Energy of the Stage
Kids rule, with “The Velveteen Rabbit” at Serenbe Playhouse, “The Cat in the Hat” at the Center for Puppetry Arts and Synchronicity Theatre’s annual Playmaking for Girls. Grownups would be wise to check out the almost indescribable “Curious Encounters” hosted by 7 Stages.
Read MoreThis weekend, see why Stacy Melich is earning raves in 7 Stages’ “Lady Lay,” check out Georgia Shakespeare making much ado in Piedmont Park, the dancing kids of Moving in the Spirit and the last swashbuckles of “Zorro” at the Alliance.
Read MoreIf we could see anything within the next week or so, it’d be the U.S. premiere of “Lady Lay” at 7 Stages, Moving in the Spirit’s “Between Worlds,” Atlanta Opera’s “The Italian Girl From Algiers,” Itzhak Perlman with the ASO, and “Much Ado About Nothing” under the stars, as Georgia Shakespeare once again fills Piedmont Park. So much to choose from, so little time!
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urora Theatre in Lawrenceville, and Atlanta’s big dog, the Alliance Theatre, stole the show this week as Atlanta’s professional theater community honored its own at the eighth annual Suzi Bass Awards.
Read MoreTen recommendations to tickle your fancy, from Yorkey and Kitt to Stephen Sondheim, from last runs to world premieres (at the Alliance, Collective Project, Synchronicity and Theatrical Outfit). Let’s see a show!
Read MoreYou can see Claire Rigsby onstage this Saturday in “The Real Tweenagers of Atlanta: The Final Assembly” at the Alliance Theatre.
Read MoreCynthia D. Barker is a two-time Suzi winner now doing dark deeds as Lady Macbeth in Georgia Shakespeare’s Caribbean-set “Macbeth” through Oct. 28.
Read MoreTonight, don’t miss “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” with the Atlanta Symphony. This weekend is your first chance to see Alfred Uhry’s newly opened “Apples & Oranges” at the Alliance, and your last to see the much-praised “Time Stands Still” at the Horizon.
Read MoreIf I could see one show this weekend it would be “Time Stands Still” at Horizon Theatre Company. But there’s lots to choose from, including the openings of “Betrayal” at Aurora Theatre and “Macbeth” at Georgia Shakespeare, and your last chance to see “Kiss of the Spider Woman” at Actor’s Express and “What I Learned in Paris” at the Alliance.
Read MoreThe Alliance Theatre, Aurora Theatre and Atlanta Lyric Theatre are the companies with the most nominations for the 2011-12 Suzi Awards, honoring the best in professional metro theater. Thirteen other companies also received nominations.
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