BEST BETS | May 11-17, 2017
The Pulitzer-nominated “Father Comes Home” opens (Actor’s Express); “Split in Three” continues (Aurora); and 13 Atlanta Ballet dancers say goodbye.
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BEST BETS | March 23-29, 2017
Still our top pick: “White Woman in Progress,” (7 Stages world premiere). Opening this week: “Don Pasquale” (Atlanta Opera), “Grease” (Serenbe), “The Magic Negro” (Alliance), “Simply Simone” (Outfit).
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BEST BETS | March 16-22, 2017
Opening Friday & highly recommended: Tara Ochs’ “White Woman in Progress” (7 Stages). Closing: “Exit Strategy” (True Colors).
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Baltimore native named new ASO assistant conductor-youth director
Stephen Mulligan, most recently with the Winston-Salem Symphony, joins the Atlanta Symphony for the 2017/18 season.
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BEST BETS | Nov. 3-9, 2016
The best of the best: “Appropriate” (Actor’s Express), “Proof” (True Colors), ASO’s journeys to the sea, Atlanta Opera’s “Silent Night.”
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This week’s best bets: Nov. 12-18, 2015
Our top picks this week: “Fetch Clay, Make Man” at True Colors, playwright Steve Yockey’s double bill at Actor’s Express — “The Thrush & the Woodpecker,” in its final weekend, and “Blackberry Winter” — and Atlanta Opera’s “Soldier Songs.”
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: May 7
Last call for the Alliance’s “Blues for an Alabama Sky” and its Team Ensemble’s updated “Antigone,” 7 Stages’ experiential “The Breakers” at the Goat Farm and the national tour of “Pippin” at the Fox. Openings: Rising Sage’s “Crazyanity” and the musical “Hands on a Hardbody” at Aurora. Have fun!
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: June 12
It’s an embarrassment of riches. Welcome Weird Sisters’ “Criminal Hearts,” Serenbe’s “Ten Mile Lake” and Georgia Shakespeare’s indoor version of “As You Like It,” which are opening. Say goodbye to “End of the Rainbow” at Actor’s Express, Arís Theatre’s “New Electric Ballroom” and the Fringe Fest, which are closing. PLUS MORE!
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: March 13
This weekend needs more than 2 days and 3 nights. There’s so much to see and so little time. Highly recommended: “The Tall Girls” (Alliance), “Race” (True Colors) and “The Great Gatsby” (Georgia Ensemble), plus a whole lot more.
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: Dec. 12
If you’re not in the holiday spirit, hold on, 7 Stages “Krampus Xmas” is coming! Until then, give into the merriment of holiday shows and a few choices that are season neutral: Synchronicity’s “Peter Pan & Wendy” and Ballethnic’s “Elevate Remix.” Both will have you flying.
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