REVIEW: HALLELUJAH, BABY! BY RYAN LUÉVANO Making a career in the performing arts has always been a challenge, now imagine trying the same thing as a minority in a time when equality does not exist. That’s the basic premise the 1967 musical Hallelujah, Baby! (music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, […]

REVIEW: A CLASS ACT BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Musical Theatre Guild brings us an evening to remember, the life of composer-lyricist Edward Kleban as portrayed in the musical A Class Act. This quasi-autobiographical musical is based the life of Edward Kleban who died at the age of 48 in 1987 and is best known for […]

REVIEW: BONNIE & CLYDE BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Another opening, another closing, and both on the same night true to Musical Theater Guild fashion, as their fantastic production of the Frank Wildhorn (music), Don Black (lyrics), and Ivan Menchell (book) musical Bonnie & Clyde graces the stage of the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Despite the […]

REVIEW: Road Show, Musical Theatre Guild By RYAN M. LUÉVANO Musicals in 25 hours! Musical Theatre Guild’s closed their 19th season with a rousing production of Stephen Sondheim’s heavily revised musical Road Show at the Moss Theater in Santa Monica. The musical, based on the story of the brothers Wilson and Addison Mizer’s search for […]