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

• Getting Off-Broadway: A New York Guide

  published July 24, 2008

  It may be off-season in the theater, but there’s no shortage of stage activity in Gotham — a Beckett festival at... More >>

• John Fantz

  published July 17, 2008

  When 72-year-old John Fantz returned from a break to the San Gabriel Mission museum, where he’s been serving as... More >>

• Chekhov and Gogol in Moscow, 2008

  published August 7, 2008

  As do many American cities, Moscow has a general plan, a policy document that envisions huge population increases and is... More >>

• Letter From Moscow: Eminent Domain, Russian Style

  published Jul 12, 2008

  As I write this from my wife's apartment, from a fifth floor bedroom window in Moscow's Ismailovo district, north east of central Moscow, a crane is dropping slabs of concrete in what used to be the b... More >>

• Gay Marriage Wars: Robert Weiss Gets the Last Word(s)

  published Jul 07, 2008

  A note from Robert Weiss received July 5 sought to clarify his position regarding his call for a boycott of all the theaters associated with Center Theatre Group, after Weiss had claimed (mistakenly) ... More >>

• Letter From Moscow: U.S. Dollar Follies

  published Jul 02, 2008

  To illustrate how the mighty greenback has fallen, one need only try exchange $300 cash for Russian rubles on the streets of Moscow. I tried this yesterday. They're currently buying U.S. dollars for 2... More >>

• More Notes From the Gay Marriage Wars: Robert Weiss Responds

  published Jun 27, 2008

  On June 25, this blog reported on a mass email sent around the city by Robert Weiss calling for a boycott of the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas Theatre, until Center Theat... More >>

• Note From the Gay Marriage Wars: Bombing Innocent Civilians

  published Jun 25, 2008

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• Letter From Moscow: Back in the USSR

  published Jun 21, 2008

  You can't rely on the official media to learn much of what's going on in Russia. The government owns all Russian TV stations, on which never is heard a discouraging word. Jon Stewart-style political s... More >>

• Sanctuary

  published June 19, 2008

  Righteous indignation gets a full-bodied and -bloodied airing in David Williamson’s intense drama about a lefty ideologue, John Alderston... More >>

• Lucia Mad

  published June 19, 2008

  hangs on Jill Taylor’s haunting portrayal of Lucia Joyce — James Joyce’s daughter, who, in Don Nigro’s 1993 play, slips into... More >>

• Carny Trash

  published June 19, 2008

  A burly man named Aye Jaye, with a garish jacket and handlebar moustache, stands surrounded by “pickled punks” (jars containing human... More >>

• Shel Silverstein Uncensored

  published June 19, 2008

  Adapted from An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein, 11 sketches and songs by the late poet/folksinger and longtime cartoonist for... More >>

• Adam Baum and the Jew Movie

  published June 19, 2008

  Persecuted Jews from Eastern Europe created the foundation of Hollywood, and the fantasies of America they sold to the world left Jewishness... More >>

• Shame

  published June 19, 2008

  Who’d have guessed that Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter would be a ripe fruit for an adaptation into a rock opera? Yet... More >>

• Sanctuary

  published June 19, 2008

  Righteous indignation gets a full-bodied and -bloodied airing in David Williamson’s intense drama about a lefty ideologue, Mick Thyer (John... More >>

• Daniel Goldfarb's Adam Baum and the Jew Movie

  published June 12, 2008

  Persecuted Jews from Eastern Europe created the foundation of Hollywood, and the fantasies of America they sold to the world... More >>

• Local Theater Leader Suffers Major Heart Attack

  published Jun 06, 2008

  Ron Sossi, artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, suffered a major heart attack on Monday, May 26, while attending a movie. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital in West Hollywood, and un... More >>

• Norman's Ark

  published June 5, 2008

  The Old Testament is back in another musical, this one by Jerome Kass and Glen Roven, nicely staged by Peter Schneider. Though this Trojan Horse... More >>

• Sacred Fools' Soaring New Musical, Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara

  published June 5, 2008

  You can find several clips of singer-partners Louis Prima and Keely Smith, with a small jazz combo behind them, on YouTube.... More >>

• A Chorus Line

  published May 29, 2008

  is the musical about a musical, and about the poor schlubs who dance their hearts out just for a chance to be seen in a Broadway show. This is the... More >>

• Kingdom Come

  published May 29, 2008

  Originally a work from the Andes discovered in Bolivia, The Tragedy of the End of Atau Wallpa is a lament about the arrival of the... More >>

• The Legendary Times of Bulgakov

  published May 29, 2008

  The American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory (ARTEL) presented a workshop of this ensemble-created piece at Highways in December. This labor... More >>

• Red Dog Howls

  published May 29, 2008

  Michael Peretzian’s chiseled staging of Alexander Dinelaris’ new play establishes a portentous tone from the start. Matthew Rauch plays... More >>

• Love, Janis: Looking for Janis Joplin

  published May 29, 2008

  Laura Joplin’s book, Love, Janis, is a 400-page biography of her sister. First published in 1992 by Harper... More >>