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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State of the Arts episodes:

May 30, 2013 May 30, 2013
Musical theatre star Ruby Lewis talks about her starring role as “Scaramouche” in the
U.S. National Tour of the We Will Rock You built around 24 of Queen’s biggest hits. Sterling reviews the
U.S. National Tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Musical theatre
star Kristin Towers Rowles (granddaughter of the late MGM movie musical star Kathryn Grayson) is interviewed
about her co-starring role in Robert Harling’s comedy Steel Magnolias at the beautiful Little Fish Theatre in
San Pedro, CA. Lewis and Rowles recall embarrassing moments in theatre.
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May 23, 2013 May 23, 2013
Distinguished actor Tucker Smallwood is interviewed about his co-starring role in Jeff
Stetson’s Los Angeles Ebony Repertory Theatre drama Fraternity about seven successful black community leaders
whose lives were effected Martin Luther King’s “I Had a Dream” speech. The Live Arts Calendar is dedicated
to the unexpected passing of LA Stage Times Publisher Lee Melville (LA Stage Alliance). Actor, Singer,
Director Joshua Finkel discusses his newest endeavor ... a twist on the all-time musical theatre comedy
classic A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand
Oak’s, CA. Finkel recants embarrassing moments in theatre.
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May 16, 2013 May 16, 2013
Broadway’s Davis Gaines (Phantom of the Opera) guests with Sterling & Stroili to talk
about his starring appearance as Mack Sennett in Musical Theatre West’s benefit concert production of Jerry
Herman’s Mack and Mabel at Richard and Karen Carpenter Center in Long Beach, CA. The Live Arts Calendar
features Sterling’s review of Jason Robert Brown’s Parade presented by 3-D Theatricals at the historic
Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton, CA. Gaines re-tells a classic story of awkwardness involving George W.
Bush, Jr. NOTE: Broadway leading man David Burnham, originally scheduled as a guest on this program to
discuss his co-starring role with Davis Gaines in Mack and Mabel, did not appear due to unforeseen
circumstances.
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May 09, 2013 May 9, 2013
Television star Stephanie Zimbalist (Remington Steele) discusses her co-starring role in
Steel Magnolias at the Laguna Beach Playhouse in Laguna Beach, CA. Theatre and Television’s Shelley
Morrison (“Rosario” on the long running NBC hit series Will & Grace) and her husband Walter Dominguez are
interviewed about their latest venture as documentary filmmakers with Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery
(www.weavingthepast.com); Sterling reviews the world premiere musical Falling for Make Believe (the life of
Lorenz Hart) at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA. The Live Arts Calendar highlights Beirut a drama at the
Lounge Theatre in Hollywood focusing on an unnamed disease infecting the lower east side of New York and the
right of individuals to choose the manner in which they live or die. Morrison and Dominguez share tales of
embarrassing moments during their careers.
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May 02, 2013 May 2, 2013
Barbara Beckley and T.J. Dawson, two of Southern California’s leading theatre
Producer/Artistic Directors join Sterling & Stroili for an insightful discussion about the world premiere
musical of Mark Saltzman’s Falling for Make Believe (Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart) which
reveals the dark side of Hart’s troubled and secret life at Beckley’s Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA; and T.J.
Dawson’s 3-D Theatricals production of the infrequently done Tony Award-winning musical drama Paradeat the
historic Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton, California. With a hauntingly beautiful score by Robert Jason
Brown and a book by Alfred Uhry based on the tragic and true story of the 1913 trial of a Brooklyn-born
Jewish factory manager Leo Frank who was accused of raping and murdering a 13 year old employee, Parade
recants Frank’s story through the eyes of those around him; his trial, sensationalized by the media; and the
arousal of anti-Semitic tension in Atlanta and the state of Georgia.
