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:

January 24, 2012 January 23, 2012
Shtick around for the jokes, folks… Suzanne Whang, standup comedienne and longtime host
of Home & Garden TV’s House Hunters and House Hunters International, returns to State of the Arts to not
only share the trials and joys of her life on stage in Cracked Open: Let Go & Gook at Beyond Baroque in
Venice, CA; but her much publicized bout with breast cancer. Journalist, jazz enthusiast and filmmaker
Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn talks about her first full length documentary But Can She Play? which focuses on
the lives and music of female sax and brass players. The Live Arts Calendar features Art written by
award-winning playwright Yasmina Reza (God of Carnage) at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA. Whang
shares an embarrassing moment on stage.
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January 17, 2012 January 16, 2012
Sterling and Stroili talk Golden Globes and 3 year old YouTube film critic Jack Porter.
Librettist Elizabeth Yng-Wong and songwriter Joel Henry Stein are interviewed about their current,
collaborative work-in-progress… The Demise, a rock opera about a tormented young musician (Broadway’s Doug
Kreeger) whose spiritual quest in New York City seemingly takes him into isolation, despair and suicide for
one night only (January 19, 2012) in On the Rox at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. The Live Arts
Calendar highlights a groundbreaking new version of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town starring Academy Award winner
Helen Hunt at The Broad Theatre in Santa Monica, CA. Yng-Wong and Stein share embarrassing performance
moments.
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January 10, 2012 January 9, 2012
Back in full form for the New Year, Sterling and Stroili welcome film star and Emmy
Award-winning actor Leslie Jordan (The Help; Will & Grace); and Michael Orland - Associate Musial
Director/Pianist/Arranger for American Idol. The Live Arts Calendar features Zanna Don’t, a hip musical
fairytale at Theater Theatre in Los Angeles, and the 2009 Tony Award winning comedy God of Carnage at
International City Theatre in Long Beach, CA. Jordan and Orland share fun moments during live performances.

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January 03, 2012 January 2, 2012
From the "Best of Sterling and Stroili - 2011" - A Special Repeat: It’s a laugh-a-minute
as Sterling and Stroili welcome Broadway and television stars Jenny O’Hara (Promises, Promises; My Sister
Sam) and Nick Ullett (Me and My Girl; Loot). The foursome discuss the 65th Annual Tony Awards Broadcast.
O’Hara and Ullett are interviewed about their marriage, their careers, and their co-starring roles in Steven
Sachs’ world premiere comedy Bakersfield Mist at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, CA. The Live Arts
Calendar features the Pasadena Playhouse’s west coast premiere of Twist, An American Musical directed by
Debbie Allen; and the Long Beach Opera’s presentation of The Difficulty of Crossing a Field at the Terrace
Theatre in California’s Long Beach Performing Arts Center. O’Hara and Ullett recant their most embarrassing
moments on stage.
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December 27, 2011 December 26, 2011
From the "Best of Sterling and Stroili" - A special holiday repeat from December 27,
2010: Stroili flies alone, while Sterling stays home with a holiday cold. Stroili makes an (unannounced)
on-air singing debut. Ryan Eggold and Gillian Zinser, co-stars of the CW’s iconic, revitalized hit TV series
Beverly Hills 90210, guest in-studio to discuss their roles in Amy and Elliot, a world premiere comedy
(written and directed by Eggold) opening at the Stella Adler-Gilbert Stage in Hollywood. The Live Arts
Calendar highlights New Year’s Eve with Broadway star Kristen Chenoweth at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
downtown Los Angeles;and the Jim Henson puppets with guest comics in Stuffed and Unstrung at the Irvine
Barclay Theatre at the University of Irvine, CA. Sterling makes a surprise phone call into the program.
Eggold and Zinser are coerced into sharing their worst moments during a performance.
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December 20, 2011 December 19, 2011
From the "Best of Sterling & Stroili" - A special holiday repeat from December 20,
2010: ‘Tis the season to be jolly. Stroili recites The Nightmare Before Martha (Stewart),a self-penned parody
of The Night Before Christmas), while Sterling and guests James Roday (star of USA Network’s hit TV series
Psych), and Brad Raider (TV and film actor and Co-Artistic Director of LA’s Red Squadron Theatre Company)
provide backup vocals to underscore the reading. Roday and Raider are interviewed about their friendship and
careers, Red Squadron’s history, and its west coast premiere of Karl Gajdusek’s comedy/drama greedy at
Hollywood’s El Centro Theatre. The Live Arts Calendar highlight’s The Nutcracker’s Journey from the Arts in
Review Repertory Players at LA radio station KPFK (90.7 FM). Sterling reviews the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los
Angeles and Comfort and Joy, their annual holiday extravaganza at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. Roday and
Raider relive their worst moments in theatre. Crooner Antony Field’s latest CD You and Me on Christmas Eve is
also highlighted.
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December 13, 2011 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, 2011 December 5, 2011
Showtime television star, film star and singer Thea Gill (Queer as Folk) and Broadway
Tony Award winner Sammy Williams (A Chorus Line) are interviewed. The Live Arts Calendar features The Slap
and Tickle Holiday Show at Hollywood’s Lillian Theatre; and Kritzerland Records’ A Broadway/Hollywood
Christmas at the Gardenia Restaurant in Hollywood. Gill discusses her debut in Body and Soul at Sterling’s
Upstairs at Vitello’s in Studio City, CA. Williams tells of his beginnings in New York and on the Broadway
stage. Embarrassing on stage moments are divulged.
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November 29, 2011 November 28, 2011
Hold your hats and hallelujah... the holiday season shifts into full gear with crooner
Erich Bergen (Jersey Boys) and television and stage star Paolo Andino (LOGO’s Big Gay Sketch Show) as they
discuss their respective holiday projects (Erich Bergen’s Holiday Party at The Coteri in Hollywood, and A
Snow White Christmas at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood; and Andino’s solo starring role in the
Blank Theatre Company’s annual production of The Santaland Diaries at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.
The Live Arts Calendar highlights Sister Bernie’s Bingo Bash at the Greenway Court Theatre in Hollywood.
Sterling reviews the Glendale Centre Theatre’s 47th annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol,
and singer Lyn Stanley’s headlining debut at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s in Studio City, CA. Andino
shares an embarrassing moment during a performance.
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November 22, 2011 November 21, 2011
Hilarity ensues when Sister Bernie Wyjakenowsinetski (Mary McHale) of Chicago’s St.
Dymphna Church gives a stern interview about her traveling Sister Bernie’s Bingo Bash at Los Angeles’
Greenway Court Theatre. The Live Arts Calendar features the poignant 2010 Tony Award-winning drama Next Fall
at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles; and a lavish production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the
Glendale Centre Theatre in Glendale, CA. U.S. Pro/Am Ballroom Dance Champion Lyn Stanley talks about her
foray into singing and her Los Angeles cabaret debut in Makin’ Whoopie at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s.
Sister Bernie and Ms. Stanley share embarrassing career moments.
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