From the Best of State of the Arts (Originally broadcast September 11, 2014) -

Award-winning composer, songwriter, producer Kevin Saunders Hayes is interviewed about his creation of Vox

Lumiere – Silents You Can Hear; and his current once monthly, weekend offering of a reimagined The Phantom

of the Opera as an explosive mash-up of music, dance, and technology, paired with the original 1925 black and

white film of the same name at the Los Angeles Theatre Center between September 19 and December 13. The

Live Arts Calendar features Off-Broadway playwright Joanne Mosconi’s You Love That I’m NOT Your Wife, a fast

paced, sexy, edgy world premiere dramedy about 10 distinctly different young men and women living and loving

in LA September 12 – October 5 at the Avery Schreiber Playhouse in the NoHo Arts District of North

Hollywood, CA. Critically acclaimed Director/Writer/Composer Richard Hochberg discusses the opening of his

SCARY MUSICAL The Musical an homage to classic horror film clichés which combines a slasher movie plot with a

rock ‘n roll score and pop-culture humor opening September 19 – November 9 at the NoHo Arts Center in North

Hollywood, CA. Hayes and Hochberg tell of embarrassing moments during their careers.