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:

January 10, 2013 January 10, 2013
Margaret Laurena Kemp is interviewed about her internationally acclaimed career as an
actress and playwright with emphasis on the worldwide hit A Negro Speaks of Rivers.
The State of the Arts Sweepstakes sponsored by Breakdown Services spins the wheel for this week’s winner.
Benny Aguayo (Marketing Manager and Director of Public Relations and Communication –Nederlander’s Broadway
LA) discusses Broadway LA’s 2013 Season at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood: Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan;
Jekyll & Hyde starring American Idol’s Constantine Maroulis and R&B Grammy Award nominee Deborah
Coxto; Mike Tyson – Undisputed Truth; Catch Me if You Can; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; West Side Story;
Rain; Priscilla Queen of the Desert; and Sister Act. Kemp and Aguayo share awkward but amusing career
moments.
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January 03, 2013 January 3, 2013
Longtime star of Wicked... Eden Espinosa (Elphaba/San Francisco, Los Angeles, Broadway)
discusses her musical theatre career and her debut CD/album Look Around which embodies a contemporary pop
approach to songs from the Broadway stage. The Live Arts Calendar features The Morini Strad starring
Mariette Hartley at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA; and Rogue Machine’s A Bright New Boise at LA’s Theatre
Theatre. Ms. Espinosa’s manager Joseph Abate joins the conversation with Sterling & Stroili. Espinosa
shares an embarrassing moment while performing on stage.
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December 27, 2012 December 27, 2012
Chris Kauffmann, star of the LA smash hit Avenue Q talks about his experience with the
Doma Theatre Company’s production of the Tony Award winning musical at the Met Theatre in Hollywood. Award
winning director Richard Israel also joins the panel to discuss his direction of Avenue Q and other
directorial ventures. From Season 5 of American Idol, popular nightclub star Bobby Bennett shares his
thoughts about Idol and his upcoming headlining return to Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal in North
Hollywood.
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December 20, 2012 December 20, 2012
Broadway’s Heather Lee (Guys and Dolls, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Gypsy,) is
interviewed about her life in musical theatre and her co-starring role in Christmas My Way: A Sinatra
Holiday Bash at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA. Lee’s Christmas My Way co-star Luca Ellis
talks about his career in music and his lifelong fascination with the legendary crooner’s distinct vocal
style. The Live Arts Calendar features Brian Henson’s and Patrick Bristow’s year-end and New Year’s Eve
adult (Muppet-like) puppet show Stuffed and Unstrung at Irvine’s Barclay Theatre in Irvine, CA. Lee and
Ellis recall embarrassing moments while performing.
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December 13, 2012 December 13, 2012
From the Best of State of the Arts (Originally broadcast December 12, 2011) - Stroili is
sans Sterling, as Michael takes the day off to cough, among other things. Paul is joined by TV, Film and
Cabaret star Ilene Graff (Mr. Belvedere) and actor/writer/critic Jason Rohrer (stagehappenings.com,
bitterlemons.com). Ilene discusses her recent headlining gig at Kritzerland at the Gardenia, and Jason leads
a discussion on all things theatrical in Los Angeles, good and bad.
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December 06, 2012 December 6, 2012
TV and stage star Paolo Andino (LOGO TV’s The Big Gay Comedy Sketch Show) is interviewed
about his starring role in the Blank Theatre production of David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries at the Stella
Adler Theatre in Hollywood. Sterling gives mini reviews of Silence! The Musical at the Hayworth Theatre in
Los Angeles, and the Donny & Marie Christmas in Los Angeles spectacular at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre.
The Live Arts Calendar features the Orange County Men Alive Chorus’ A Winter Spectacular with Special Guest
Liza Minnelli at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA; and the State of the Arts Sweepstakes
sponsored by Breakdown Services. 2012 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award Winning Director Michael
Matthews (The Color Purple at Hollywood’s Celebration Theatre) discusses a bountiful year of directing which
also includes the hit world premiere musical Justin Love/Celebration Theatre, and the Santaland
Diaries/Stella Adler Theatre. Andino and Matthews recall embarrassing career moments.
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November 29, 2012 November 29, 2012
Multiple Golden Globe nominated film and television star Harry Hamlin (Shameless, Army
Wives, LA Law) is interviewed about his co-starring role in One November Yankee with TV star Loretta Swit
(M.A.S.H.) at the NoHo Arts Center in North Hollywood. One November Yankee playwright and director Joshua
Ravetch is also interviewed. The Live Arts Calendar features The Snow Queen, a world premiere musical at
South Pasadena’s Fremont Center Theatre. Broadway’s Cortes Alexander also guests to talk about his concert
career with Liza Minnelli, his Swell CD and his upcoming Have a Swell Holiday show at Sterling’s Upstairs at
The Federal in North Hollywood. Hamlin and Alexander share awkward career moments.
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November 22, 2012 November 22, 2012
From the Best of "Sterling & Stroili" (originally broadcast November 22, 2010)
Broadway, television and film stars Vicki Lewis (NewsRadio) and John Lloyd Young (Tony Award Winner – Jersey
Boys) join Sterling & Stroili to promote their 26th edition of State of the Arts. The foursome discuss
pre-holiday travel security making the day’s headlines: Scanner-proof Undies Keep Passenger’s Secrets. Lewis
and Young are interviewed about their multi-dimensional careers. Composer Randy Newman’s new musical Harps
and Angels at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles is featured in the Live Arts Calendar; as is Broadway Rocks
Anaheim in benefit of the Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation. Guest critic Don Grigware expounds on
Tony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams in Uptown, Downtown at the Pasadena Playhouse. Lewis and Young
recall their worst moments while performing.
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November 15, 2012 November 15, 2012
Multiple Tony Award nominee and Broadway leading man Raul Esparza (Rocky Horror Show,
Cabaret, Company, Leap of Faith) is interviewed about his stage career; his new recurring role on Law &
Order: SVU; and his November 17th solo headlining concert Raul Esparza Sings Sondheim at the Valley
Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University at Northridge (California). Broadway’s
Davis Gaines (Phantom of the Opera) and The Color Purple’s and American Idol’s LaToya London discuss their
respective wins at the LA Stage Alliance’s 2012 Ovation Awards held November 12th at the Los Angeles Theatre.
The two stars also discuss their current roles in the west coast premiere of the Off-Broadway hit parody
Silence! The Musical (based on the motion picture Silence of the Lambs) at the Hayworth Theatre in West Los
Angeles. The Live Arts Calendar features readings of two new comedies: Cops on Drugs and Rapunzel at the
Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA. Gaines and London share occurrences of embarrassing moments
while performing.
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November 08, 2012 November 8, 2012
Chicago playwright Doug Armstrong shares memories from 1989 about writing his now
nationally, critically acclaimed holiday theatre comedy A Christmas Twist (a parody of Dickens’ A Christmas
Carol and Oliver Twist). Los Angeles stage and television actors Lauren McCormack and Jen Ray (from the hit
ABC series The Middle) are interviewed about their co-starring roles in the Los Angeles revival of A
Christmas Twist at the Victory Theatre Center directed by State of the Arts’ own Paul Stroili who also
co-stars in the production. The State of the Arts/Breakdown Services Sweepstakes claims another weekly
winner. McCormack and Ray recall embarrassing career moments.
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