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State of the Arts
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Michael Sterling & Paul Stroili
MICHAEL STERLING |
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Michael Sterling of Michael Sterling & Associates is one of the most distinguished, entertainment publicity veterans in Los Angeles. Highlights of his promotional career include Broadway: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring Andy Gibb. Off-Broadway: Now Hear This! starring Kathy Buckley. National Tours: The Fantasticks starring Robert Goulet. The Pirates of Penzance starring Andy Gibb and Barry Bostwick.
Annual U.S. Theatre Tours: The Magic of David Copperfield, Broadway on Ice starring Scott Hamilton, Concert on Ice starring Dorothy Hamill. Annual U.S. Arena Tours: Stars on Ice; Los Angeles: Fractured Broadway 2, Broadway: Unplugged, Like a Dog on Linoleum starring Leslie Jordan, Lemonade starring Maxwell Caulfield and Heather Tom, Renaissance Geek starring Paul Stroili, Life x 3 starring Tony Award nominee Bill Hutton; and Don’t Buck with Me! starring Kathy Buckley.
Celebrities: Elizabeth Taylor, Lance Armstrong, Scott Hamilton, Joan Collins, Morgan Freeman, David Hyde Pierce, Alan Thicke, Burt Bacharach and Carol Bayer Sager, Andy Gibb, the Bee Gees, George Harrison, Donny and Marie Osmond, the Osmond Brothers, Carol Lawrence, Robert Goulet, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor and Ann-Margret. Additionally, Mr. Sterling has represented Emmy Award-winning television specials, celebrity books, Grammy award-winning albums and CDs.
Joined by Broadway and television star Dean Butler, he is also co-host and co-producer of Los Angeles theatre coverage for BroadwayWorld.com TV with Broadway and Television star Dean Butler; a director and producer of musical theatre throughout Southern California and Las Vegas; and, founder of Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s in Studio City, CA. Heralded as “LA’s Cabaret destination…” by the Los Angeles Times, Sterling’s Upstairs is the most critically acclaimed, award-winning venue of its kind in greater Los Angeles.
Dedicated to presenting the best of Broadway stars and Nightclub artists in a supper club, concert setting, Mr. Sterling has produced over 200 artists since the club’s opening on June 9, 2006. |
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PAUL STROILI |
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Paul Stroili is Managing Director of LA’s critically acclaimed SeaGlass Theatre. In the Fall of 2010, he will be directing their production of the award-winning John Steinbeck parody, Of Grapes and Nuts. Mr. Stroili has appeared in over 50 plays, including the original Chicago cast of Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding, Sister Bernie’s Bingo Bash, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Under Milkwood, Oedipus; A Requiem, Welcome to the Moon, Confessions of a Catholic Child, and most recently, Wonder of the World.
Television credits include Malcolm in the Middle, Brother’s Keeper, Getting Personal, Chance of a Lifetime and The Untouchables, as well as the films Cold Justice and The Real Whatever. As a playwright, he has co-authored Cheese Louise, My Dinner with Arlecchino and The Day the Arts Stood Still, and is currently at work on a rock musical entitled; Tightrope. His writing has also appeared in several publications, including; Los Angeles Magazine and the Chicago Tribune. His autobiographical solo show, Paul Stroili’s Straight Up with a Twist, was nominated for an LA Ovation Award, two LA Weekly Awards and named one of the Orange County Register Newspaper’s Top Ten Theater Events of the Year. Recently, the show completed a twice-extended Off Broadway run.
Paul has been featured in commercials both domestically and internationally, and past campaigns have received 3 CLIO awards, 2 ADDY awards, First place in the Best of Cannes Commercial Competition and featured on the BBC’s World’s Greatest Commercials.
A native of Connecticut, Paul attended the State University of New York at New Paltz, then headed westward; first to Chicago, then onto Los Angeles. A winner of the nationwide stand-up comedy competition Winston’s No-Bull Comedy Break, Paul resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Monica Kaiser.
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Show Summary & Guests |
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Monday, 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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Monday, 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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Monday, 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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Monday, 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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Monday, 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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Monday, 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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Monday, 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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Monday, 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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Monday, July 5, 2010 |
Sterling and Stroili recall their week and the July 4th holiday before being joined by celebrated Broadway and television stars Sally Struthers (All in the Family) and Ilene Graff (Mr. Belvedere). Six Los Angeles productions are featured in the Live Arts Calendar. Michael and Paul review the National tour of Broadway’s 2008 Tony and Grammy Award winning musical In The Heights at Hollywood’s legendary Pantages Theatre. |
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Monday, June 28, 2010 |
Sterling and Stroili interview Tom Viola,2010 Tony Award Honoree andExecutive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in New York. They are also joined in-studio by celebrated actor, author and musicianTucker Smallwood, co-star of Tracerspresented by LA’s LOFT Ensemble. Weekly reviews include All My Sons at The Raven Playhouse in North Hollywood, CA and CHIPS: The Musical presented by the Troubadour Theatre Company at The Falcon Theatre in Toluca Lake, CA. |
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Monday, June 21, 2010 |
Sterling and Stroili interview TV icon and Broadway star Florence Henderson. This week’s Live Arts Calendar is announced, along with reviews of Oklahoma presented by Musical Theatre of Los Angeles; and the World Premiere musical Daddy Long Legs at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA. The bi-monthly State of the Actor informational series is also featured. |
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Monday, June 14, 2010 |
Sterling & Stroili are joined in-studio by Terence McFarland – Executive Director of LA Stage Alliance, and successful singer/songwriter/recording artist Jeff Phillips, co-host of “LAGenX” on LATalkRadio.com. Insightful discussion is had about the work of the LA Stage Alliance, McFarland’s academic and professional history, the arts in Los Angeles, and the failure of the arts-related “Measure E” on the June 8, Los Angeles, California ballot. This week’s live Arts Calendar, and a colorful review of the 64th Annual Tony Awards held June 13 at Radio City Music Hall in New York are also included. |
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Monday, June 7, 2010 |
Sterling and Stroili interview three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Carol Channing. Also featured: The State of the Actor, an ongoing, bi-weekly informational series; this week’s Live Arts Calendar; Reviews of the Loft Ensemble'sTracers at LA’s Fringe Theatre, The Will Rogers Follies at the Glendale Centre Theatre, and the National Tour presentation of South Pacific at the Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre. Actor and teacher Jill Holden guests to discuss “Measure E” and its effect on the performing arts in the Los Angeles Unified School District. |
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Monday, May 31, 2010 |
Premiere Broadcast: Sterling & Stroili share a little about themselves and their goals for State of the Arts (SOTA), including non-profit arts organizations LA Stage Alliance and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS which will benefit from the show.
Six new productions are featured in the Live Arts Calendar, along with a star-studded benefit to assist in covering medical expenses for local musical theatre enthusiast and lymphoma cancer patient, Ana Adame.
In-Studio Guest: Broadway legend Carol Lawrence who created the role of “Maria” in the musical theatre masterpiece… West Side Story. |
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