Valentino review: "Absolutely riveting!"

The first posted review for Valentino: a play in verse at the Hollywood Fringe Festival comes from HFF Panelist Pam Noles, who calls the show "absolutely riveting." The story, she says, is "excellent, filled with political and personal intrigue, high drama and some serious bad-ass wordsmithing."

Nice!

She goes on to say that the verse "flows with the ease of conversation," and praises the performances of Renato Biribin, Jr. (Valentino), Summer Dare Litwin (Lucrezia Borgia), and Neil Fleischer (Pope Alexander VI).

Read the full review.

"Valentino: a play in verse" — audience reaction

Valentino: a play in verse opened this past weekend at The Hollywood Fringe Festival in a world premiere production at The Complex in Hollywood.

Audience response was enthusiastic. Here's a video interview with the audience, cast, crew, and a couple of play-crashers:



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Tickets on sale now for "Valentino: a play in verse"

You can now buy tickets for the world premiere of Valentino: a play in verse at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Buy now.

Valentino Serialized on Twitter

Valentino: a play in verse will be serialized on Twitter. "140 Days of Valentino" runs December through April, and starts today.

For ease of reading, and later reference, the tweets will be archived each day on this blog.

Read 140 Days of Valentino.

Renato Biribin Cast as Valentino

Renato Biribin will play the lead role of Duke Valentino in the world premiere production of Valentino: a play in verse at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. The festival takes place in Hollywood, California June 17-27, 2010.

In the play, Duke Valentino must face the sins of his past in order to protect his family. Brilliant and ambitious, Valentino wages a war to reclaim the Papal States for Rome, but he is haunted by the memory of murdering his brother. His beloved sister, Lucrezia Borgia, may already be plotting his destruction. Now his mercenary captains have formed a conspiracy against him. Valentino's only hope for survival lies with two Florentine men of genius: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli.

Renato Biribin recently played the lead role of Pericles in Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival.

Valentino on Twitter

I've set up a Twitter account for the play. You should follow me here: Valentino: a play in verse.

Rachel Stoll to Co-Produce "Valentino: a play in verse" at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

Rachel Stoll joins the team for the Hollywood Fringe Festival world premier of Valentino: a play in verse. She will co-produce the show along with David Wisehart. Rachel will handle the budget, freeing David to focus on his role as creative producer.

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