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:

June 21, 2011 June 20, 2011
Father???s Day, Family, and a Booze Cruise (that???s right, a Booze Cruise) are discussed
by Sterling & Stroili. Bonnie McMahan, Artistic Director and Founder of Musical Theatre of Los Angeles
(MTLA) is interviewed. The Live Arts Calendar features 1776 The Musical at Glendale Centre Theatre in in
Glendale, CA. Sterling reviews Good, Bad but Beautiful at the Comedy Store in Hollywood; and Cabaret star
Harold Sanditen???s Thoughts ???Round Midnight, a west coast debut at Hollywood???s M Bar. Award-winning
theatre and television actor Eduardo Enrikez is also interviewed. McMahan and Enrikez share their most
embarrassing moments on stage.
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June 14, 2011 June 13, 2011
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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June 07, 2011 June 6, 2011
Sterling is joined by LA Talk Radio Network personality Sheena Metal who sits in for host
Paul Stroili. Former, successful U.K. theatre producer Harold Sanditen talks about his new career as a
cabaret performer. The Live Arts calendar features The Rat Pack Revisited at Fullerton Civic Light
Opera???s Skyroom in Fullerton, CA; and Douglas Carter???s showbiz comedy The Little Dog Laughed at LA???s El
Centro Theatre in Hollywood. Sterling reviews Kritzerland Record???s musical salute to Broadway composer Cy
Coleman at the Gardenia Restaurant in Hollywood; and iGhost, a new, contemporary musical based on Oscar
Wilde???s The Canterville Ghost at the Lyric Theatre in LA. Disney TV teen star Jennifer Stone (Wizards of
Waverly Place) is interviewed about her career and participation in the Young Playwright???s Festival
produced by the LA???s Blank Theatre Company. Stone shares her most embarrassing career moment.
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May 31, 2011 May 30, 2011
Sterling recounts for Stroili a colorful cast of characters, though not from any play.
Funny man Christopher Meehan (TV???s Last Comic Standing) talks about the opening of his upcoming,
self-penned play If Church Walls Could Talk... An Evening of Catholic Comedy at the Miles Theatre in Santa
Monica, CA. Just Imagine, starring Tim Piper as John Lennon at the Hayworth Theatre in West Los Angeles,
and 100 Saints You Should Know at Hollywood???s Elephant Theatre Company highlight the Live Arts Calendar.
Daytime television star Marie Wilson (As the World Turns and Port Charles) is interviewed about her upcoming,
co-starring role in A Flea in Her Ear at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA. Wilson and
Meehan exchange most embarrassing on stage moments.
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May 24, 2011 May 23, 2011
Something???s rotten in Denmark! Sterling and Stroili discuss a seasonal mystery scent
emanating from the back seat of Paul???s Camry. Distinguished Broadway, film and television star Alan
Blumenfeld (NBC???s hit series Heroes) talks about his association with the prestigious Theatricum Botanicum
in Topanga Canyon, CA. Fernando Richardson???s Treacherous Brain at Hollywood???s Openfist Theatre, and
Kritzerland Record???s Salute to the Music of Cy Coleman at the Gardenia Restaurant in Hollywood... highlight
this week???s Live Arts Calendar. Doug Kaback (Director/Actor/Playwright and Professor of Theatre at Cal
State University at Northridge, CA) discusses directing the classic farce A Flea in Her Ear at the Edgemar
Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA. Blumenfeld and Kaback relive their worst moments in theatre.
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May 17, 2011 May 16, 2011
Sterling takes one last bite of Meat Loaf on the Donald???s Celebrity Apprentice.
Stroili injects a botoxicating headline from the news of the day. Multi-talented Broadway star Leenya
Rideout (from the current 2011 Tony Award nominated play War Horse and Broadway productions of Company,
Cabaret and Cyrano De Bergerac )is interviewed. LA???s SeaGlass Theatre highlights the Live Arts Calendar.
Sterling reviews the West Coast Theatre Ensemble???s production of Gypsy (Stripped) ??? the Arthur Laurents,
Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim classic musical at Hollywood???s Theatre of Arts Arena Stage; and Jason Graae in
Perfect Hermany: The Songs of Jerry Herman at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA. Award-winning star tenor
of the New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Opera Companies Dennis McNeil is interviewed about his
career and cabaret concert debut in Los Angeles. McNeil gets inducted into the State of the Arts Hall of
Horror when recalling his most embarrassing career moments.
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May 10, 2011 May 9, 2011
Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Webbie Award nominee/winner Allee Willis joins Sterling and
Stroili for an discussion about her career as a composer of some of the most iconic pop songs ever written
(September, Neutron Dance, I???ll Be There for You); her success on the Broadway stage with the musical
version of The Color Purple; and her lifestyle as one of LA???s most fascinating residents. The Live Arts
Calendar highlights the annual emerging arts Hollywood Fringe Festival; and the world premiere of The Chinese
Massacre (Annotated) presented by Circle X Theatre at the Atwater Village Theatre. Sterling reviews An
Evening with Shirley MacLaine at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, CA; and the world premiere
musical The Next Fairy Tale at the Celebration Theatre in Hollywood. Willis shares a worst career memory.
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May 03, 2011 May 2, 2011
An earful and an eyeful rub Stroili the wrong way; while Sterling gets tongue tied with
names in the news. Broadway star Ron Orbach (Chicago and Laughter on the 23rd Floor) returns to State of
the Arts for the hour, as does stage and television star Dan Frischman (Head of the Class and Kenan and Kel).
Stroili reviews The Crucible at Theatre Banshee in Burbank, CA. Sterling discusses Musical Theatre of Los
Angeles and their annual fundraising benefit; followed by a review of the U.S. National Tour/dance and song
spectacle Burn the Floor at Hollywood???s Pantages Theatre. Frischman and Orbach reminisce about their most
embarrassing moments on stage.
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April 26, 2011 April 25, 2011
A conversation about how Sterling and Stroili spent their respective Easter holiday, begs
such questions as: Is life just a bowl of cherries or a bowl of 240? Is high flying adored or just plane
crazy? Distinguished musical theatre director Dan Mojica discusses his diverse career on Broadway and in
California. The Live Arts Calendar features Let Me Down Easy on the Lyceum Stage at San Diego Repertory
Theatre in San Diego, CA; and Cirque du Soleil???s U.S. arena touring show Quidam. Sterling reviews Musical
Theatre Guild of Los Angeles??? presentation of Little Me at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA. Stage,
television actor, and respected theatre critic Dink O???Neal is interviewed about his dual life on both sides
of the footlights. O???Neal and Mojica recall worst memories during a performance.
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April 19, 2011 April 18, 2011
Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and stage and television star JD Cullum
(Wizards of Waverly Place) join Sterling and Stroili to discuss their careers and respective LA theatre
projects (The Tempermentals/Blank Theatre Co., and The Malcontent/Anteaus Theatre Co). Sterling and Stroili
engage the group in a humorous exchange on reality TV shows. The Live Arts Calendar features George Gershwin
Alone at the Pasadena Playhouse; and God of Carnage at the Ahmanson Theatre/Los Angeles. Tartaglia speaks of
an eye-popping incident during a performance, while Cullum recounts a noxious on stage intrusion.
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