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
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
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way In 1971, singer Frank Sinatra was seriously considering retirement. He had survived Elvis and the rock and roll 1950s. He had survived the Beatles and the British Invasion of the 1960s. But the Hard Rock of the early 1970s have him stymied. He has gathered a group of his … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Each year there are dozens of solo performance shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Most are the type where the writer/actor bemoans the trials and tribulations of their life thus far. I prefer a solo show that looks at a historical figure, either at a crisis point in … Read more
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way The flyer for Josiah Blunt’s one-person play at the Hollywood Fringe Festival describes the title Flayed as a verb: to have your skin peeled from your corpse or carcass. In the play, young Joshua Marsh, a recent graduate from a pastor’s college in conservative Virginia, is about to give … Read more