Thursday, February 15, 2018
Given its rich source material and the Alliance Theatre's ability to create stage work that can often appeal to both adults and younger audiences, the company's new version of The Jungle Boo…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 7, 2018
His plays aren't produced with much regularity these days, but novelist and playwright William Inge left behind a tremendous body of work, including Come Back, Little Sheba, Bus Stop (my per…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2018
ArtsATL theater critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer got together recently to discuss thoughts on Part Two of the new Actor's Express production of Angels in America. Here are their takea…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Sweet without being suffocating and smarter and more charming than it sounds on paper, the play Maytag Virgin proves to be a splendid vehicle for its two-person cast. Running through Februar…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM[SHARE]Kicking off the 2018 theater year with a bang is the Actor's Express' production of Tony Kushner's much lauded Angels in America, which took home virtually every award (a Tony and a Pulitzer…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 26, 2017
This was a busy year of theater, with world premieres popping up in every corner and local companies flexing their creative muscles. ArtsATL critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer saw most …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 20, 2017
That former Atlantan Lauren Gunderson has become the most produced playwright in the country is no fluke or accident. Her work is smart and accessible, with female characters who refuse to f…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 13, 2017
One of the most popular and beloved books of all time — Johanna Spyri's Heidi — has been the basis for countless television and film adaptations, but a stage version doesn't seem…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AM[SHARE]Friday, December 1, 2017
Less than a month after he and his wife Anita accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Suzi Bass Awards, Georgia Ensemble Theatre cofounder Robert (Bob) J. Farley passed away unexpecte…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Michael Stiggers never saw himself pursuing a professional career in acting, much less living in the Big Apple with a Broadway stint under his belt. But now he's doing just that. Performing …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM[SHARE]Friday, November 10, 2017
Hers was a distinctive voice, as well as one that was passionate and ground-breaking. The Atlanta theater community lost a visionary figure in September when Rebecca Ranson passed away at th…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 7, 2017
When the Suzi Bass Awards — recognizing excellence in local theater — were handed out last night, the evening's big winner was Aurora Theatre's The Bridges of Madison County, whi…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:59PM[SHARE]Friday, November 3, 2017
As The Flying Dutchman bows this week as part of The Atlanta Opera's new main-stage season, it's something of a homecoming not just for its director (Tomer Zvulun, also the company's arti…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 08:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 26, 2017
She's not the central figure in the romantic comedy Crossing Delancey, but the character of Bubbie is often the scene-stealing heart of the play. And when the role is taken on by the wonderf…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 28, 2017
As he does every Sunday, Pastor Paul (Brian Kurlander) walks to the pulpit in his church and begins a sermon, as the 14-person choir behinds him sits attentively and absorbs the message, as …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Shakespeare in Love, the Oscar-winning 1998 film, has lately been turned into a play, and it's currently making the rounds at a number of regional theaters around the country. A new producti…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AM[SHARE]Friday, September 15, 2017
As he was putting together his 25th season of programming for Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Robert Farley — the artistic director and cofounder of the Roswell-based company — came to…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 31, 2017
The fall is the most exciting time of year for Atlanta theater, and this fall has the added edge of the Alliance Theatre's nomadic season while its main theater space undergoes a complete re…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 23, 2017
In staging the classic My Fair Lady, Atlanta Lyric Theatre and director Scott Seidl have made some wise decisions — the best of which is casting Galen Crawley as its titular character.…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:02PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 9, 2017
She's well past the point of being just the pride and joy of Decatur and the Atlanta theater community. Lauren Gunderson is now the most produced playwright in the country. Although her work…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:02AM[SHARE]Friday, July 28, 2017
The irony didn't escape him. When local actor Benjamin Davis was working as an associate producer for The Last Time We Were Here — a musical written and performed by Atlanta artists Je…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Not terribly far back, summer used to be a dormant time of the year for local theater as everyone prepped for the upcoming fall season or simply took a much-needed rest. Somehow, the summer …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:01PM[SHARE]Don't feed the plants! That's the famous final warning from Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's monster hit of a campy monster-musical Little Shop of Horrors, which has had countless productions…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Many people approached the big budget film remake of Beauty and the Beast earlier this year with a wary eye, wondering why it was even necessary to re-do a classic. Some people, too, may que…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 7, 2017
In his curtain speech before his new musical The Dancing Handkerchief, The Flying Carpet Theatre Company artistic director Adam Koplan called the production — a collaboration with Thea…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 1, 2017
The restaurant kitchen of a New York eatery is not one for the faint of heart, at least not in the new drama How to Use a Knife. Will Snider's manic play, running through June 25 at Horiz…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Like many people, Brad Zimmerman moved to New York after college and turned to waiting tables to make a living. He never expected the experience to last as long as it did, however —…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 10, 2017
With some reliably talented performers in its cast, a competent, versatile director at its helm and rich material to play with, it might seem like the drama Split in Three — running th…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:02PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 19, 2017
It started off with just 13 participating schools, but it has grown to involve 75 high schools from across the state. Now in its ninth year, the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards &#…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AM[SHARE]Friday, April 14, 2017
As Paul Conroy was piecing together programming for the inaugural season of his Out Front Theatre Company — the company he founded and that is dedicated to telling stories of the LGBT …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Rachel May and her colleagues at Synchronicity Theatre didn't plan it schedule-wise, but it would be hard to imagine a more topical play than their just-opened drama Strait of Gibraltar. Wit…
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