Haines His Way

Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story @ Theatre West

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Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Alla Nazimova was one of a kind. Mostly forgotten now, she was a force to be reckoned with in the early days of the film industry—that is Silent Movies. The Russian-born actress, coming off her Broadway successes, negotiated her own contract with Metro Pictures in 1917 that paid her … Read more

The Tempest @ Antaeus Theatre Company

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Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Director Nike Doukas adds a three-piece combo and rocking beat to Shakespeare’s tale of magic, revenge, and love in a production that is part musical, part radio play, and all fun. Rather than a set that depicts the play’s island motif, Doukas and scenic designer Angela Balogh Calin strategically place … Read more

Back Porch @ The Victory Theatre Center

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Rob Stevens – Haines His Way William Inge’s 1953 play Picnic brought the Kansan playwright his only Pulitzer Prize. Although there have been many star-studded stage productions in the decades since, Picnic is mainly remembered from its 1955 film adaptation which starred William Holden, Kim Novak and Rosalind Russell among others. Inge was a famously … Read more

#HFF23 — Hitchcock Lane @ Studio/Stage

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Rob Stevens – Haines His Way According to the press release for the Hollywood Fringe Festival premiere of Hitchcock Lane (viewed in a streaming feed from Studio/Stage), Soda Persi has written a number of short scripts in the past few years. She has connected them now as snapshots of neighbors on the title street. The … Read more

#HFF23 — The Consequences of Victoria Grey @ The Broadwater

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Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Johnny Cassidy has adapted his young adult novel The Consequences of Victoria Grey into an hour-long musical at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. His “futuristic novel with unimaginable plot twists” had to be a really difficult task to translate to the stage while adding 11 songs with lyrics by Cassidy … Read more

#HFF23 – Fatal Loins @ The Actors Company

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Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Pearson Jenks’s Fatal Loins at the Hollywood Fringe Festival is a fun romp through the vagaries of small theatre groups, especially those that do Shakespeare. A harried stage manager has to deal with a battling duo of actors, each itching for an Act Off to rid the stage of … Read more

#HFF23 — Wounded @ The Broadwater

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Rob Stevens – Haines His Way The proverbial phrase “revenge is a dish best served cold” is the mantra for Jiggs Burgess’s new play Wounded at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. It may be hot on the back patio of Carrol’s (Craig Taggart) Texas home, but he has arranged an extravagant afternoon tea for his old … Read more

#HFF23 — Four @ The Broadwater

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Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Violet (Katherine Lee) on viola, Ayodele (Tonoccus McClain) on cello, and Roger (Michael Lamb) on violin enter and take their places in front of their music stands. Roger places a flower on the vacant chair to his right for their recently deceased founder and first violinist, Leonard, Roger’s husband. … Read more