In honor of Valentine’s Day, 5-Star Theatricals is presenting “Concert of Love: One Night With 5-Star” at 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11 at the Kavli Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Attendees can sip champagne while 5-Star’s live orchestra and singers present famous love songs. The cast includes past 5-Star performers Trisha Rapier
It's always nice when we see a show that has never been performed in Ventura County so we were looking forward to seeing 5-Star Theatricals' Something Rotten!, the 2015 sendup of Shakespeare that answers the question: 'What if Shakespeare had a rival?' As you will read in our upcoming review in The Acorn, we were not disappointed. Something Rotten! is a riotous romp with a twisted premise, as brother Nick and Nigel Bottom attempt to upstage (literally) theatre superstar Willie Shakespeare with their next production: the first musical. Due to the faulty efforts of a befuddled Nostradamus, the Bottom Brothers set out to produce their musical, titled Omelette. Recently, we visited with two stars from 5-Star's production: Justin Michael Wilcox, who plays Nick Bottom, and Aleks Pevec, who plays the strutting Shakespeare.
If a playgoer knows anything about Shakespeare and/or musicals, then for sheer inventiveness, sweetness and curtain-to-curtain smiles, SOMETHING ROTTEN! has you covered.
AJ Rafael and East West Players Present a Streaming Holiday Edition of ‘Crazy Talented Asians’
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A 2019 performance of “Crazy Talented Asians” that included acts from The Filharmonic, DeeDee Magno Hall, and the cast of East West Players’ “Mama Mia!” The holiday edition will be streaming live on Sunday. (Photo by Steven Lam)
East West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theatre organization, is partnering up with online musician AJ Rafael for “Crazy Talented Asians,” a concert series started by Rafael in September 2018.
The Holiday Edition of this virtual event will happen live on Facebook and YouTube on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 5:30 p.m. PST and features performers Isa Briones (“Picard,” “Hamilton”), Josh Dela Cruz (“Blue’s Clues”), Cathy Ang (“Over the Moon”), Dante Basco (“Hook,” “Avatar”), Deedee Magno Hall (“Steven Universe”) and many more.