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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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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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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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…
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The First Annual “Vee-Cee” Awards for Top Performances in Ventura County Theater
12/31/2013
BY CARY GINELL As we close 2013, many theater critics not unexpectedly take stock of performances seen during the past twelve months. I am no different, and although many…
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BY CARY GINELL When Shirley Jones married actor Jack Cassidy in 1956, it was the beginning of an eighteen-year marriage that included many on-stage collaborations. As Shirley moved primarily…
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An Animated Broadway Musical for Christmas: “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol”
12/25/2013
BY CARY GINELL Christmas season brings an abundance of seasonal musical entertainment, programs and movies that have been become traditional in American households. Broadcasts of movies such as “Holiday…
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A Visit With Shirley Jones – Part 3: Why Frank Sinatra Left “Carousel”
12/24/2013
BY CARY GINELL Today, we continue our interview with Shirley Jones as she talked about performing on the road in Broadway musicals and appearing in the film version of Carousel.…