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:

September 14, 2010 September 13, 2010
A festive episode celebrates State of the Arts??? 16th week on the air, and the ??
something birthday of Co-Host Michael Sterling. Sterling & Stroili exchange stories about unusual
restaurant experiences. Hilarity ensues with Erich Bergen, recording artist (The Vegas Sessions) and co-star
of the Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and U.S. National Tour productions of Jersey Boys. The weekly live Arts
Calendar is featured. Kimberly Van Luin, actress and Artistic Director of LA???s prestigious SeaGlass
Theatre, talks about the company???s newest endeavor Of Grapes and Nuts, a satirical parody of John
Steinbeck???s The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Bergen and Van Luin are initiated into what has
become a State of the Arts tradition: the recounting of one's worst career moments in live theatre.
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September 07, 2010 September 6, 2010
Sterling & Stroili entertain while the rest of the country takes a day off. An
exchange of Stroili???s bizarre trip to a local library, and Sterling???s chance meeting with a celebrity in
a nearby restaurant??? kick off this Labor Day show. World Champion Figure Skating legend Tai Babilonia
shares a few spins through her well-documented life. The weekly Arts Calendar is announced. Michael Orland
gives insight to his nearly ten-year position as Associate Musical Director, Pianist and Arranger for TV???s
reality/variety, mega hit series: American Idol.
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August 31, 2010 August 30, 2010
Following talk between Sterling & Stroili about over-endowed body parts, longtime
television star Suzanne Whang (HGTV???s House Hunters) discusses her multi-faceted career as a TV host, a
working actress, published author, and equally successful, politically incorrect stand-up comedienne. The
weekly performing arts calendar is revealed, followed by an interview with Tim Dang, actor and Producing
Artistic Director of East West Players ??? the nation???s premier Asian American theatre company at the David
Henry Hwang Theatre in Los Angeles. Dang shares highlights of the company???s 45th - 2010/11 anniversary
season including its opening production Mysterious Skin, a searing adult drama based on the 1996 novel which
later became a motion picture (2004.)
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August 24, 2010 August 23, 2010
Sterling shares tales about the joys (or not) of moving; while Stroili talks of his
mother???s move??? a slightly different ???tail??? which ends up in smoke. Film icon and best-selling author
Tab Hunter is interviewed about life during the 50???s as Warner Brothers #1 Box Office star; co-starring on
Broadway with Tallulah Bankhead; working on television; and his best selling book Tab Hunter Confidential:
The Making of a Movie Star. Child star Blake McIver Ewing reminisces about own experiences on TV as a Star
Search winner and series regular on ABC???s beloved Full House.
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August 17, 2010 August 16, 2010
Elvis and a comeback tour (75 years later) is discussed by Sterling & Stroili.
Skylar Astin, (Broadway co-star of the 8-time Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening,) is interviewed
about his career and his co-starring role in the Hollywood Bowl???s production of Rent directed by Neil
Patrick Harris. This week???s Live Arts Calendar is announced; followed by a review of Funny Girl at the
Sacramento Music Circus, courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com???s west coast critic Don Grigware. Sterling &
Stroili interview Producer/Writer/Actress A???da Alison Woolfolk of Breakdown Services??? innovative,
multi-channel - Virtual Channel Network
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August 10, 2010 August 9, 2010
Sterling & Stroili share stories of public awkwardness; specifically, Stroili being
verbally abused by the homeless. In-studio guests include filmmaker, Broadway star, and television star Dean
Butler (Little House on the Prairie); and musical theatre star Ryan Castellino - original cast member and
co-star of the Los Angeles mega hit musical Life Could be a Dream. The weekly Arts Calendar is featured.
Butler and Castellino are prompted to share their most embarrassing moments on stage.
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August 03, 2010 August 2, 2010
Sterling & Stroili share more nightmares as actors. Broadway star Danny Bolero
(co-star of the In the Heights U.S. National Tour) is interviewed. This week???s Live Arts Calendar
sponsored by PerformingArtsLIVE.com is featured. Sterling reviews Guys and Dolls at the West Valley
Playhouse in Canoga Park, CA. Actor Kevin Farrell talks about his latest role as America???s #1 Sales Star
for Tupperware.
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July 27, 2010 July 26, 2010
A hair-raising side of Sterling & Stroili is revealed. Theatre and television star
Marcia Wallace (The Bob Newhart Show and The Simpsons) discusses her co-starring role as the Wicked Step
Mother in Rodgers & Hammerstein???s Cinderella at Cabrillo Music Theatre in Thousand Oaks, CA. She is
joined by Derek Klena who portrays Prince Charming, and the production???s title star Melissa Mitchell.
Stage and television actress Megan McNulty is interviewed about her role in The Baby Dance at the Lounge
Theatre in Hollywood.
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July 20, 2010 July 19, 2010
Sterling & Stroili share some past audition nightmares. Broadway and television star
Linda Purl (Happy Days) discusses her career as an actress, a vocalist, and Director of the 2010 California
International Theatre Festival; The weekly Arts Calendar reveals diverse productions and events in New York
and Los Angeles; Paul reviews Center Theatre Group???s presentation of The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the
Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; French dancer, aerialist, acrobat artist, choreographer, producer and
director Aurelein Roulin converses about his all new cabaret spectacular Beyond at the historic El Portal
Theatre in North Hollywood, CA.
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July 13, 2010 July 12, 2010
Sterling and Stroili salute "Actors as Entrepreneurs." In studio Guests: Blair Hickey and
Brian Wold discuss the formation of CastingAbout.com, an online service for actors, with offices in Los
Angeles and New York. This week???s live Arts Calendar is highlighted by top productions in Southern
California and Chicago. Tony Award winner Alan Cumming???s cabaret concert ??? Alan Cumming: Uncut at The
Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA is reviewed. Los Angeles Ovation-nominated actress/singer/comedienne and
impressionist Cissy Conner discusses her career and highly successful shoe business, Bare Sole (BareSole.com)
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How many episodes does State of the Arts have?

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