Monday, July 17, 2017
WARNING: SPOILERS WITHIN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO – MERCIFULLY – HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MOVIE YET.
Yes, I know I’ll probably be in the minority
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:24PMTuesday, June 20, 2017
In Desert Warrior, Fringe newbie Ross John Gosla tells a deeply personal story about his involvement in the controversial short film Innocence of Muslims and
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:54PMMonday, June 19, 2017
Uncle Henry: Dead, Burned and Remembered
Written, Produced and Directed by Mark McCracken and Brandon Gibson.
World Premiere
Reviewed Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Hollywood
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:06PMFriday, June 16, 2017
The New Bad Boys of Magic
Directed by Jonathan Hymen
World Premiere
Reviewed June 9, 2017, at Hollywood Fringe
Cleverly weaving prestidigitation into a comedic storyline,
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24PMRobot Monster the Musical
Directed by Derek Long
Music, Lyrics and Book Adaptation by Rich Silverman
World Premiere
Reviewed June 10, 2017, at the Hollywood
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24PMDefinition of Man
Created by Nikki Muller and Jason Rosario
World Premiere
Reviewed June 11, 2017, at the Hollywood Fringe
Challenging, insightful, and artistically striking, Definition
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24PMFriday, May 19, 2017
The show’s producer/performer, Kat Primeau talks about this year’s Fringe World Premiere musical comedy ‘Turbulence!’
Making its triumphant return after last year’s acclaimed
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:42PMMonday, May 15, 2017
Ryan Lisman, writer/director of ‘Apathy Killed the Cat’ talks about his new play, making its world premiere at the Fringe.
Making its world
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:33PMThursday, May 4, 2017
Making its premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival next month is the provocatively titled Zombie Clown Trump: An Apocalyptic Musical, and it’s already raising hackles
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:02PMThursday, March 16, 2017
This year’s SXSW secret screening, held on Sunday, March 12 at the Alamo Ritz, was T2 Trainspotting, the long-awaited sequel to director Danny Boyle’s 1996 cult
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:18PMMonday, August 15, 2016
In a career spanning more than 40 years, director Gillian Armstrong has gifted the world of cinema with some marvelous period pieces (My Brilliant Career, Little
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:32PMMonday, August 8, 2016
The San Antonio Film Festival, held July 25-31 at the Tobin Center, brought a wealth of fine films and talented filmmakers to town. Among the many
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:46PMThursday, June 23, 2016
Tom Yungerberg’s dark comedy and Joshua Crone’s sobering drama made impressive debuts at the Fringe.
Kill All Politicians
Written and Directed by Thomas Yungerberg
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:16PMWednesday, June 22, 2016
Two amusing comedies — one based on a terrible movie, the other set in a strange, retro amusement park — make solid debuts at this
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:45PMFriday, June 17, 2016
A seriocomic solo performance and a delightfully off-kilter action comedy are among the shows premiering at this year’s Fringe.
Still Got It
Written and
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:02PMThursday, June 16, 2016
Denizens of an underground civilization and a famous mutant hero are the stars of two musicals making their Fringe debuts this year.
Thug Tunnel
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:38PMWednesday, June 15, 2016
Sendups of two Shakespeare classics make their world premieres at this year’s Hollywood Fringe.
MacDeth!
Written and Directed by Ryan J-W Smith
Fringe Premiere
Fringe award-winner
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:49PMWednesday, May 25, 2016
AtticRep‘s Producing Artistic Director talks about the company’s ambitious new production, set to make its world premiere in June.
San Antonio’s AtticRep
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:26PMMonday, May 23, 2016
Making its debut this past March at SXSW — the annual movie and music festival held in Austin Texas — Keith Maitland’s powerful documentary takes a unique
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:09PMMonday, April 25, 2016
An attractively lensed story begins promisingly in Wicker Man territory but disappointingly devolves into a routine mystery.
New York obstetrician Tora Hamilton (Radha
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:02PMMonday, March 21, 2016
Even though the doors of Smart Studios closed in 2010, its legend continues to reverberate throughout the music industry. Founded in 1983 by Butch Vig and
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:08PMThursday, March 3, 2016
Nearly 40 years after Penelope Spheeris’ groundbreaking 1980 documentary The Decline of Western Civilization chronicled the lives of Los Angeles punks, filmmaker Angela Boatwright takes her
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:27PMMonday, February 15, 2016
Jessica Dickey’s shattering solo piece comes to San Antonio’s AtticRep in the capable hands of director David Connelly and star Sarah Gise.
Originally presented to
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:19PMSaturday, February 13, 2016
Director Rick Sanchez’s experimental staging of the classic rock opera contains more hits than misses, thanks to some solid performances.
Jesus Christ Superstar, easily the most
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:25PMFriday, February 12, 2016
The Woodlawn kicks off its 2016 season with a rocking, rollicking production of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical.
Anyone who saw the lackluster film version of Rock
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:49AMThursday, January 7, 2016
Iñárritu’s dark western is a stunningly photographed but ultimately empty exercise in style.
In The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio goes for broke playing Hugh Glass,
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:48PMWednesday, January 6, 2016
Saturday, December 12th was quite a celebration at the Empire Theatre in San Antonio. The occasion was the release of The Nature of… which is
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:41PMMonday, December 7, 2015
Since its original publication in 1843, Charles Dickens’ novel A Christmas Carol has been adapted many times for film, stage and television, in both musical and
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:50PMTuesday, December 1, 2015
Magic is literally in the air at the Woodlawn this holiday season with its terrific production of the beloved Broadway musical.
The most well-known musical version
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:25PMFriday, November 13, 2015
The centuries-old tradition of the traveling show is brought to life in a charming production at San Antonio’s AtticRep.
Taking a break from its regular fare of well-staged narrative drama…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:40PMThursday, October 8, 2015
Green Day’s American Idiot at the Woodlawn Theatre, San Antonio.
When American Idiot opened on Broadway in 2010, it brought to the venerable St. James Theatre a radical new s…
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