Encore Atlanta

This weekend’s best bets: May 17
May 16, 2012
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Looking for something cultural to do this weekend and beyond? Here are Encore Atlanta’s recommendations (in alphabetical order). Pictured: LaLa Cochran and Allan Edwards as Tooty and Bubba, two of the many characters they play in "Waffle Palace" at Horizon Theatre. Copenhagen. FINAL WEEKEND. Toward the end ...

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A few words from ‘über-geek’ director
May 16, 2012
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[caption id="attachment_6807" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Pictured: Maggie McEnerny. (Photo courtesy of AtlantaTheatreFans.com.)"][/caption] "I can’t think of a way to say this without sounding like an über-geek, but the only thing I love more than atomic physics is a beautifully written play," says director Maggie McEnerny. "Copenhagen is a beautifully ...

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Play it again, Sam
May 16, 2012
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The hills will be alive with the sound of your music in June — if you visit the Fox Theatre for its Sing-Along Sound of Music, arguably the most exciting (and participatory) event in this year's Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival. The film fest is an Atlanta ...

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Musical ‘Once’ tops Tony nominees with 11
May 15, 2012
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It's awards season in the American theater and, this week, nominations were announced for the 66th annual Tony Awards, honoring excellence on Broadway. Fox Theatre regulars, take note. These are the shows likely to hit the road in the next few seasons. The awards telecast airs ...

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A ‘tree’ grows in Atlanta
May 14, 2012
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"A Flowering Tree" will be performed June 7 and 9 at Atlanta Symphony Hall. It’s springtime, and Atlanta’s streets, parks and gardens are blooming. So is Atlanta Symphony Hall, where the hauntingly beautiful opera A Flowering Tree — performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and ...

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‘Carmen’ opens Atlanta Opera’s 2012-13 season
May 12, 2012
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[caption id="attachment_6660" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A scene from the opera's 2004 "Carmen." Photo by J.D. Scott."][/caption] Although Atlanta Opera is preparing to stage Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” which plays April 28 and May 1, 4 and 6 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, it's not too soon ...

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Dream’s McCoughtry will play ball in Summer Games
May 11, 2012
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The 12 members of the  2012 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team have been named, and the team continues to compete in preparation for the Summer Games in London (July 28-Aug. 11). Eleven of the 12 play professionally in the WNBA, and most hone their games during ...

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Uncensored in the South!
May 10, 2012
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“Risky.” “Edgy.” “Nontraditional.” Atlanta’s creative scene is jam-packed with must-sees. Just when it seemed impossible to soak up all that’s wacky, weird and wonderful, the Atlanta Fringe Festival emerged. This four-day-long exhibition, which began Wednesday with a Preview Party on the Decatur Square,  joins a legion ...

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This weekend’s best bets: May 10
May 10, 2012
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Looking for something cultural to do this weekend and beyond? Here are Encore Atlanta’s recommendations (in alphabetical order) Pictured: The cast of "Xanadu" at Actor's Express (from left) Jill Hames, Christen C. Orr, Greg Bosworth, Jordan Craig, Lindsey Lamb Archer, Craig Waldrip and Marcie Millard. Atlanta ...

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This weekend’s best bets: May 3
May 3, 2012
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Looking for something cultural to do this weekend and beyond? Here are Encore Atlanta’s recommendations (in alphabetical order) Pictured: Lorilyn Harper and Curtis Krick in the Academy Theatre's "Cophenhagen."  Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Conductor Jere Flint leads the ASYO in its final concert of the season. ...

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