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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2011 Stories by Steven Leigh Morris

• Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney, Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets and Other Theater Reviews

  published Aug 30, 2011

  Cody Henderson's intriguing new play, Wonderlust,  follows a high school teacher jilted by his wife, and his attempt to cope with the abandonment by designing a course on the science of love. For... More >>

• Stranger Things at Atwater Village and Comprehensive Theater Listings

  published Aug 25, 2011

  Ghost Road Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Ronnie Clark's Stranger Things. "A man returns to his boyhood home after 20 years to reconnect with his remaining family. But all is not as ... More >>

• David Harrower's Blackbird

  published August 25, 2011

  Late August is a quiet season in L.A. theater. Typically, September comes roaring in with new productions in theaters large and... More >>

• Judith Chapman, in Rick Foster's Vivien; Deborah Zoe Laufer's End Days; Roger Mathey's You Make Me Physically Ill; and more

  published Aug 23, 2011

  The Big Lag: It's taking six years for a number of provocative new plays to land here from overseas: David Harrower's Blackbird (extended at Rogue Machine) premiered at the Edinburgh International Fes... More >>

• Private/Private Ventures and Wallace Foundation publish new study on after-school programs

  published Aug 20, 2011

  Rick Pagano's tale of a death row inmate who think's he's the famous actor is being reviewed this weekend at Hollywood's Lillian Theatre. For a list of all shows being reviewed this weekend, go to the... More >>

• D. Tucker Smith's Quake

  published August 18, 2011

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• Changing of the Guard at Antaeus Company

  published Aug 17, 2011

  The fine art of self-destruction: D. Hunter Smith's Quake continues as part of the First Look Festival, presented by Open Fist Theatre Company. It appears to be a better play on the page than on the s... More >>

• Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Zombie Joe's Devils Love at Midnight and Sandra Bernhard's I Love Being Me, Don't Your

  published Aug 15, 2011

  r Local theater's looking kinda edgy in the dog days of late August: Paul Birchall had good things to say about City Garage's production of Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis; big nods also for Sandra Ber... More >>

• Sandra Bernhard at REDCAT

  published Aug 13, 2011

  rSandra Bernhard performs I Love Being Me, Don't Your this weekend, and through August 21. Check out Amy Lyons' review on Tuesday.(Here are the latest capsule NEW THEATER REVIEWS and this week's&n... More >>

• Independent Shakespeare Company: Shakespeare In the Park, This Time With Kids

  published Aug 11, 2011

  (Here are the latest capsule NEW THEATER REVIEWS and this week's  Theater feature on Melissa James Gibson's This, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.)On the car ride to Griffith Park, 11-year-old Ra... More >>

• Melissa James Gibson's This

  published August 11, 2011

  A hunky French doctor without borders named Jean-Pierre (Gilles Marini) looks somewhat askance at the quartet of Americans in... More >>

• Orson Welles' Moby Dick, a Beatles Cabaret and Romeo and Juliet: Monsters in Love

  published Aug 09, 2011

  The Playwrights Horizons production of Melissa James Gibson's domestic comedy, This, opened on Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (presented by Center Theatre Group). In an excellent production, it's... More >>

• Horne's Nest in Arizona: Culture Clash's plays removed from high school curriculum

  published Aug 05, 2011

  Whitmore Eclectic presents Orson Welles' play, Moby Dick Rehearsed, about an acting troupe reluctantly staging a stage production of Moby Dick. See review Tuesday morning. Here are the latest CAPSULE ... More >>

• Joe Hernandez-Kolski's Awake and Jed Mills' Choices

  published August 4, 2011

  Solo shows are everywhere this summer. One theory for their abundance comes from these hard economic times, and how simple... More >>

• Laraine Newman, Jennifer Tilly and Roger Bart take on the stars in "Celebrity Autobiography"

  published Aug 02, 2011

  Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble brings back its Gospel According to the First Squad (from its War Cycle trilogy), in what critic Rebecca Haithcoat describes as an "electrifying" production. Celebrity A... More >>

• Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy

  published July 28, 2011

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• Tartuffe at Theatricum Botanicum: Anarchy Eluded

  published Jul 25, 2011

  Good notices this week for solo shows: John Paul Karliak homage to his two mothers, Donna/Madonna, at the Lounge in Hollywood; Guy Hollingworth's perf about card sharks, Expert at the Card Table, at t... More >>

• Stage Raw: Othello

  published Jul 19, 2011

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS (after the jump) NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Merry Wives of Windsor in Topanga Canyon and Griffith ParkrOn a care-free, car-free Carmageddon weekend, all of our... More >>

• Stage Raw: Rebellion at Antaeus Company

  published Jul 14, 2011

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS (after the jump) NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Merry Wives of Windsor in Topanga Canyon and Griffith Park Glendale Centre Theatre's well-reviewed prodct... More >>

• The Merry Wives of Windsor, Alfresco in Griffith Park and Topanga Canyon

  published July 14, 2011

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• Stage Raw: D is for Dog

  published Jul 12, 2011

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Merry Wives of Windsor in Topanga Canyon and Griffith ParkrThis week, Deborah Klugman was smitten with Kate Polebaum's new play about... More >>

• Stage Raw: Show Ho

  published Jul 07, 2011

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Gregg Ostrin's KowalskirComing July 15, 8:30 p.m. at Highways Performance Space: San Francisco-based artist Sara Moore's SHOW HO. "Th... More >>

• Gregg Ostrin's Kowalski

  published July 7, 2011

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• Stage Raw: Margo Veil

  published Jul 05, 2011

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Salome and J.M. Barrie at PRTrThis week's favorites by L.A. Weekly critics include The Burning Opera, How to Survive an Apocolypse; L... More >>

• Stage Raw: LA Weekly Fringe Award Winner

  published Jun 30, 2011

  COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Salome and J.M. Barrie at PRTrThe Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse, created by Mark Nicols and Erik Davis, and being perf... More >>