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: Monty Python's Spamalot

  published Jul 10, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSMonty Python's Spamalot Photo by Joan MarcusEvery Spam is SacredMonty Python's Spamalot BY STEVEN LEIGH MORRISMonty Python... More >>

• Stage Raw: We're On the Move

  published Jul 10, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS "ON THE MOVE," actually means that we've moved -- over to the Style Council blogs. Please note that our new address is ht... More >>

• Stage Raw: Mr. Merkin's Review of Spamalot

  published Jul 10, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSWelcome to the new home of Stage Raw. For a short time, you can access Stage Raw archives at its former home (http://blogs... More >>

• Stage Raw: Mr. Merkin Misses His Second Deadline

  published Jul 08, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSStage Raw is soon changing locations within the L.A. Weekly website. IT is currently working on ways to preserve the archiv... More >>

• Stage Raw: Mr. Merkin Misses His First Deadline!

  published Jul 06, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSBREAKING NEWS: The entire staff of Stage Raw was disappointed that Mr. Merkin missed the filing deadline for his first colu... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Moscow Times Homes in on L.A. Theater

  published Jul 03, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSMONKEY MADNESS Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble's production of Monkey Madness continues over the weekend at the Powerhouse Theatr... More >>

• Stage Raw: Introducing Mr. Merkin

  published Jul 01, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSBreaking News: Actor Karl Malden has died at the age of 97. INTRODUCING MR. MERKINMr. Merkin, writing his theater... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Pigs' Life (St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses)

  published Jun 29, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK ST JOAN OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSESPhoto by Vitor MartinsFor a lucid analysis of the malfuncti... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Spirits of Michael Jackson and Jerzy Grotowski

  published Jun 26, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSCheck back here Monday afternoon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Shakespeare Unscripted at Impro Theatre; Insanity a... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Wednesday in Wroclaw

  published Jun 24, 2009

  THE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSWEDNESDAY IN WROCLAWSong of the Goat's Macbeth Photo by Bartlomiej SowaThe legendary Russian theater d... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Coming Home

  published Jun 22, 2009

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor the latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS and an update from the Grotowski Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, press the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. NEW REVIE... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Pilgrimage

  published Jun 19, 2009

  The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSFor local productions scheduled to be reviewed this weekend, press the Continue Reading tab at the bo... More >>

• Stage Raw: Angels in Poland

  published Jun 17, 2009

  The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperANGELS IN POLANDMadonna and chil... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Opera Buffing

  published Jun 15, 2009

  The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK: LA DIDO... More >>

• Stage Raw: Bingo and Natives

  published Jun 12, 2009

  The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperBINGO WITH THE INDIANS, a late ni... More >>

• The Little Foxes

  published June 11, 2009

  Lillian Hellman's 1939 melodrama, set in the South of 1900, studies the voracious appetite for profit by the middle-class Hubbard clan, who look... More >>

• False Witnesses in Oleanna and The Crucible

  published June 11, 2009

  “Fucking bitch,” the woman next to me muttered under her breath during the Mark Taper Forum’s production of... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Dogs and Critics

  published Jun 10, 2009

  The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on Oleanna at the TaperCONTRA-TIEMPOThe L.A.-based women... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Love Water

  published Jun 08, 2009

  The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this coming week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also, see this week's  THEATER FEATURE on the principal creators of the Wooster Group's La Dido... More >>

• Stage Raw: Labor Theater

  published Jun 05, 2009

  This week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded within the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also,  see this THEATER FEATURE on the principal creators of the Wooster Group's sci-fi opera, L... More >>

• Wooster Group Comes West

  published June 4, 2009

  “I didn’t study theater, I studied painting and art; I think I come to theater from a different place,” says... More >>

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  Stage Raw: Harassment

  published Jun 03, 2009

  This week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded within the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also,  see last week's THEATER FEATURE on Elephant Man at Andak Stage CompanyOLEANNA David ... More >>

• Madness in Valencia

  published June 4, 2009

  We get a look-in on Spain’s Golden Age via playwright-poet Lope de Vega’s 1590 farce about love and lunacy, in David Johnston’s... More >>

• Stage Raw: Betty Garrett Turns 90

  published Jun 01, 2009

  This week's NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded within the current COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; Also,  see last week's THEATER FEATURE on Elephant Man at Andak Stage CompanyBETTY GARRETT T... More >>

• The Elephant Man

  published May 28, 2009

  In his very romantic and even sentimental Tony-award-winning 1979 play, Bernard Pomerance challenges our presumptions as to where monstrosity... More >>