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Atlanta Opera’s 2014-15 season opens with a “Choral Silver Celebration” marked Chorus Master Walter Huff’s anniversary, and includes “Madama Butterfly,” “Rigoletto,” “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Three Decembers.”
Read MoreIf I could see one thing this weekend … it’d be a tough call. Topping the list: “The Geller Girls” and “In Love and Warcraft,” both at the Alliance, and “Six Degrees of Separation” at Actor’s Express. If you’re looking for something achingly romantic, choose from any number of “Romeo and Juliets” (ballet, stage, modern).
Read MoreThis year’s Atlanta Francophonie Festival — March 14-20 — hooks up with Théâtre du Rêve’s Nearly New Festival to feature nine play readings with themes as varied and current as bullying and our obsession with Facebook.
Read MoreAtlanta’s theater-dance-spoken word scene will burn this summer with the third annual Atlanta Fringe Festival, running June 5-8. Shows, chosen by the luck of a lottery draw, will play for a total of 110 live performances in four days.
Read MoreThe Center for Puppetry Arts is making room for more of Jim Henson’s legacy. An expansion will open sometime in 2015.
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“A lot of people who have seen other dance companies, and have never seen our show, tell me that when they come for Alvin Ailey, they’re taken aback, wowed by the energy,” says dancer Rachel McLaren. “It’s like they leave the theater with rosy cheeks, they’re so exhilarated.”
Read MoreBecause of this week’s weather “event,” please check with your venue before venturing out. When you do, you’ll find more great choices than you can squeeze into a week, let alone a weekend. A partial list: “The Geller Girls” and “In Love and War” at the Alliance; “Lombardi” at Aurora; “Six Degrees of Separation” at Actor’s Express; plus the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and Theater Emory’s Brave New Works. Oh, what fun!
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As she does in “In Love and Warcraft,” playwright Madhuri Shekar writes about couplings. Love stories. Dysfunctional love stories. People who are figuring out how to make their relationships work. Performances begin Jan. 31 at the Alliance Theatre.
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Tumblers, jugglers, newsies and dirty dancing will fill the Fox Theatre stage during Broadway in Atlanta’s 2014-15 season, with “Pippin” and “Newsies” topping the typical mix of old and new.
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Playwright Janece Shaffer on Atlanta, the 1895 Cotton States Exposition and “The Geller Girls,” her latest world premiere at the Alliance Theatre: “We were passionate. It was this really shining example of what this city could be at one moment in time.”
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