User:So Cal Arts Writer

Jack Lyons, So Cal Arts Writer is a seasoned Southern California-based Theatre and Film Critic, and Entertainment Writer who was born in Chicago, Illinois. He reviews such theatres as: The Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, The Pasadena Playhouse, San Diego's Old Globe Theatres, The La Jolla Playhouse, The Palm Canyon Theatre, Palm Springs, CA, The Indian Wells Theatre, Indian Wells, CA, as well as other live theatre venues located in Southern California. His more than 1000+ reviews and articles over the years have been published and read in The Desert Post Weekly, The Desert Sun, Palm Springs Guides.com (an internet/online magazine), Desert Local News.com (an internet/online magazine, The Sun Runner Magazine, Joshua Tree, CA, and other Coachella Valley publications.    Jack Lyons also appears on two Southern California TV shows as an on-camera personality.  He is seen as a theatre critic and arts writer on "Desert Entertainment This Week" (Critic's Roundtable segment), Time Warner Cable, Channel 111, and on "Coachella Valley This Week" as the show's Theatre and Film Critic, on KRET-TV, Channel 14.  He is also a past co-host of five years of The Desert Scene" radio show with Bonnie Gilgallon.  He is also the Theatre and Film Editor for The Sun Runner Magazine, which is published in Joshua Tree, CA, and the Theatre and Film Critic for Desert Local News which covers the Coachella Valley. He is the recipient of the 2009 "Bill Kuhlman Award" from the Desert Theatre League, Board of Directors. The Award honors the "unsung heroes" of theatre production whose greatest performances and contributions may never be seen in the glow of the footlights, but without whom, those footlights would never burn". Hail to the power of the pen!          He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), a member of the Writers Guild of America west (WGAw), and a past member of The Screen Actors Guild(SAG). He is a member of The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA).  He graduated from Loyola University of Los Angeles with a Bachelor's degree, in Film and TV writing, directing, and production in 1970.  He is a member of Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honor Society.  He did his graduate work at Loyola University of Los Angeles in Film and TV writing, directing, and production.  He did his MBA graduate work at The University of Redlands. He worked for David L. Wolper Productions as a writer/researcher in the late 1960's on such projects as "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "The World of Dogs", "If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium", and "Appointment With Destiny", among others.