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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2009 Stories by Steven Leigh Morris

• Minsky's

  published February 12, 2009

  The raid of Minsky's Burlesque house on New York's Lower East Side in 1925 — initiated when dancer Mary Dawson of Pennsylvania removed her... More >>

• Surviving Sex

  published February 12, 2009

  Surviving Sex is a pretty good, facile sitcom by David Landsberg about the plight of romantic nebbish accountant Stan (Jeff Marlowe),... More >>

• Stage Raw: Phil Newby Remembered

  published Feb 11, 2009

  CLASS CLOWN: PHIL NEWBY (1971-2009) The following article appears in print tomorrow (Thursday) The day after actor Phil Newby, 37, was found dead in his apartment last month, the victim of an ... More >>

• Phil Newby (1971-2009)

  published February 12, 2009

  The day after actor Phil Newby, 37, was found dead in his apartment last month, the victim of an apparent suicide, 200 company members and... More >>

• Minsky's and the Art of Burlesque

  published February 12, 2009

  The raid of Minsky’s Burlesque house on New York’s Lower EastSide in 1925 — initiated when dancer Mary... More >>

• Stage Raw: Candida

  published Feb 09, 2009

  CANDIDA Candida at the Colony Theatre is this week's Pick. Photo by Michael Lamont. At your fingertips: The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards NOMINEES.Tickets for nominee's guests and fo... More >>

• Stage Raw: Awards, Awards on Every Corner

  published Feb 06, 2009

  Minsky's Photo by Craig Schwartz MINSKY'S The world premiere of Charles Strouse, Susan Birkenhead and Bob Martin's new '30s musical opens to the press tonight (Friday) at the Ahmanson. Director... More >>

• Three Sisters

  published February 5, 2009

  A new company named Chalk Repertory, consisting largely of alums from the U.C. San Diego Theatre and Dance Department, have rolled into Hollywood... More >>

• Stormy Weather

  published February 5, 2009

  Mirrors mirrors on the walls. That's what you're seeing all over the stage in James Noone's set, as Lena Horne (Leslie Uggams), now aging in the... More >>

• Magnum Opus Theatre: Love Written in the Stars

  published February 5, 2009

  The fury of reading through piles of crappy screenplays for exploitive wages has to be what motivated this vicious comedy series. As playwright... More >>

• Jane Austen Unscripted

  published February 5, 2009

  Oh, what fun to see an improv troupe create a two-act drama in the style of a Jane Austen novel, inspired on the night I attended by the audience... More >>

• Stage Raw: Edward Albee at UCLA

  published Feb 04, 2009

  Photo courtesy of UCLA Live AN EVENING WITH EDWARD ALBEE The playwright will speak at UCLA, Royce Hall on Saturday night at 8 p.m. He will doubtless have something to say. (310) 825-2101, or c... More >>

• Stage Raw: Phil Newby

  published Feb 02, 2009

  PHIL NEWBY A memorial service was held at Sacred Fools Theatre on Sunday for that company's young and beloved actor who was found in his apartment last week. More on Phil to come in the print ed... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Wallowa Project

  published Jan 30, 2009

  Theatre Movement Bazaar's Model Behavior; i.e., The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, opens this weekend at 24th Street Theatre, and is being reviewed this weekend. Photo courtesy of CalA... More >>

• Pope Joan

  published January 29, 2009

  Christopher Moore's musical (he wrote the book, lyrics and music), here directed and choreographed by Bo Crowell, hasn't quite been in development... More >>

• Pippin

  published January 29, 2009

  I know that we're on the cusp of a Depression and theater audiences ache for frivolity and distraction, but this one really vexes, largely because... More >>

• Taking Over

  published January 29, 2009

  From the way he walks across the aisle in front of the stage, you'd think that Danny Hoch has a lumbering gait, until he springs onto the raised... More >>

• Jim Leonard's Battle Hymn

  published January 29, 2009

  In Jim Leonard’s lovely new play, Battle Hymn, presented by Circle X Theatre Company at [Inside] the Ford, a... More >>

• Stage Raw: Mystic

  published Jan 28, 2009

  MYSTIC"A visceral theatrical experience exploring the mystery of human origin, the evolution of consciousness and galactic destiny." All this includes performers from Rabbit in the Moon, Blue Man Grou... More >>

• Stage Raw: Monsters and Prodigies

  published Jan 26, 2009

  Reviewed this week: Pippin at the Mark Taper Forum; Jack Chandlers' new comedy-mystery, Murder on the Bounding Main, at Sierra Madre Playhouse; a dance-rock fusion, Vibrating Sun, at Unknown Theatr... More >>

• Stage Raw: "Louis & Keely" transfers to Geffen Playhouse

  published Jan 23, 2009

  Check back here Monday after noon for New Reviews of Pippin at the Mark Taper Forum; Jack Chandlers' new comedy-mystery, Murder on the Bounding Main, at Sierra Madre Playhouse; a dance-rock fusion, V... More >>

• Waiting for Godot

  published January 22, 2009

  Director Andrew Traister's traditional staging of Samuel Beckett's masterwork has all the technical elements of a scintillating rendition —... More >>

• Battle Hymn

  published January 22, 2009

  In a fit of passion and adoration, young Martha (Suzy Jane Hunt) has a fling with a pretty (and pretty oblivious) school chum, Henry (Bill Heck),... More >>

• The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

  published January 22, 2009

  Holy Moly, Lounge Lizards! A Depression? Layoffs? The crisis of the century? Let’s party! The 30th annual L.A. Weekly... More >>

• Stage Raw: Unpronouncable

  published Jan 21, 2009

  THEATER AWARDS UPDATE Here is the complete list of NOMINEES for the 30th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, being held Monday, March 30 at the El Rey. Admission for nominees is free; nominee RSVP... More >>