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"…
RODGERS & HART BECOMES RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN In July 1940, Theatre Guild’s Lawrence Langner invited his Connecticut neighbor Richard Rodgers to see a revival of Green Grow the Lilacs at…
LYNN RIGGS AND GREEN GROW THE LILACS Oklahoma! would not have existed without Green Grow the Lilacs, a lively tale of life on the American prairie, set in 1900 when Oklahoma…
Today we present the first in a three-part series on the 75th anniversary of Oklahoma!, probably the most important musical in Broadway history, which made its debut at the St. James…
Since it made its debut more than 40 years ago, A Chorus Line has not only become one of the most successful and legendary musicals of all time, but it also…