Read more about the article An Interview With Original “Annie” Producer Irwin Meyer
Irwin Meyer, one of the producers of the original Broadway production of "Annie"

An Interview With Original “Annie” Producer Irwin Meyer

BY CARY GINELL When the curtain on High Street Arts Center's current production of Annie came up on opening night February 6, sitting in the audience was Irwin Meyer. Meyer was one…

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Read more about the article Following the Mouse Interview – Part 2
Co-hosts Sarah Watkins & Andrew Metzger showing how well they work together. (photo by Cary Ginell)

Following the Mouse Interview – Part 2

BY CARY GINELL Continuing our freewheeling talk with producer Quentin Garzon and co-hosts Andrew Metzger and Sarah Watkins regarding the upcoming Following the Mouse revue. VCOS: So, Andrew and Sarah, how…

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Read more about the article Roundtable Discussion: “Following the Mouse” – Part 1
Sarah Watkins and Andrew Metzger, co-hosts of "Following the Mouse" (photo by Cary Ginell)

Roundtable Discussion: “Following the Mouse” – Part 1

BY CARY GINELL On Friday, February 27, local performer Quentin Garzon (who we last saw in Conejo Players' production of Shrek) is producing a revue of songs from Disney productions titled…

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Read more about the article A Chat With Jamie & Cathy of “The Last Five Years”
Louis Pardo (Jamie) and Ashley Fox Linton (Cathy) in "The Last Five Years" (photo by Jeanne Tanner)

A Chat With Jamie & Cathy of “The Last Five Years”

BY CARY GINELL Louis Pardo and Ashley Fox Linton star in the Rubicon Theatre Company's new production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. We caught up with Louis and…

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Read more about the article “Moonlight & Magnolias” – Frankly, My Dear, This Is One Funny Play
John Comstock (Ben Hecht), Robert Reeves (David O. Selznick), and Todd Tickner (Victor Fleming) in "Moonlight & Magnolias" (photo by Barbara Mazeika)

“Moonlight & Magnolias” – Frankly, My Dear, This Is One Funny Play

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Moonlight and Magnolias is playwright Ron Hutchinson's dramatic conjecture about what might have happened behind closed doors during the creation of the most talked about motion…

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Read more about the article Theater League’s New Production:  “Camelot” or “Camelittle”?
Mary McNulty as Guenevere and Adam Grabau as King Arthur in Theater League's production of "Camelot"

Theater League’s New Production: “Camelot” or “Camelittle”?

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL In Theater League's new traveling production of Camelot, the venerable musical is described as "the story as you've never seen it before." Given Theater League's penchant of…

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Read more about the article Two Local Youngsters Slated to Perform in Theater League’s “Camelot”
Gannon Hays rehearses his scene as Tom of Warwick with Adam Grabau as King Arthur, in "Camelot" (Photo by Cary Ginell)

Two Local Youngsters Slated to Perform in Theater League’s “Camelot”

BY CARY GINELL For their current touring production of Camelot, which plays this weekend at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Theater League, in conjunction with Phoenix Entertainment, continues the show's…

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