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LA Theatre Veteran Darryl Maximilian Robinson Shares Dylan Thomas' 'The Song of The Mischievous Dog' at The Historic Vista Theater
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April 28, 2025
DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON SHARES A CLASSIC DYLAN THOMAS POEM BEFORE THE HISTORIC VISTA MOVIE THEATRE AT SUNSET AND HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD IN LOS ANGELES!
Darryl Maximilian Robinson, a 51-year-long American stage performer whose local Los Angeles theatre award honors include a 2013 Kentwood Players' Marcom Masque Theatre Award nomination for Best Actor In A Major Supporting Role for his critically-praised performance as the historic Black educator and orator Booker T. Washington in a revival of the musical "Ragtime" at The Westchester Playhouse, a 2015 / 2016 Emmanuel Lutheran Actors Theatre Ensemble-ELATE Season Ticket Holder Best Actor Award nomination for his performance as the debonair, but aging leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's classic one-act drama of Life In The Theatre "Impromptu" at The Lincoln Stegman Theatre in North Hollywood, California, and, most recently, a 2024 Broadwayworld Los Angeles Award nomination for Best Supporting Performer In A Play for his portrayal of Chicago Newspaper Reporter Roy V. Bensinger in The Culver City Public Theatre revival production of Ben Hecht's and Charles MacArthur's "The Front Page" presented outdoors at The Carlson Memorial Park in Culver City, recently performed and recorded a classic work by the late and acclaimed Welsh poet Dylan Thomas at a historic Los Angeles movie house.
Built in 1922 / 1923 by architect Lewis Smith, The Vista Movie Theater at Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard near both the Los Feliz and East Hollywood neighborhoods of Los Angeles has a more than 100-year history as a venue to enjoy films on its handsome screen in a building that features Spanish Misson-style architecture on its exterior and Egyptian Revival-themed decor within its interior.
Originally named the Lou Bard Playhouse ( as when it opened on October 9, 1923 it also featured on stage live vaudeville and music acts as well as silent movies ), The Vista Movie Theatre has a vast, storied background in film and entertainment history, and is one of the last remaining cinematic houses from the silent film era which still stands in Los Angeles.
And since 2021, The Vista has had the distinction of inspired new ownership. Surviving a complete shut down during the height of The Covid-19 pandemic, this currently 400-seat gem of a venue is now under the leadership and operation of Academy Award-winning Screenwriter and Oscar-nominated Director and Producer Quentin Tarantino.
Having made the decision to visit this famed venue for the first time to see the new hit horror film "Sinners," veteran and award-winning stage actor and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder, Artistic Director and Producer Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( winner of a 2022 Making The World Happening Award for his numerous online theatre-related offerings during the Covid-19 pandemic from Allevents.in ) took a moment before entering this legendary architectural space to add a new edition to his video collection of "street-theatre" style recordings of classic poems and speeches and shares a recitation of Welsh Poet Dylan Thomas' earliest published work: "The Song of The Mischievous Dog." It marks the first public presentation by his multiracial theatre and video group The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project this year.
Ably assisted by talented and aspiring Actor, Photographer and Videographer Tywayne Burns, a newcomer to ESC, Darryl Maximilian Robinson is pleased to share this new April 27, 2025 recorded presentation of this Dylan Thomas work written when the Welsh literary master was only 11 years old and which was the very first of his poems to be published.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson's "street theatre"-style rendition of Dylan Thomas' 'The Song of The Mischievous Dog" can currently be viewed on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/UdxE_-bdzH0?si=j7D-0AQG6ywwwQwq
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Enjoy.
