Arts

Is this land your land or is it the banker's land?

A hit-or-miss political satire and a freewheeling improv comedy are among the shows making their world premieres at this year's Hollywood Fringe.

There has been such enthusiasm for the production since Yale (2015) that the ensemble, the musicians, the stage manager, and the assistants have remained together. As Vogel says, “We’ve all moved together as one.”

Boisterously funny and chokingly sad, Sinking Ship Productions' new adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story follows the original rather closely, yet through pure showmanship it defies expectation at almost every turn.

The true story of 'the girl with the red foulard,' killed fighting with the PKK against the so-called Islamic State just as this production prepared to mount, takes its place in the connected and seemingly neverending sagas of the war on terror and the struggle for self-determination in the face of what may seem destiny.

Linklater's new tragicomedy doesn't sustain its dreamy magic consistently, but it offers much to appreciate.

'Hamilton'-inspired poems and songs by NYC high school students preparing to see the Broadway musical reminded us that we must continue to fight for freedom.

In 'The Asylum of Dr. Caligari by James Morrow the classic German silent film becomes vehicle to pit the power of art against the lust for war.

'Sister Act' is a fabulous musical you shouldn't miss. Good acting, great music, wonderful costumes, funny lines and emotionally effective scenes are all reasons you'll agree with Deloris when she sings, 'Nothing's ever gonna change that fact. I'm part of one terrific Sister Act.'

In the aftermath of a season of "identity politics," the Olivier Award-winning new play zooms in on a handful of young people whose personal identity politics happen to involve sexual orientation and gender identity, but who could stand in for any and all of us. And it does so with glitz and panache, meaty insight, sinewy dialogue and performances, and top-notch skill from beginning to end.