Bryan Munar

Student Blog: Before the Curtain Rises: A Look Into Pre-Show Rituals
by Student Blogger: Timothy Klimek - Dec 21, 2025

Take a very, very deep breath. Hold it. And let your mind leave everything else at the door. This is just one of the things I do to prepare myself for a performance.

Taylor Iman Jones, Corey Mach, And Stephanie Torns Join BROADWAY SINGS This Weekend
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2025

Broadway Sings returns this weekend with two star-studded concerts at The Cutting Room: Broadway Sings ABBA on September 26 and Broadway Sings Taylor Swift on September 27.

Review: The Muny's Emotionally Charged DEAR EVAN HANSEN Packs an Emotional Wallop
by James Lindhorst - Jul 30, 2025

The Muny production of Dear Evan Hansen is a departure from the huge overblown musical extravaganzas that normally populate The Muny stage. It's a much smaller show but it is profoundly emotional. It creates intimacy that was once thought impossible in this large venue and opens other opportunities for the stories that the Muny can tell.  Like his emotionally charged direction of Fiddler on the Roof last season, Rob Ruggerio’s Muny version of Dear Evan Hansen packs an emotional wallop. Michael Fabisch, Jackie Burns, Maggie Lakis, Rob McClure, Afra Sophia Tully, and the rest of this cast grabs the audience, holds them close, and leaves them with a deeply touching and poignantly warm theatrical experience. 

PUMP UP THE VOLUME Comes to the Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2025

Knot Free Productions will present the Los Angeles premiere of Pump Up the Volume, A New Rock Musical at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

PUMP UP THE VOLUME Begins At The Hudson Theatre In June
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2025

Broadway's Anthony Norman will lead the Los Angeles premiere of the new Rock Musical, PUMP UP THE VOLUME, in a staged concert production at Hudson Backstage Theatre.

Review: HADESTOWN at Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis
by Jared Fessler - Feb 12, 2025

The Hadestown National Tour’s stop at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis delivers an unforgettable theatrical experience that captivates from start to finish. Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony Award-winning folk-jazz musical, which reimagines the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, comes to life in a visually stunning and emotionally charged production that resonates with both new audiences and longtime fans.

Review: HADESTOWN at Fisher Theatre
by Emily Schenk - Jan 30, 2025

I was enthralled in the whole show, and I promise you don't want to miss this show when it's in town. You don't want to look back and regret not seeing Hadestown while it's in Detroit.

HADESTOWN Begins Performances At Harris Center For The Arts In December
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 27, 2024

The Tony- and Grammy-winning Best Musical Hadestown will play for six performances at the Harris Center for the Arts from December 12-15.

Review: HADESTOWN at Broadway San Diego
by ErinMarie Reiter - Nov 9, 2024

This weekend through Sunday, November 10th, Broadway San Diego will take you to hell and back with the fantastic touring production of the musical “Hadestown.”

Interview: Nickolaus Colón of HADESTOWN at Broadway San Diego
by ErinMarie Reiter - Nov 4, 2024

Interview with Nickolaus Colón from 'Hadestown' about the show, which returns to Broadway San Diego, at the Civic Theatre on Friday, November 8th—10th.

Review: HADESTOWN at Segerstrom Center For The Arts
by Melissa Heckscher - Oct 31, 2024

In the end, the show is all about seduction, and it has all the dark, gritty sex appeal of a dingy French Quarter speakeasy. That is to say: It’s got the sultry rhythm and blues to sweep you into the fun even if you don’t know exactly why you’re there.

HADESTOWN to Return to San Diego in November
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 24, 2024

Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will return to San Diego this Fall.