Thompson was the founder and creative director of The L.A.TEST Stage.
The L.A.TEST Stage was a 99 seat, Los Angeles Equity-waiver house, founded by director Benjamin Stuart Thompson and producer Ella Belzberg, with the intention of showcasing the work of a cutting edge group of actors, writers, directors,
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Besides the novel, and the subsequent film and television show, and the computer game, all mentioned above, both jazz musicians The L.A. Four and British band The Wiseguys have released albums with the titles Executive Suite.
The Smiths chose to open their 1986 album, The Queen Is Dead, with a sound sample from this film – taken from the scene at the house in London during the Christmas season, in which Mavis leads her fellow Brits through an off-key chorus of "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty".