BY CARY GINELL At twenty-eight, Blythe Renay is amazingly close to the character she portrays in the Conejo Players' production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Attractive, spunky, and eminently talented, Blythe…
BY KRISTOPHER KYER In recent years I’ve been asked to not only star in a musical, but to direct it as well. Usually it has been a show I have…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL When West Side Story burst upon the Broadway scene in 1957, audiences and critics were stunned by the frank violence of the show. In The New York Times,…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Tom Griffin's play, The Boys Next Door, presents a sympathetic look at the mentally disabled through the eyes of a burned-out social worker. Elite Theater Company's…
BY CARY GINELL The Boys Next Door, Tom Griffin's serio-comic play about four mentally disabled men living in a communal home in New England, makes its debut at the Elite…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL In what show can you find a fire ax, a hot water bottle, a cactus plant, and a migrating plate of sardines? The answer is Noises Off,…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Remember the name Sara Gilbert. The sixteen-year-old Santa Susana High School junior delivered a mature, engaging, and perfectly executed performance as Elle Woods, the misunderstood Malibu…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL On February 9, Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of Forever Plaid will close, but that day marks a very special milestone in popular music history - it will…
BY CARY GINELL High Street Arts Center's new production of Fiddler on the Roof stars a new kind of Tevye. Randy Crenshaw has been doing voiceover work and singing in cartoons and…
BY KRISTOPHER KYER Memorizing lines easily and quickly is an integral part of an actor’s work. I often play roles that have nonsensical, flowery words and patter songs that never…