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

• Hair in the O.C.: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

  published August 13, 2009

  It’s one thing to see Hair on Broadway, where it won this year’s Tony Award for best revival of a... More >>

• Stage Raw: Pee Wee Returns

  published Aug 12, 2009

  The LATEST NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on Hair, at the Chance TheatreBREAKING AND ENTERINGrColin Mitchell's new play opens ton... More >>

• Stage Raw: Cannibal! The Musical

  published Aug 10, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS plus the LATEST NEW REVIEWSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco's The ChairsNEW REVIEW... More >>

• Stage Raw: Closer Than Ever

  published Aug 07, 2009

  The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco... 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 >>

• Stage Raw: The Civilians to do L.A. Porno

  published Aug 05, 2009

  The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco... More >>

• Treefall and The Chairs: Beyond World’s End

  published August 6, 2009

  In new play festivals and new play premieres around the country, at least in the Serious Works bins, you can find dramas by... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Miser

  published Aug 02, 2009

  The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on improvised musicalsNEW REVIEW PICK  THE MISER rPhoto by Miriam GeerDirector Ell... More >>

• Stage Raw: bobrauschenbergamerica

  published Jul 31, 2009

  The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on improvised musicalsBOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA, AND THEATER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLSrPhoto by Jo... More >>

• One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical

  published July 30, 2009

  Seven young actors don’t use wigs for a musical parody concocted in the spur of the moment — this is the improv equivalent of performing... More >>

• The Nuclear Family

  published July 30, 2009

  As they’ve been doing since 2007, the company of three actors (Stephen Guarino, Jimmy Ray Bennett and John Gregorio), and pianist Matthew... More >>

• The Debate Over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, Nebraska

  published July 30, 2009

  If we’re to believe playwright Mat Smart, which is probably not a good idea, the bloody rampage of a jealous lover in 1894 Columbus,... More >>

• The Nuclear Family and One-Night Stand

  published July 30, 2009

  Stephen Guarino, of the improv show The Nuclear Family, went a little nuts during the Saturday-night performance at... More >>

• Stage Raw: L.A.'s Fringe Fest Coming in 2010

  published Jul 29, 2009

  The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on improvised musicalsONE WOMAN, TWO LIVES rAlretha Thomas' play continues this weekend... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Debate over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, Nebraska

  published Jul 27, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO THE DEBATE OVER COURTNEY O'CONNELL OF COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA rPhoto courtesy of Chalk Repertory The... More >>

• Stage Raw: Mr. Merkin's Big Scoop

  published Jul 24, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedHELL'S KITCHEN ABLAZE by Tommy Carter is being reviewed th... More >>

• Stage Raw: As You Like It

  published Jul 22, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It Photo courtesy ... More >>

• Polish Theater, Unmasked

  published July 23, 2009

  In the wee hours of Friday morning, June 26, at a bar in Wroclaw, Poland, Americans were talking — shouting, actually... More >>

• Stage Raw: Pericles Redux

  published Jul 20, 2009

   THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK PERICLES REDUXPhoto courtesy of Not Man Apart ProductionsScholars have long discussed whether Shakespeare wrote  the entirety of Pericles, Prince of... More >>

• Stage Raw: Mr Merkin to be a Tony Award Voter!

  published Jul 17, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSMR. MERKIN BECOMES TONY AWARD VOTER! Mr. Merkin's father, also named Mr. Merkin, ruminating upon why his son is such a... More >>

• Nevermore

  published July 16, 2009

  Poor Edgar. In Dennis Paoli’s one-man play, beautifully directed by Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs portrays the bedraggled Southern poet, Poe,... More >>

• Stage Raw: Molotov Cocktail Flung in the Cold

  published Jul 16, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS MOLOTOV COCKTAIL FLUNG IN THE COLD Photo courtesy of HighwaysThat's the PR description for the "Free Performative ... More >>

• SPAMALOT: MESSING WITH A SACRED COW

  published July 16, 2009

  Monty Python and the Holy Grail — the 1975 take on Arthurian legend — is probably not the sharpest... More >>

• Performance Pick: Fast Road to Nowhere

  published July 16, 2009

  Imagine a personable, grimy, pancake makeup–smeared, cigar-chomping guy in a tank top, not unlike Tommy Lee Jones,... More >>

• Stage Raw: Clowntown City Limits

  published Jul 13, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK CLOWNTOWN CITY LIMITSPhoto by Ed RachlesImagine a personable, grimy, makeup-smeared, cigar-cho... More >>