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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2008 Stories by Steven Leigh Morris

• The Bourgeois Gentilhomme

  published November 13, 2008

  You’d think, from reading the world press, that racism and, by extension, classism, had suddenly been vanquished from the nation —... More >>

• Kidnapped by Craigslist

  published November 27, 2008

  Katie Goan and Nitra Gutierrez’s romp of comedy sketches derived from Craigslist postings offers a facile glimpse at our cultural oddities.... More >>

• Stage Raw: Harold Pinter Dies on Christmas Eve

  published Dec 25, 2008

  HAROLD PINTER DIES ON CHRISTMAS EVE  The most fitting obituary for the second greatest dramatist of the 20th century (behind Samuel Beckett, whom Pinter emulated) would be to say almost noth... More >>

• Stage Raw: Arts Investments -- The Wallace Foundation and Alan Mandell

  published Dec 24, 2008

  ARTS INVESTMENT: WALLACE FOUNDATION AND ALAN MANDELL The Wallace Foundation just announced a new study by the Rand Corporation that confirms what anybody with even half a brain already knows: The... More >>

• Stage Raw: Arts Freeze

  published Dec 22, 2008

  ARTS FREEZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS In a cost-cutting measure, the Los Angeles Unified School District has frozen district funds until the state legislature returns to Sacramento in January to sort out t... More >>

• Stage Raw: Home for the Holidays

  published Dec 19, 2008

  IT'S A FABULOUS LIFE! The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles performs an evening on holiday snapshots at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Boulevard in Glendale; Saturday Dec. 20, 3 & 8 p.m.; Sunday... More >>

• It's Just Sex

  published December 18, 2008

  Jeff Gould’s comedy takes the underpinnings of sexual fantasy, fidelity and money and puts all of those nuances onstage in a contemporary... More >>

• The Life

  published December 18, 2008

  You can hear the jazzy gospel-laced echoes of Chicago and Cabaret in Cy Coleman’s score for The Life (book and lyrics also by David... More >>

• Stage Raw: New Troupes on the Block

  published Dec 17, 2008

  NEW TROUPES ON THE BLOCK Under the umbrella of Cornerstone Theatre Company, a new company called Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras (Day Laborer Theater Without Borders) launches at the Hollywood Comm... More >>

• Sex Trade: Three Views of Erotica

  published December 18, 2008

  It’s hard to know how much money the 1972 porn classic Deep Throat actually made, given that it was financed by... More >>

• Stage Raw: Babes in Toyland

  published Dec 15, 2008

  BABES IN TOYLAND is this week's Theater Pick. Writes Tom Provenzano: "While visions of nutcrackers and victorian misers dance through the yuletide entertainment listings, this production offers a d... More >>

• A Grand Guignol Children's Show

  published December 11, 2008

  “Not for children” says the program’s subhead — and they’re not kidding. Tapping the same root used by Shockheaded... More >>

• Stage Raw: ArtBash

  published Dec 12, 2008

  Check back on Monday after noon for New Theatre Reviews of Babes in Toyland presented by the Pasadena Playhouse; Smokey Joe's Cafe at the El Portal; Cy Coleman's The Life presented by Jaxx Theatr... More >>

• Stage Raw: Your Source for Free and Discount Theater Tickets

  published Dec 10, 2008

  FREE AND DISCOUNT THEATER TICKETS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Plays411 is offering FREE & Discount Tickets: You only pay $3.50 Service Fee, or Half-off where indicated. Advance Reservations only: ... More >>

• Critic-o-Meter: Grading, or Degrading?

  published December 11, 2008

  On Friday, theater critic-mavens Isaac Butler and Rob Weinert-Kendt officially launched their ambitious labor of love, More >>

• Stage Raw: Leslie Jordan's Trip Down the Pink Carpet

  published Dec 08, 2008

  This Week's Theater Pick Leslie Jordan's Autobiographical Trip Down the Pink Carpet If a zest for life is infectious, there's probably no more delightful a carrier than Leslie Jordan. A diminu... More >>

• The Love Talker

  published December 4, 2008

  Deborah Pryor’s mystical potboiler takes us into Romulus Linney turf — the land of Appalachian folklore, where we meet two sisters... More >>

• The Little Dog Laughed

  published December 4, 2008

  As Gertrude Stein once put it (but not about this play), “It’s almost about something, and then it’s just not.” Douglas Carter... More >>

• Stage Raw: Ivanov

  published Dec 05, 2008

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• Upon Entering the Scene

  published December 4, 2008

  Freelance theater critic 1988-1997Theater editor 1997-presentSlightly more than 10 years ago, as the... More >>

• Stage Raw: Cocks of the Walk

  published Dec 03, 2008

  COCKS OF THE WALK The same people who brought us Naked Boys Singing are at it again -- this time showing considerable more restraint with a musical revue subtly named Hangin' Out -- described as "... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Little Dog Laughed

  published Dec 01, 2008

  >NEW REVIEW THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED As Gertrude Stein once put it (but not about this play), "It's almost about something, and then it's just not." Douglas Carter Beane's comedy brings with it th... More >>

• Kidnapped by Craigslist

  published November 27, 2008

  Katie Goan and Nitra Gutierrez’s romp of comedy sketches derived from Craigslist postings offers a facile glimpse at our cultural oddities.... More >>

• Lost

  published November 27, 2008

  About to lose his job and seething with rage in general, and road rage in particular, Man (Kevin Vavasseur), while seeking a shortcut home, gets... More >>

• Stage Raw: Lodestone Says Goodnight and Good Luck

  published Nov 28, 2008

  Check back here Monday after noon for the upcoming weekend's NEW THEATER REVIEWS of The Little Dog Laughed, Douglas Carter Beane's comedy about being oneself in Hollywood and elsewhere, at the Kirk... More >>