This weekend's best bets: May 8
“Willy Wonka” and “Gutenberg! The Musical” are going, going, almost gone. Our top pick: “Mass Transit Muse” at 7 Stages. Choose wisely and beware, next weekend gets even busier.
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“Willy Wonka” and “Gutenberg! The Musical” are going, going, almost gone. Our top pick: “Mass Transit Muse” at 7 Stages. Choose wisely and beware, next weekend gets even busier.
Read MoreLast call for Out of Hand’s “Blackberry Winter” (this go-round) and Theatrical Outfit’s much-praised “Dividing the Estate.” Maurice Hines keeps on tappin’ at the Alliance, meanwhile, with the timely, truth-based “Letters to Sala” and the Atlanta Opera’s “The Barber of Seville” coming up.
Read MoreLooking to get your culture on this weekend? Here’s a place to start.
Read MoreSay hello to “Dividing the Estate” (Theatrical Outfit), “Macbeth” with Veronika Duerr (Shakespeare Tavern), “Annie” (Atlanta Lyric) and “Maurice Hines Is Tappin’ Thru Life” (Alliance). Say goodbye to “Samantha Brown” (Aurora). If you’re in a classical mood, the ASO offers short and long programs.
Read MoreTopping our list this weekend: “Great Gatsby” at GET, True Colors’ “Race,” Audra McDonald with the ASO, Atlanta Opera’s “Faust” and your last chance to see Synchronicity’s “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.” If you make Sunday plans, don’t forget we spring forward this weekend and lose an hour of sleep to gain an hour of sunlight.
Read MoreJoseph Young began playing the trumpet in the sixth grade, later trading it for a baton. On June 1 the 31-year-old becomes the Atlanta Symphony’s new assistant conductor and leader of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Read MoreIf I could see one thing this weekend … it’d be a tough call. Topping the list: “The Geller Girls” and “In Love and Warcraft,” both at the Alliance, and “Six Degrees of Separation” at Actor’s Express. If you’re looking for something achingly romantic, choose from any number of “Romeo and Juliets” (ballet, stage, modern).
Read MoreLooking for something cultural to do this weekend and beyond? Our select list of recommendations includes this Saturday’s free Talent Development Program Alumni Legacy Concert at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
Read MoreOn Jan. 4, the Talent Development Program celebrates 20 years with an Alumni Legacy Concert. This free concert will be a full immersion into one of Atlanta’s most meaningful arts education programs, one that has seen its students go on to prestigious schools of music, major orchestras and solo careers.
Read MoreGifts for the holidays hide in unexpected places. Many can be found right down the street at a museum gift shop, at the ballet or with a few clicks of a mouse. Here’s a quick rundown.
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