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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Stage Raw: Photograph 51

  published Mar 23, 2009

  THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH... More >>

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  Louis & Keely at the Geffen

  published Mar 20, 2009

  TIME IS RUNNING OUT, SEATING IS LIMITED:  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; NOMINEES, RSVP AT (310) 574-7208, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. DRESS FOR... More >>

• Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer and Frost/Nixon at the Ahmanson

  published March 19, 2009

  There’s one scene in Peter Morgan’s Frost/Nixon, the touring production of which opened last week at the... More >>

• Stage Raw: Lie With Me on KPFK

  published Mar 18, 2009

  TIME IS RUNNING OUT, SEATING IS LIMITED:  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; NOMINEES, RSVP AT (310) 574-7208, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. DRESS... More >>

• Stage Raw: L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards recipients

  published Mar 17, 2009

  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES 40TH ANNUAL L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS LAST NIGHT Vicki Lewis and Wenzel Jones co-hosted with ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Stage Raw: Grease

  published Mar 16, 2009

  L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS TONIGHT AT EL PORTALL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REYPURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE A... More >>

• Lie With Me

  published March 12, 2009

  Mutineer Theatre Company makes an impressive debut with Keith Bridges’ pitch-black new play. The verb in the title is deliberate double... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Stage Raw: Frost/Nixon

  published Mar 13, 2009

  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FROST/NIXON Alan Cox and Stacy Keach in Frost/Nixon Photo by Carol RoseggAfter Stac... More >>

• Stage Raw: L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards

  published Mar 11, 2009

  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. LYDIA Stephanie Beatriz and Onahoua Rodriguez in Octavio Solis' ethereal drama, Lydi... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Stage Raw: Before Kirk Douglas Forgets

  published Mar 09, 2009

  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. BEFORE I FORGETKirk Douglas in Before I Forget. Photo by Craig Schwartz The gift in... More >>

• Stage Raw: TeAda Fest

  published Mar 06, 2009

  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. TEADAWORKS 7TH ANNUAL NEW PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL Maria G. ... More >>

• Stage Raw: Horton Foote Dies at 92

  published Mar 04, 2009

  HORTON FOOTE DIES, AT 92 From The New York Times: Horton Foote, who chronicled America's wistful odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas, died in H... More >>

• Stage Raw: Getting Physical

  published Mar 02, 2009

  DRACULADracula is this week's Pick. See review by pressing the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. (All New Reviews are embedded within the Comprehensive Theater Listings.) Photo by... More >>

• Bohemian Cowboy

  published February 26, 2009

  The original title of Raymond King Shurtz's one-man show was The Gospel of Irony — which would have been a particularly ironic title,... More >>

• Behind the Talents of Stormy Weather and Bridezilla Strikes Back!

  published February 26, 2009

  In our culture, to receive a call from the office of Oprah Winfrey is about as close one can get to receiving a call from God.... More >>

• Stage Raw: Economic Downturn Hits CTG

  published Feb 25, 2009

  Gigi Otalvaro--Hormillosa performs next weekend at Highways' Fringes -- Margins -- Borders performance festival. See item below. Photo by Heather CarducciIT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE DOW... More >>

• Stage Raw: Bohemian Cowboy

  published Feb 23, 2009

  BOHEMIAN COWBOY is this week's Pick of the Week Crossing the Center Line A father heads into the desert, never to return By Steven Leigh MorrisThe original title of Raymond King Shurtz's one-man... More >>

• Stage Raw: Bridezilla Strikes Back

  published Feb 20, 2009

  BRIDEZILLA STRIKES BACK! NEW REVIEW In August of 2002, Cynthia Silver, a struggling actress, was informed by her wedding "event designer" that a British film company, September Films was creati... More >>

• Divorce! The Musical

  published February 19, 2009

  Erin Kamler's witty and entertaining new musical satire (for which she wrote the music, the lyrics and the book) takes apart almost every... More >>

• Film

  published February 19, 2009

  Local playwright Patrick McGowan's new play has no right to be as good as it is. The central character is the late theater director Alan Schneider... More >>

• Theater of Paralysis: Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still

  published February 19, 2009

  During intermission at a performance last week of Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still, commissioned by the... More >>

• Stage Raw: Tartuffed

  published Feb 18, 2009

  TARTUFFED A culturally provocative misunderstanding occurred over the weekend during a preview performance of Josh Chamber's "re-envisioned" Tartuffe, opening on Saturday at Theatre @ Boston Cou... More >>

• Stage Raw: Film

  published Feb 16, 2009

  FILM is this week's Pick of the Week. Photo by Darrett Sanders Failing Better The Absurdists' convention Local playwright Patrick McGowan's new play, Film, has no right to be as good as it is.... More >>

• Stage Raw: Time Stands Still

  published Feb 13, 2009

  TIME STANDS STILL Time Stand Still (photo by Michael Lamont) is Donald Margulies' newest work, being given its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse. It would be nice to see our instit... More >>

• Candida

  published February 12, 2009

  If Kathleen F. Conlin's staging of George Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy isn't perfect, it's sure close. One "fine morning in October 1894," a... More >>