The magic touch
Atlanta Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” plays the Fox Theatre on Dec. 7-26. Magic comes naturally to The Nutcracker. The classic Tchaikovsky ballet, performed for more than half a century by Atlanta …
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Atlanta Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” plays the Fox Theatre on Dec. 7-26. Magic comes naturally to The Nutcracker. The classic Tchaikovsky ballet, performed for more than half a century by Atlanta …
Read MoreYou know all about the “bah, humbugs” and “God bless us, everyones.” The carols, the visitations and Scrooge’s change of heart. You might not know that A Christmas Carol has …
Read MoreSome of the most worthy projects on Atlanta theater’s buffet table this next week likely won’t make headlines. For that reason we recommend “The Exonerated” at the Alliance; “Naked City,” from the PushPush peeps at the Goat Farm; “The Theory of Everything” by the Collective Project, also at the Goat Farm; and Working Title Playwrights’ “WTP Chain Play.” Lots of holiday morsels remain as well.
Read Moreurora Theatre in Lawrenceville, and Atlanta’s big dog, the Alliance Theatre, stole the show this week as Atlanta’s professional theater community honored its own at the eighth annual Suzi Bass Awards.
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving! If you have room for culture amid the turkey and stuffing, check out “The Summer of Daisy May” at the new Marietta Theatre (for laughs) or “Wolves” at Actor’s Express (for chill bumps). The holiday show season accelerates with “Aurora’s Christmas Canteen 2012,” the Alliance’s “A Christmas Carol,” “Nuncrackers” at OnStage Atlanta and “The Santaland Diaries” at Horizon.
Read MoreMetro audiences may already be familiar with the work of choreographer Helen Pickett, whose world premieres “Petal” and “Prayer of Touch” were seen at Atlanta Ballet in recent seasons. We’ll be seeing much more of her soon; Atlanta Ballet has named her its resident choreographer.
Read MoreHave relatives in town and feel the need to get them, and yourself, out of the house? Memories of turkey and stuffing giving you that old holiday feeling?Just need something to do with the family? We’ve got just the discount ticket!
Read More“This is home. It’s the community I love. I can be myself here. I don’t want to be a household name or a Hollywood star. It’s not who I am. It’s not what I want to do. I’m going to be right here doing quality work whenever I can,” says Atlanta actor Clifton Guterman, onstage now in “Wolves” at Actor’s Express.
Read MoreIf we could see one thing this weekend, it’d be “Wolves” at Actor’s Express. Also high on the list: the ASO and Beethoven’s Fifth, “Titus Clown!” by Out of Hand Theater and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Last chance: “Two Drink Minimum” at Theatrical Outfit.
Read MoreYou’ve seen all the specialized license plates — UGA, Georgia Tech, Spelman College, spay and neuter your pets, etc., etc. Now arts lovers have a chance to get their own …
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