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

• Stage Raw: Take Me Out

  published Sep 28, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on Polish punk and Glendale's classicistsNEW REVIEW GO TAKE ME OUT rPhoto by Michael Calas Baseball star Darren Leming (Ary Katz), ... More >>

• Stage Raw: State of the Union

  published Sep 25, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on Tim Robbins' Break the WhiprInteract Theatre Company's production of State of the Union is among the productions being reviewed thi... More >>

• Stage Raw: CTG Managing Director Steps Down

  published Sep 23, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on Tim Robbins' Break the WhipCTG MANAGING DIRECTOR STEPS DOWNr Charles Dillingham Photo by Craig Schwartz After 20 years of service,... More >>

• Paradise Park

  published September 23, 2010

  A profoundly despondent fellow (Kenneth Rudnicki) wanders into an amusement park for distraction from his agony. Inside, he slips into a fantasia... More >>

• Dark Continents

  published September 23, 2010

  The epic sprawl of Tim Robbins' staging of his new play, Break the Whip, may be justified by the scale of its... More >>

• Stage Raw: Paradise Park

  published Sep 21, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterNEW REVIEW GO  PARADISE PARK r Photo by Paul Rubenstein A profoundly despondent fellow (Kenneth Rudnic... More >>

• Stage Raw: Ruined

  published Sep 17, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterNEW REVIEW GO RUINED rPhoto by Chris BennionThe structure of Lynn Nottage's powerful drama is like that of so... More >>

• Stage Raw: Voombodian Women from Outer Space!

  published Sep 16, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterVOOMBODIAN WOMEN FROM OUTER SPACE! Staged reading of Barry Schwam's new play at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W.... More >>

• God's Sabbatical

  published September 16, 2010

  I can't tell yet if it's an aberration or a trend, but theological drama appears to be making a comeback. These are plays... More >>

• Stage Raw: The Glass Menagerie

  published Sep 14, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterNEW REVIEW GO THE GLASS MENAGERIE r Photo by Craig Schwartz Director Gordon Edelstein's dynamic, iconoclas... More >>

• Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

  published Sep 09, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a seri... More >>

• One Foot Out the Door

  published September 9, 2010

  In the comparatively heady days of the late 1980s — heady for local theater, at least — director Robert Egan over... More >>

• Stage Raw: Waiting for Lefty

  published Sep 07, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingNEW REVIEW GO WAITING FOR LEFTY rPhoto by Thomas MikuszThis dynamic 1935 one-act launched the career of playwright Clifford Odets, became an import... More >>

• When Mammy and Sambo Move Next Door

  published September 2, 2010

  In Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new racially charged play, Neighbors, set in a white suburb, a frustrated Caucasian... More >>

• Stage Raw: Titus Redux

  published Aug 31, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Neighbors, at the MatrixNEW REVIEW GO TITUS REDUX rPhoto courtesy of Circus Theatricals Military hero Titus (Jack Stehlin) radiant... More >>

• Stage Raw: City Garage Bids Adieu to Fourth Street

  published Aug 26, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED rJohn Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year ... More >>

• Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival

  published August 26, 2010

  Don John (Sean Pritchett) is such a bastard. Really. He's the bastard son of Don Pedro (Luis Galindo), prince of Aragon. Imagine smearing the... More >>

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  The War Within Us

  published August 26, 2010

  If anybody told Tom Burmester that some of the biggest bombs to come out of the war in Iraq were the movies and plays about... More >>

• Stage Raw: Much Ado

  published Aug 24, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War CycleNEW REVIEW GO GRIFFITH PARK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGrPhoto by Ivy AugustaDon John (Sean Pritch... More >>

• Stage Raw: All My Sons

  published Aug 21, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleALL MY SONSrIs being presented by Ruskin Theatre Gropu and is among the productions being reviewed thi... More >>

• Stage Raw: How Do Actors Do Itr

  published Aug 20, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO ITr As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the m... More >>

• My Penis, Which Art in Heaven

  published August 19, 2010

  Let's not mince words. Any man who devotes a show to the subject of his own penis has way too much time on his hands.... More >>

• Stage Raw: Free Man of Color

  published Aug 16, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS STAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain TheatreNEW REVIEW GO FREE MAN OF COLOR rPhoto by Michael LamontA young, well-spoken and highly educated black ... More >>

• Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

  published Aug 13, 2010

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue i... More >>

• Stage Raw: McNulty/SLM Colloquy Reaction

  published Aug 12, 2010

  NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain TheatreMcNULTY/SLM COLLOQUY REACTION The L.A. Times devoted print space in last Sunday's paper to an email discussion of small theater in Lo... More >>