REVIEW: BROADWAY NOIR BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO One of the best things about the Hollywood Fringe Festival is that you can see a huge variety of theater works in all stages of creation from experimental, workshop, to a finished product. And time has proven that musicals always require more work-shopping than any other due to […]

INTERVIEW: DAVID ORRIS and DAVID HOLLINGSWORTH BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Remember all those classic 80s films where nerds get super powers: Teen Wolf, Zapped, Teen Witch, The Toxic Avenger and Hunk? Well the new musical Invisible (book by David Hollingsworth and lyrics and music by David Orris) based on H.G. Wells The Invisible Man carries that tradition […]

INTERVIEW: DANIEL SUGIMOTO BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Celebrate the film noir Hollywood legacy on stage in the world premiere musical Broadway Noir written by Daniel Sugimoto, presented by Sugimation Productions for this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival. This neo-noir musical takes audiences behind the scenes into the shady inner workings of the theatre business. And true […]

INTERVIEW: BOB DEROSA BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Writer Bob DeRosa (Killers, 2010; The Air I Breathe, 2007; and 20 Seconds to Live, 2015) is no stranger to writing exciting action-packed adventures, and now he brings his first play All The Best Killers Are Librarians to the stage at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival. The show […]

REVIEW: THE CITY OF CONVERSATION BY RYAN LUÉVANO It’s election season and you can tell because everyone and their dog is letting you know their polarized opinion on social media, whether you want to see it or not—that’s our 21st century floor for debate. The Wallis’ West Coast premiere of Anthony Giardina’s play The City […]

REVIEW: L.A. NOW AND THEN BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Movie palaces, yo-yos, hula-hoops, the Pan Pacific Auditorium, C.C. Brown’s, Wallichs Music City, disco, the 1962 Dodgers and a time before cellphones—how many of these do you remember? Whether you remember them, or even know what they are, the new musical revue L.A. Now and Then […]

REVIEW: THE STORY OF ALICE BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Lewis Carroll’s 1865 story Alice in Wonderland remains his most popular tale, and has received many film, television and stage adaptations, so many that the basic story itself is now worn-out and pedestrian. It was first presented as a musical at the West End in 1886 […]

REVIEW: TURTLES BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO There are two fundamental types of theatrical works: first, the ones whose magic lasts only until the final curtain, and second, the ones whose magic comes home with you well after the final curtain has fallen. The West Coast Premiere of John Greiner-Ferris’ Turtles, produced by Red Cup Theatre […]

New Musical, Emojiland Gives Concert At Rockwell Table & Stage BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO On May 9th 2016 Cat Face, Skull, Boy, Girl, Dancer, Father Christmas, Pile of Poo and more emojis leaped out of your cellphone and on to the stage at Rockwell Table & Stage in the new musical Emojiland by Keith and Laura […]

Rock Out with Panic! Productions BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Moving set pieces, changing lights, quick changes, microphones cutting in and out, visceral energy and pure adrenaline—that’s the climate at this week’s tech rehearsal for Panic! Productions Camp Rock. None of this phased the cast of young adults as they all handled the challenges of ‘tech’ week […]