BY CARY GINELL The Rubicon Theatre Company's Education and Outreach program enables youngsters as early as five years old to become acclimated to the theatrical experience through a variety of…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL The proverb "it takes a village" is the theme for Michael Perlmutter's Open Meeting Closed, a tense and often funny play that is being staged at the…
BY CARY GINELL One of the great things about Ventura County theater is that there is a never-ending progression of young talent that keeps coming up through the ranks. Two…
BY CARY GINELL This weekend, the husband-and-wife duo of Kirby and Beverly Ward will be performing Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, in three concerts at the Rubicon Theatre Company. Although nothing new…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Agatha Christie's masterpiece, The Mousetrap, made its debut in London's West End in 1952, and, incredibly, some 64 years later, it's still running, the longest continuous run…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL It's funny how many shows we've seen recently that bring to mind concepts evident in the current election season. In In the Heights, it was the plight of…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL "The very powerful are always fools," intones Kit Maxwell, the one character with a conscience in Jason Wells' 2009 black comedy, Men of Tortuga, a taut and…
BY CARY GINELL The suddenness in the fortunes of Cabrillo Music Theatre over the past two weeks has left many of its fans' heads spinning. During that time, there has…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL The idea for Nunsense, the whimsical musical about five wacky but lovable nuns from the Little Sisters of Hoboken, came to creator Dan Goggin from an unexpected…
BY CARY GINELL In the conclusion of our somewhat disheartening visit with Lewis Wilkenfeld, we talked about the future of Cabrillo Music Theatre, both the hopeful and the realistic prospects for…