REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Jason Robert Brown's 13, a jubilant paean to teenage angst, only had a brief stay on Broadway (105 performances over only two months), but the producers of…
BY CARY GINELL In Cabrillo Music Theatre's forthcoming production of Mary Poppins, the part of Bert, the chimney sweep/sidewalk artist/one-man band is being played by Wesley Alfvin. Alfvin got his first…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Chicago, that indestructible love sonnet to vaudeville and delectably decadent cynicism, is currently playing at the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks, and for the opening…
BY CARY GINELL Terra C. MacLeod was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Her experience in the performing arts started when she was four years old, when she began taking…
BY CARY GINELL Today, another mini-interview with a cast member from Cabrillo Music Theatre's forthcoming production of Mary Poppins, this time with Courtney Potter, who has been seen on a number…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL A Chorus Line, the 1975 Broadway musical that broke barriers and ran for over 6,000 performances, is one of those shows that you rarely see on local…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Fifty-six years ago, Buddy Holly, who was, with Elvis serving in the army, the reigning King of Rockabilly, died in a plane crash along with two…
BY CARY GINELL It wasn't too long ago when Ariel Downs was a kid, singing in middle and high school musical programs. Now fully grown, the petite, perky 25-year-old is…
PRESS RELEASE Panic! Productions continues its third season with the musical “13 ,” April 10 through 19 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. The high-energy show,…
BY CARY GINELL Today we conclude our interview with original Annie producer Irwin Meyer from a few weeks ago. VCOS: What did you think of the recent motion picture version of Annie?…