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April 25, 2013 April 25, 2013
Sterling supports Musical Theatre West’s production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony
Award-winning musical A Chorus Line at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Center IN Long Beach, CA; and a new
musical work saluting Broadway composer Lorenz Hart at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA. Likened to Tom
Waits, New Orleans concert and recording artist Alex McMurray in interviewed by Stroili. Distinguished Emmy
nominated actress Susan Clark (from TV’s hit series Webster) discusses her film and television career and her
starring role in Habitat produced by the Latino Theatre Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, in
downtown Los Angeles. Broadway’s Matt Zarley (A Chorus Line, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
CATS) talks about his beginnings in New York; his segue into becoming an award-winning pop recording artist;
and his upcoming concert appearance at Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal. Clark and Zarley recall awkward
moments that went south while performing.
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April 18, 2013 April 18, 2013
Broadway’s Chryssie Whitehead and Broadway musical theatre star Venny Carranza talk about
their lives and careers as dancers; dance’s evolvement as an art form; and their history with the Pulitzer
Prize and multiple Tony Award winning A Chorus Line in which they are both featured for Musical Theatre West
at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, CA. The Live Arts Calendar
features a call to action and assistance for actor Adrian Black of Theatre Banshee in Burbank, CA. Carranza
and Whitehead share stories of embarrassing moments while performing.
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April 11, 2013 April 11, 2013
Tony Thomas from the U.S. national touring company of West Side Story at the Pantages
Theatre in Hollywood is interviewed. Sabrina Elayne Carten discusses her co-starring role in the record
breaking run of One Night with Janis Joplin at the Pasadena Playhouse. Sterling reviews the 29th Annual
S.T.A.G.E. fundraising benefit Broadway My Way for AIDS Project Los Angeles at the Saban Theatre in Beverly
Hills. The Live Arts Calendar features the Musical Theatre West revival of A Chorus Line at the Richard and
Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, CA. Regional musical theater star Katherine Malak
talks about her role as "Rizzo" in the Cabrillo Music Theatre production of Grease at the 1800 seat Fred
Kavli Theatre, part of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks, CA. Carten and Malak recall
embarrassing moments on the stage.
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April 04, 2013 April 4, 2013
FROM THE BEST OF STATE OF THE ARTS (Originally broadcast April 4, 2011) - Sterling and
Stroili's discussion of Meat Loaf (not your mother's, but the rock singer also known as Michael Aday on
Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice 2011) opens this edition of State of the Arts. Broadway stars David
Engel and Larry Raben discuss their distinguished individual and collective careers, as well as their
co-starring roles in Cabrillo Music Theatre's presentation of The Producers at the Kavli Theatre in Thousand
Oaks, CA. The Live Arts Calendar features the popular hit musical Forever Plaid at the Costa Mesa Playhouse
in Costa Mesa, CA, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This at the Center Theatre Group's Mark
Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Engel and Raben recall their most embarrassing moments on stage.
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March 28, 2013 March 28, 2013
FROM THE BEST OF STATE OF THE ARTS (Originally broadcast March 28, 2011) - Something’s
fishy when Stroili opens the hour with tales of the Sushi, and Sterling sprechens der Wienerschnitzel.
Television, film and stage star Michelle Clunie (Showtime's Queer as Folk) is interviewed about her
co-starring role in the Los Angeles premiere of Neil LaBute's The Mercy Seatpresented by Vs. Theatre Company
[Inside] at the Ford Theatre in Hollywood. The Live Arts Calendar spotlights Performance Riverside’s
production of Curtains at the Landis Performing Arts Center in Riverside, CA; and Shuffle, which utilizes the
iPod and Macbook Pro to present a live music production from the National Children’s Chorus at The Eyde
Second Space at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA. Actor Mackenzie Astin discusses his career in television
and film; his parents actor John Astin and Academy Award winner and television star Patty Duke; and his
co-starring role in Caughtby David L. Ray at Hollywood’s Zephyr Theatre. The world premiere play centers
around the upcoming wedding of a gay couple living in Los Angeles. Astin and Clunie share awkward moments
during live performances.
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