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 02:21PMWednesday, 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. Performin…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PMFriday, 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 02:01PMTuesday, 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,…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:59PMFriday, 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 …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 08:59AMThursday, 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 wonde…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:00AMThursday, 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 09:02AMWednesday, 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 produc…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AMFriday, 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 02:02PMThursday, 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 …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:02AMWednesday, 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 12:02PMWednesday, 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 wo…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:02AMFriday, 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 …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:01PMWednesday, 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 01:01PMDon’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 produ…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:01AMWednesday, 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 12:59PMWednesday, 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 12:58PMThursday, 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 01:59PMWednesday, 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 01:59PMWednesday, 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 01:02PMWednesday, 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 10:59AMFriday, 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 01:01PMWednesday, 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. W…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:01AMWednesday, March 29, 2017
Never one to stage a production without imprinting his own brand of theatrical derring-do, Brian Clowdus and his Serenbe Playhouse colleagues have turned their attention to leather jackets a…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:00PMWednesday, March 15, 2017
First it was a 1992 book by (the late) Robert James Waller, then a 1995 Clint Eastwood-helmed film starring Eastwood and Meryl Streep. The latest incarnation of the romantic The Bridges of M…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:01PMWednesday, March 8, 2017
ArtsATL critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer recently saw the Alliance Theatre’s riveting world premiere drama The Temple Bombing. They share their thoughts on the production, running t…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PMFriday, February 24, 2017
He never set out to be a comic, much less a household name, but Colin Mochrie has become one of the most recognizable funnymen around, known for his spontaneous moments of genius on the long…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:59PMWednesday, February 1, 2017
Cramming more into its tiny frame than most plays ever dream of, Nick Payne’s Constellations is a heady show that explores parallel universes and themes such as choice and chance. It’s u…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:59PMWednesday, January 18, 2017
As she was working on her new show Troubadour, Janece Shaffer estimated she had room for around four songs in the piece. Yet once the playwright convinced Kristian Bush to come aboard to wri…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:59AMWednesday, January 11, 2017
ArtsATL critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer saw Atlanta playwright Topher Payne’s new comedy Greetings Friend Your Kind Assistance is Required (running through January 22) on its openi…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:59AMMonday, December 26, 2016
It was a memorable, though slightly down, year for Atlanta theater. ArtsATL theater critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer sat down recently to take a look back at some of the highs and low…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:59PM 
