REVIEW BY NATALIA VIVINO After facing an unfortunate power outage that resulted in a canceled performance on August 1st, the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center reopened its doors on…
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In Author, Cary Ginell, East Side
Panic! Productions Brings a Newly Imagined Staging of “The Fantasticks” to Thousand Oaks
08/13/2014
Panic! Productions begins its third season with the classic musical fable, The Fantasticks, September 5 through 21, at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. The longest…
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BY KRISTOPHER KYER Years ago while living in New York City, I landed my first summer stock job and was off to Ohio and Michigan to do two shows…
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BY CARY GINELL VCOS: Did the musicians travel with you as well? NATALIE: Yes, we had our own orchestra. They were with us most of the time, but it…
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FROM THE CONEJO PLAYERS: The Conejo Players raised over $10,000 at its 5th Annual Toast to Community Theatre on Sunday, July 27th, 2014 — making it one of CPT’s…
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BY CARY GINELL VCOS: Tell me about your first time on stage with the show. NATALIE: I did my put-in in D. C. but the company then went on a…
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Will the Curtain Come Down on Cabrillo? Lewis Wilkenfeld Explains
07/29/2014
BY CARY GINELL Now that Bye, Bye Birdie has flown the coop, Cabrillo Music Theatre is heading down the home stretch of its fundraising drive, with its survival in the balance.…
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An Experience Second to Nun: Natalie Storrs Talks About the “Sister Act” National Tour
07/27/2014
BY CARY GINELL Ventura County’s loss will be Broadway’s gain when Natalie Storrs leaves the Conejo Valley in a month or so to test the waters in the Big…
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REVIEW BY CARY GINELL “What was THAT all about?” Those were the words that went through my head upon leaving the Rubicon Theatre Company, after witnessing esteemed Irish actor…
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REVIEW BY CARY GINELL If Cabrillo Music Theatre’s current production of Bye, Bye Birdie proves to mean “Bye, Bye Cabrillo,” at least it assures that the venerable theater company will go…