BY KRISTOPHER KYER Memorizing lines easily and quickly is an integral part of an actor’s work. I often play roles that have nonsensical, flowery words and patter songs that…
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January 2014
In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side
An Original Plaid Speaks! An Interview with “Forever Plaid” Director Larry Raben
01/28/2014
BY CARY GINELL Cabrillo Music Theatre’s production of Forever Plaid begins this weekend and we had a chance to chat with its director, Larry Raben, prior to the start of…
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BY CHRISTANNA ROWADER This is the story of an understudy. Recently I got a Facebook message from Karen, someone who I worked with during my first year in California…
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BY CARY GINELL On January 12, members of the community got a chance to learn some dance steps from a premiere dance instructor, when Morgan Marcell, choreographer for the…
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REVIEW BY CARY GINELL I saw Theater League’s national touring company’s production of Mamma Mia! this week and although the production itself was virtually flawless, I still walk away with…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, West Side
Director Kenneth Albers Talks About Rubicon Theatre Company’s Raucous & Ribald “Noises Off”
BY CARY GINELL The Rubicon Theatre Company’s production of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, which opens on February 1, promises to be one of the noisiest, wackiest events in recent Ventura County…
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In Author, Cary Ginell
First-Time Director Chelsea Glasner Talks About YA4Ever’s Production of “Godspell”
01/11/2014
BY CARY GINELL YA4Ever’s production of Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell marks the directing debut of Chelsea Glasner. Glasner, a junior majoring musical theater at Emerson College in Boston, is a graduate of…
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In Author, Cary Ginell
A Visit With Shirley Jones – Part 5: On Jack Cassidy, “The Partridge Family,” and Working with Patrick Cassidy
01/01/2014
BY CARY GINELL In the 1960s, Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy worked together on a number of productions. Their marriage fell apart in 1974 and Cassidy subsequently died in…