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“Christmas Canteen” (Aurora), “Miss Bennet” (Theatrical Outfit) and the one-actor “Knead” (Alliance) still top our list. Consider, too, “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” at the Fox Theatre + Aurora’s one-actor “This Wonderful Life,” a riff on the popular movie.
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The outlook turns tinselly with holiday shows filling the calendar. Our top picks: “Christmas Canteen” (Aurora Theatre); “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” (Theatrical Outfit); and especially “Knead” (at the Alliance through Dec. 9).
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It’s all about openings in this week’s curated column, including the Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival; the East by Southeast Festival for Asian-American Voices; the award-winning “Blackbird”; + the world premieres of “On the Third Day” and “Woke.”
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Improv artist/actor Mark Kendall shines a light on the ‘Magic Negro’ stereotype. He’s going for laughs, of course, and something more.
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Holiday choices are as deep as a New England snowfall. Or try “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” (Synchronicity).
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Atlanta Opera opens its season. We get an all-female “As You Like It.” “Anne Boleyn” is still losing her head at Synchronicity and, in “Freed Spirits” (Horizon), wild things are happening. Read on.
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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 MoreThe Alliance Theatre’s 47th season features 12 productions on two stages, a musical by gospel artist BeBe Winans and the regional premiere of Ayad Ahktar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Disgraced.”
Read MoreSpend New Year’s Eve with Judy Garland or shizzazzling with the Dad’s Garage gang, then look ahead to a jam-packed winter season.
Read MoreIf all you want for Christmas is a good holiday show, you’re in luck. Atop our wish list: “Lyle the Crocodile” at Synchronicity Theatre, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at the Center for Puppetry Arts and “The 12 Dates of Christmas,” in its last weekend, at Aurora Theatre.
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