2016 Hollywood Fringe Award Winners Announced

The 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival ended its seventh year last night by recognizing and celebrating all who've excelled in this year's festival at the annual Award Ceremony and Closing Night Party. Over 800 people attended the award ceremony, which was held at The Ricardo Montalban Theatre.

The Fringe community of participants and attendees voted for all Freak Award winners. Winners include:

Top of the Fringe: My Big Fat Blonde Musical

International: MacDeth!

Fringe First (World Premiere): My Big Fat Blonde Musical

Cabaret & Variety: Angel's Flight

Comedy: Lamprey: Weekend of Vengeance

Dance & Physical Theatre: Office Beat - A Tap Dance Comedy

Ensemble Theatre: Night Witches

Musicals and Operas: My Big Fat Blonde Musical

Solo Performance: Still Got It

To see the full list of award winners, including sponsored awards and extensions, click here.

The Seventh Annual Hollywood Fringe Festival was a huge successes, with another year of record-breaking online ticket sales and attendance. Official numbers and year-to-year comparisons will be released in the coming weeks.

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. Each June during the Hollywood Fringe, the arts infiltrates the Hollywood neighborhood: Fully equipped theaters, parks, clubs, churches, restaurants and other unexpected places host hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.

Participation in the Hollywood Fringe is completely open and uncensored. This free-for-all approach underlines the festival's mission to be a platform for artists without the barrier of a curative body. By opening the gates to anyone with a vision, the festival is able to exhibit the most diverse and cutting-edge points-of-view the world has to offer. Additionally, by creating an environment where artists must self-produce their work, the Fringe motivates its participants to cultivate a spirit of entrepreneurialism in the arts.

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