This week's best bets: Aug. 25-31, 2016
Theater, music & dance are all in the picture. At the top: “In the Heights,” (Aurora/Theatrical Outfit ), “Company” (Actor’s Express), “The Prom” (Alliance).
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This week's best bets: Aug. 18-24, 2016
Musicals rule! On the light side is “The Prom” at the Alliance. To go a shade darker, embrace “Company” at Actor’s Express.
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This week's best bets: Jan. 14-21, 2016
What to see? What to do? Our top recommendations include “Wit” at Aurora Theatre, one of the winter/spring season’s don’t-miss events, and the return of those wacky missionaries in “The Book of Mormon” at the Fox Theatre.
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This week’s best bets: Dec. 10-16, 2015
What to see? What to do? It’s really up to you and what makes your holiday sing. If we planned your weekend, it’d start with 7 Stages’ Home Brew and include Aurora’s “Christmas Canteen,” “Frog and Toad” at Synchronicity; and the one-of-a-kind Libby Whittemore at Actor’s Express.
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Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow
Follow holiday light shows, from downtown Atlanta to Lake Lanier.
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This week’s best bets: Nov. 19-25, 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.”
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Magic in the making
‘Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker’ turns 20 as its creator, artistic director John McFall, steps toward retirement
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Did you know, for instance, that “Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker” calls for 8 tons of scenery, lighting and props?
And that 20 pounds of “snow” fall at each performance?
This week’s best bets: Oct. 22-28, 2015
Our top recommendation this week: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” The Aurora Theatre leg of this co-pro with Horizon Theatre ends with its five final performances.
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Our top picks: “Memphis” at the Rialto, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at the Alliance and “Stupid F*cking Bird” at Actor’s Express. Two of three go away after Sunday.
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