REVIEW: BLUEPRINT FOR PARADISE BY RYAN M LUÉVANO It’s frightening when a work of fiction bears an all too familiar resemblance to what’s happening in our current society, this is the case of Laurel M. Wetzork’s new play Blueprint for Paradise. In this electrifying play, based on true events, we see the story about a […]

REVIEW: ALL THE BEST KILLERS ARE LIBRARIANS  BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Anyone who loves a good assassin movie will appreciate the premise of Bob DeRosa’s new play All the Best Killers Are Librarians. The plot concerns a shy librarian named Margo who meets a man who hires and trains the best assassins, convinced she is […]

REVIEW: THIRTEEN’S SPRING BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO In this year’s over 300 Hollywood Fringe theater works, you’ll find that most of them are comedies, upbeat musicals, edgy or experimental works. The Moving Art Collective brings us something different and poignant, the world premiere of Thirteen’s Spring, a historical drama about Anne Frank. At this point many […]

REVIEW: TURTLES BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO There are two fundamental types of theatrical works: first, the ones whose magic lasts only until the final curtain, and second, the ones whose magic comes home with you well after the final curtain has fallen. The West Coast Premiere of John Greiner-Ferris’ Turtles, produced by Red Cup Theatre […]

INTERVIEW: JOHN BOLEN BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO I remember sitting at a Conundrum Theatre Company play committee session in January to read the over twenty original plays that were submitted. The rule was: We’ll read only the first ten pages to get a sense of the work, then we’ll move on to the next play. Before […]

REVIEW: DREAM BOY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Celebration Theatre presents the LA premiere of Dream Boy, based on the novel by Jim Grimsley. This play by Eric Rosen skillfully adapts the content, themes and characters of novel into a play that is beautifully natural, raw and captivating on stage. Dream Boy is a poignant tale […]

REVIEW: MY SISTER BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Janet Schlapkohl’s play My Sister returns to L.A. after its West Coast premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival where it won two awards. This two-person play tells the story of two identical twins, one with a disability, in Berlin during the Nazi rise to power. Schlapkohl wrote the […]