BY CARY GINELL "Robert E. Lee: Shades of Gray," which plays at the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura through September 29, is a one-man play featuring a bravura performance by…
BY CARY GINELL A musical theater production based on the lives of three heroic Latinos will be performed at California Lutheran University on Saturday, Oct. 5. A chamber music trio…
BY CARY GINELL Cabrillo Music Theatre held a "First Rehearsal Party" last night at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts where cast and crew members were introduced in preparation for…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL If I didn't know better, I would have sworn that "Selling Love," Logan Rica Smith's new comedy, which is currently playing at the Elite Theatre Company…
Award-winning actor and playwright Tom Dugan is fast becoming "Mr. One-Man Show" in the American theater. His productions of "Oscar to Oscar" (a salute to the Academy Awards), "Frederick Douglass:…
BY CARY GINELL "The Golden Apple" was one of those shows that was praised for its ability to charm, delight, and entertain without insulting your intelligence, but nevertheless was a…
BY CARY GINELL They arrived at the theater for their first rehearsal in early summer. By the end of August, they were a family. What is this odd dynamic that…
BY CARY GINELL The character of Inspector Javert in "Les Miserables" is, to me, one of the most fascinating and complex in all of musical theater. Because of this, it…
Carlos Penaranda portrays one of the more colorful characters in ARTS' production of "Les Miserables," the opportunistic bumbling innkeeper, M. Thénardier. A versatile character actor, Penaranda also has a fine…
In the new musical "The Diary," Kimberly Hessler plays the role of Anne Frank. Kimberly is a recent graduate of USC with a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance.…