In his latest work, transgender artist Sean Dorsey gives voice to longtime survivors of the earliest part of the AIDS epidemic, the gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans
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
The David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund has committed to a $25,000 grant for ArtsATL to go towards its forthcoming website redesign and rebrand. This
Actor Roger Guenveur Smith never met Rodney King, the construction worker who, in 1991, was beaten by white police officers in Los Angeles — officers
Charley’s Aunt is more than 120 years old, and it’s fair to say that the old girl is starting to show her age. The farce,
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
Terry Kearns, a.k.a. Architecture Tourist, is the bard of the art community. Always smiling, Zelig-like in his crewneck-sweatered ubiquity, he is the one shooting photos at
Hello and happy 2016! My name is Laura Relyea, and I'm overjoyed and honored to be the new Executive Editor of ArtsATL. At the inception
While there was plenty to like about this year's offerings in Atlanta theater, many that didn't rise to the occasion. It felt as though the
Elizabeth Jarrett and Kris Pilcher stand in a cavernous, 70-foot-long room of a run-down 100-year-old building in South Downtown. Today it is pitch black (electricity
In some cities The Nutcracker tastes like stale fruitcake: a necessary holiday staple endured for the sake of tradition. Thankfully, Atlanta can breathe a peppermint-scented
Dear readers, ArtsATL would like to help you spread good cheer this season. We are $4,520 from reaching our $30,000 goal, and would most appreciate
If walls could talk, the ones at Manuel's Tavern probably wouldn't shut up. The venerable watering hole at the corner of North and North Highland
Kevin (Ben Silver) and Allie (Emily Sams) are in a hospital waiting room on Christmas Day quietly awaiting the birth of their soon-to-be-adopted son. They
The Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, an initiative of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, celebrated its 20th annual grant recipients at its annual luncheon on
Let's give a big hallelujah for Lavonia Elberton. Artist Jared Dawson's drag persona is a new-age guru in The Church of Lavonia Elberton, bringing spiritual
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
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
The Center for Puppetry Arts recently opened its colorful new Worlds of Puppetry Museum. A much-expanded and rethought iteration of its original museum, the $14-million,
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,
The board of the Arts Exchange has announced that the nonprofit has decided to sell its Grant Park property and move next year into a yet-to-be-determined
In the opening scene of Brothers of Affliction, the two eldest Owens brothers enter supporting the third, badly beaten and semiconscious, in their arms. Shane
(Editor's note: As East Point's Ballethnic Dance Company celebrates its 25th year and prepares for its annual production of the Urban Nutcracker November 19-22, Cynthia
The ArtsATL board is pleased to announce the selection of Laura Relyea to succeed Catherine Fox as executive editor on January 1, 2016. One of
On Wednesday night, the Atlanta Opera presented the first of four performances of David T. Little’s one-act opera Soldier Songs at Georgia State University’s Rialto Center …