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:

November 01, 2012 November 1, 2012
Four-time U.S. National Champion, Four-time World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist
Scott Hamilton is interviewed about his 13th Annual cancer Scott Hamilton & Friends fundraising ice and
music spectacular at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena; this year starring Five-Time Grammy Award winner
Wynonna Judd and a skating cast of Olympic Gold Medal legends including Dorothy Hamill and Peggy Fleming.
In studio guests include writer/director/producer/author Bruce Kimmel (The First Nudie Musical, Kritzerland
Records, Out of the Box web series) who discusses his career and monthly Kritzerland concerts at Sterling’s
Upstairs at The Federal in North Hollywood. Standup Comedian, TV, film and theatre actor Richard Tanner
talks about the world premiere of his one-man show Small Parts at the Flight Theatre in Hollywood. Kimmel
and Tanner share awkward career moments.
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October 25, 2012 October 25, 2012
Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated actress Virginia Madsen (Sideways) talks about
her latest endeavor as a filmmaker (I Know a Woman Like That), a documentary directed by her mother Elaine
Madsen. Broadway star Melissa Fahn (Wicked) discusses her diversified career as a musical theatre performer,
voice over actress, and light jazz recording artist; as well as her cabaret debut in Grown Up Girl with
distinguished musician/drummer Joel Alpers at Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal in North Hollywood, CA.
Broadway’s Mark C. Reis (Fosse) chronicles his professional path as a dancer/singer, a choreographer, a first
time father, an author, a certified Pilates instructor, and his debut in Diapers, Dishes and Dreams also at
Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal. Fahn and Reiss recall embarrassing moments while performing.
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October 18, 2012 October 18, 2012
Distinguished Award-winning Los Angeles Theatre Artistic Directors Ron Sossi (The Odyssey
Theatre Ensemble) and Daniel Henning (The Blank Theatre Company) are interviewed about their respective year
end projects: Sossi’s original production titled Theatre in the Dark which is performed in total darkness
(30 short plays combined and rotated on different evenings under the sub titles of Dark and More Dark); and
Henning’s unique fundraising event titled Hollywood on Tap, a craft beer festival complimented by popular LA
food trucks to be held on the “Streets of New York” backlot at Paramount Studios; as well as The Blank’s
annual Christmas holiday show The Santaland Diaries with Paolo Andino, former co-star of LOGO TV’s Big Gay
Sketch Show. Sterling reviews The Beat Goes On at Hollywood’s Arena Stage Theatre. Sossi and Henning share
embarrassing moments during their careers.
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October 11, 2012 October 11, 2012
Critically acclaimed original cast member of Saturday Night Live Laraine Newman talks
about her career today in theatre, film, television and animation. Emmy Award nominated Producer/Writer
Eugene Pack discusses his 2009 Off-Broadway Drama Desk Award-winning show Celebrity Autobiography which
continues to sweep the country with a diverse cast of rotating stars such as Newman, Florence Henderson,
Roger Bart, Lainie Kazan and Fred Willard, Brook Shields, etc. who will read and act out jaw-dropping
vignettes excerpted from celebrity tell-all books. The show next plays Hollywood’s Acme Comedy Theatre. The
Breakdown Services/State of the Arts Sweepstakes selects a weekly prize winner; while the Live Arts Calendar
highlights the National Ballet of Canada’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
in the Music Center of Los Angeles. Pack shares an embarrassing moment as a performer.
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October 04, 2012 October 4, 2012
FROM THE BEST OF STATE OF THE ARTS – OCTOBER 4, 2010 - How do you keep the music playing?
The incomparable Roslyn Kind (younger sister of Barbra Streisand) answersthat question, and more, as she
talks about her life on Broadway, in nightclubs, and as a popular recording artist. It’s another “No Pants
Monday” as Sterling & Stroili share tales of tails. The live Arts Calendar for the week is read; followed
by reviews of 19 year old musical theatre star Derek Klena’s headlining concert debut at Sterling’s Upstairs
at Vitello’s in Studio City; and the world premiere of the New York bound Leap of Faithat the Ahmanson
Theatre in Los Angeles, starring Broadway sensation Raul Esparza and Brooke Shields. Critically acclaimed Los
Angeles TV, film and stage actor Ian Vogt talks about his role in SeaGlass Theatre’s hit comedyOf Grapes and
Nutsat the Victory Theatre Center in Burbank, CA. Senses are tested as Vogt and Kind share their most
embarrassing moments on stage.
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September 27, 2012 September 27, 2012
Theatrical Producer Pink Lady and Broadway/film/TV choreographer and performer Joe
Giamalva discuss the opening of the new variety song and dance show The Beat Goes On at the Theatre Arts
Arena Stage in Hollywood. The Live Arts Calendar features the State of the Arts/Breakdown Services weekly
Prize Giveaway; and three mini reviews by Sterling: Justin Love at Hollywood’s Celebration Theatre, The Full
Monty at The Third Street Theatre in West Hollywood, and the Los Angeles Musical Theatre Guild’s staged
concert production of Titanic. Pink Lady and Giamalva share embarrassing moments during their careers.
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September 20, 2012 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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September 13, 2012 September 13, 2012
Los Angeles Ovation Award winner Shannon Warne (Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme) and LA Ovation
Award nominee (Having it All) is interviewed about her career and current co-starring role as "Pam" in The
Full Monty at the Third Street Theatre in Hollywood. Sterling and Stroili review the Los Angeles premiere of
The Book of Mormonat Hollywood's Pantages Theatre. Actor/Singer Morgan Reynolds (Life Could be a Dream, All
Shook Up) talks about his career with Disney Entertainment; as well as his co-starring role as "Malcolm" in
Third Street's Full Monty.
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September 06, 2012 September 6, 2012
A series of over-the-top one liners fuel this episode’s high stake antics. Sterling
discusses the opening of Euripides’ HELEN at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, CA. Composer, writer,
actor/singer Brett Ryback (the LA Center Theatre Group’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The History Boys)
talks about his acting and music careers and all new nightclub act The Kid with the Keys premiering in Los
Angeles at Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal in North Hollywood’s NoHo Arts District. The Live Arts
Calendar highlights All the King’s Men at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood; and the weekly State of
the Arts/Breakdown Services Sweepstakes Giveaway selects another winner. Actor Daniel Sykes is interviewed
about his life on the stage and his starring role in the Group Repertory Theatre’s production of The Paris
Letter at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood. Ryback and Sykes divulge awkward career moments.
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September 01, 2012 August 30, 2012
Actor Maxwell Caulfield (Grease 2, Dynasty and The Colbys) is interview about his work on
Broadway and his co-starring role in Euripides’ Helen at the Getty Villa’s outdoor Barbara and Lawrence
Fleischman Theatre in Pacific Palisades, CA. Caulfield’s wife of 30 years, distinguished Tony Award winning
Actress Juliet Mills from TV’s memorable hit series Nanny and the Professor, talks about her past
achievements, her sister Haley Mills, and their late father Sir. John Mills, one of the world’s most
distinguished stage and film actors. The State of the Arts Sweepstakes returns with its giveaway of great
prizes from Breakdown Services. Enter for your chance to win by “liking” State of the Arts” on Facebook.
Caulfield and Mills recall awkward moments while performing.
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