Energy of the Stage
This piece appears in the Alliance’s Under the Tent series edition of Encore. Songwriter Eugene Russell IV reflects on the experience of setting Beautiful Blackbird to music at the Alliance Theatre …
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As the beloved Atlanta tradition of A Christmas Carol kicks off this season, it’s a much-needed glint of normalcy. But nothing’s normal at all, is it? As the self-aware performers …
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by Sally Henry Fuller and Ashley Elliott When Terry Burrell is asked how she feels about A Very Terry Christmas, the first thing she says is, “Gratitude. Tremendous, tremendous gratitude.” A seasoned Atlanta and Broadway …
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Mo Willems–the best-selling children’s book author, illustrator, and creator–is doing his part to entertain children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The creator of the Alliance Theatre’s Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: …
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Photos: A’riel Tinter Director Leora Morris (Ride the Cyclone, Winnie the Pooh) knows Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience is more than a story about some obscure rodents. …
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Photo by Greg Mooney Playwright Will Power wonders, “This time that we live in right now has really made me think about big questions of virtue and evil, selfishness and …
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Story by: Elliott FoldsGraphic by: Reina McLaughlin Shakespeare’s Richard III, which provides the basis for Seize the King, is a fictionalization of the ascendancy of the historical King Richard III …
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The creators and director of the Alliance Theatre musical “Ever After” put their faith in a modern Cinderella-like heroine who can take care of herself. See it Jan. 15-Feb. 17.
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Rosemary Newcott, directing her last “A Christmas Carol” as an Alliance Theatre staff member, reflects on her life in the theater. And she’s not done yet.
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“Knead,” says playwright-actor Mary Lynn Owen, has gone through a “gazillion trillion” rewrites. “At one time it was a cooking show gone wrong. Finding the immediacy of the play has been a firsthand education in ‘why plays are plays.’ You’d think I’d have picked this up by now!”
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