Read more about the article A Trip Back to Picket Fence America: Mark Twain’s “Tom Sawyer”
Drew Downing (Huckleberry Finn) and Samuel Thacker (Tom Sawyer) star in High Street Arts Center's "Tom Sawyer" (photo by Barbara Mazeika)

A Trip Back to Picket Fence America: Mark Twain’s “Tom Sawyer”

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL In the introduction to his adaptation of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, Wilbur Braun advised producers, "Speed the action before the curtains and and play the entire play…

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Read more about the article A Visit With Nancy Dussault – Part 3: Broadway Years
Nancy Dussault, John Reardon, Phil Silvers, and Nancy Walker, in the 1961 Broadway production of "Do Re Mi"

A Visit With Nancy Dussault – Part 3: Broadway Years

BY CARY GINELL In the final installment of our interview with Nancy Dussault, Nancy talks about her early years on Broadway. VCOS: Do Re Mi was your Broadway breakthrough in 1961.…

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Read more about the article Fiddler in the Barrio: Cabrillo’s Ravishing Production of “In the Heights”
Lano Medina (Usnavi) and Ayme Olivo (Nina) share a memory in Cabrillo Music Theatre's "In the Heights" (photo by Ed Krieger)

Fiddler in the Barrio: Cabrillo’s Ravishing Production of “In the Heights”

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights, which won Tony awards for Best Musical, Score, and Choreography in 2008, is completing a two-weekend run at the Thousand Oaks…

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Read more about the article The Value of Community Theater: A Visit to the Westport Country Playhouse
Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, Connecticut (photo by Cary Ginell)

The Value of Community Theater: A Visit to the Westport Country Playhouse

BY CARY GINELL We in Ventura County value community theater because of its ability to attract quality performers and entertainment, presented in a relaxed, local setting. Simply put, there would…

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Read more about the article A Talk With Rebekah Tripp of Rubicon Theatre’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten”
Rebekah Tripp (Josie) and Joseph Fuqua (James) in Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten" (Photo by Jeanne Tanner)

A Talk With Rebekah Tripp of Rubicon Theatre’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten”

BY CARY GINELL A Moon For the Misbegotten is playwright Eugene O'Neill's last published work, a story of vulnerability, passion, humor, and torment. Written as a loose sequel to A Long…

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