Thousand Oaks Theater Reviews

BWW Review: CHILDREN OF EDEN at Cabrillo Music Theatre

by Cary Ginell — April 10, 2016

With the angst over the immediate future of Cabrillo Music Theatre finally receding into the background, it's time to focus once again on what is happening on the Cabrillo stage.

BWW Review: NUNSENSE at Camarillo Skyway Playhosue

by Cary Ginell — April 7, 2016

The idea for Nunsense, the whimsical musical about five wacky but lovable nuns from the Little Sisters of Hoboken, came to creator Dan Goggin from an unexpected quarter.

BWW Reviews: RAGTIME at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

by Cary Ginell — March 25, 2016

At the beginning of Act II of Ragtime, Terrence McNally's masterful musical adaptation of E.

BWW Review: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE at Rubicon Theatre Company

by Cary Ginell — March 10, 2016

John Ford's 1962 film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, is one of motion picture's all-time classic westerns.

BWW Review: SEE ROCK CITY at Rubicon Theatre Company

by Cary Ginell — February 5, 2016

'A person's got to have something to do,' newlywed May Brummett says to her husband Raleigh, in a scene from the Rubicon Theatre Company's evocative drama, See Rock City.

BWW Reviews: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Cabrillo Music Theatre

by Cary Ginell — February 1, 2016

Laurel and Hardy must be smiling in the comedy Valhalla.

BWW Review: EMPIRE THE MUSICAL Aims for the Sky

by Ellen Dostal — January 27, 2016

EMPIRE THE MUSICAL has been knocking around in the wings ever since Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull began writing it in 1999.

BWW Review: Multi-Media UNDER FIRE at California Lutheran University Theatre Arts Department Celebrates and Honors The Warrior, Not The War.

by Jeffrey Scott — November 16, 2015

Multi-Media UNDER FIRE at California Lutheran University Theatre Arts Department Celebrates and Honors The Warrior, Not The War.

BWW Review: High Energy Fun From a Classic Movie Remake - Melodrama Comes to Newbury Park High School in HIGH NOONISH

by Jeffrey Scott — November 9, 2015

With successful previous productions of Man of La Mancha and Our Town, the current fall musical offering of High Noonish solidifies that the Drama Department at Newbury Park High School is back and solid as ever!

BWW Reviews: MY FAIR LADY at Rubicon Theatre Company

by Cary Ginell — November 1, 2015

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 girl, are rewarded with tuppence given to them by members of the audience.

BWW Review: SMALL ENGINE REPAIR at Flying H Theatre Group

by Cary Ginell — October 20, 2015

When you walk into the plain storefront that serves as the home for The Flying H Group Theatre Company, you have to do a double-take to make sure you're in the right place.

BWW Review: Sunny Thompson Brings the Iconic Star Back to Life in MARILYN: FOREVER BLONDE

by Shari Barrett — October 18, 2015

Like many from my generation, our love of screen icon Marilyn Monroe made her a star and continues to keep the flame of her incredibly hot sexual appeal alive.

BWW Review: ANNIE, A Perfect Example of Optimism's Staying Power

by Ellen Dostal — October 17, 2015

s I was waiting for my theatre guest to arrive at the Pantages Tuesday night for the opening of ANNIE, a school bus pulled up.

BWW Review: H.M.S. PINAFORE at Hillcrest Theater For The Arts

by Cary Ginell — October 15, 2015

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta, 'H.

BWW Review: COPENHAGEN at Rubicon Theatre Company

by Cary Ginell — September 20, 2015

Attention: students slogging through boring classes of quantum mechanics - have I got a show for you.

BWW Reviews: ZERO HOUR at Elite Theatre Company

by Cary Ginell — August 28, 2015

BWW Review: ASSASSINS at Pico Playhouse

by Cary Ginell — August 25, 2015

As the topic of guns in society becomes more and more prominent during the upcoming election season, Stephen Sondheim's controversial 1990 Off-Broadway and off-beat musical Assassins has increased in its relevancy.

BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Rubicon Theatre Company

by Cary Ginell — August 13, 2015

BWW Review: FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON at Camarillo Skyway Playhouse

by Cary Ginell — August 13, 2015

BWW Reviews: ISC's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is a 1940s Charmer

by Ellen Dostal — August 12, 2015

One of the keys to providing great entertainment is understanding your audience.

BWW Reviews: Witty NO HOMO Provides a Thoroughly Entertaining Tale of a Misconceived Bromance

by Gil Kaan — August 10, 2015

In NO HOMO, playwright Brandon Baruch has written a very funny, smart and realistic script on the perceived misconceptions of Ash and Luke's relationship.

BWW Reviews: CITIZEN: AN AMERICAN LYRIC Lyrically Teaches Racism 101

by Gil Kaan — August 3, 2015

If, for some inexplicable reason one didn't know, the world premiere of Citizen: An American Lyric  will make it a point to educate you that racism exists.

BWW Reviews: VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE at Santa Paula Theater Center

by Cary Ginell — August 2, 2015

Although I am not as familiar with the plays of Anton Chekhov as some, Christopher Durang's play, Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, doesn't require a pop quiz of Chekhovian references in order for one to enjoy the show.

BWW Reviews: Slater, Ferguson, Robinson, and Co. Bring Hilarity to SPAMALOT at the Hollywood Bowl

by Michael L. Quintos — August 1, 2015

Definitely one of this current millennium's funniest stage shows, the world-famous Hollywood Bowl certainly chose wisely in its decision to stage the hit musical comedy Monty Python's SPAMALOT as this year's all-star annual summer stage musical spectacular, which was welcomed with plenty of sustaine

BWW Reviews: A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN is a Night to Remember

by Ellen Dostal — July 31, 2015

Baby boomers don't normally show their approval at the theater by leaping to their feet and giving standing ovations during a performance… unless they happen to be seeing A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN at Pasadena Playhouse.