INTERVIEW: Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Co-creators Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull began the tall order of writing Empire the musical in 1999, a show recounting the struggle to design and build the world’s tallest Skyscraper during the Great Depression. Since its creation Empire has been performed and work-shopped all over […]

REVIEW: BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO The 2014 Tony award winning musical Bridges of Madison County, book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, has landed in L.A. with the Mr. Brown conducting the performances. Until now most are only familiar with the Broadway cast recording, but upon seeing […]

The Acclaimed L.A. musical Theater Series Returns For Its 10th Concert BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO A Little New Music celebrated its tenth edition at The Rockwell: Table & Stage on Tuesday December 8th 2015! With so many new musicals sprouting up in L.A. how can anyone keep track? That’s where A Little New Music comes […]

REVIEW: A CHRISTMAS MEMORY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO This year’s holiday show at the Sierra Madre Playhouse is A Christmas Memory, a musical adaptation of Truman Capote’s 1956 autobiographical short story of the same name. The music by Larry Grossman (Minnie’s Boys, Snoopy! The Musical and A Doll’s Life), book by Duane Poole, and lyrics […]

Sexual-Spiritual Healer: Dr. Stephanie Torres BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO What do you get if you mix Kundalini yoga and sexology? What you get is Dr. Stephanie Torres, Holistic Sexologist, who uses a body, mind, and spirit approach to healthy sexuality. And if you mix Dr. Torres with musical theater, then what you get is a […]

REVIEW: Tarzan, 3D Theatricals By Ryan M. Luévano If the opening night performance of 3D Theatricals production of Tarzan in Redondo Beach proves anything, it’s that when it comes to 3D: it’s always theater worth driving for. This production of Disney’s Tarzan marks the regional premiere for Southern California bringing the audience into the African jungle where […]

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 […]

REVIEW: SIDE SHOW, 3D THEATRICALS By RYAN M. LUÉVANO The musical Side Show returns to the west coast after its second Broadway run, bringing the freaks to the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton CA, where 3D Theatricals has mounted its tent for this production. The true story of conjoined twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton comes to […]