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New Musical “Flashes Of Light’ Explores Mythic Connection To Inventor Nikola Tesla’s Genius

By steve.simmons0211 May 26, 2025TheatreNo Comments

Ron Boustead and Billy Larkin are hoping their musical Flashes of Light, about the life of inventor Nikola Tesla, does for science what Hamilton did for history. Set during the…

All Roads Theatre’s ‘One For My Baby’ Celebrates The Genius Of Harold Arlen

By steve.simmons0211 March 11, 2025Theatre, Uncategorized

Fred Barton and Scott Thompson don’t think there’s enough musical theatre in Los Angeles. To rectify the situation, last year they founded their All Roads Theatre Company (ARTCO). And now…

For This Uncle And Nephew, Sondheim’s ‘Pacific Overtures’ Is A Family Legacy

By steve.simmons0211 November 3, 2024Theatre

For Simeon Den and Kurt Kanazawa, Stephen Sondheim’s genre-expanding musical Pacific Overtures is a family affair. While Den performed in the show’s original 1976 Broadway run, his nephew, Kanazawa, is…

Reimagined ‘Sweeney Todd’ Gets To The Heart Of Stephen Sondheim’s Masterwork

By steve.simmons0211 February 17, 2024Theatre

Julia Rodriguez-Elliott is taking a stab at Sweeney Todd. Co-artistic director of Pasadena’s A Noise Within, known for its inventive interpretations of classic plays, she’s helming the company’s production of Stephen…

Playwright Josefina López Sees Her Dream Come True With Debut Of ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Musical

By steve.simmons0211 December 8, 2023Theatre

Josefina López is having a good year. The musical version of her pioneering play Real Women Have Curves debuts Thursday, Dec. 14 (previews started Wednesday) at American Repertory Theatre (ART)…

Alysia Velez Lets Her Hair Down In Center Theatre Group’s ‘Into The Woods’

By steve.simmons0211 July 15, 2023Q&A, Theatre

Fairy tale characters, including Rapunzel, have settled into L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre. She joins other classic folk-tale figures in Stephen Sondheim’s beloved musical Into the Woods, playing through Sunday, July 30.…

In A Noise Within’s ‘Animal Farm,’ Actor Rafael Goldstein Takes On A Tyrant In Musical Adaptation Of Orwell’s Classic

By steve.simmons0211 September 7, 2022Q&A, Theatre

By Steve Simmons - Posted at 5:55 p.m., Sept. 3, 2022 How are dictators created? Famed novelist George Orwell paints a searing picture of how tyrants rise to power in…