REVIEW BY CARY GINELL There haven't been many musicals taken from comic strips: "Li'l Abner," "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and "Spiderman" are the three that immediately come to…
BY CARY GINELL We continue with our interview with Conejo Players musical director Rachael Pugh about her work on Monty Python's Spamalot. VCOS: How does your vocal training help you? RACHAEL:…
BY CARY GINELL VC On Stage's purpose is to showcase people who work in musical theater or plays in the Ventura County area, not only performers, but behind-the scenes folk…
BY CARY GINELL VCOS: So Kris, is Lawrence Jamison kind of an updated, cosmopolitan version of Harold Hill? KRIS: Yeah, but as Sean Harrington told me during rehearsals, my pockets…
BY CARY GINELL One of the more enthusiastic and - might I add - accessible performers on the Ventura County scene is Barry Pearl. Although based in Los Angeles, Pearl…
BY CARY GINELL If you saw last year's production of The Music Man at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, you might have noticed that Kristopher Kyer, who played Harold Hill,…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Cormac McCarthy's riveting play, "The Sunset Limited," currently being staged at the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, is one of those productions you need to see…
BY CARY GINELL VCOS: What is special about "South Pacific" to you personally and as a director? KEN: This story of love and war in the South Seas was penned…
BY CARY GINELL Acting is often a family affair and it stands to reason that if one member of a family gets the theater bug, it's no surprise when other…
BY KRISTOPHER KYER Growing up in Michigan as a community theater actor, I learned to be fully committed whenever auditioning for a show. I made myself realize that the responsibility…