BY CARY GINELL It would not be hyperbole to suggest that Andrew Metzger might one day be the next John Belushi. But that is who the twenty-three year-old actor reminded…
BY CARY GINELL A Moon For the Misbegotten is playwright Eugene O'Neill's last published work, a story of vulnerability, passion, humor, and torment. Written as a loose sequel to A Long…
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,…
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 It's always nice to see fresh, new productions come around Christmas time. It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, et. al. are always nice and…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL 'Tis the season for trotting out Charles Dickens' perennial story of redemption and family, A Christmas Carol. But before you stifle a yawn, let me quote from…
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…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Although "The Diviners," Jim Leonard, Jr.'s morality play on religion, friendship, and tragedy, was written in 1980, it almost seems as if it should have been…