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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Aurora Theatre’s Men With Money suffers from empty pockets by Kelundra Smith

It’s 1952 in Manhattan, and it’s raining men with money — unless you’re Louis (Sean Doherty), Max (Marcello Audino) and Sonny (Kenny Tran). These three pals are barely holding on to …

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Monday, March 11, 2019

Men With Money at Aurora Theatre by Kelundra Smith

  The post Men With Money at Aurora Theatre appeared first on ARTS ATL.

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Hamilton, The Band’s Visit highlight Fox Theatre season announcement by Kelundra Smith

Last week, the Fox Theatre held a special season announcement party for media, influencers and Marquee Club — all eagerly anticipating the announcement of the 2019–20 season. Speculation…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:09PM

Theater Best Bets, March 7–10 by Kelundra Smith

Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend’s best shows. Be sure to check out our metro Atlanta theater map to see a full list of performanc…

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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Theater Best Bets, February 28–March 3 by Kelundra Smith

Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their picks for the weekend’s best shows. Be sure to check out our metro Atlanta theater map to see a full list of performance venues…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:12PM
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Alliance Theatre’s Goodnight, Tyler stumbles on its own ambition by Kelundra Smith

If there were a yearbook superlative for least likely to be shot by the police, Tyler Evans (Travis Turner) would have won it. He has a college degree, his favorite food is frosted Pop-Tarts…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:54AM
Monday, February 18, 2019

Paper Doll Militia’s Warped aims to defy space and time at 7 Stages by Kelundra Smith

Out of the box, experimental and fiercely weird is the theme of 7 Stages’ 40th season. Paper Doll Militia’s Warped promises to fulfill that vision during its world premiere run Febru…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:12AM
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Theater Best Bets, February 14–17 by Kelundra Smith

Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top picks for the weekend’s best shows. Nothing says date night like an evening of theater, so whether it’s Valentine…

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The Wedding Singer at Atlanta Lyric Theatre by Kelundra Smith

The post <em>The Wedding Singer</em> at Atlanta Lyric Theatre appeared first on ARTS ATL.

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Thursday, February 7, 2019

Theater Best Bets, February 7–10 by Kelundra Smith

Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend’s best shows. Be sure to check out our metro-Atlanta theater map to see a full list of perfor…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:48PM
Friday, February 1, 2019

Hair reaches new heights in Ever After at the Alliance Theatre by Kelundra Smith

The post Hair reaches new heights in <em>Ever After</em> at the Alliance Theatre appeared first on ARTS ATL.

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Theater Best Bets, January 31–February 3 by Kelundra Smith

Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend’s best shows. This weekend, the Super Bowl takes over the city, but for those who like to hav…

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

Review: An ode to the traditional black church, “Crowns” serves up powerful mix of gospel music and “hattitude” by Kelundra Smith

Hats and religion have a complicated relationship, especially when it comes to women. They have been used as a device to impose modesty on women by keeping their heads covered, and they also…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:01PM
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Review: Horizon’s “Citizens Market” reminds us that we are a nation of immigrants by Kelundra Smith

“It seems to me that in America no one is really from here.” These words, uttered by recent Ghanaian immigrant Akosua, rendered with humor and sincerity by Jasmine Thomas, underscore Cor…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 05:50PM
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Review: Atlanta Theatre Club hits comedic stride with “A Funny Thing Happened” by Kelundra Smith

The title of the play A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City is a pretty good indication of what to exp…

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Friday, May 4, 2018

A Boom in Filming Gives Atlanta Stage Actors Room to Maneuver by Kelundra Smith

Thanks to Tyler Perry’s studio and a flurry of big-budget movie shoots, theater performers have an easier time supporting themselves.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Review: “Revolt” at 7 Stages hits (and also misses) the gender revolution of #MeToo by Kelundra Smith

What if instead of working 40 hours per week, missing time with family and losing sleep, Mondays were optional? What if marriage didn’t come with the expectation of having children? What i…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Review: Aurora’s Spanish-language comedy “El Gran Dia de la Madre” serves up the giggles by Kelundra Smith

