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 11:00AMWednesday, 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 12:55PMWednesday, 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 11:00AMWednesday, 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 05:26PMTuesday, 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 12:51PMWednesday, 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 10:15AMTuesday, 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 12:16PMWednesday, 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 02:23PMThursday, 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 09:20AMThursday, 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 01:11PMWednesday, 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 03:21PMThursday, 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 02:24PMWednesday, 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 02:12PMIt 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 10:33AMThursday, 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 01:51PMTuesday, 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 05:43PMTuesday, 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 11:04AMThursday, 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 12:43PMMonday, 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 02:16PMFriday, 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 03:26PMThursday, 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 03:00PMThursday, 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 11:14AMWednesday, 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
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:44AMMonday, May 4, 2015
She has faced demanding New York audiences and theater critics; been at the heart of a groundbreaking seventies television series; and been chased by a
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:42PMFriday, April 24, 2015
When the Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards were handed out last night at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, it was a nice night
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:56PMWednesday, April 15, 2015
A play almost worth checking out just for its sheer audacity and ambition, Grand Concourse brings together an intriguing mixture of characters and themes. Alas,
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:25PMWednesday, April 8, 2015
A dark comedy/drama laced with magical realism that straddles important themes but still manages to have a goofy, playful side, Marisol may not have the
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:52PMA Southern Gothic tale peppered with Appalachian folk music, Edward Foote has been simmering around town for a bit now with local writer/playwright Phillip DePoy
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 09:58AMFriday, April 3, 2015
It wasn’t an unprecedented event, but it was something of a rarity. Although the boards of the Woodruff Arts Center–affiliated programs — the Woodruff board
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:22PMWednesday, April 1, 2015
When Brian Clowdus takes on a directing gig, it’s a given he is going to want to shake things up and dust off any cobwebs.
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:36PMPhillip DePoy sits at Java Monkey in Decatur, a cup of coffee already in his system. It’s a bit ironic. As someone who has spent
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:29AM 
