimulating the economy through federal funding. To most economic observers, this is a wise move on the part of the government – greasing the skids for communities and businesses to invest in local development. This ... read more

Awards Equity 2-Year Plan

June 17, 2021 by Ellen Boudreau-Den Herder

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Hollywood Fringe Festival, in concert with the HFF ACCESS Committee, will develop a 2-year plan to increase accessibility, equity, and inclusion at the Hollywood Fringe Festival Awards Ceremony, includ... read more

CHRIS MCGOWAN DEBUTING “LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND CHRIS MCGOWAN” AT 2012 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

May 07, 2012

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 9th, 2012. Chris McGowan is performing his new solo show, “Life, The Universe and Chris McGowan” at the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The 42-minute long solo show, directed and produced by Carla Snowden, examines what Chris would do if he could travel through space and time to fix his past mistakes and regrets. ... read more

New Website Feature: Offers

November 20, 2009 by Ben Hill

By now, I hope many of you have had the chance to check out our website. While mulling over our festival model, we obviously needed to make some decisions. One decision was to embrace the original spirit of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, enabling venues to act independently to provide participants with maximum flexibility when choosing a home ... read more

Mission of Flowers - Press Release - Click http://www.missionofflowers.com/mediaroom.html ................. for more information, photos, reviews etc

June 03, 2010

CW Productions and Animax Film Present An enthralling true story of love, intrigue, adventure and loneliness, the hit of the Adelaide Fringe receives its US premiere at the Hollywood Fringe, June 17-27 (not 22nd). Thirteenth April, Nineteen Thirty-three and Bill Lancaster, one of Australia’s foremost aviation pioneers, is alone, fighting for his life in the blistering heat of the Sa... read more

JFK Assassination play SUNNY AFTERNOON Extended at Hollywood BEST OF FRINGE

July 07, 2013

media //alert [2013 marks the 50th year since the assassination of President John F Kennedy] gangbusters theatre company presents a fully staged workshop production of SUNNY AFTERNOON written & directed by christian levatino Hollywood Fringe Awards 2013 WINNER- ... read more

What's a Fringe Festival?

October 27, 2009 by Ben Hill

Fringe Festivals exist throughout the world as havens for underground and emerging arts scenes. The Fringe concept was incubated in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1947, eight performance groups appeared uninvited on the “fringes” of the exclusive Edinburgh International Festival. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has since grown into the largest arts festival in the world with hundreds of artis... read more

LOVING WHILE MUSLIM: IRANIAN-AMERICAN MUSLIM COMEDIENNE BRINGS TABOO-BUSTING SOLO SHOW TO LOS ANGELES

May 22, 2012

For Immediate Release Contact: Zahra Noorbakhsh Email: [email protected] Phone: 510-847-0911 LOVING WHILE MUSLIM: IRANIAN-AMERICAN MUSLIM COMEDIENNE BRINGS ... read more

Hollywood in the NYTimes

January 14, 2008 by Ben Hill

You hear about Hollywood the concept constantly in the main stream media. Not so often do you hear about Hollywood the neighborhood. The New York Times published this article today doing just that. They cover a couple of my favorite spots – Runyon Canyon, the ArcLight, Roscoe’s Chicke... read more

The State of Theatre in LA

December 01, 2009 by Ben Hill

There is this somewhat ridiculous notion that theatre (and by extension all non-filmed arts) is scarce in the city of angels. This is a misconception we have fought since planning began for the Hollywood Fringe. Fair enough, I suppose: No one can deny that the multi-billion dollar film industry is the giant poka-dotted elephant in the room. What many don’t know is that theatre and... read more

ARTBASH Photos

January 26, 2009 by Ben Hill

Thanks to Stephanie Meiling, Katie McCune, and all the artists, producers, designers, technicians, and audience who made the event worthy of photo-documentation. Ben ... read more

"...Life With the Weismans"

June 08, 2010

“Life with the Weismans” is a madcap one woman show with all true stories set like a sitcom. Come experience the life of Diane and Scratch. They’re the “not wrapped too tight” Weisman family! Diane and Scratch won their wedding after LA voted for them to get married via satellite live on Valentine’s Day in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The fun begins here…... read more

Bar Merchandise Marketing Opportunity at HFF-Hosted Events! 

May 23, 2018 by Stacy Jones Hill

Bryan’s Bar is back to serve thirsty Fringers at all upcoming HFF hosted events... read more

"A Re-Education about India through Comedy"

April 14, 2014

Why did you decide to write this piece? Having written for Stray Factory for years now, I have a good sense of the type of theatre they look to produce. In particular, the concept of taking local content to global platforms is one that I, personally, buy into without a moment’s hesitation. When they asked if I would write a piece, several thoughts came up but the one that stu... read more

EgoManiac - A Poetic Incantation

April 21, 2014

For Immediate Release Press/Media Contact: Paul Moore (310) 795-9717, [email protected] Theater Om Presents EgoManiac – A Poetic Incantation a new play written and produced by Paul Moore directed by Jennifer Derwingson World Premiere at the 5th annual Hollywood Fringe Festival, June 6th – June 29... read more