Thursday, March 24, 2016
Terry Burrell is a ball of energy naturally, even as she makes her way into an Alliance Theatre conference room for an early morning interview,
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 16, 2016
It's considered "mainstream" Stephen Sondheim, in contrast to many of the composer's other works, but make no mistake — Into the Woods is one dark
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 10, 2016
Cirque du Soleil is now the largest theatrical producer in the world; the biggest big top ever. Our theater critics Jim Farmer and Andrew Alexander
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 17, 2016
In the never-ending parade of hit movies that have become Broadway musicals, The Full Monty is an example of one that has firmly clicked, keeping
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 11, 2016
It's a language many performers fear and avoid, but Neal Ghant has become pretty fluent in Mamet speak. Mamet speak is the dialogue-rich, testosterone heavy
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Oftentimes theater gems can be found when least expected. It's not the splashiest show around, or even the highest profile musical in town, but Horizon
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 5, 2016
Both a Pulitzer Prize winner and a 2015 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, Disgraced is one of the most talked about, provocative plays around,
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 3, 2016
It begins simply enough, as a father in Afghanistan (Bobby Labartino) communicates with his son (Royce Mann) back home in the States by telling stories
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Clad in a hospital gown and a baseball cap to hide her hair loss, Dr. Vivian Bearing guides us through the last stages of her
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Actor Roger Guenveur Smith never met Rodney King, the construction worker who, in 1991, was beaten by white police officers in Los Angeles — officers
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:55PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 6, 2016
It was never intended to be long-term. When he was first offered the position leading Theatrical Outfit, the award-winning downtown theater company, Tom Key saw
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 9, 2015
It's a collaboration that seems highly improbable — the rebellious comics of Dad's Garage mixing it up with the highbrow folks of the Alliance Theatre
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 1, 2015
When producers (and frequent collaborators) Craig Zadan and Neil Meron called him earlier this spring about directing a holiday version of The Wiz for NBC,
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 4, 2015
When Mel Brooks came up with the idea of adapting his film The Producers into a Broadway production, what followed became musical theater history. A
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 3, 2015
The Alliance Theatre found itself in familiar waters Monday night as the company swept the top prizes at the 11th annual Suzi Bass Awards. The
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:16PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 21, 2015
At least once or so a year, the Shakespeare Tavern turns its attention away from its normal fare to stage a classic non-Shakespeare work. Oftentimes it
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:23PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2015
It never entered Jeff Perry's mind as he and his colleagues were dabbling in drama in Chicago in the early 1970s that they would go
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 09:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 3, 2015
As always, the fall theater season brings with it scores of productions, from original works to new takes on established favorites. In a season heavy
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2015
When nominations for the 11th annual Suzi Bass Awards were announced Monday night at the Horizon Theatre, a set of musicals dominated. Aurora Theatre and
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:21PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
As a performer who has successfully brought the likes of George Gershwin and Ludwig van Beethoven to life on stage, Hershey Felder has now turned
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2015
If he hasn't already, Brian Clowdus, the artistic director of Serenbe Playhouse, should send flowers — or a thank-you card — to the producers of
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:12PM[SHARE]It wasn't planned, but the summer of 2015 has turned into a musical theater carrousel in Atlanta. Besides Rent at Actor's Express there's Chasin' Dem Blues
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 16, 2015
It may be a little dated. It may also be such an integral part of modern pop culture that it's hard to remember when it
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:51PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2015
He's written all types of plays throughout his career, but Frank Blocker's knowledge and appreciation of the South permeates his most popular work. Best known
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:43PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2015
While four new plays will debut this weekend as part of Theater Emory's 4:48 project, these aren't works whose playwrights have spent years fine-tuning them.
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 2, 2015
By virtue of waltzing away with the top acting prizes at the recent Shuler Hensley Awards, Nick Eibler and McKenzie Kurtz participated in the 7th
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:43PM[SHARE]Monday, June 15, 2015
Throughout a long career, Jo Howarth worked with artists all across the city and brought numerous characters to life. She called herself a character actor
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:16PM[SHARE]Friday, June 5, 2015
Two lauded productions familiar to Atlanta theatregoers — Tuck Everlasting and A Perfect Arrangement – will be getting wider audiences as part of the upcoming
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2015
It's considered almost something of the black sheep of the Shakespeare family. Rarely produced, Coriolanus is considered one of the Shakespeare plays with one of
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2015
Virtue of being the Tony Award darling of 2013 — winner of the Best Play award — Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike has
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:14AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2015
A cherry-red pickup truck sits in a car lot. It's the prize awaiting one of 10 contestants in the likable new musical Hands on a
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