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. May Say Good-bye to EIRs and public notice

  published November 18, 2010

  Only one week after it was green-lighted on Nov. 3 by the city Planning and Land Use Committee, the "Community Plan... More >>

• Stage Raw: Roccopella

  published Nov 15, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on the Wunderbaum at REDCATCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO ROCCOPELLA r Embellished with funky MTV-inspired videos, writer/solo performer George Spielvo... More >>

• Stage Raw: LOL! Latina on the Loose!

  published Nov 13, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Watson (Sacred Fools) and Futura (Boston Court)COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLOL! LATINA ON THE LOOSE! r Mina Olivera's comedy show is among the productions bein... More >>

• Stage Raw: Tell Me Where You're Going, I'll Tell You Where I've Been

  published Nov 11, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Watson (Sacred Fools) and Futura (Boston Court)COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTELL ME WHERE YOU'RE GOING, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I'VE BEEN The 9th Annual Los Angeles... More >>

• What You Don't Know Might Kill You

  published November 11, 2010

  In the opening scene of writer-director Jaime Robledo's new play, Watson, at Sacred Fools Theater, the corpulent... More >>

• Stage Raw: Hyperbole: Origins

  published Nov 08, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Watson (Sacred Fools) and Futura (Boston Court)NEW REVIEW  GO HYPERBOLE: ORIGINS r Photo by Rogue Artists  Ensemble It's not easy to wrap sentences ... More >>

• Time Travelers

  published November 4, 2010

  I can't read Samuel Beckett's works about aging and mortality — even those written when the man wasn't yet 40 —... More >>

• Stage Raw: Head, The Musical

  published Nov 02, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on John Steppling's Phantom LuckNEW REVIEW GO HEAD: THE MUSICAL rPhoto by Irene HoveyComposer-lyricist Kevin Fry's delightfully campy horror musical, based on Roger ... More >>

• Stage Raw: Technical Difficulites

  published Nov 02, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Cornerstone's Making ParadiseCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSSORRY FOR THE DELAY POSTING THIS WEEK'S THEATER REVIEWS: THEY SOULD BE UP BY AROUND NOON TODAY. -- SLM... More >>

• Stage Raw: Von Bach

  published Oct 29, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Cornerstone's Making ParadiseCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSVON BACHrCheck back Monday for a review of Owen Hammer's comedy about a lesser-known movie monster (pres... More >>

• Birth of a Notion

  published October 28, 2010

  Connection to a community is our theater's strongest lifeline. Without at least the implicit sense that a performance offers... More >>

• Stage Raw: From Hoboken to Hollywood

  published Oct 26, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Cornerstone's Making ParadiseCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO FROM HOBOKEN TO HOLLYWOOD: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK r Photo by Jam... More >>

• The Gospel at Saratov

  published October 21, 2010

  A young actor strums a guitar, sashaying. He drops to his knees, all the while lip-synching to Al Green's "A Change Is Gonna... More >>

• Stage Raw: Lobby Hero

  published Oct 20, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Americans in RussiaCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSBREUER ON THE VOLGA rView from the Volga River -- Russia's answer to the Mighty Mississippi -- the longest waterwa... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Train Driver

  published Oct 19, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leap of Faith and God's FavoriteNEW REVIEW GO THE TRAIN DRIVER r Photo by Ed Krieger South African playwright Athol Fugard's plays have dealt with the havoc wr... More >>

• Stage Raw: Greetings from Saratov

  published Oct 14, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leap of Faith and God's FavoriterLee Breuer and Maude Mitchell, in their Saratov hotelI'm in Saratov, Russia (about 500 miles from Mo... More >>

• Loveland

  published October 14, 2010

  What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a sketch comedy... More >>

• You Gotta Believe

  published October 14, 2010

  God is everywhere — even in the theater. Miracles abound in a new musical at the Ahmanson, Leap of Faith, about... More >>

• Stage Raw: Hamlet, Prince of Puddles

  published Oct 11, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO HAMLET, PRINCE OF PUDDLES r Photo by Justin Zsebe Scholars have ... More >>

• Stage Raw: Loveland

  published Oct 08, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND rPhoto by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is... More >>

• All the World's a Cage

  published October 7, 2010

  In Aristides Vargas' play La Razón Blindada (Armored Reason), two guys meet once a week to... More >>

• Stage Raw: Hello

  published Oct 04, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on Polish punk and Glendale's classicistsNEW REVIEW GO HELLO r Photo by Mark Bennington You may not find logic in this quirky tale a... More >>

• Stage Raw: Campaign

  published Oct 01, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on Polish punk and Glendale's classicistsCAMPAIGN Samuel Warren Joseph, and Jon Detherage's musical, about sex scandals and political ... More >>

• Stage Raw: Son of Semele Ensemble Turns 10

  published Sep 30, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on Polish punk and Glendale's classicistsSON OF SEMELE TURNS 10 Son of Semele Ensemble is throwing a 10-year birthday party fundrai... More >>

• Poles Apart

  published September 30, 2010

  "I think the future of the form in these changing times is really about plunging into the unknown and new contexts. I think... More >>