Email Author Steven Leigh Morris

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Theater Reviews

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Guerillas in our Midst"

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1999 Stories by Steven Leigh Morris

• Making It

  published December 16, 1999

  Integrity is a slippery fish. “You can sell without selling out,” insists Stephen Trask, composer-lyricist of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, t... More >>

• As Time Goes Bye-Bye

  published December 9, 1999

  Any Surrealist in good standing has to love nuclear physics. First Albert Einstein suggests that time gets a bit loopy out in the cosmos,... More >>

• Sweet Tonic and Gibberish

  published November 4, 1999

  Here‘s an idea that’s been brewing since I saw Space (still at the Mark Taper Forum), Tina Landau‘s gush-filled ode to the cosmos and ... More >>

• Feeling Not So Great

  published October 28, 1999

  I could have been a Schopenhauer. I could have been a Dostoyevsky! What am I saying? I’m losing my mind! --Vanya, ... More >>

• Moving Man

  published October 21, 1999

  Tragedy has struck twice in three months at the Sacred Fools Theater Company, stealing company member J. Haran (38), who succumbed to cancer on... More >>

• Continental Divide

  published September 30, 1999

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• Blood Writes

  published September 23, 1999

  A video image within the stage play Properties of Silence, a new work presented by About Productions at 2100 Square Feet, shows Sor Juana Ines... More >>

• An Englishman Abroad

  published September 9, 1999

  Photo by Debra DiPaoloAT THE LATE-AFTERNOON CUSP OF THE DINNER hour, Steven Berkoff slips into Tommy Tang's on Melrose, addressing the staff with... More >>

• Affirmative Actions

  published September 9, 1999

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• Frigid Eyre, Cool Duke

  published August 26, 1999

  Photo by Craig SchwartzI'VE HATED MUSICALS EVER SINCE THE 10TH GRADE, when my high school's drama department plugged its upcoming production of... More >>

• The Kindness of Strangers

  published August 12, 1999

  Courtesy University of Texas at AustinFame is a bee. It has a song -- It has a sting -- Ah, too, it has a... More >>

• The Anarchists' Convention

  published July 29, 1999

  SO THIS YEAR, THE RATS (REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE Theaters) are scuttling to L.A. from all corners of the country for... More >>

• Church and Stage

  published July 22, 1999

  IN 1997, WHEN BOBS WATSON CALLED THE WEEKLY to inquire about directions to the paper's Theater Awards -- he had received a nomination for... More >>

• Standing on Ceremony

  published July 15, 1999

  Photo by Craig SchwartzTHOUGH OUR CITY HAS MANY VIRTUES, THERE ARE REAsons why Los Angeles in general, and Los Angeles theater in particular, can... More >>

• Engaging in Consexual Text

  published July 8, 1999

  Photo by Craig SchwartzHERE'S AN IDEA: AMERICAN ACTORS ARE GENERALLY credited for their passion, so why not choose a company of America's finest... More >>

• Father Knows Less

  published June 3, 1999

  Photo by Michael LamontIT MAY SEEM STRANGE, BUT A SONG-CYCLE TRIBUTE to the decade-old Tian An Men Square protests (Beijing Spring) and a... More >>

• French Roast

  published May 20, 1999

  Photo by Craig SchwartzFRENCH PLAYWRIGHT ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT uses Edward Elgar's "The Enigma Variations" to spark his similarly titled mystery... More >>

• Reflections of a Scream Queen

  published May 6, 1999

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• Baby Killers

  published April 15, 1999

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• Comedy of Terrors

  published April 8, 1999

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• King Leer

  published April 1, 1999

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• Body Politics

  published March 18, 1999

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• Classic Antics

  published March 4, 1999

  Photo by Erin FiedlerYou could say that Ruth Margraff's Sophoclean riff The Elektra Fugues (at the Ivy Substation) and the vaudeville... More >>

• Schreis and Whispers

  published February 18, 1999

  Photo by Anne FishbeinLaural Meade’s burlesque-vaudeville-drama, Harry Thaw Hates Everybody, has been through several workshop... More >>

• The Great White Hoopla

  published February 4, 1999

  Photo by Carol RoseggLet's be fair: Had Yasmina Reza's charming chamber comedy Art premiered here on a shoestring budget at, say, the... More >>