Ventura County Reporter Ranks Top VC Theaters, Productions
BY CARY GINELL For what it's worth, here are the Ventura County Reporter's listings of the top theater companies & productions in the area. I don't think it's fair to…
Joanna Bert (Brooke), Keith Moreton (Lloyd), and Courtney Potter (Poppy) in "Noises Off" (photo by Beth Glasner)
Cast Members of “Noises Off” Talk About Their Characters
BY CARY GINELL After last Sunday's matinee performance of "Noises Off," I met with the nine-member cast and asked each one how they approached playing their respective roles and whether…
The cast of "Noises Off." Left to right: Courtney Potter, Eric Mello, David Colville, Jim Seerden, Drew Davenport (rear), Joanna Bert, Keith Moreton (on floor), Suzanne Tobin, and Kimberly Demmary. (Photo by Beth Glasner.)
Conejo Players’ “Noises Off” is Masterful Mayhem
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Toward the beginning of the anarchic second act in the play "Noises Off," Tim, the overworked assistant stage manager says, "This is getting farcical." This is…
2013 Ovation Award Nominees
Congratulations to the following for their nominations for the 2013 Ovation Awards! BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (LARGE THEATRE) "Legally Blonde" (Cabrillo Music Theatre) ACTING ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL The Cast…
Tom Dugan as Robert E. Lee (photo by Sean McNamara)
Stage Review: “Robert E. Lee: Shades of Gray”
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…
Kevin Melendez
“Los Valientes” Honors 3 Heroic Latinos at CLU
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…
Musical director Darryl Archibald leads the Cabrillo Music Theatre ensemble in "Another Op'nin', Another Show."
Rehearsals begin for Cabrillo’s “Kiss Me, Kate”
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…
L-R: Lindsey Newell (Sheila), Travis Winterstein (Kelly), Cecil Sutton (Mr. Mac Ryan), Nathan Paul (Roberts), Allison Chase Williams (Laurie). Photo by Cameron Crouch
“Selling Love” Sells Laughs, Soap at the Elite Theatre
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…
Tom Dugan Plays Robert E. Lee in “Shades of Gray” at the Rubicon
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:…
Elektra cast album release of "The Golden Apple" (1958)
Musicals That You Should Have Heard Of: “The Golden Apple”
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…