INTERVIEW: CATHY THOMAS-GRANT BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO This year Rogue Machine Theatre tackles four Hollywood Fringe Festival productions in an offering that includes: In the Valley of the Shadow by Katherine Cortex, the American premiere of The Interference by Lynda Radley, the Los Angeles premiere of We Are Not These Hands by Sheila Callaghan and the […]

INTERVIEW: KAT PRIMEAU BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Last year Robot Teammate delighted audiences with their original musical Thug Tunnel which also won an award for “Outstanding Songwriting” at the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Now Robot Teammate’s new musical has skyrocketed out of the ground and into space to bring us Turbulence! Much like many of the groups works […]

INTERVIEW: ERIK BLAIR AND DANIEL SUGIMOTO BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO They Played Productions debuts its first live project; a serious adult musical about werewolves that explores obsession, our need for choices…and the rage within, this musical is Nothing Bad: A Werewolf Rock Musical. The show tells story of Perfection, California, where everything is exactly that—perfect. But when […]

INTERVIEW: LAURA WATKINS AND NICHOLAS BRANDT BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO I remember seeing Comic-Co the Musical at the 2016 ASCAP/Dreamworks Musical Theater Workshop with Stephen Schwartz at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (Here’s a link Tin Pan L.A.’s recap of the 2016 workshop the includes Comic-Con the Musical: Full Article). The musical even then, in its […]

INTERVIEW: RICH SILVERMAN BY RYAN M. LUEVANO Only hardcore Sci-Fi aficionados may remember the 1953 independent film Robot Monster, a film that is considered one of the worst films ever made, maintaining a thirty one percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Now by the will of creator Rich Silverman, Robot Monster is a musical that will have […]

INTERVIEW: GILLIAN BELLINGER AND LANDON KIRKSEY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Adding to the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival listings of theater in response to this year’s election is the new campy political musical Trump in Space. The musical is created by Gillian Bellinger and Landon Kirksey (book and lyrics); and Tony Gonzalez and Sam Johnides (music). Trump in […]

INTERVIEW: DANIEL SUIGIMOTO BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Fresh off the heels of critically acclaimed original shows such as Letters To Eve and White People Drinking, Daniel Sugimoto and The Zoo Theatre Company are launching another world premiere musical this summer at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. This musical is We The People, a contemporary musical that […]

BY RYAN LUÉVANO Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra is Los Angeles’ newest orchestra that braves new works and classics too. The orchestra was formed as a conductorless ensemble to foster a collaborative process for the musicians without the autocracy of a conductor. The ensemble seeks to make music available to all the communities of Los Angeles with their ‘pay what […]

REVIEW: WEST SIDE STORY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO West Side Story is unlike any other musical. Generation after generation, it stands the test of time both in admiration and in the message it relates: hope heals and hate destroys. This beloved musical was created by the juggernauts of the industry: Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein […]

REVIEW: SISTER ACT  BY RYAN LUÉVANO Based on the hit 1992 film comedy of the same name, the musical Sister Act is now playing at Cabrillo Music Theatre. The musical brings audiences an evening of rapture as the beloved story is amped up with even more singing, dancing and laughs. This California born feel-good musical premiered […]