ADDICT. ALCOHOLIC. JAZZ GENIUS.
Atlanta Opera’s YARDBIRD tells Charlie Parker’s life-and-death tale as a ghost story wrapped in America’s music, opioid crisis and racial inequities.
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BEST BETS | June 14-20, 2018
Topping this week’s curated Best Bets column: “The Color Purple” (opening at Actor’s Express), “Sweeney Todd” (heading into its final weekend at The Atlanta Opera) and “The Taming” (still championing America and satire at Synchronicity Theatre). Plus. Much. More.
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BEST BETS | June 7-13, 2018
This weekend’s Atlanta Fringe Festival, Theatrical Outfit’s “110 in the Shade,” Synchronicity’s “The Taming,” “Hamilton’s” last hurrah and the final concert of the Atlanta Symphony’s 2017/18 classical season top this week’s curated BEST BETS column.
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12-day fete inaugurates Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center
Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, a brand-new facility with two stages, opens its inaugural season in August with a 12-day celebration featuring 8 events. It will light up with theater, dance, classical music, jazz, comedy, speakers and screenings more than 70 times in its first 15 months.
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BEST BETS | May 31-June 6, 2018
Leading this week’s curated BEST BETS column: “110 in the Shade” (opening at Theatrical Outfit), Lauren Gunderson’s “The Taming” (opening at Synchronicity Theatre), the final weekend of “Vertical” (Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre) and the ongoing national tour of a little showed called “Hamilton.”
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SWING YOUR RAZOR HIGH, SWEENEY!
“Sweeney Todd,” Stephen Sondheim’s masterwork, is an entertainment with a dark soul that dances on the precipice between opera and musical theater. See it at The Atlanta Opera.
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BEST BETS | May 24-30, 2018
HAMILTON is still here (lottery ticket details below), Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre opens a world premiere and both top this week’s curated BEST BETS column. See, too, what’s happening at Horizon Theatre, the Make Mom Proud Project + the Shakespeare Tavern. Next week: 2 openings + the ASO returns.
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BEST BETS | May 3-9, 2018
It’s new, it’s curated and it’s here. BEST BETS this week recommends the world premieres of “The Flower Room” (Actor’s Express) and “Ripe Frenzy” (closing Sunday at Synchronicity), 7 Stages’ timely “Revolt” and “Candide,” opening in concert with the Alliance Theatre and ASO.
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BEST BETS | April 26-May 2, 2018
Topping this week’s curated BEST BETS column are the world premieres of “The Flower Room” at Actor’s Express and “Ripe Frenzy” at Synchronicity, plus 7 Stages’ timely “Revolt” and The Atlanta Opera’s “Carmen.” Plus. Much. More.
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IN ‘CARMEN,’ THREE’S A CROWD
Three’s a crowd in Bizet’s popular “Carmen,” which remains as tantalizing and provocative as the deadly love triangle it features, first staged almost a century and a half ago. See it April 28-May 6 at The Atlanta Opera.
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