Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

Remembering "The Happy Time." Theatre Lovers and Supporters, Sometimes a great musical theatre production failure on Broadway can still provide ample enjoyment, true pleasure and creative insight to the enthusiastic audiences that supported the effort. A case in point is the multiple 1968 Tony Award-winning David Merrick presentation of "The Happy Time," which captured numerous nominations, including Best Musical, and won honors for Best Choreography and Best Direction for the legendary Gower Champion, and Best Leading Actor In A Musical for its star, the late, great Robert Goulet as photographer Jacques Bonnard. This performance in "The Happy Time" is the sole acting and musical role by Goulet in his multi-decade career to earn him such a high honor. Based on the successful play "The Happy Time" by Samuel Taylor, this David Merrick offering had all the elements to make it a smash hit, yet after 23 previews and 286 performances on ...

Veteran And Award-Winning Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles Stage Actor And Play Director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner for Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play for his performance as Sam Semela in The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago revival production of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold And The Boys presented at the much-missed Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre of Rogers Park in The Windy City ) Celebrates The Upcoming 14th Anniversary of His Hollywood And Greater Los Angeles Area Stage Debut ( June 4, 2010 In The Hollywood Fringe Festival 50th Anniversary Revival Production of Tom Jones' And Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks ) By Sharing A List Of His Personal Top 10 LA Theatre Roles! Over the past several years and more, Chicago-born drama pro Darryl Maximilian Robinson has grown to love his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, Ca. He has taken The City of Angels into his Heart! But Mr. Robin...

Today's 1989 Wisconsin Renaissance Faire Flashback!: His Most Revered Lordship, Sir Richard Drury Kemp-Kean, Had A Lot Of Explaining To Do! Theatre Lovers and Supporters, Long ago, during the summer of 1989, on the site of the 2nd Annual Bristol Renaissance Faire of Kenosha, Wisconsin, your humble servant in The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, had the great honor to serve as Director and Instructor of Shakespearean Theatre for The Bristol Theatre Academy of BRF. He directed a group of young and talented student and professional actors in Shakespearean scenes presented each faire day at multiple locations throughout the sprawling faresite. He also, daily, on the then there and now much-missed Minstrel's Glen Stage of BRF, appeared as His Most Revered Lordship, Sir Richard Drury Kemp-Kean in his original one-man show of Shakespeare and time-travel comedy "A Bit of the Bard." After his 30-40 minite performance in "Bard" was...