BY CARY GINELL The suddenness in the fortunes of Cabrillo Music Theatre over the past two weeks has left many of its fans' heads spinning. During that time, there has…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL The idea for Nunsense, the whimsical musical about five wacky but lovable nuns from the Little Sisters of Hoboken, came to creator Dan Goggin from an unexpected…
BY CARY GINELL Stephen Schwartz's Children of Eden is the second-to-last show to be produced by Cabrillo Music Theatre, and for its hard-working cast, Cabrillo's announcement of its impending cessation of…
BY CARY GINELL In the conclusion of our somewhat disheartening visit with Lewis Wilkenfeld, we talked about the future of Cabrillo Music Theatre, both the hopeful and the realistic prospects for…
BY CARY GINELL We conclude our discussion from a few weeks ago about the production of Conejo Players' The Wizard of Oz, featuring David Colville as the Lion and Jared Price…
SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM CABRILLO MUSIC THEATRE Before his retelling of the Witches of Oz in Wicked, composer Stephen Schwartz took on a contemporary retelling of some of the most…
BY CARY GINELL Cabrillo Music Theatre's recent announcement of the production company ending its 22-year existence at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza was a devastating bombshell to dedicated theater…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL At the beginning of Act II of Ragtime, Terrence McNally's masterful musical adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's novel, journeyman pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr., decimated by the murder…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Those who are experienced in theater know that a show's success varies based on a number of factors, including the quality of the product, good casting,…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL When you look at the track record for I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, 5003 performances during a 12-year run, you begin to wonder what made…