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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2010 Stories by Steven Leigh Morris

• L.A. Theater in 2010

  published December 30, 2010

  Top 10 list? No thanks. We already have the L.A. Weekly Theater Awards for that — details to be announced shortly. So... More >>

• Stage Raw: Rock With You

  published Dec 27, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEW (see below)STAGE FEATURE on Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset LimitedNEW REVIEW GO  ROCK WITH YOU: THE KING OF POP, LATIN STYLE For those of us brou... More >>

• Stage Raw: Holiday Listings

  published Dec 23, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset LimitedHOLIDAY LISTINGS:To be honest, the quantity of theater playing this week in Los Angeles is about... More >>

• Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset Limited

  published December 23, 2010

  At first glance, reviewing Cormac McCarthy's despondent "novel in dramatic form," The Sunset Limited, just before... More >>

• Stage Raw: Diva on the Verge

  published Dec 21, 2010

  The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much Ado NEW REVIEW GO DIVA ON THE VERGE r Photo courtesy of the Odyss... More >>

• Stage Raw: John Ferraro (1946-2010)

  published Dec 17, 2010

  The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much AdoJOHN FERRAROrIf you've been lucky enough ... More >>

• Much Ado About Nothing

  published December 16, 2010

  For what appears to be primarily decorative reasons, director Ben Donenberg sets Shakespeare's comedy on a Vineyard in Messina, California, in a... More >>

• Helen Hunt and Lyle Lovett Do Much Ado

  published December 16, 2010

  For what appear to be primarily decorative reasons, director Ben Donenberg sets Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About... More >>

• Stage Raw: Caught

  published Dec 14, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much AdoNEW REVIEW GO CAUGHT rPhoto by Michael LamontIn the aftermath of Propositio... More >>

• Stage Raw: Much Ado

  published Dec 10, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Vieux Carre at REDCATMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING rHelen Hunt and Tom Irwin are featured in Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles' production o... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Virgin is Back

  published Dec 09, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Vieux Carre at REDCATTHE VIRGIN IS BACK r No, not Madonna, but La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin, -- floating above all the city'... More >>

• Tennessee Williams, Wired

  published December 9, 2010

  Director Lee Breuer recently said that a play should be done exactly the way the playwright intended for the first five or so... More >>

• Stage Raw: Traveling Carnival Freakshow

  published Dec 07, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Vieux Carre at REDCAT NEW REVIEW GO TRAVELING CARNIVAL FREAKSHOW rPhoto by Chelsea SuttonIf Tod Browning and the Brothers Quay had co... More >>

• Stage Raw: Robert Ellenstein memorial on Monday

  published Dec 05, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on three plays in NYCROBERT ELLENSTEIN REMEMBEREDrA memorial service for Robert Ellenstein has been set for Monday... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens & Count Leo Tolstoy

  published Dec 02, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on three plays in NYCThe Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens & Count Leo Tolstoy Reading o... More >>

• Notes From a Bunker in New York City

  published December 2, 2010

  Belying the stereotype of New York theater as pervasively diversionary and upbeat (Brief Encounter, La... More >>

• Harps and Angels

  published November 25, 2010

  Among the reasons for Newman's appeal to theater producers is the character-driven essence of so many of his songs, creating a kind of bridge made... More >>

• Stage Raw: Schmutizen Deutche Kabarett

  published Nov 30, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festNEW REVIEW GO SCHMUTZIGEN DEUTSCHE KABARETT r Photo... More >>

• Stage Raw: Sweet Mama String Bean

  published Nov 26, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festSWEET MAMA STRING BEANrEthel Waters is celebrated in the "two-person, one-wo... More >>

• Stage Raw: Bullying, Raindrops and Holiday Cheer

  published Nov 25, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festOUR WORD IS OUR WEAPON A one-nighgt only, multidisciplinary show follows the... More >>

• Somewhere, Under the Rainbow

  published November 25, 2010

  There aren't many American theater directors or ensembles left who believe that a classic will endure because it's a classic, and that... More >>

• Great Expectations

  published November 25, 2010

  Neil Bartlett’s translation, in conjunction with Geoff Elliott (who nimbly performs two idiosyncratic roles) and Julia... More >>

• Somewhere, Under the Rainbow

  published November 25, 2010

  There have now been at least four attempts by theatrical producers to stage Randy Newman's songs as a cabaret-revue. Among the... More >>

• Stage Raw: NET Microfest L.A.

  published Nov 23, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festUPTOWN DOWNTOWNrLeslie Uggams stars in her bio-cabaret at the Pasadena Playhouse. For a review of this and... More >>

• Beyond the Buttplug Gnome

  published November 18, 2010

  A large public work by the L.A.-based artist Paul McCarthy stands in Rotterdam's town square. The piece, funded by the Dutch government, is... More >>