Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner for Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play, 2019 Broadwayworld Chicago Award Nominee for Best Performer In A Musical or Revue and 2024 Broadwayworld Los Angeles Award Nominee for Best Supporting Performer In A Play Darryl Maximilian Robinson Shares Video of his performance as Major-General Stanley in a Los Angeles area revival production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance'! RECALLING THE 2014 SAN PEDRO THEATRE CLUB 135TH ANNIVERSARY REVIVAL PRODUCTION OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN'S "THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE"!" "Perhaps most of all, it requires a sterling Major-General Stanley. This is the role that everyone remembers, and Darryl Maximilian Robinson was delicious singing the Major-General's "I Am the Very Model of a Model Major-General," adding just a touch of allowed originality to the part by interacting with the audience. His was a genuinely memorable perfo...

Theatre, Film, Television and Music Lovers and Supporters, This week of May 2025, we celebrate the 50th Birthday of one of the finest actors, singers and musicians this performing artist has had the great joy and experience of working with: Mr. Danny Belrose. As two critically-praised Chicago ( now L. A.-based ) stage actors Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( your humble servant in The Theatre, who is the multiple award-winning Founder of the multiracial, non-Equity professional classical and contemporary chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project ) and Danny Belrose ( well-regarded, critically-acclaimed ensemble member and alum of The Trap Door Theatre of Chicago ) first appeared onstage together 32 years ago in the 1993 Excaliber Productions, Ltd. revival production of acclaimed American playwright Edward Albee's powerful dramatic one-act The Zoo Story at the intimate Cummel's Café in d...