Mary Lennox, the heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s so-very-English children’s novel The Secret Garden, stomps and squishes her way through the Georgia mud in an
Blanche DuBois famously arrives on stage along with her trunk, a potent indicator of the character’s unfixed, desperate situation. Appropriately enough, in a capable production
We never learn the exact weight of Charlie, the main character of Samuel D. Hunter’s award-winning 2013 drama The Whale, a role being taken on
ArtsATL “30 under 30″ playwright Paris Crayton IIIÂ originally made his mark in Atlanta with hard-hitting dramas like Brothers of Affliction, The Best Game and Chainz/Broken,
To say that “Die, Mommie, Die!” is a play about Angela Arden and her problems is something of an understatement. Ms. Arden doesn’t just face
The Alliance Theatre gives Pearl Cleage’s 1995 play Blues for an Alabama Sky a charming and compelling revival on the 20th anniversary of its premiere. There’s
Even from the opening toast, it’s clear that things aren’t going well for Eliot (Kevin Stillwell) and his wife Alice (Angèle Masters) as they welcome
Storefront Church is the third play in John Patrick Shanley’s lugubriously named Church and State trilogy, only the first of which, Doubt — which won
Watching A Christmas Carol at the Alliance Theatre for the first time can be an emotional experience for just about anyone, but for dancer Noelle Kayser
The Explorers Club is a new comedy that aims low and misses. Despite having a cast made up of some of Atlanta’s finest talent, the
Marcus has a secret, or rather he thinks he does. Nearly everyone around him has begun to suspect that he’s gay, or “sweet” in the
The Alliance Theatre announced its 2015-16 season this week, a line-up that includes five world premieres, a gospel musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama and a
“In any collaboration I like to go all-in and really immerse myself in the collaborator’s work,” says choreographer Jonah Bokaer. His eight-year working history with
If you haven’t been a big theatergoer lately, Theatrical Outfit’s new production Silent Sky, onstage through March 8, could act as a simple reminder of
Detroit in 1967 was famous for its Motown music (nearly every single the legendary label released that year became a nationwide hit) even as it
Easily the best thing showing on stage or screen in Atlanta this weekend, Atlanta Ballet’s production of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Romeo et Juliette is currently making
The “Tuck” in the title Tuck Everlasting is the name of a family — the Tucks: mother, father and two sons — and they are
Papi’s dead, who’s got the chai? That’s something of the set-up behind the new comedy Bad Jews at Actor’s Express through February 22 as three
Natasha Trethewey’s 2006 Pulitzer Prize"winning collection Native Guard is inarguably great poetry, but can it make great theater? The world premiere production of Native Guard
Synchronicity Theatre opens its new home with a new play, Lasso of Truth. Though it was founded back in 1997, the company previously produced its five-play
The title may seem like a clue, but we never actually find out the name of the city where the characters in Lisa D’Amour’s award-winning