REVIEW BY CARY GINELL "A person's got to have something to do," newlywed May Brummett says to her husband Raleigh, in a scene from the Rubicon Theatre Company's evocative drama, See Rock…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL For the first ten minutes of Peter Shaffer's knockabout farce, Black Comedy, the stage is dark, as engaged Londoneers Brindsley Miller and Carol Melkett get ready to…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Laurel and Hardy must be smiling in the comedy Valhalla. Cabrillo Music Theatre's near-perfect production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which…
BY CARY GINELL When Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is unveiled this Friday evening at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Coming Distractions, a one-night concert benefiting Panic! Productions and the theater arts program at Newbury Park High School was earmarked as a live preview of musicals…
BY CARY GINELL It's not often when a person is able to develop their own stage show about their idol, but for the past four years, actor/singer Scott Dreier has…
BY CARY GINELL I haven't posted a story yet this year because I've been busy. For the past two weeks, I've been immersed in learning the flute part to the…
BY CARY GINELL As we close 2015, many theater critics not unexpectedly take stock of performances seen during the past twelve months. I am no different, and although many critics…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL The prospect of a new stage musical about the Righteous Brothers is an enticing idea, and with the premiere of That Lovin' Feelin', James A. Zimmerman's new…
BY CARY GINELL VC On Stage was busy in 2015. In addition to reviewing dozens of shows throughout Ventura County, we also got to know a number of performers on…