The littlest players
Every year, the Alliance Theatre casts several local actors, including children, to fill the many roles in A Christmas Carol. Encore Atlanta spoke with some of the youngest cast members …
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Second City extended …
It’s official. Second City: Peach Drop, Stop and Roll, now playing at the Alliance Theatre, has been extended. The cast will be performing its blend of sharp satirical comedy and …
Read MoreEncore Atlanta holiday gift guide
Wondering what to get the arts and culture lovers in your life for the holidays? Make your gift one to remember by choosing items that support your favorite Atlanta arts …
Read More'Theatre as a way to life'
Actors often think of theatre as a way of life. But Broadway legend André De Shields cautions that theatre must be used as a way to life, otherwise there’s no …
Read MoreStuck halfway
There’s a reason why kids aged 10 to 12 are known as tweens. “A middle school person is really stuck halfway in the world of the child and halfway in …
Read MoreTwyla, Second City, Mamet and Mulan …
The Alliance Theatre’s 2009-2010 season brings four world premieres and four unique musicals to Atlanta, starting with the hotly anticipated Come Fly With Me, a new creation from Twyla Tharp, based on the music of Frank Sinatra. Playing Sept. 16-Oct. 11, the theater-dance collaboration follows four couples as they fall in and out of love in the exciting blend of modern movement and classical technique Tharp has made famous…
Read MoreThe Last Cargo Cult
Cargo cult: A religious practice focused on obtaining the wealth, the power, and the goods of another culture through rituals and magical thinking. One still remains on a remote island …
Read MoreTennis in Nablus
In Palestine, 1939, allegiances and identities are never what they seem. Under British colonial rule, two nations buckle under conflicting claims to their rightful land. And as the world explodes …
Read MoreLookingglass Alice
Defy logic — and gravity — in a topsy turvy, timeless tale of a little girl who journeys through the looking glass to become a queen. Marvel as Alice floats, …
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