This summer, new leadership takes over for three local theater companies in Ventura County. During the coming months we will be talking with spokespersons for each of the three to…
Today we are adding a new format to our blog with our first VC On Stage audio podcast. We recently interviewed Susan Egan, who is starring as Belle in 5-Star…
The Patrick Cassidy era officially began last night at Westlake City Hall when 5-Star Theatricals continued Cabrillo Music Theatre's traditional "TGIF" concert, an annual showcase of songs from past and…
In Same Time, Next Year, Bernard Slade's romantic comedy about a recurring illicit relationship, the audience is required to accept the premise that an annual tryst between two adulterers that lasts…
With two shows dealing with mental illness playing this month, Conejo Players' recently concluded One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Panic! Productions' Next to Normal, which closes June 17, we thought it…
If you ever get tired of the same old conventional Broadway musicals mounted on conventional stages, it's always refreshing to cleanse your palette by venturing into Los Angeles (if you…
Actress Mazie Rudolph, who we call "Amazing Mazie," plays the central character in the emotion-packed musical drama Next to Normal, currently playing at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. We call her…
Rarely does a director get to work on a play whose story is so much a part of his personal background and makeup, but when High Street Arts Center producers…
Last week I saw Camarillo Skyway Playhouse's production of Sylvia and afterward, I had a long talk with my two dogs. Although they listened intently, I couldn't be sure whether they…
When the newly-revamped national tour of Let It Be was scheduled to arrive in Thousand Oaks, I decided to go, despite having undergone a spell of Beatles tribute fatigue. Innumerable "tributes"…