BY CARY GINELL On Saturday, October 11, aspiring theater arts students will get a valuable chance at learning tips about performing when Tony-award winning actress Faith Prince presents a master…
BY CARY GINELL On the night Jonalyn Saxer made her debut in Bullets Over Broadway, her older sister Randi was getting married in Topanga Canyon. Jonalyn had flown home for the…
REVIEW BY NATALIA VIVINO Country music superstar Dolly Parton reached a new level of success after starring in the 1980 hit comedy film 9 to 5. Several decades later, Parton…
BY CARY GINELL Another example of "local-girl-makes-good" occurred this summer when Jonalyn Saxer, who had just graduated from the theater program at Syracuse University, made her Broadway debut in the…
BY CARY GINELL Chris Mahr, who is currently directing High Street Arts Center's production of Guys and Dolls, was born in Thousand Oaks and raised in Ventura. He didn't catch the…
BY CARY GINELL Many people are not aware of the fact that High Street Arts Center's acclaimed production of Guys and Dolls is a first-time directing effort by Chris Mahr. Mahr…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL "My faith in him is all he has left," says Leigh Hodges of her husband Tom, an upstanding, respected high school English and drama teacher who…
BY CARY GINELL "The Diary of Anne Frank," which continues through September 20 at the Conejo Players Theatre, is the product of many hours of hard work and research. Led…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL The Fantasticks, which holds the record for the longest run of any musical production (42 years and over 17,000 performances between 1960 and 2002) is, for…
REVIEW BY NATALIA VIVINO First-time director Christopher Mahr showed great promise on Friday, August 22nd when his production of Guys and Dolls opened at the charming High Street Arts Center…