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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
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Preview: Playwright Georgina Escobar breaks down her feminist fantasia “Sweep” by Kelundra Smith

On January 21, people watched awe struck by women marching all across the world. On every continent, they marched for reproductive rights, to end genital mutilation, stand against domestic a…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:01PM
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Preview: Aurora Theatre’s “The Mountaintop,” imagines Dr. King’s final hours in Memphis by Kelundra Smith

“Make a career of humanity, commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and finer world to live in.…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:59PM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Review: Theatrical Outfit’s “Thurgood” struggles in search of Marshall’s historic persona by Kelundra Smith

When Thurgood Marshall started studying at Howard University Law School, there were 160,000 white lawyers in the United States and less than 1,000 African American ones.

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PM
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Review: True Colors’ “Smart People” uses juicy dialogue to evoke race and class by Kelundra Smith

There have been countless times when someone has told the joke about a rabbi, a priest and another random character walking into a bar. But, what about the one where an actress, a neuroscien…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:25AM
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Review: Despite awkward casting, Serenbe’s “Of Mice and Men” evokes Steinbeck’s spirit by Kelundra Smith

In a time where it seems everyone has a newsfeed, it is hard to imagine a period where living “off the fat of the land” was the American Dream. Less than a century ago, during the Great …

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:59PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Review: Full of song and sequins, “Dreamgirls” delivers a glamorous and sweetly nostalgic punch by Kelundra Smith

Whatever happened to glamour?  Glamour is different from The Fabulous Life Of television show or the product placement opportunity that red carpets have become, but

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:26PM
Friday, April 8, 2016

Preview: Playwright Lee Nowell digs beneath the headlines for “Beyond Reasonable Doubt” by Kelundra Smith

Troy Anthony Davis had three close calls with death before he was executed via lethal injection on September 21, 2011 at 11:08 p.m. The first

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:00PM
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Preview: Playwright Janine Nabers Atlanta’s child murders as catalyst in “Serial Black Face” by Kelundra Smith

Janine Nabers was studying to be an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and had an intense craving to play iconic roles in

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:00PM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Review: Playwright Lauren Gunderson reframes “herstory” in “The Revolutionists” at 7 Stages by Kelundra Smith

“Sometimes revolution needs a woman’s touch.”  Playwright Lauren Gunderson, a Decatur native, is emerging as one of the most noted feminist playwrights in the country.

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:00PM
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Review: “Black Nativity” lifts the spirit as it takes the audience to the foundation of American music by Kelundra Smith

The African-American church has served as the inspiration and foundation for American popular music and dance crazes since the 19th century.  During a traditional black

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:18PM
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Preview: Pearl Cleage’s “Tell Me My Dream” brings theatrical message to middle-school kids by Kelundra Smith

Playwright Pearl Cleage’s 13-year-old grandson was getting tired of the theater. He had seen a few too many productions of Charlotte’s Web and was outgrowing

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:42PM
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Review: Horizon’s “Informed Consent” takes on the challenges of belief, science and love by Kelundra Smith

All human DNA is 99.9 percent the same, and it is the 0.1 percent that makes everyone unique. For genetic anthropologist Jillian (Bethany Anne Lind),

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:42PM
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Q&A: Playwright Mike Lew puts humorous take on tiger parenting in Alliance world premiere by Kelundra Smith

Albert has just been passed over for a promotion at the IT company where he works and Jennifer’s freeloading boyfriend has just broken up with

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:30PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Review: “Jar the Floor” smartly chronicles the push and pull of mother-daughter relationships by Kelundra Smith

If resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die, then the four generations of women in Cheryl West’s dramatic comedy

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:12AM
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Review: Despite some hits and misses, “Memphis” finds the beat with timeliness and meaning by Kelundra Smith

It’s 1951 and Delray’s juke joint is the hottest place to be on Beale Street, where Felicia Farrell’s voice keeps the crowd swinging to rhythm

