REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Samuel Joel Mostel was nicknamed “Zero” because the publicity agent who came up with the name told him it was because “you came from nothing.” After years of…
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August 2015
In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side
Alison Rosenblum Reloads As Annie Oakley In “Annie Get Your Gun”
08/27/2015
BY CARY GINELL When Annie Get Your Gun makes its debut at the High Street Arts Center September 11, the little lady totin’ the rifle will be a familiar face…
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REVIEW BY CARY GINELL As the topic of guns in society becomes more and more prominent during the upcoming election season, Stephen Sondheim’s controversial 1990 Off-Broadway and off-beat musical…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, West Side
John Medeiros Gears Up for One-Man Show as Zero Mostel in “Zero Hour”
08/18/2015
BY CARY GINELL Beginning this Saturday, the Elite Theatre Company’s South Stage will be presenting Zero Hour, a one-man play about legendary actor Zero Mostel. The project is near and dear…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, West Side
Passionate Performances, Electrifying Dancing Highlight “West Side Story”
08/13/2015
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Musical Theatre Intensive is a five-week program designed to challenge serious musical theatre students in a professional setting. The program offers intermediate to advanced training in…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, West Side
“Flowers for Algernon” Is Another Tour de Force for R. Shane Bingham
08/12/2015
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL This past spring, R. Shane Bingham took on the challenging task of portraying British talk show host David Frost in High Street Arts Center’s outstanding…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side
“The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)” Skewers Broadway Classics
08/09/2015
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL On Saturday night, we journeyed outside of our usual geographical sphere to the West Valley Playhouse in Canoga Park to see several familiar Ventura County faces…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side
The Roots of “Oklahoma!” Come Alive in “Green Grow the Lilacs”
08/04/2015
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL In Scene Two of Lynn Riggs’ play, Green Grow the Lilacs, farm girl Laurey Williams speaks passionately to her Aunt Eller about the ranch where she…