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 […]

New Musical, Emojiland Gives Concert At Rockwell Table & Stage BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO On May 9th 2016 Cat Face, Skull, Boy, Girl, Dancer, Father Christmas, Pile of Poo and more emojis leaped out of your cellphone and on to the stage at Rockwell Table & Stage in the new musical Emojiland by Keith and Laura […]

INTERVIEW: LAURA WILEY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO America’s favorite show to binge watch, Game of Thrones is taking the stage in Winter is Coming: A Musical Parody, produced by Make Believe Stage Productions, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June 2016. This original musical farce follows the Starks, Lannisters and Targaryens through Season One/Book One of Game of […]

BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Here is a recap of the concluding evenings at the 2016 ASACAP/DreamWorks Musical Theatre Workshop. Night No. 2–February 17, 2016 THE PANELIST: Irene Mecchi Mecchi is an American writer for television, movies, newspapers, and Broadway. She has worked on Herb Caen’s books, and is the co-screenwriter of Disney animated movies such […]

BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO It’s the time of year again for new musicals! The 23rd year of the ASCAP/DreamWorks Musical Theatre Workshop under the leadership of Stephen Schwartz is back. Additionally, The Wallis has partnered with the ASCAP and DreamWorks Studios to present the workshop at the beautiful Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in […]

REVIEW: PILLARS OF NEW YORK BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Fresh on the heels of a new year, the L.A. theater scene is already seeing the influx of original L.A. musicals like Pillars of New York by Michael Antin. This musical tells the story about four couples’ struggles in and around the events surrounding 9/11 told […]

REVIEW: WHO KILLED SANTA? BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Pour a glass of spiked eggnog and join the party! Who Killed Santa? is a campy, hilarious and provocatively festive adult holiday show with puppets that puts the ‘X’ in X-Mas. This West Coast premiere of Neil Haven’s play is brought into fruition for L.A. audiences at […]

REVIEW: WE ARE THE TIGERS BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO With Carrie the Killer Musical Experience, and the television show Scream Queens, We Are the Tigers jumps on the bandwagon of the current L.A. entertainment trend—shows about killing girls who are part of a sorority or cheerleading team. This being said, the timing of this New York […]