THIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS | Aug. 20
Weird Sisters’ “Hot Pink” opens. “Motown” at the Fox and the 2015 Essential Theatre Festival close and “Memphis” rolls at Aurora Theatre. See a show!
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Weird Sisters’ “Hot Pink” opens. “Motown” at the Fox and the 2015 Essential Theatre Festival close and “Memphis” rolls at Aurora Theatre. See a show!
Read MoreNew this week: “The Whale” at Actor’s Express and “Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike” at Horizon Theatre. Don’t miss “Hands on a Hardbody” at Aurora and “XPT” at the Center for Puppetry Arts. This weekend only: Atlanta Ballet creates “MAYhem.”
Read MoreOur top theater picks: “Edward Foote” at the Alliance, “Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet” at Actor’s Express and “Storefront Church” at Theatrical Outfit. The ASO digs into soul and Atlanta Ballet goes modern.
Read MoreOur top pick is the world premiere of Atlanta Ballet’s “Camino Real” — four performances only — at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. It’s created by Atlanta Ballet resident choreographer Helen Pickett and based on the Tennessee Williams’ play from 1953. Also: Check out what’s happening at Synchronicity, Aris and Ballethnic Dance Company.
Read MoreJoin Encore Atlanta at 11 a.m. Thursday for a live video chat with Atlanta Ballet choreographer Helen Pickett. Her brand-new “Camino Real,” a world premiere, debuts this weekend.
Read MoreKilroy is coming … are you? Join Atlanta Ballet for the world premiere of Camino Real, a full-evening piece inspired by Tennessee Williams’ 1953 play and told from the perspective …
Read MoreThis 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 MoreLast call for “Silent Sky” at Theatrical Outfit as well as “The C.A. Lyons Project (Alliance), “Detroit ’67” (True Colors), “Rigoletto” (Atlanta Opera), StinkyKids the Musical (Synchronicity), the national tour of “Wicked” at the Fox and the Center for Puppetry Arts’ “Anne Frank: Without and Within.”
Read MoreThe winter season is definitely in full swing. New this weekend: “4000 Miles” at Aurora Theatre, “Detroit ’67” at True Colors, “Silent Sky” at Theatrical Outfit and “StinkyKids the Musical” at Synchronicity Theatre. At the Alliance this year’s Kendeda winner, “The C.A. Lyons Project,” begins previews and “Tuck Everlasting” continues its world premiere run.
Read MoreSay hello to “fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life” at 7 Stages; Theatre du Reve’s “Jane, the Fox, and Me”; and Atlanta Ballet’s “Roméo et Juliette.” Say goodbye to “Private Lives” at Stage Door Players, which closes Sunday.
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