This week's best bets: June 2-8, 2016
If I could see anything this week, I’d revisit D.C. via Horizon Theatre’s “City of Conversation.” about you? Significant Other” at AE, perhaps? A date with the ASO?
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This week's best bets: Feb. 11-17, 2016
Run to the Alliance’s “Disgraced” (ending Sunday) and don’t let Aurora close the book on “I and You” without seeing why Decatur-born playwright Lauren Gunderson is making headlines. Plus much, much more.
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SNAPSHOT | Maria Rodriguez-Sager
Atlanta actor Maria Rodriguez-Sager, in “Grand Concourse” at Horizon Theatre, says her dream role is “anything in a Federico García Lorca play, in Spanish, and preferably at the Spanish Repertory in New York City. Learn more here.
Read MoreTHIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS: April 2
Our top pick again this week is “Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet” by Tarell Alvin McCraney, onstage at Actor’s Express through April 26. Also of note: a world premiere at Fern Theatre by Atlanta playwright Theroun D’Arcy Patterson and Theater Emory’s “Marisol,” featuring a mix of students and Atlanta pros (Danielle Deadwyler, Veronika Duerr, Brandon Connor Partrick), directed by David Crowe.
Read MoreTHIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS: March 12
This weekend’s events are happening at the Woodruff Arts Center, where the Atlanta Symphony welcomes Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter and the Alliance Theatre opens the family musical “James and the Giant Peach.”
Read MoreHigh's Shapiro leaving after 15 years
Michael E. Shapiro’s last day as director of the High Museum of Art is July 31, 2015. He time at the High saw unprecedented artistic and financial growth.
Read MoreHenson legacy expands at puppet center
The Center for Puppetry Arts is making room for more of Jim Henson’s legacy. An expansion will open sometime in 2015.
Read MoreWoodruff sells 14th Street Playhouse to SCAD
The Woodruff Arts Center has sold the 14th Street Playhouse to the Savannah College of Art and Design for $1.9 million, a portion of which will seed work by metro artists in all fields.
Read MoreExpress season features Yockey return
The 2013-14 season at Actor’s Express features “Venus in Fur” by David Ives, “Pluto” by Steve Yockey, “Six Degrees of Separation” by John Guare, “Maple and Vine” by Jordan Harrison and “The End of the Rainbow,” a play with music about Judy Garland’s final days, by Peter Quilter.
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: Feb. 14
Looking for romance, culture or both? We enthusiastically endorse Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, “Bike America” at the Alliance, “Master Harold … and the boys” at Aurora Theatre and August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” by True Colors Theatre Company.
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