Author Archives: Jennifer K. Hugus

Jennifer K. Hugus

About Jennifer K. Hugus

Jennifer K. Hugus was born at a very young age. At an even earlier age, she just knew she would one day write for the LA Beat! Having grown up in Massachusetts, France, and Denmark, she is a noted fan of Asian Cuisine. She studied ballet at the Royal Danish Ballet Theatre and acting at U.S.C. in their prestigious BFA drama program. She also makes her own jewelry out of paints and canvas when she isn’t working on writing absurdist plays and comparatively mainstream screenplays. Jennifer would like to be a KID when she grows up!

My Dinner with Ted Lange: “Love Boat” Remembrances and Theatrical Dreams—Made Real!

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

I catch up with Ted Lange on the heels of the opening of his most recently directed and rousing, Lloyd J. Schwartz penned “Classic Couples Counseling”, the review of which can be found: https://thelosangelesbeat.com/2014/03/classic-couples-counseling-provides-a-prescription-for-fun-and-a-cure-via-laughter/ An actor since the age of … Continue reading →

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The Life and Mind of Butch Patrick: A Riveting Reality of Resilience, Resourcefulness and Resolve

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Butch Patrick is a busy man. Most readily distinguishable as The Munster’s own Eddie Munster, he has taken his childhood career and continued riding its giddy wave of nostalgia in addition to branching out in a myriad and sundry of … Continue reading →

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Cheyenne Jackson: Music of the Mad Men Era—A Blanketing of Love and an Envelopment of Most Magnificent Sound

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Cheyenne Jackson wants to “blanket [us] all with love” but not before singing us a rousing rendition of “Americano” and taking a sip of his water while not letting it go in the time it takes for him NOT to … Continue reading →

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Not-So-Average-Joe Estevez: A Life of Show, Cinema, Superbness, Skill, Spirituality and Service

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Joe Estevez:  Actor, Writer, Producer, TV Show Host, Jack-of-all-Trades (well, Renaissance Man really) and most prolifically steady actor in town.  Having lived in the same neighborhood of Franklin Village for years, the two of us have come to know each … Continue reading →

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Cheyenne Jackson: Music of the Mad Men Era to Time Travel Forward to OURS!!!

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Cheyenne Jackson:  Singer, Actor, Principal of runaway shows like GLEE and “Thirty Rock” and all around song and dance man; anyone alive during the first decade of the 2000s has heard of him.  If not, they are living under a … Continue reading →

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Archway Theatre’s “Salome”: Biting and HEADstrong!

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

The drive to downtown LA is enchanted on this April 11th of a Friday night.  The city lights appear like a mirage of metropolitan magnificence and the sky is just slightly overcast.  The prime reason I have time to appreciate … Continue reading →

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“Manicomio”: Not a MANicure, COMbover or Even a Play; Really More of an “Experience”

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Manicomio:  A Manicure…?  A fancy Italian Combover (that makes the combover cool again before combovers were ever cool?)—A snazzy combination Manicure/Combover using one’s nail clippings to cover the offending bare scalp, like some drag queen’s all too cuteicle rhinestone skullcap? … Continue reading →

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“B. Franklin”: A Frank and Alluring Lesson in Life, Love, Ladies, Electrocution and Leg Gout!

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Benjamin Franklin:  Founding Father, Printer, Man of Science, Electrocutee, Gout sufferer (having nothing to do with his electrocutitis—most likely) grandfather of Benny (legitimately) and Temple (not-so-much), husband to Debbie, wife of politics, father to Sally, the untimely Frankie (having passed … Continue reading →

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“Classic Couples Counseling” Provides a Prescription for Fun and a Cure Via Laughter

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Imagine, if you will, all beloved Kings and commoners, Princes and plebeians from our collective childhoods on–in all their gleaming  poetic  glory–reduced to the problem deducing and appointment making capacity of your average run of the mill, urban adult-dysfunction, and … Continue reading →

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“Inherit the Wind” Bequeaths us Additional and Thought-Provoking Thought over Antique, yet Timeless Debate

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Jennifer K. Hugus

Imagine a time when it was forbidden, if not, controversial, to teach Evolution in elementary school/middle school biology…oh wait…what?  Nevermind… –“Inherit the Wind” by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, published in 1955, pertaining to the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, … Continue reading →

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