Ernest Kearney

Best Theatre of the Year – Looking Back At L.A.’s 2019

I give to you my personal list of the best theatre Los Angeles offered in 2019, with a few swipes at the less of the best…. First off, the production of August Wilson’s Jitney at the Mark Taper Forum. Wilson’s works share a distinction with those of Shakespeare, in that when the plays of either are fortunate enough to be housed … Continue reading Best Theatre of the Year – Looking Back At L.A.’s 2019

STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 6 – Final

To read Part 1 of this series, please click here. To read Part 2 of this series, please click here. To read Part 3 of this series, please click here. To read Part 4 of this series, please click here. To read Part 5 of this series, please click here. It’s been fifty-five years since … Continue reading STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 6 – Final

STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 5

To read Part 1 of this series, please click here. To read Part 2 of this series, please click here. To read Part 3 of this series, please click here. To read Part 4 of this series, please click here. Chicago’s Assassination Theater began in 2015 with a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign providing the world with … Continue reading STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 5

STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 4

To read Part 1 of this series, please click here. To read Part 2 of this series, please click here. To read Part 3 of this series, please click here. One of the wilder interpretation of the history of the assassination must surely be The Life and Times of Lee Harvey Oswald Or, The Most … Continue reading STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 4

STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 3

To read Part 1 of this series, please click here. To read Part 2 of this series, please click here. In an interview about what motivated her to write Children of Camelot, first time playwright Nakisa Aschtiani displays a remarkable naïveté. “I was watching a program about the JFK assassination on the History Channel,” she … Continue reading STAGES OF DOUBT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION IN AMERICAN THEATRE – PART 3

Stages of Doubt: An Analysis of The Kennedy Assassination In American Theatre – PART 2

To read Part 1 of this series, please click here. 1967 saw the Broadway opening of the ponderous The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Running over four hours, the work imagines the trial that would have ensued if Jack Ruby’s shot had missed. At the center of the first act, the case against Oswald is … Continue reading Stages of Doubt: An Analysis of The Kennedy Assassination In American Theatre – PART 2

Stages of Doubt: An Analysis of The Kennedy Assassination In American Theatre – PART 1

Over the half century since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, the public has been inundated with the ink of upwards of 2,000 publications confronting or concerned with the findings of the Warren Commission. These range from Mark Lane’s Rush to Judgment the first publication (1966) to bedung a susceptible … Continue reading Stages of Doubt: An Analysis of The Kennedy Assassination In American Theatre – PART 1

Creating Mass Movements — Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

In these turbulent and twisting times that find so many bewildered and baffled, suckered punched by the events of the last two years, I find myself in this punishing period for our nation oddly consoled by a soothing sense of déjà-vu. Yes, Trump’s victory via that Three-Card Monte constitutional encumbrance called the Electoral College left … Continue reading Creating Mass Movements — Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

The TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards!

And here they are The TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards… BEST OF THE FRINGE AWARD Burglars of Hamm’s Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk BEST SOLO SHOW (FEMALE) AWARD Katt Balsan – Balls’ON BEST SOLO SHOW (MALE) AWARD Joshua Thomas – Let There be Thistles BEST MUSICAL AWARD New Musicals Inc.’s: Manson’s Girls BEST COMEDY AWARDS (TIE) Mackers! & The Day I Became Black BEST DRAMA … Continue reading The TVolution 2018 Hollywood Fringe Awards!

Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018, Part II

This is Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018 – Part II. Being the Hollywood Fringe, one should expect a few shows dealing with the lure of fame and the pitfalls of its pursuit. And here’s a few – Tucker Rayl is the “Reality Star” What is the secret shame of America in the 21th century? No, … Continue reading Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018, Part II

Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018, Part I

It’s that time once again L.A.! — June! The six month of the year, one of four boasting 30 days, the official flowers of which are the honeysuckle representing “generosity” and “devotion,” and the rose representing…I dunno, “red things with pointy prickly parts?” Named for Juno; Roman goddess of marriage. (Not the 2007 Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman … Continue reading Festival Fringe Time in Hollywood 2018, Part I

Ernest Kearney, an award-winning L.A. playwright and rabble-rouser of note, has worked as literary manager or as dramaturge for among others The Hudson Theater Guild, Nova Diem and the Odyssey Ensemble Theatre, where he still serves on the play selection committee. He has been the recipient of two Dramalogue Awards and a finalist or semi-finalist three times in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition. His play Peddle was selected by the Midwest Theatre Network as one of the best plays of 1997. His most recent work 'The Salt Prince' was awarded honors from the Nathan Miller History Play Contest as well as the Fremont Center Theatre Play Contest. A passionate theatre and history buff, Mr. Kearney's reviews can be found on workingauthor.com and TheTVolution.com. Hang with him on Facebook. Comments welcome.

Writer: Ernest Kearney