Theater, music and dance are all in the picture, with entries from the ASO’s Robert Spano and glo ATL. Among our top picks: “In the Heights,” the Aurora/Theatrical Outfit co-pro that’s in its final days at Aurora, with Diego Klock-Perez (as Usnavi, left) and Garrett Turner (as Benny). Photo by Chris Bartelski
Recommended
Company. THROUGH SEPT. 11. Only two weeks left in the first show of Actor’s Express‘ 29th season. This 1971 Tony Award-winning Stephen Sondheim hit, which changed the Broadway landscape forever, features a single New Yorker, about to turn 35, confronting bachelorhood in a series of funny-sad-awkward vignettes with his meddling married friends. The ensemble is strong, with nimble movement and powerhouse vocals. Note: Jessica Miesel (the hilariously manic Amy) plays the role through Aug. 28, returning Sept. 9-11. Abby Nicole Holland plays Amy in her absence. $28 + up. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 2 + 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. 887 W. Marietta St. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.607.7469. Discount tickets at PoshDealz.com.
[VIDEO: SCENES FROM ACTOR’S EXPRESS’ ”COMPANY”]
The Prom. IN PREVIEWS | OPENS SEPT. 7. World premiere. It might be foolish to recommend a brand-new show sight unseen, but that’s what we’re doing. Director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw’s last Alliance Theatre effort (Tuck Everlasting) didn’t last long on Broadway, but his record (The Drowsy Chaperone, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon, Something Rotten!) speaks for itself. This Broadway-bound musical tells the story of a lesbian couple, a canceled high-school prom and a group of aging Broadway celebs who drop in to … help. Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) leads the cast. $20-$65. Through Sept. 25. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; and 2:30 + 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Alliance mainstage, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.733.5000. Discount tickets at PoshDealz.com.
[VIDEO: THE “PROM” CAST REHEARSES “YOU HAPPENED”]
Last chance
In the Heights. THROUGH AUG. 28. If you don’t have tickets to see this Tony Award-winning musical by now, you’ll have to wait until September when the cast moves in-town with Theatrical Outfit, now that the remaining Aurora Theatre shows have sold out. The 2007 Tony champ, the first Broadway show written by Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda, happens in New York City’s Washington Heights, where the neighborhood bodega serves coffee light and sweet, the windows are always open and change is in the air. 8 tonight-Friday; 2:30 + 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville. Free, covered, attached parking in city of Lawrenceville deck at 153 E. Crogan St. Details HERE or at 678.226.6222. The Outfit run is Sept. 8-18 at Georgia State’s Rialto Center for the Arts in downtown Atlanta. Discount tickets at PoshDealz.com.
Still playing
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). THROUGH SEPT. 4. If you like your Shakespeare in mass quantities and performed at a breakneck pace, this three-person wind sprint is for you. Othello goes hip-hop, Titus Andronicus gets a cooking show and the history plays become a football game. All 37 plays in the bard’s canon are covered, plus 157 sonnets. The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse cast: Jeremiah Parker Hobbs, Adam King and Vinnie Mascola. Pub food and drink available. $15-$39. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 6:30 p.m. Sunday. 499 Peachtree St. NE. Directions and parking HERE. Tickets, details HERE or at 404.874.5299.
Old MacDonald’s Farm. THROUGH SEPT. 11. A Theater for the Very Young production at the Center for Puppetry Arts (best for ages 2+). This interactive show takes in a day in the life of a farm, with more than a dozen animal puppets and two farmhand-puppeteers. $20.50. 10 + 11:30 a.m. Thursday-Friday; 11 a.m., 1 + 3 p.m. Saturday; and 1 + 3 p.m. Sunday. 1404 Spring St. NW. Details, tickets HERE.
Shrek the Musical. THROUGH SEPT. 4. This 2008 Broadway musical believes beauty is in the eye of the, uh, ogre. If you agree, take a trek with Shrek (a big, green ogre), Princess Fiona, sidekick Donkey and Atlanta Lyric Theatre on a search for home as well as peace and quiet. Randi Garza (Serenbe Playhouse’s Evita) is Princess Fiona. $33-$58. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Jennie T. Anderson Theatre (Cobb Civic Center Complex), 548 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta. Details, tickets HERE or at 303.377.9948.
Coming up
Art. SEPT. 8-11. Part of Serenbe Playhouse‘s Intimate Indoors series. The venue makes the case for seeing this 1998 Tony Award-winning three-hander by Yasmina Reza. Art and friendship duke it out when one among a trio of pals purchases an all-white canvas. Serenbe, which normally performs outdoors in Chattahoochee Hills, tucks this second show of its indoor series into the Atlanta Contemporary in West Midtown. The cast: Adam Fristoe, Daniel Parvis and Daviorr Snipes. $25. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. 535 Means St. NW. Details, tickets HERE or at 770.463.1110.
cloth {field}. SEPT. 7-11. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director Robert Spano and glo Atlanta dance-maker Lauri Stallings collaborate for a third time, combining new music with contemporary dance. This time they expand cloth, first written by Spano for glo in 2014. $25; $50 special reserved, plus fees. 8:35 nightly. Goodson Yard Factory Space at the Goat Farm Arts Center, 1200 Foster St. in West Midtown. Details HERE. Tickets HERE.
The Threepenny Opera. SEPT. 9-25. A raw musical about power, sex and the evil things one must do to stay alive in a corrupt world. The score includes the iconic “Mack the Knife” along with “Pirate Jenny” and “How to Survive.” Threepenny draws its inspiration from German expressionism cinema and dates to 1928, when playwright Bertolt Brecht (book and lyrics) and composer Kurt Weill were at their peak. Associate artistic director Michael Haverty directs this 38th season opener at 7 Stages. Expect live musicians and a dark, twisty tale. $22.50 + up. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. 1105 Euclid Ave. NE. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.523.7647.
