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This weekend's best bets: May 7

- by Kathy Janich

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!

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This weekend's best bets: April 30

- by Kathy Janich

Our top picks this week: “Blues for an Alabama Sky” at the Alliance, “Storefront Church” at Theatrical Outfit and a Michael Gandolfi world premiere at the ASO. Also worth noting: A contemporary “Antigone” by the Alliance Teen Ensemble and the new musical “Rocket Boys” at the Legacy in Tyrone.

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THIS WEEKEND'S BEST BETS: April 23

- by Kathy Janich

New this week: “Blues for an Alabama Sky” at the Alliance. This weekend only: The world premiere of “Creation/Creator” at the ASO. Last chance for “Marcus” at Actor’s Express, “Our Town” at the Shakespeare Tavern and “Grand Concourse” at Horizon Theatre.

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FULL CIRCLE

- by Kathy Janich

When the Alliance Theatre premiered “Blues for an Alabama Sky” in 1995, Phylicia Rashad played the leading role of Angel Allen, a down-on-her-luck singer. A relatively unknown Atlantan named Crystal Fox was her understudy. This go-round, Fox is front and center as Angel.

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