BY CARY GINELL Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of Forever Plaid begins this weekend and we had a chance to chat with its director, Larry Raben, prior to the start of rehearsals.…
BY CHRISTANNA ROWADER This is the story of an understudy. Recently I got a Facebook message from Karen, someone who I worked with during my first year in California who…
BY CARY GINELL On January 12, members of the community got a chance to learn some dance steps from a premiere dance instructor, when Morgan Marcell, choreographer for the regional…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL I saw Theater League's national touring company's production of Mamma Mia! this week and although the production itself was virtually flawless, I still walk away with the…
BY CARY GINELL The Rubicon Theatre Company's production of Michael Frayn's Noises Off, which opens on February 1, promises to be one of the noisiest, wackiest events in recent Ventura County theater…
BY CARY GINELL YA4Ever's production of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell marks the directing debut of Chelsea Glasner. Glasner, a junior majoring musical theater at Emerson College in Boston, is a graduate of Newbury…
BY CARY GINELL In the 1960s, Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy worked together on a number of productions. Their marriage fell apart in 1974 and Cassidy subsequently died in a…
BY CARY GINELL As we close 2013, many theater critics not unexpectedly take stock of performances seen during the past twelve months. I am no different, and although many critics…
BY CARY GINELL When Shirley Jones married actor Jack Cassidy in 1956, it was the beginning of an eighteen-year marriage that included many on-stage collaborations. As Shirley moved primarily into…
BY CARY GINELL Christmas season brings an abundance of seasonal musical entertainment, programs and movies that have been become traditional in American households. Broadcasts of movies such as “Holiday Inn,”…