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

• Stage Raw: Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas

  published Sep 19, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSSTAGE FEATURE on August: Osage CountyTHE LATEST NEW REVIEWSNEW REVIEW MATTHEW MODINE SAVES THE ALPACASrPhoto by Michael LamontOh, dear. Blair Singer's comedy about a wash... More >>

• Stage Raw: Remembering the Royal Court Theatre

  published Sep 16, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSSTAGE FEATURE on August: Osage CountyTHE LATEST NEW REVIEWSREMEMBERING THE ROYAL COURT THEATREPlaywrights Phyllis Nagy and Ron Hutchinson joined actress Katherine Tozer i... More >>

• The Diminished Returns of August: Osage County

  published September 17, 2009

  Tracy Letts’ 2007 Great American Family Drama, or so we’d believe from the national press, four Tony Awards and... More >>

• August: Osage County

  published September 17, 2009

  Tracy Lett's 2007 Great American Family Drama, or so we'd believe from the national press, four Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize, has pulled in... More >>

• Stage Raw: Baby It's You

  published Sep 14, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current STAGE FEATURE on The Night Is a Child at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Not to Be, at ZJUTHE LATEST NEW REVIEWSBABY IT'S YOUThe jukebox musical th... More >>

• Stage Raw: August: Osage County

  published Sep 11, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current NEW REVIEWS and this week's STAGE FEATURE on The Night Is a Child at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Not to Be, at ZJUNEW REVIEW GO AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY... More >>

• Stage Raw: Corporation, Cooperation and Community

  published Sep 09, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current NEW REVIEWS and this week's STAGE FEATURE on The Night Is a Child at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Not to Be, at ZJUCORPORATION, COOPERATION AND COMMU... More >>

• Blood and Guts: Rampages in The Night Is a Child and Not to Be

  published September 10, 2009

  A suburban kid in Brookline, Massachusetts — a good kid, a fine student, a personable young man — goes on a... More >>

• Stage Raw: Not to Be

  published Sep 07, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current NEW REVIEWS and STAGE FEATURE on two love stories at the Elephant Theatre complex, by Adam Rapp and by Paul GrellongNEW REVIEW NOT TO BErPhoto by Am... More >>

• Stage Raw: Sundance Expands Its Theatre Program

  published Sep 04, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current NEW REVIEWS and STAGE FEATURE on two love stories at the Elephant Theatre complex, by Adam Rapp and by Paul GrellongMAN ABOUT TOWNrDon Paul portrays... More >>

• Blackbird

  published September 3, 2009

  Adam Rapp’s 2001 romance unfolds in a rented room in NYC’s Canal Street in the late 1990s, where a young woman named Froggy (Jade... More >>

• Stage Raw: Tombs of the Vanishing Indian

  published Sep 02, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current NEW REVIEWS and STAGE FEATURE on two love stories at the Elephant Theatre complex, by Adam Rapp and by Paul GrellongTOMBS OF THE VANISHING INDIANrPh... More >>

• Inverse Love Stories: Blackbird and Manuscript

  published September 3, 2009

  The Elephant Theatre complex on Santa Monica Boulevard has brick walls, which appear on the sets of two productions currently... More >>

• Stage Raw: Bright Ideas

  published Aug 31, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current NEW REVIEWS and STAGE FEATURE on Troubadour Theater Company's Oedipus the King, Mama! and the Chekhov Studio's The SeagullNEW REVIEW GO BRIGHT IDEAS... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Redemption of Mrs. Satan

  published Aug 28, 2009

  The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in the COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current STAGE FEATURE on Troubadour Theater Company's Oedipus the King, Mama! and the Chekhov Studio's The Seagul... More >>

• Oedipus the King, Mama!

  published August 27, 2009

  Troubadour Theater Company's musical parody of Sophocles' play, of musical shtick, of Elvis mania and of cheesy theatrical devices comes in the... More >>

• Troubadour Theater Company’s Oedipus the King, Mama! and Chekhov’s The Seagull

  published August 27, 2009

  Oedipus the King was a mama’s boy. If Sophocles didn’t make that clear enough in his tragedy of 429 B.C., the... More >>

• Stage Raw: Louis & Keely Go on the Road

  published Aug 26, 2009

  The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in the COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current STAGE FEATURE on Troubadour Theater Company's Oedipus the King, Mama! and the Chekhov Studio's The Seagul... More >>

• Stage Raw: Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins

  published Aug 24, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the latest NEW REVIEWS and the current STAGE FEATURE on Adeline's Play at the Powerhouse Theater in Santa MonicaNEW REVIEW PICK ANITA BRYANT DIED FOR YOUR SINS ... More >>

• Stage Raw: West

  published Aug 21, 2009

  The LATEST NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current STAGE FEATURE on Adeline's Play at the PowerhouseECLIPSED in rehearsalrBahni Turpin and Miriam F.... More >>

• Adeline’s Play: Small Theater and the Great Depression

  published August 20, 2009

  “This play is just about the swellest thing on paper.” That’s one example of the ’30s-style language... More >>

• Stage Raw: No Talking Please

  published Aug 19, 2009

  The LATEST NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current STAGE FEATURE on Adeline's Play at the Powerhouse FALLS FROM GRACErThe performance collective The... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Receptionist

  published Aug 17, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's LATEST NEW REVIEWS and STAGE FEATURE on Hair, at the Chance TheatreNEW REVIEW THE RECEPTIONIST rMullally in action: Photo by EnciIf there is a premise b... More >>

• Stage Raw: Pee Wee Foreverr

  published Aug 14, 2009

  The LATEST NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on Hair, at the Chance TheatrePEE WEE FOREVERrrPhoto by Greg GormanNot quite "forever,"... More >>

• Treefall

  published August 6, 2009

  The most primal aspects of erotic attraction, and the dynamics of competition among siblings and parents, and even the foundations of civilization... More >>