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:40PM
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Review: “Chasin’ Dem Blues” celebrates the music but glides past the devil in the details by Kelundra Smith

When most people think of the birthplace of the blues, they may think of the Mississippi Delta or Maxwell Street in Chicago, but they probably

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:26AM
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Preview: Essential Theatre’s annual festival gives voice to emerging Georgia playwrights by Kelundra Smith

What happens to people’s Facebook pages when they die, and who has the right to control that? A young woman named Lillian is confronted with

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:45PM
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Review: The Stage Door Players’ “Sylvia” is dated; finds balance through its moments of humor by Kelundra Smith

Greg and Kate’s children are in college, and their marriage and their Manhattan apartment could both use a little color. A rambunctious, shoe-chewing Labrador-Poodle mix

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:34PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Review: Original, irreverent “King of Pops” at Dad’s Garage sets Atlanta’s food truck wars to music by Kelundra Smith

An animated, giant whistling orange popsicle pops up on a screen. Lights come up and inside the offices of AIG, the 2009 banking crisis is

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:56AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Preview: Oakland Cemetery will come to life Saturday with sound art of “Cryptophonic Tour” by Kelundra Smith

Seventeen artists will take over Oakland Cemetery on Saturday and create music, sound installations and performances inspired by the musical history of one of Atlanta’s

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:22AM
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Awards a leg-up for young artists Alex Gallo Brown, Meredith Kooi, Amina McIntyre, MaryGrace Phillips by Kelundra Smith

The City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ annual Emerging Artist Awards exists to assist artists at a fragile stage of their career with

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:11PM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Preview: Teatro del Sol’s “Real Women Have Curves” celebrates Latino heritage and struggles by Kelundra Smith

Jane Fonda workout tapes, Madonna and fish nets were all the rage in 1980s Hollywood, but the scene was very different in the predominantly Latino East

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:07PM
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Preview: Stellaluna, a bat that finds its wings, makes a return flight to Puppetry Arts Center by Kelundra Smith

Stellaluna always wondered why she did not like eating bugs and preferred to sleep hanging upside down. Her mother and siblings love eating worms and

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:22PM

Maker’s Dozen: Actress, performance artist Danielle Deadwyler thrives on the fringe by Kelundra Smith

It is opening night for the Alliance Theatre’s The C.A. Lyons Project. The stage is pitch black. Then, a bright white spotlight illuminates Danielle Deadwyler

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:37AM
Friday, February 20, 2015

News: Oglethorpe’s Conant Performing Arts Center partners with local theaters   by Kelundra Smith

Oglethorpe University has partnered with three Atlanta arts organizations — Alliance Theatre, Horizon Theatre Company and Capitol City Opera Company — to present performances and

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:08AM
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Preview: Eyedrum’s “Premier Premiere” launches movement series in new space by Kelundra Smith

“I don’t like the idea of supporting the arts,” says Priscilla Smith, executive director of Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery. “I like the idea of

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:30PM
Monday, February 9, 2015

Preview: Playwright Dominique Morisseau calls “Detroit 67″ a love song to her iconic hometown by Kelundra Smith

When Detroit native Dominique Morisseau wrote Detroit 67, she sought to humanize history by telling the stories of her family and community using the colloquialisms

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:20PM
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Preview: Rain Pryor talks growing up with Jewish mom, iconic father in “Fried Chicken and Latkes” by Kelundra Smith

“Truth. Be who you say you are, and show up in the world as that.” This is the most important lesson actress, comedian and singer

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:39AM
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Preview: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni questions race and identity in “One Drop of Love” by Kelundra Smith

As an MFA candidate in the Television, Film and Theatre program at California State University, Los Angeles, Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni originally set out to make

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:56PM
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

#Trayvon: Protest silence. Protest absence. Tell the stories that go untold by Kelundra Smith

(Ed. Note: The following blog salon series will focus on how theatre artists are responding to Trayvon Martin’s death, the trial and verdict, and the subsequent cultural response to those …

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:57PM

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