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Article: PASTOR WONDERS: WHAT THE H---? CELEBRITIES TO STAGE HELL HOUSE FOR GRINS.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- August 17, 2004
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Byline: Jean Torkelson, Rocky Mountain News
Hell House is going Hollywood - with a twist.
The incendiary show, which sent the Denver area into an uproar with its graphic depiction of hell and the sinners who go there, opens Aug. 28 in Los Angeles.
It features a large cast of celebrities, including comedians Bill Maher as Satan and Andy Richter as Jesus, plus Julia Sweeney, Richard Belzer and more.
So why has a professional production, mounted at the Steve Allen Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, put fire in the eye of Hell House's creator, the Rev. Keenan Roberts?
Because the show will use Roberts' script and special effects "to ...