Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

HONORED TO DELIVER AND VIDEO-RECORD A CLASSIC SPEECH FROM THE BARD'S "KING LEAR"!: Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON presented and video-recorded a new rendition of the Act Two "O Reason Not The Need" Speech as the tile character from WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE "KING LEAR" on Sunday Afternoon May 17, 2020 upon the steps before the main entrance of THE HISTORIC LINCOLN HEIGHTS LIBRARY in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles as the third such rendition of Excaliber's "The Bard's Speeches In Lincoln Heights" Series. All Still Photos, Editing and Videography for the speech were provided by long-time St. Louis Excaliber Member and talented stage and television actor DANNY BELROSE.    DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON PRESENTS STREET THEATRE VIDEO VERSION OF THE BARD'S ACT TWO KING LEAR SPEECH AT THE HISTORIC LINCOLN HEIGHTS LIBR...

The Beginning of A Solo Shakespearean Adventure!: From The Friday May 8, 1987 Edition of THE VAIL DAILY  OF VAIL, COLORADO, here is Part One of feature and preview story by VALERIE J. SMITH on the very first performance of veteran and award-winning Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles stage actor and director DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON 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. LOS ANGELES - It was exactly 33 years ago this May ( indeed, May 9, 1987 ) that Chicago-born and stage-trained Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON entered upon a small nightclub / restaurant stage in Eagle-Vail, Colorado and presented an hour-long, one-man show of several famed speeches from the works of WILLIAM  SHAKESPEARE as told by his time-traveling, comedic character creation His Most ...

DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON VISITS FRANK SINATRA HALL APRIL 23, 2017. Photo by KEVIN SHAW. Los Angeles - This week marks the third anniversary of when veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( The Founder of the multiracial, non-Equity professional chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago ) paid a visit to long-time friend and former St. Louis Excaliber Productions, Ltd. Member J. L. Watt, a very talented photographer, editor and videographer, who owns a modest and charming studio in West Los Angeles, so that Mr. Robinson, a more than four-decade-long theatre artist, could begin the process of documenting and archiving his work in The Performing Arts. What Mr. Robinson and Mr. Watt would ultimately create was a photo shoot session and video entitled: Darryl Maximilian Robinson In His Awards Room! The video was shot on April 16, 2017 and was recorded in Two Takes ( With Take Two Serving As The Creators' Primary...

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE!: Veteran and award-winning Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles stage actor and play director DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON ( The Founder of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project ) assumes the role of LORD JAQUES' from WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S "AS YOU LIKE IT" to present a new street theatre video rendition of "THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN" which was photographed, edited and video-recorded by GUSTAVO J. CASAS in The Historic Lincoln Heights Neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. Despite The Closing of Los Angeles Theatres and The Current COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis, In Honor of The Upcoming Birthday of The World's Greatest Playwright Master William Shakespeare, Veteran Stage Actor and Play Director Darryl Maximilian Robinson Has Recorded And Released A New Street Theatre Video Rendition of The Immortal Bard's "Seven Ages of Man" Speech From "As ...

                                                                  ON-THE-AIR AND ON THE STAGE IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD!: Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award-winning Best Actor and Los Angeles Elate Season Ticket Holder Award Best Actor Nominee DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON appears as THE ANNOUNCER in THE DICK TRACY RADIO SHOW Wednesday Evenings and Sunday Afternoons in March 2020 as part of THE ARK THEATRE OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA.'s OLD TYME RADIO HOUR. Accessible On-Street Parking is available right at the theatre at 5708 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA. 90106. This Event introduces local, live audiences to the funny and highly-entertaining classic and historic radio shows being recorded and videotaped in black-and-white for future PODCASTS! For tickets and reservations call THE ARK at ( 818 ) 856-8068. 2020 Ark T...