BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO I first encountered Dave Yaden on a chilly Tuesday evening last fall at the magic-themed bar Black Rabbit Rose (BRR) in Hollywood. I was directed to the theater section of the BRR by a friend who highly recommended that I check out the weekly “jazz” band lead by Dave Yaden. Upon […]

Sexual-Spiritual Healer: Dr. Stephanie Torres BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO What do you get if you mix Kundalini yoga and sexology? What you get is Dr. Stephanie Torres, Holistic Sexologist, who uses a body, mind, and spirit approach to healthy sexuality. And if you mix Dr. Torres with musical theater, then what you get is a […]

REVIEW: THREE PENNY OPERA, A NOISE WITHIN THEATER By RYAN M. LUÉVANO The Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill 1928 classic The Threepenny Opera makes it’s way to A Noise Within Theater in Pasadena, a production that permeates with high theater values and purpose. “Money rules the world!,” “Show us the legs that men admire,” from […]

Tales of Music, Magic & Hollywood BY RYAN M LUÉVANO The name Ken Gruberman may not ring a bell to most people, but if you have ever heard of John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer, Ray Charles, or David Copperfield then by some degrees of separation you are already familiar with Gruberman’s work. He is […]