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This week’s top picks include Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, “Nell Gwynn” at Synchronicity, “Waiting for Godot” at 7 Stages, “The Royale” opening at Theatrical Outfit, the return of the Center for Puppetry Arts’ “Ghastly Dreadfuls,” “Nick’s Flamingo Grill” at the Alliance and the Atlanta Symphony.
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Tony Award-winning composer Andrew Lloyd Webber wants audiences to have a “really good time” at his most recent show. He calls “The School of Rock” an unabashed musical comedy.
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Atlanta Lyric Theatre uses a cast of 31 to tell a story inspired by New York City’s real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899. “Newsies” boasts a 19-song, Tony Award-winning score, a live orchestra and plenty of dancing.
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Performance artist Paige Hernandez found her voice through hip-hop. In her one-woman show — “Paige in Full,” at the Alliance Theatre, she wants to inspire young people to chase their own passions.
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Playwright Carla Ching double-dips with plays on two Atlanta stages; Stephen Sondheim’s on his way to Actor’s Express; the Nora show continues in AE’s “Doll’s House”; the ASO returns; and Aurora opens the intriguing “Be Here Now.”
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Our rundown of events from now through mid-November is arranged chronologically and includes eco and film fests, fried green tomatoes, big pigs, Native American traditions and chili for the chilly.
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“It’s about keeping all the stuff that everyone loves from the movie and, in order to get it onstage, give it a musical-comedy heart,” Broadway director Casey Nicholaw says of “Aladdin.” The stage version runs Sept. 12-23 at the Fox Theatre.
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Once again THE BOOK OF WILL at Theatrical Outfit; A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2, at Actor’s Express; an acrobatic MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Alliance Theatre); and THE SEAGULL (Serenbe Playhouse) top our curated list of must-sees. Note that WILL closes Sunday.
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Our top picks: “The Book of Will” (Theatrical Outfit); “A Doll’s House, Part 2” (beginning at Actor’s Express); and the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse riff on Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Last call: 2018 Essential New Play Fest and 3 other titles.
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The third Atlanta Musical Theatre Festival wraps + the new Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center sees its first dates. Show titles to check out: “Dot” (closing at True Colors); the independent “Black Bird” and “On the Third Day”; and the Essential New Play Fest.
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