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 […]

REVIEW: EMPIRE BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Creating and producing an original musical of this magnitude is no easy task, yet co-creators Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull rise to the occasion with Empire the musical. Over 16 years in the making Empire is a tribute to classic musical theater telling the story of the struggle to design and […]

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: BREAKING THROUGH BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO The latest new musical at the Pasadena Playhouse Breaking Through, book by Kristen Guenther and music and lyrics by Cliff Downs and Katie Kahanovitz, offers an all too familiar musical story about artists navigating the murky waters of the music business. Set in the present, the musical focuses […]

REVIEW: Sex, Love and Yoga By Ryan M. Luévano Sex therapy’s in session at the MACHA Theatre in West Hollywood where the new musical Sex, Love & Yoga (SLY) is being produced. This musical mixes Kundalini yoga with sex therapy to touch upon various sexual issues that affect many people. The main character of the […]

REVIEW: ADAM & EVE AND STEVE By RYAN M. LUÉVANO With an abundance of new black box musicals sprouting up all over Los Angeles, attending one of these productions is certainly a shot in the dark. You never know if what you’re about to see is brilliant or lousy—of course that’s also part of the […]

REVIEW: Waterfall, The Pasadena Playhouse By RYAN M. LUÉVANO The Pasadena Playhouse launches a world premiere of the new musical Waterfall, book and lyrics by Tony winner Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by Academy Award and two-time Grammy winner David Shire. An adaptation of sorts stemming from the Thai musical Behind the Painting (2008) which […]