State of the Arts

By LA Talk Radio

State of the Arts is an all-new, weekly series devoted to coverage of the performing arts in Los Angeles, and beyond... with emphasis on theatre, music, dance events, and stage spectaculars. Michael ... more

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The podcast currently has 436 episodes available.

State of the Arts episodes:

October 17, 2013 Tim Martin Gleason, Ray Richmond
Broadway’s Tim Martin Gleason (Phantom of the Opera) is interviewed about his career and
current starring role in the world premiere musical of Dean McClure’s When You Wish: The Story of Walt
Disney at UCLA’s distinguished Freud Playhouse. The Live Arts Calendar features Cabrillo Music Theatre’s
production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate starring Broadway’s David Gaines and regional musical theatre star
Victoria Strong at the Fred Kavli Theatre in the Thousand Oaks, CA Civic Arts Plaza. Sterling reviews Joshua
Ravetch’s comedy The Light Bulb at the NoHo Arts Center.
Ray Richmond, co-author of The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, discusses his career as a
television critic and entertainment industry columnist.
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55min
October 10, 2013 Dean McClure, Kristin Towers Rowles,Joshua Kranz
Playwright/Composer Dean McClure discusses When You Wish: The Story of Walt Disney, his
world premiere musical at UCLA’s distinguished Freud Playhouse. Regional musical theatre star Kristin Towers
Rowles (granddaughter of the late MGM movie musical star Kathryn Grayson) and Musical Director Joshua Kranz
talk about their participation in the Kentwood Players production Little Shop of Horrors at the Westchester
Playhouse in Los Angeles. Sterling reviews the Tony Award winning play War Horse at the Pantages Theatre in
Hollywood. Rowles and Kranz share embarrassing moments in theatre.
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55min
October 03, 2013 James Marsters,Danielle Wade,Mike Jackson
TV’s James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel) talks about his starring role in
The Bells of 87th Street at the Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles. Danielle Wade, winner of the Canadian
Broadcasting Company’s Over the Rainbow 2012 reality vocal talent competition, and Broadway’s Mike
Jackson... discuss their respectively starring roles as 'Dorothy" and the "Tin Man" in the U.S. National Tour
of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Sterling reviews Clifford
Odets’ Awake & Sing at the Group Rep Theatre in North Hollywood. Wade and Jackson share awkward moments
during performances.
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55min
September 26, 2013 Nicole Parker, Josh Adamson
Broadway’s Nicole Parker (Elphaba/Wicked/U.S. National Tour); and Australian/U.S. film,
TV and musical theatre star Josh Adamson (Hair, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) are interviewed
about their co-starring roles as Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein in 3D Theatricals’ production of Funny Girl at
Fullerton, CA’s historic Plummer Auditorium and the South Bay’s Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. The
Live Arts Calendar features reviews of Twilight Zone: Unscriptedat the Falcon Theatre in Toluca Lake, CA;
Smokey Joe’s Café at the Pasadena Playhouse and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz at the Pantages
Theatre in Hollywood. Awkward career moments are revealed by Parker and Adamson.
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55min
September 19, 2013 Emily Sheskin
(From the Best of State of the Arts – Original Broadcast: September 20, 2012) -
Filmmaker and member of New York Women in Film & Television Emily Sheskin talks about her plus-size
beauty pageant documentary titled There She Is. Musical Theatre stars Adam Huss and Tyler LeDon are
interviewed about their co-starring roles in the much anticipated new musical Justin Love at the Celebration
Theatre in Hollywood. The Live Arts Calendar features critiques of Kander and Ebb’s musical revue The World
Goes ‘Round at Hollywood’s Crossly Theatre; and Euripides’ HELEN at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Huss and LeDon share embarrassing moments during performances.
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55min
September 12, 2013 Alex McMurray, Heidi Huber-Kalen
Recording Artist Alex McMurray of The Tin Men, America’s premier sousaphone, washboard
and guitar trio, talks about the group’s newest CD Avocado Woo Woo featuring an eclectic array of North
American pop music. Heidi Huber-Kalen of The Whole Nine Foundation and The Peace Project discusses the first
ever Affair of the Arts in Culver City, CA. LA-based Actress/Director/Writer/Producer and Acting Coach
Cynthia White talks about her new book Your Castable Types (Smith & Kraus Publishing) which reveals her
approach to transformational acting techniques and a cutting edge career development program. Huber-Kalen
and White share stories about awkward moments during their careers.
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55min
September 05, 2013 Richard Israel, Joe Donohue
Critically acclaimed Director Richard Israel, Broadway musical theatre star Joe Donohue
(U.S. National Tour of Rent), and theatre star Lauren Patten are interviewed about their participation in the
west coast premiere of The Burnt Part Boys... a coming of age musical set in a West Virginia mining town
featuring an Appalachian-inspired score at West Hollywood’s Third Street Theatre. Broadway song and dance
nightclub and recording star Cortes Alexander (Liza’s at The Palace) discusses his relationship with Liza
Minnelli and his upcoming engagement at Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal in North Hollywood. Donohue and
Patten reveal embarrassing career moments.
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55min
August 29, 2013 Lindsay Heather Pearce,Jonah Platt
Television and theatre singer/actress Lindsay Heather Pearce (Glee, The Glee Project) is
interviewed about her starring role in the Los Angeles revival of Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere’s Pop
Rock Opera Bare. The Live Arts Calendar highlights the bluegrass musical comedy El Grande De Coca-Cola! At
the Ruskin Theatre Group in Santa Monica, CA. Musical theatre star and writer Jonah Platt is also
interviewed about his starring role in Bare and his writing career for television (The Family Guy). Pearce
and Platt reveal embarrassing moments during performances.
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55min
August 22, 2013 Gus Krieger, Jennifer Bronstein
Gus Krieger, Associate Artistic Director for The Porters of Hellsgate Theater Company in
Los Angeles talks about his work as playwright and director for the company’s newest endeavor Sherlock
Through the Looking Glass now on stage at the Whitmore-Lindley Theater in the NoHo Arts District of North
Hollywood. The Live Arts Calendar features Broadway’s Kristin Chenoweth and her debut as a solo headliner
at LA’s legendary Hollywood Bowl. Actress Jennifer Bronstein talks about her career and her co-starring role
in Sherlock Through the Looking Glass. Krieger and Bronstein reveal embarrassing moments during
performance.
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55min
August 15, 2013 Roslyn Kind
(From the Best of State of the Arts - Originally broadcast August 9, 2012) - Singing
sensation, concert and recording star Roslyn Kind is interviewed by Sterling and Stroili. Sterling reviews
the U.S. National Tour of Memphis at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Nightclub singer/songwriter Cortes
Alexander discusses his career touring the world in concert with Liza Minnelli. The State of the
Arts/Breakdown Services Prize Giveaway spins the wheel in search of its weekly winner. Screenwriter and
playwright Jamie Pachino talks about her critically acclaimed, award-winning play The Return to Morality at
Hollywood's Lex Theatre. Embarrassing career moments are revealed.
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55min

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