Alliance, Serenbe listed among Playbill’s Top 20 regional theaters
The 20 are divided into four categories: stalwarts, Broadway incubators, innovators and those that foster new work. The list encompasses 14 cities in nine states.
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This week's best bets: Nov. 6
Topping our list this week: Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s acclaimed “Elephant Man”; “Murder Ballad, opening this weekend at Actor’s Express; and “Madama Butterfly,” the season opener at The Atlanta Opera.
Read MoreThis week's best bets: Oct. 30
Get your culture on! Our recommendations include the August Wilson bio at True Colors, Out of Hand’s cwazy wabbit show, Theatrical Outfit’s “My Children! My Africa!” and, “beginning” Wednesday, the highly anticipated “Murder Ballad” at Actor’s Express.
Read More'Cats,' 'Chicago' and 'Catch' to prowl Lyric stage
Atlanta Lyric Theatre’s five-show 2014-15 season begins with “Cats” in August, and includes “Chicago,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Damn Yankees” and “Barnum.”
Read MoreBeyond CNN, Coca-Cola and Braves jokes
Last summer, Second City Chicago writer Seth Weitberg and head writer/director Matt Hovde were on a mission: Find out what’s funny about Atlanta so they could create a show for …
Read MoreGetting away with murder: Bianca Marroquín shines as Roxie Hart
Performing in a musical requires so much more than hitting the right notes, projecting your voice and dancing in step. The actor’s goal is to transcend the learned pattern of …
Read MoreRingmaster
Pop culture icon, former mayor of Cincinnati, and sometimes controversial purveyor of tabloid life, Jerry Springer is again centerstage in the hit musical Chicago. He’s already wowed television audiences with …
Read MoreCommunity events at The Alliance
Last month, I went to The Alliance Theatre to interview Artistic Director Susan Booth about what it was like to see The Color Purple return to Atlanta.
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