By Ernest Kearney — Nothing Bad – A Werewolf Rock Musical has spun the 1987 vampire film, The Lost Boys by way of the 1971 musical hit Grease, and for the first ten minutes seems to be making a success of it with composer and lyricist Daniel Sugimoto who provides some spiffy tunes that go towards generating the toe tapping bliss that every audience craves.
Unfortunately, the book by Erik Blair unravels rapidly, fumbling over the inclusion of questionable devices and an unfiltered conflict and that’s only the beginning of their woes.
The cast is uneven, and a number of the performers had their voices buried beneath the undulating and patchy rise and fall of the pre-recorded orchestration. Compounding the troubles, the production pacing withers under both the unfocused narrative and deadly slow unnecessary attempts at scene shifting, accompanied by egregious back stage mumblings and shufflings that smother the limited potential the show possesses. Again, these flaws must be laid at Blair’s feet; who dons the director’s hat as well.
Lyndsey Wegner as the mayor of Perfection, California “Where nothing bad ever happens” has some good moments, as does Lexi Eiserman in the role of her doomed, poodle-skirted daughter. Renee Wylder succeeds in shining briefly 
before sinking beneath the problematic and troubled seas of this production.
Jake Saenz is the show’s only “Ishmael” who not only keeps his head above the rising waves but earns the audience’s appreciation for providing it with the most entertaining moments of the whole staging.
Mainly for Saenz’s performance, this one dodges the Ear Wax bullet to take a BRONZE MEDAL.
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Nothing Bad – A Werewolf Rock Musical
Playing During Fringe 2017 at
studio/stage
520 N. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Remaining Shows:
Saturday June 24 2017, 9:30 pm
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