Read more about the article Director Raymond Saar Brings Broadway Experience to Lindero Middle School’s Production of “Bye, Bye Birdie”
Lindero Middle School's cast of "Bye, Bye Birdie"

Director Raymond Saar Brings Broadway Experience to Lindero Middle School’s Production of “Bye, Bye Birdie”

BY CARY GINELL This weekend we visited with Lindero Canyon Middle School drama teacher Raymond Saar, who is directing the school's production of Bye, Bye Birdie. The show will be staged at the…

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Read more about the article “Annie” Producer Irwin Meyer – Part 2
Julie Auxier (Lily St. Regis), Arryck Adams (Rooster) and Tami Keaton (Miss Hannigan) in High Street Arts Center's "Annie"

“Annie” Producer Irwin Meyer – Part 2

BY CARY GINELL Today we conclude our interview with original Annie producer Irwin Meyer from a few weeks ago. VCOS: What did you think of the recent motion picture version of Annie?…

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Read more about the article “Shakespeare Abridged” Is Controlled Anarchy
Evan Patrick Smith and Austin Robert Miller dismantle Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" in Elite Theatre Company's production of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]"

“Shakespeare Abridged” Is Controlled Anarchy

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL In Evan Smith's program bio for The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised], it reads, "Evan Patrick Smith has never performed any Shakespeare, and he's still not…

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Read more about the article An Interview With Original “Annie” Producer Irwin Meyer
Irwin Meyer, one of the producers of the original Broadway production of "Annie"

An Interview With Original “Annie” Producer Irwin Meyer

BY CARY GINELL When the curtain on High Street Arts Center's current production of Annie came up on opening night February 6, sitting in the audience was Irwin Meyer. Meyer was one…

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Read more about the article Following the Mouse Interview – Part 2
Co-hosts Sarah Watkins & Andrew Metzger showing how well they work together. (photo by Cary Ginell)

Following the Mouse Interview – Part 2

BY CARY GINELL Continuing our freewheeling talk with producer Quentin Garzon and co-hosts Andrew Metzger and Sarah Watkins regarding the upcoming Following the Mouse revue. VCOS: So, Andrew and Sarah, how…

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Read more about the article Roundtable Discussion: “Following the Mouse” – Part 1
Sarah Watkins and Andrew Metzger, co-hosts of "Following the Mouse" (photo by Cary Ginell)

Roundtable Discussion: “Following the Mouse” – Part 1

BY CARY GINELL On Friday, February 27, local performer Quentin Garzon (who we last saw in Conejo Players' production of Shrek) is producing a revue of songs from Disney productions titled…

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Read more about the article A Chat With Jamie & Cathy of “The Last Five Years”
Louis Pardo (Jamie) and Ashley Fox Linton (Cathy) in "The Last Five Years" (photo by Jeanne Tanner)

A Chat With Jamie & Cathy of “The Last Five Years”

BY CARY GINELL Louis Pardo and Ashley Fox Linton star in the Rubicon Theatre Company's new production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. We caught up with Louis and…

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Read more about the article “Moonlight & Magnolias” – Frankly, My Dear, This Is One Funny Play
John Comstock (Ben Hecht), Robert Reeves (David O. Selznick), and Todd Tickner (Victor Fleming) in "Moonlight & Magnolias" (photo by Barbara Mazeika)

“Moonlight & Magnolias” – Frankly, My Dear, This Is One Funny Play

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL Moonlight and Magnolias is playwright Ron Hutchinson's dramatic conjecture about what might have happened behind closed doors during the creation of the most talked about motion…

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