Violeta (Irma Cristancho) hasn’t seen her daughter Cotillon (Joselin Reyes) and granddaughter Prudencia (Limara Meneses Jiménez) in years, and she is determined to make amends with her fa…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Pop-Up Magazine producer Tina Antolini talks bringing journalism to life onstage by Kelundra Smith

Eighteen months ago, Pop-Up Magazine invited Peabody Award-winning radio producer Tina Antolini to step out of the studio and go on tour telling stories in front a live audience. Pop-Up Maga…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Review: Topher Payne puts a hilarious spin on modern motherhood in “Morningside” by Kelundra Smith

Topher Payne has developed a reputation for creating insightful women characters, and a strong all-female ensemble cast illuminates his hilarious script in the world premiere of Morningside,…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Review: Aurora Theatre’s “Burnpile” is a coming-of-age story that needs sharper focus by Kelundra Smith

In the 2012 Oscar-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, screenwriter Lucy Alibar tells the story of a father and daughter who find their marginal existence living on the Louisiana bayo…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:14PM
Thursday, August 31, 2017

A Tupac Musical Gets a Second Chance by Kelundra Smith

An Atlanta theater still believes in “Holler if Ya Hear Me,” which makes use of the rapper’s songbook but stumbled on Broadway in 2014.

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Review: “Between Riverside and Crazy” at True Colors is uneven but has its meaningful moments by Kelundra Smith

“Don’t be the old black in the new white world.” These words, uttered by Detective Audrey O’Connor, hang in the air in Stephen Aldy Guirgis’ 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Betwee…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 08:59AM
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Review: Horizon’s “Blackberry Daze” is a hot, sweet summer treat of a juke joint musical by Kelundra Smith

A lot of people want Herman Camm dead, and no one can really blame them. This devil in a three-piece suit slides into Mae Lou’s bedroom just after her beloved husband dies. But, he also ha…

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Preview: Director Martin Damien Wilkins grapples with slavery and freedom in “Father Comes Home” by Kelundra Smith

If offered the opportunity to stab your master in the back, would you? Odysseus, the protagonist of Homer’s Greek epic The Odyssey, certainly would have. When a slave named Hero, however, …

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:02PM
Friday, April 21, 2017

Preview: With guitar in hand, the beloved Pete the Cat springs to life at Center for Puppetry Arts by Kelundra Smith

When 24-year-old Anna Claire Walker moved to Atlanta after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in musical theatre from Auburn University, she was determined to get involved with the city�…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:01PM
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Review: “Selma” star Tara Ochs grapples with racism and white privilege in one-woman show by Kelundra Smith

Viola Liuzzo left her husband and five children in Detroit to assist civil rights workers in Selma, Alabama, and never came back home. Liuzzo was killed on the day that would become known as…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:01PM
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Review: Weak acting fumbles the strong story in New African Grove’s “A Soldier’s Play” by Kelundra Smith

The song “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” is perhaps the quintessential representation of America’s enchantment with World War II. It evokes in the imagination parades of heroes going off to …

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:31PM

Preview: Mark Kendall takes on the experience of being black in Alliance’s “The Magic Negro” by Kelundra Smith

The Black Experience obstacle course starts at the Middle Passage and goes through the Civil Rights Movement, but, uh oh, there’s a Flavor Flav moment and the entire race is set back. Bett…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:01AM
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Review: True Colors’ “Exit Strategy” is sound and solid, but yearns for a deeper commitment by Kelundra Smith

The teacher’s lounge is traditionally a place that operates under the Vegas rule, but in Ike Holter’s play Exit Strategy, at True Colors Theatre through March 19, he takes the audience i…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PM
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Review: Alliance’s poignant “Too Heavy For Your Pocket” delivers a story for then . . . and for now by Kelundra Smith

During the summer of 1961, a few months after the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transportation violated the Constitution, hundreds of young men and women, both Black and whi…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:59AM

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