REVIEW: DEAR EVAN HANSEN BY RYAN LUÉVANO I remember when, the now six Tony-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen first appeared on my radar when it inconspicuously opened Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in 2016. Within a short time the musical started creating a profound buzz, followed by winning a profusion of theatre awards. Then just the next […]

REVIEW: NATIVE SON BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO In high school Richard Wright’s 1940 novel Native Son was required reading, the book about a young African American man living in poverty in 1930s Chicago who kills, rapes, and then is sentenced to death. Everything that happens in this book is heavy and dark, truth be told […]

REVIEW: DREAM BOY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Celebration Theatre presents the LA premiere of Dream Boy, based on the novel by Jim Grimsley. This play by Eric Rosen skillfully adapts the content, themes and characters of novel into a play that is beautifully natural, raw and captivating on stage. Dream Boy is a poignant tale […]