Paul Stroili News

How's this for weird…  On Sunday night I saw a show where a straight guy spoke for an hour and fifteen minutes about how people mistake him for gay because of his interests and not once did he mention anything about musical theatre.  Not once!  If nothing else, I give Paul Stroili points for not using the most obvious cliché.

Straight Up With a Twist, the hilarious new comedy written and performed by Paul Stroili, has critics cheering and audiences roaring with laughter. Directed by Bill Penton, Straight Up With A Twist has extended its limited engagement and now will have an open ended run at The Players Theater (115 MacDougal Street).

Straight Up With a Twist, the hilarious new comedy written and performed by Paul Stroili and directed by Bill Penton, has extended its limited engagement and now will have an open ended run at The Players Theater

Following sold-out runs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Millrock will present the New York Off-Broadway premiere of the award-winning comedy Straight Up with a Twist, written and performed by Paul Stroili, and directed by Bill Penton. Previews begin Thursday, January 17, with the opening set for Thursday, January 24, 2008

Recently nominated for a Los Angeles Ovation Award and LA Weekly Award, and winner of the Orange County Weekly Award, Paul Stroili's Straight Up with a Twist has been set for New York City previews at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in the West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd Street, November 9, 10, 11, 17 and 18, 2007.

Sterling's Upstairs, located at Vitello's Restaurant in Studio City, CA., will celebrate its one year anniversary in June, 2007

STERLING'S UPSTAIRS, the all-new supper club at the legendary VITELLO'S RESTAURANT in Studio City, CA. which will celebrate 10 months of operation in April, 2007, welcomes THREE OF A KIND and MERISSA HADDAD as its April headliners.

STERLING'S UPSTAIRS, the all-new supper club at the legendary VITELLO'S RESTAURANT in Studio City, CA. which will celebrate nine months of operation in March, 2007, welcomes EMILY ALLERTON and SYLVIA BROOKS as its mid-March headliners

Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA - which presented its first talent search entitled LA's Next Great Stage Star November 20 through December 12, 2006 - is pleased to announce that after over a hundred submissions and auditions to become one of 17 contestants in what will become an annual talent competition, Merissa Haddad was voted LA's Next Great Stage Star

L.A. Stage Alliance announces presenters for 2006 Ovation Awards...

Nominations for the Ovation Awards, celebrating achievement in Los Angeles-area theatre, have been announced