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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Review: "Storefront Church" boasts great acting in a play that seems to try too hard to succeed by Andrew Alexander

Storefront Church is the third play in John Patrick Shanley’s lugubriously named Church and State trilogy, only the first of which, Doubt — which won

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Maker's Dozen: Noelle Kayser steps out of the shadow of Scrooge, dances into the spotlight by Andrew Alexander

Watching A Christmas Carol at the Alliance Theatre for the first time can be an emotional experience for just about anyone, but for dancer Noelle Kayser

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Review: "The Explorers Club" takes a big comedic swing and a miss for the Aurora Theatre by Andrew Alexander

The Explorers Club is a new comedy that aims low and misses. Despite having a cast made up of some of Atlanta’s finest talent, the

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Review: Actor's Express scores big with winning coming-out story of "Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet" by Andrew Alexander

Marcus has a secret, or rather he thinks he does. Nearly everyone around him has begun to suspect that he’s gay, or “sweet” in the

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

News: Alliance Theatre brings five world premieres, Pulitzer Prize winner to the stage for 2015-16 by Andrew Alexander

The Alliance Theatre announced its 2015-16 season this week, a line-up that includes five world premieres, a gospel musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama and a

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Preview: Jonah Bokaer pushes definitions of dance, collaboration with visual artist Daniel Arsham by Andrew Alexander

“In any collaboration I like to go all-in and really immerse myself in the collaborator’s work,” says choreographer Jonah Bokaer. His eight-year working history with

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Review: Decatur native Lauren Gunderson's "Silent Sky" shoots off fireworks at Theatrical Outfit by Andrew Alexander

If you haven’t been a big theatergoer lately, Theatrical Outfit’s new production Silent Sky, onstage through March 8, could act as a simple reminder of

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Review: "Detroit '67" has all the right elements, but fails to evoke the music it wants to celebrate by Andrew Alexander

Detroit in 1967 was famous for its Motown music (nearly every single the legendary label released that year became a nationwide hit) even as it

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Review: For Atlanta Ballet's seductive "Romeo et Juliette," the second time around is even sweeter by Andrew Alexander

Easily the best thing showing on stage or screen in Atlanta this weekend, Atlanta Ballet’s production of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Romeo et Juliette is currently making

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Friday, February 6, 2015

Review: Alliance's "Tuck Everlasting" may be Broadway-bound, but lacks connection by Andrew Alexander

The “Tuck” in the title Tuck Everlasting is the name of a family — the Tucks: mother, father and two sons — and they are

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Review: "Bad Jews" has its funny and poignant moments, but is ultimately too constrained by Andrew Alexander

Papi’s dead, who’s got the chai? That’s something of the set-up behind the new comedy Bad Jews at Actor’s Express through February 22 as three

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Review: Trethewey's compelling poetry finds difficult transition to compelling drama at Alliance by Andrew Alexander

Natasha Trethewey’s 2006 Pulitzer Prize"winning collection Native Guard is inarguably great poetry, but can it make great theater? The world premiere production of Native Guard

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Review: "Lasso of Truth" ropes the wrong targets as it searches for the legend of Wonder Woman by Andrew Alexander

Synchronicity Theatre opens its new home with a new play, Lasso of Truth. Though it was founded back in 1997, the company previously produced its five-play

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Review: Horizon's "Detroit" is a funny, sharp comedy that, in the end, doesn't quite pay off by Andrew Alexander

The title may seem like a clue, but we never actually find out the name of the city where the characters in Lisa D’Amour’s award-winning

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