BY CARY GINELL We continue our interviews with members of Agoura High School's production of Godspell with an interview with Ryan Rosenheim, who plays the role of Jesus. VCOS: How daunting…
BY CARY GINELL For anyone who believes that quality musical theater can only be seen in professional venues, Agoura High School's Theatre Department's production of Stephen Schwartz's "Godspell" will change…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL 'Tis the season for trotting out Charles Dickens' perennial story of redemption and family, A Christmas Carol. But before you stifle a yawn, let me quote from…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL There haven't been many musicals taken from comic strips: "Li'l Abner," "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and "Spiderman" are the three that immediately come to…
BY CARY GINELL We continue with our interview with Conejo Players musical director Rachael Pugh about her work on Monty Python's Spamalot. VCOS: How does your vocal training help you? RACHAEL:…
BY CARY GINELL VC On Stage's purpose is to showcase people who work in musical theater or plays in the Ventura County area, not only performers, but behind-the scenes folk…
BY CARY GINELL VCOS: So Kris, is Lawrence Jamison kind of an updated, cosmopolitan version of Harold Hill? KRIS: Yeah, but as Sean Harrington told me during rehearsals, my pockets…
BY CARY GINELL One of the more enthusiastic and - might I add - accessible performers on the Ventura County scene is Barry Pearl. Although based in Los Angeles, Pearl…
BY CARY GINELL If you saw last year's production of The Music Man at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, you might have noticed that Kristopher Kyer, who played Harold Hill,…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Cormac McCarthy's riveting play, "The Sunset Limited," currently being staged at the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, is one of those productions you need to see…