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“Our task as theater makers is to give the audience just enough so they can paint the rest of it with their imaginations.” With that, director David Catlin invites you to the Alliance Theatre’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” performed outdoors at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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“It’s about keeping all the stuff that everyone loves from the movie and, in order to get it onstage, give it a musical-comedy heart,” Broadway director Casey Nicholaw says of “Aladdin.” The stage version runs Sept. 12-23 at the Fox Theatre.
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“A Doll’s House, Part 2” (Actor’s Express), “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Alliance Theatre) + “The Seagull” (Serenbe Playhouse) make up the three-headed beast atop this week’s curated column. Plus. Much. More.
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Once again THE BOOK OF WILL at Theatrical Outfit; A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2, at Actor’s Express; an acrobatic MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Alliance Theatre); and THE SEAGULL (Serenbe Playhouse) top our curated list of must-sees. Note that WILL closes Sunday.
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THE SUZI BASS AWARD NOMINATIONS are out for the best of Atlanta theater in 2017/18 and Aurora Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Actor’s Express and the Alliance Theatre have much to celebrate. How many nominees did you see?
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Our top picks: “The Book of Will” (Theatrical Outfit); “A Doll’s House, Part 2” (beginning at Actor’s Express); and the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse riff on Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Last call: 2018 Essential New Play Fest and 3 other titles.
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The third Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival wraps + the new Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center sees its first dates. Show titles to check out: “Dot” (closing at True Colors); the independent “Black Bird” and “On the Third Day”; and the Essential New Play Fest.
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“The Book of Will,” by oft-produced playwright Lauren Gunderson, opens Theatrical Outfit’s 2018/19 season; Broadway great Sutton Foster helps christen the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center; and Serenbe Playhouse’s epic “Titanic” docks for good. Read more.
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Under Kenny Blank’s leadership, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival has gone from a 10-day annual event to one that’s held year-round with a 23-day showcase taking place in January-February.
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The first shows of fall offer tantalizing choices, including THE BOOK OF WILL at Theatrical Outfit; A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 at Actor’s Express; an acrobatic MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Alliance Theatre; and THE SEAGULL, lakeside at Serenbe Playhouse.
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