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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2013 Stories by Steven Leigh Morris

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  Solemn Mockeries, a Solo Show About the Man Who Tried to Forge a Shakespeare Play

  published March 7, 2013

  The Englishman William-Henry Ireland lived from around 1775 — he appears to have lied about his birth year — to 1835. Were he able,... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Gripping Drama About the Reverberations of a Death

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Collectively, our theater critics were in a very good mood this week, offering recommendations to the majority of shows reviewed: Complete at the Matrix, Echo Theatre Company's A Family Thing, Sexsti... More >>

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  O'Neill and Steinbeck Onstage

  published February 28, 2013

  The debate in politics over pending "sequestration" goes back and forth like a ping pong ball — from the view that hatchetlike budget... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Two Naked People in a Cage

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Charles A. Duncombe's new play Caged at Santa Monica's City Garage is a rumination on the oddities of our species via the exhibition of two naked souls in a museum cage. It's also this week's Pick of ... More >>

• L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2013: The Nominees

  published Feb 20, 2013

  See past recipients: *2012 *2011 (winners) *2011 (nominees) *2010 (winners) *2010 (nominees) *2009 (winners) *2009 (nominees) *2008 (winners) *2008 (nominees) See also: *Our Latest Theater Reviews ... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Mesmerizing Child's-Eye View of Grief, Walking the Tightrope

  published Feb 14, 2013

  Child-like views delighted our critics this week, with Mike Kenney's Walking the Tightrope at the 24th Street Theatre taking Pick of the Week, and a nod to Albie Selznick's magic show Smoke and Mirro... More >>

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  Two L.A. Musicals Poke Fun at Religious Groups While Celebrating Them at the Same Time

  published February 14, 2013

  Two new musicals that opened across town from each other last weekend provide an answer — a rebuff, really — to the idea that... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Family Strife and Sexual Taboos in Machu Picchu, Texas

  published Feb 07, 2013

  Family trauma drama Machu Picchu, Texas (pictured above) grabs our Pick of the Week this week. Good reviews also for Noel Coward's Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse and David Henry Hwang... More >>

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  The Deep Throat Sex Scandal Celebrates a Famous First Amendment Victory But Ignores the Bigger Issue

  published February 7, 2013

  There are a number of reasons why it's hard to get all warm and fuzzy about porn as a poster child for the First Amendment. Maybe it has... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Play About the Peanuts Characters All Grown Up

  published Feb 01, 2013

  Absolutely Filthy, Brendan Hunt's riff on the Peanuts cartoon series, is this week's Pick of the Week. For all the latest New Reviews, and complete theater listings, see below. Two head-tripping p... More >>

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  Two Plays About Big Ideas

  published January 31, 2013

  Theater audiences, beware! Run for cover if you need to. Big ideas are crashing down like meteors, from UCLA to Pasadena. Australia's... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jane Kaczmarek in The Snake Can

  published Jan 24, 2013

  Kathryn Graf's new comedy about women slipping into middle-age, The Snake Can, is this week's pick of the week. Also a nod for Cathy Rigby reprising her decades-long performance in Peter Pan. See be... More >>

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  Plays by Theatre Movement Bazaar and Opera del Espacio Show the Power of Ensemble-Created Theater

  published January 24, 2013

   sequence of events while seeing shows over the weekend brought on one of those moments where you look around and say, things are not as... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground

  published Jan 17, 2013

  Nods this week for Laguna Playhouse's production of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood. For the latest new reviews and co... More >>

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  The Rainmaker: Why We Keep Reviving That Old Chestnut

  published January 17, 2013

  A con-man/drifter walks into a small town, usually in the Midwest, and seduces a vulnerable local female. He not only seduces her, he awakens... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Pioneering Actress Hattie McDaniel

  published Jan 10, 2013

  Our critic Lovell Estell was entranced by Vickilyn Reynolds' performance in a show based on the life of Hattie McDaniel, Hattie -- What I Need You To Know. For all the latest New Theater Reviews... More >>

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  Emancipation Proclamations

  published January 10, 2013

  In small theaters, bold new artistic strokes don't necessarily lead to long-running productions — at least not in L.A. In fact, one can... More >>

• Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Sherlock's Last Case

  published Jan 03, 2013

  No new reviews this week, but these will return at the same time next week, as the new theater season gets underway. See below for complete listings of shows to see this week.In this week's stag... More >>

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  What Critics -- and Theater Artists -- Are Feeling When Critics Come See a Show

  published January 3, 2013

  The question was put to the L.A. Weekly's stable of theater critics: What do you most dread and what do you most anticipate when being... More >>