BY CARY GINELL The West Coast premiere of That Lovin' Feelin', new biographical musical about the '60s group the Righteous Brothers, takes place at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood tonight and in…
BY CARY GINELL For Arryck Adams, who directs Conejo Players' current production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, the production is proving as cathartic as the storyline is for its troubled characters. Adams,…
BY CARY GINELL December 12 marks the centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth, which makes the arrival of Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Christmas, which plays for one performance this Saturday at the Thousand…
BY CARY GINELL Like many Ventura County performers, Autumn Bodily has a long career in local theater. She started as a teenager in 1986 with Young Artists Ensemble in one…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL At one point during the brilliantly colored musical Elf, Jovie, the disillusioned girlfriend of Buddy the Elf, tells him her philosophy on life: "Lower your expectations so you…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Two very different works by playwright James Goldman are currently being featured in Ventura County during November - and they couldn't be more different from one…
REVIEW BY CARY GINELL In the opening scene of the Rubicon Theatre Company's production of My Fair Lady, buskers in London's Covent Garden, where Cockney Eliza Doolittle works as a flower…
BY CARY GINELL Today we visit with Samantha Eve, artistic director and founder of the Out of the Box Theatre in Santa Barbara. Although we're not changing our web name…
BY CARY GINELL This week we conclude our interview with Renée Marino, who stars as Lola in Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of Damn Yankees, which closes this weekend at the Thousand…
BY CARY GINELL Recently, our good friend, actress and costumer-extraordinare Lori Lee Gordon made me aware of an editorial by Skip Maloney in his On Stage blog titled "We Should Review…