REVIEW: ALIEN VS. MUSICAL BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO The battle between alien and musical theater characters continues at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival as the infamous musical Alien Vs. Musical is back with a new and extended version. Creators Erik Przytulski and Steve Troop have developed a piece that’s both the product of the edgy […]

REVIEW: THUG TUNNEL BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Original musicals are one of the most difficult things to write and in the case of Hollywood Fringe, sometimes just as difficult to sit through. This is because often writers simply are not aware of the intricacies involved in writing a good musical—this is a especially a challenge […]

INTERVIEW: Erik Przytulski and Steve Troop BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Last year the syfy comedy musical Alien Vs. Musical landed at the Hollywood Fringe Festival winning: Best World Premiere Production, Outstanding Songwriting and The Encore! Producers Award. Now creators Erik Przytulski and Steve Troop are back with a new and extended version of this blockbuster […]

Interview: Kat Primeau and Molly Dworsky BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Born out of a completely improvised idea Robot Teammate & The Accidental Party bring the collaborative musical Thug Tunnel to this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival. With a title like that the show’s plot does not disappoint, this epic dystopian story relates what happens when the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]