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THE MIND BEHIND ‘BUFFY KILLS EDWARD’
INTERVIEW: LAURA WILEY BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Pianist, producer and composer Laura Wiley, the mind behind last year’s fringe festival parody Winter Is Coming brings us a hilarious new crossover parody...
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BYRON LANE’S NEW PLAY AT CELEBRATION THEATRE
INTERVIEW: BYRON LANE BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO As part of its Summer of Celebration, Celebration Theatre presents the new play Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist by Byron Lane, directed by Tom...
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ROGER BEAN GOES COUNTRY WITH LATEST MUSICAL
INTERVIEW: ROGER BEAN BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Roger Bean. Roger Bean is the master of jukebox musicals and now he’s bringing Los Angeles the premiere of his latest musical Honky Tonk Laundry. Bean is known...
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LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG HEARTS: A NEW MUSICAL ABOUT DISABILITY
INTERVIEW: BONNIE GLEICHER BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO I’ve only met the talented composer/lyricist Bonnie Gleicher once on a Skype session to discuss her ongoing musical The Little Things, and now months later...
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A SEXY, GLAM ROCK, GAY NIGHT AT THE THEATRE!
INTERVIEW: MAX VERNON BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Max Vernon. Step into the French Quarter of New Orleans in the 1970’s with Max Vernon’s new musical The View Upstairs. The new musical premiered the The Lynn...
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‘TURBULENCE!’ GETS JUICED-UP FOR NYC
INTERVIEW: ROBOT TEAMMATE BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO This summer Robot Teammate delighted audiences at the Hollywood Fringe Festival with their original musical Turbulence, winning: Best Musical, Best World...
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DRAMA FROM INSIDE A CELL PHONE
INTERVIEW: PETER RICHARDS BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO In an age when people take their cell phones everywhere, those tiny devices have much to tell about our lives. And in the West Coast premiere of emerging...
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WNTMTSUFKO INTERVIEW: GLASGOW LYMAN AND JEFF ROSICK
INTERVIEW: GLASGOW LYMAN & JEFF ROSICK BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Writers and producers Glasgow Lyman and Jeff Rosick are bringing a world premiere musical to the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival. This dark...
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DISASTEROID! INTERVIEW: ZACHARY BERNSTEIN
INTERVIEW: ZACHARY BERNSTEIN BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO After a critically-lauded late-night run at Sacred Fools Theater Company in April, the original musical, Disasteroid!, returns for a seven-show run at...
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HIP-HOP MEETS MARTIN LUTHER IN ‘LEGACY’ at NYMF
INTERVIEW: NOVEMBER CHRISTINE BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Joining the 2018 New York Musical Festival this summer is the new musical Legacy by November Christine. Following in the footsteps of the musical...
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HAVANA TO AMERICA: ‘PEDRO PAN’ GOES TO NYMF
INTERVIEW: REBECCA APARICIO BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Joining the 2018 New York Musical Festival this summer is the new musical Pedro Pan by Rebecca Aparicio (book and lyrics) and Stephen Anthony Elkins...
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TONY COOKSON DISCUSSES HIS NEW MUSICAL: ‘MUTT HOUSE’
INTERVIEW: TONY COOKSON BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Tony Cookson. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to see your favorite canine friends take to the stage with singing and dancing, this month is the...
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THE RIDE FOUNDATION PRESENTS DANCE FOR FREEDOM GALA
INTERVIEW: ITALO ELGUETA and ROBYN SHREIBER BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Following the success of the RIDE Foundation’s 2017 gala event, Dance for Africa, which raised funds for the African Wildlife Foundation,...
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YUVAL RON DISCUSSES HIS SCORE FOR MAUREEN HUSKEY’S NEW PLAY
INTERVIEW: YUVAL RON BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO This fall award-winning Los Angeles based theater company Son of Semele Ensemble presents Maureen Huskey’s new experimental play The Woman Who Went to Space as...
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PRODUCER RON DANTE DISCUSSES NEW MUSICAL ‘IN A BOOTH AT CHASEN’S’
INTERVIEW: RON DANTE BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Producer Ron Dante is known for producing of Barry Manilow’s first nine albums including: “Mandy,” “I Write the Songs,” “Could It Be Magic,” and the...
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A NEW MUSICAL ALL ABOUT BOOBS DEBUTS IN LA
INTERVIEW: CASEY CHRISTENSEN AND JENNIFER GOODMAN BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Ten years in the making, conceived by Jennifer Goodman, Casey Christensen (book and lyrics), celebrity vocal coach Rachael...
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LET’S TALK ‘ANASTASIA’
INTERVIEW: JAKE LEVY & SAREEN TCHEKMEDYIAN BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Following its run at the Pantages in October, Broadway’s Anastasia is now playing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. In...
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WORLD PREMIERE OF A PETER RABBIT MUSCAL
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY GRUPPUSO BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO Anthony Gruppuso Storybook Theatre is in its 35th consecutive season of providing wholesome family entertainment, produced under a union (Actors Equity)...
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JILLIAN FRANCIS: SONGS THAT GIVE US THE FEELS
INTERVIEW: JILLIAN FRANCIS BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO LA is a special city, it’s the City of Angels after all, but it’s also more than that: it’s a port for dreamers. Much like the ancient sea ports in Italy...
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SOPRANO SHANA BLAKE HILL TALKS OPERA
INTERVIEW: SHANA BLAKE HILL BY RYAN M. LUÉVANO When you think of opera composers, Mozart, Wagner, or Verdi, might come to mind, and the name Erich Korngold doesn’t even make the list. Korngold was a...
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