REVIEW BY CARY GINELL For the first ten minutes of Peter Shaffer’s knockabout farce, Black Comedy, the stage is dark, as engaged Londoneers Brindsley Miller and Carol Melkett get ready…
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January 2016
In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side
“Funny Thing” Honors Classic Comedy In Sondheim’s Musical Farce
01/30/2016
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Laurel and Hardy must be smiling in the comedy Valhalla. Cabrillo Music Theatre’s near-perfect production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,…
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In Author, Cary Ginell
Sondheim’s Folly: “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum”
01/26/2016
BY CARY GINELL When Cabrillo Music Theatre’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is unveiled this Friday evening at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side, West Side
“Coming Distractions” Highlights Breadth of Young Talent in Ventura County Theater
01/24/2016
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Coming Distractions, a one-night concert benefiting Panic! Productions and the theater arts program at Newbury Park High School was earmarked as a live preview of…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side, People
Performer Scott Dreier Talks About His Devotion to Doris Day in His One-Man Show, “Doris and Me”
01/20/2016
BY CARY GINELL It’s not often when a person is able to develop their own stage show about their idol, but for the past four years, actor/singer Scott Dreier…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side, People
Michael Fischer Reveals Improv Techniques in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
01/10/2016
BY CARY GINELL I haven’t posted a story yet this year because I’ve been busy. For the past two weeks, I’ve been immersed in learning the flute part to…