Energy of the Stage
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra begins its 69th season this weekend, which also sees the openings of “Milvotchkee, Visconsin” (a world premiere at Synchronicity) and “The Navigator” (a 7 Stages production at the Goat Farm Arts Center). Continuing at the Alliance is “Choir Boy” by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who just this week won a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant. Have fun!
Read MorePlaywright Tarell Alvin McCraney, whose coming-of-age drama “Choir Boy” continues through Oct. 13 at the Alliance Theatre, has been named one of 24 MacArthur “Genius” Award winners.
Read More“AbFab’s”Joanna Lumley is nominally in pursuit of the beautiful and mysterious Nile in this DVD travelogue but manages to uncover the beauty of everyone she meets, whether they’re showing how they survived a crocodile attack, explaining their nomadic existence or practicing their catwalk for Sudan’s first postwar beauty pageant.
Read MoreStorytelling, organic gardening and live music are just the beginning of the Atlanta History Center’s annual Fall Folklife Festival this Saturday.
Read MoreClassical crossover singer Sarah Brightman calls her upcoming space flight “the greatest adventure I can imagine.”
Read MoreMeet Molly. She has a hole in her head. Find out what she plans to do about it in Milvotchkee, Visconsin, a comedy about a tragedy receiving its world …
Read MoreThe next beneficiaries of Fox Theatre Institute renovation funds: Atlanta’s Plaza Theatre and the art deco President Theatre in Manchester.
Read MoreTruth be told, there is so much good stuff to choose from only the most dedicated arts lovers and theatergoers will persevere and see it all. At the top of our list: “Choir Boy” at the Alliance, “Venus in Fur” at Actor’s Express, “The Guys” at Theatrical Outfit — and this weekend only “Four Days of Fury” at the Atlanta History Center. Enjoy!
Read MoreGeorgia Ensemble Theatre opens its 21st season with a celebration of John Denver music, the upbeat, sunshine-y songs that kept many of us singing in the 1960s and ’70s. …
Read MoreAurora Swing Nights begins another season of crowd-pleasing concerts with a musical journey to the exotic Andes mountains of Peru with the band Apu Inka. The group, founded by Peru-bred, …
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