This weekend's best bets: April 4
Your choices, among many others, include “The Cherry Orchard” at Theater Emory, “Equus” at Actor’s Express and the rousing “Petite Rouge” by Synchronicity Theatre.
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Your choices, among many others, include “The Cherry Orchard” at Theater Emory, “Equus” at Actor’s Express and the rousing “Petite Rouge” by Synchronicity Theatre.
Read More“I love that theater gives us the opportunity to connect with people, with the audience, with other performers. I take it as my own kind of ministry. I see it as something I was meant to do.”
Read MoreTheater of the Stars 61st season will feature “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” “Cats,” “Dreamgirls,” “Anything Goes,” “The Little Mermaid” and “Stomp.”
Read MoreIf we could see anything this weekend, it would be the return of Synchronicity’s smart, vibrant “Petite Rouge,” which is good for all ages, and a lesson in harmony with “The Fabulous Lipitones” at Theatrical Outfit. Use our guide to make your picks for best bets.
Read MoreTheater “really allowed me to figure out who I was as a person and who I wanted to be.” says Caitlin Smith, who can be seen as Kitty in “A Drowsy Chaperone” at Aurora Theatre through Aug. 14.
Read MoreIt’s a big dance weekend, with new work by Atlanta Ballet and Tanz Farm/gloATL but also the return of Ballethnic’s “Leopard Tale.” Also: “Equus” opens at Actor’s Express and “The Whipping Man” continues to crackle at the Alliance.
Read MoreIf we could see any show this weekend, it’d be “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a quintessentially great musical comedy, at Aurora Theatre. Also: It’s your last chance for “Angry Fags,” a world premiere at 7 Stages, and your only weekend to catch the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Capital City Opera’s timely, topical “Secret Agent.”
Read MoreOur don’t-miss events this weekend include “Master Harold” at Aurora, “The Odd Couple” at Fabrefaction and “Romeo and Juliet” at the Shakespeare Tavern — see them before they close. Atlanta Opera opens “La traviata,” and you have just once chance to take FAMILIES Centerstage at the Woodruff as well as Bach’s “Mass,” and Steve Martin with the ASO.
Read MoreLooking for romance, culture or both? We enthusiastically endorse Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, “Bike America” at the Alliance, “Master Harold … and the boys” at Aurora Theatre and August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” by True Colors Theatre Company.
Read MoreIf we could send you anywhere, it’d be an Alliance weekend. The brand-new “Bike America” is wickedly funny and smart, and David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” is the kind of great American play you shouldn’t miss. Theater, symphony, ballet … where are you headed?
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