TONI STONE Feature: A Story That Must Be Told
Award-winning playwright Lydia R. Diamond recalls how she came to shed light on an icon of professional baseball If there’s one avenue that can link the often polar opposite worlds …
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TOOTSIE Feature: A New Tootsie for a New Tour
Drew Becker on His Journey From Seeing Tootsie on Broadway to Leading the National Tour When performance venues closed abruptly in 2020, Drew Becker faced the challenge many actors faced …
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Alliance Feature: Atlanta, in Our Own Words
Essential workers of our city tell their own stories in Working at the Alliance Theatre In this version of Working by Stephen Schwartz, the Broadway writer has collaborated with director/co-adaptor …
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Feature: The Color of Rhythm in the Air
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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The sound of healing: Bringing Atlanta together through Scrooge’s redemptive tale
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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Pivoting from Stage to Screen: Terry Burrell on Alliance, Acting, and Atlanta
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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Wiggling their way into children’s hearts
The Wiggles will bring their signature kid-oriented, high-energy personality to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in August. The toughest audience in the world isn’t one filled with New York …
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It’s a Bow-WOW Summer
Empty your head and walk around the block. Take delight in the unexpected. Choose to be curious, forever open to possibilities. Don’t fret so much if you don’t know something; it might be better to jump in not knowing everything. Find your way by working hard. Believe that you can do something and you probably can — and will!
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‘Cyclone’ Rides Again
The Saint Cassian Chamber Choir visits Atlanta Story by Julie Bookman | Photos by A’riel Tinter The very premise of Ride the Cyclone, which launched a decade ago in a …
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Dear Evan Hansen, Thanks for Finding Us.
Dear Evan Hansen, Thanks for Finding Us. We’ve Been Waiting for a Musical Like You. Story by Susanna Schrobsdorff | Photos by Matthew Murphy Feature Photo: Christiane Noll as “Cynthia …
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