Musical

Review: Donald Glover’s ‘Guava Island’: A musical romance opposing capitalist greed

April 15, 2019 By Chauncey K. Robinson

"Guava Island" is a musical drama that uses vibrant scenery and art to tell an anti-capitalist fable that condemns systemic greed.

Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda,’ a feminist ode to teachers, dazzles as a musical

March 26, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

The protagonist is a precocious 5-year-old girl with mystical psychic powers, a love of reading and a gift for wild, inventive storytelling, who overcomes the cruel fate of being born into a family of con-job masters...

‘Shrek the Musical’ a welcome, but brief guest in Ventura County

October 23, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

These fairy tale people—like the children in the audience—finally have the opportunity to escape the imposed societal narrative they’ve been handed, of being a failed version of who they were meant to become.

‘Dreamgirls’: A dream come true for kinetic choreo and Motown fans

July 25, 2018 By Ed Rampell

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Director/choreographer Tor Campbell’s rendition of Dreamgirls is an extremely exciting, energetic version and vivid vision of the beloved musical that opened on Broadway in 1981 and onscreen in 2006. With a cast of dozens,...