Veteran and Award-winning Chicago-born and Los Angeles-based Theatre Artist and Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Actor Darryl Maximilian Robinson shares information and insights regarding his more than five decades of involvement in The Performing Arts.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson Gives His Take On His Craft During His 3rd Appearance On Ron Brewington's 'The Actor's Choice'!
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DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON MADE A THIRD APPEARANCE ON 'THE ACTOR'S CHOICE' ON MONDAY MAY 3RD IN HOLLYWOOD!
Having previously appeared on the Monday September 19, 2016 and Monday December 30, 2019 editions of the internet performing arts television talk show The Actor's Choice, seasoned thespian Darryl Maximilian Robinson has twice had the opportunity to discuss his work in the live theatre and other performing arts related endeavors. But these chats occurred before the advent of 2020! A year that saw the greatest racial strife and protest marches in the U.S. since the civil rights era, a contested presidential election which culminated in an insurrection at The Capitol, and a world-wide global pandemic that closed theatres and performing arts venues of all shapes and sizes around the country!
On Monday May 3, 2021 at 11:00 AM ( PST ), following two talented and experienced fellow guests Director, Editor, Actor Dave Edison and Actress, Dancer Trish McCall, Stage-Trained Actor and Play Director Darryl Maximilian Robinson joined veteran entertainment journalist and host Ron Brewington to discuss public performance, politics, systemic racism, The Oscars and the Covid-19 Pandemic during his third appearance on The Actor's Choice.
Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of both the multiracial classical chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and the theatre and video arts group The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project, Darryl Maximilian Robinson is an LA-based and Windy City born and stage-trained actor and play director whose work in drama spans 47 years and includes involvement in over 250 dramatic productions and literary arts presentations performed around the country.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson is winner of numerous local and regional awards and honors for his work in the theatre including the 1981 Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Reviewer's Recognition Award as Outstanding Thespian of the Season for his performances in professional summer stock ( particularly as Fagin in Lionel Bart's Oliver! ) at northern Indiana's Enchanted Hills Playhouse; a 1992 St. Louis / St. Charles, Missouri Area Certificate of Honorary Membership Award from The Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn for his staging and performance of the title role in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem! presented at The Midtown Arts Center of St. Louis; both a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play and a 1997 Chicago Black Theatre Alliance Award nomination for Best Leading Actor In A Play for his critically-praised performance as Sam Semela in The Excaliber Shakespeare Company revival of Athol Fugard's Master Harold And The Boys mounted at The Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre; a 1998 WKKC Radio Chicago Critic's Corner Fine Arts Award for Outstanding Director Of A Play for the ESC's 1997 revival of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot ( in which he appeared as Vladimir ) at The Heartland; a 2015 / 2016 Los Angeles Elate Season Ticket Holder Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Ernest in Tad Mosel's classic one-act drama Impromptu ( as part of a bill of works called Just 4 Fun ) staged at The Lincoln Stegman Theatre of North Hollywood, California; and, most recently, a 2019 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award nomination for Best Performer In A Musical or Revue ( Resident Non-Equity ) for his noted portrayal of the dual roles of The Chairman Mr. William Cartwright and The Mayor Thomas Sapsea in the 2018 Saint Sebastian Players Chicago revival staging of Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood performed at the more than a century old St. Bonaventure Church in The Windy City. Also an experienced Shakespearean actor, private acting instructor and adapter of literary classics, Darryl Maximilian Robinson has multiple videos of his theatre work available for viewing at his YouTube channel.
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Darryl Maximilian Robinson has become noted as the very first black actor in American Theatre History to portray on stage a trio of classic dramatic roles including: Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons" ( in a 1984 revival presented by The University Players of The University of Missouri-St. Louis and directed by AEA Member John Grassilli at The Benton Hall Theater ); King Henry II in a 1992 multiracial cast revival of James Goldman's "The Lion In Winter ( directed by Mr. Robinson for his chamber theatre Excaliber Productions, Ltd in St. Louis and staged at The Wabash Triangle Cafe ); and Andrew Wyke ( opposite the talented actor Sean Nix as Milo Tindle ) in a 2000, 30th Anniversary, all-black cast revival of Anthony Shaffer's "Sleuth" presented under Mr. Robinson's direction by his chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago at The Harrison Street Galleries Studio Theatre of Oak Park, Illinois.
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