2010-01-28 / Dining & Entertainment

Cabrillo to present musical at Civic Arts Plaza

Cabrillo Music Theatre will present a new 1940s-era musical, “The Andrews Brothers” by Roger Bean, from Feb. 5 through 14 at the Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.

Performances are 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A post-show discussion with cast, staff and audience will follow the 2 p.m. Feb. 6 performance.

Musical direction is by Lloyd Cooper, with choreography by Roger Castellano. The production is directed by Nick DeGruccio. The honorary producer is The Harry Selvin Big Band.

On a South Pacific island in 1945, a U.S.O. show is threatened with cancellation when a certain famous trio of singing sisters fails to show up. It’s up to three earnest and determined brothers— played by Stan Chandler, David Engel and Larry Raben—to go on with the show.

The production presents more than 25 songs made famous by the Andrews Sisters, including “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Slow Boat To China,” Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” and “Accent-u-ate the Positive.”

The songs are framed within a book by Roger Bean, creator of the off-Broadway and Los Angeles show “The Marvelous Wonderettes.”

Tickets can be purchased at the Civic Arts Plaza box office or through any Ticketmaster location, or by phone at (800) 7453000.

For groups of 12 or more, call Group Sales, Cabrillo Music Theatre at (805) 497-8615.

Tickets range from $25 to $55. For more information, call (805) 449-ARTS (2787).

Cabrillo Music Theatre is the Ovation Award-winning resident musical theater production company at the Civic Arts Plaza and a nonprofit theater organization.

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