Energy of the Stage
It’s a big weekend for openings: “Every Tongue Confess” at Horizon Theatre, the Essential Theatre Play Festival and True Colors’ “Shakin’ the Rafters.” What are your picks? (And don’t forget the “Lesbians” at Weird Sisters, and the gods and mortals of “Metamorphoses” at Georgia Shakespeare.)
Read MoreIf we could see one thing this weekend — well, we couldn’t. But our top two are “Lady Lay,” a fiercely inventive comic drama with Dylan tunes at 7 Stages and the annual XPT, puppetry for grown-ups, at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Artistic nirvana awaits. Get your tickets now …
Read MoreIf we could see any show this weekend, it’d be “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a quintessentially great musical comedy, at Aurora Theatre. Also: It’s your last chance for “Angry Fags,” a world premiere at 7 Stages, and your only weekend to catch the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Capital City Opera’s timely, topical “Secret Agent.”
Read MoreOur advice: Get tickets now for 7 Stages “Angry Fags” and the Alliance’s “Whipping Man.” Catch “Fly” at Theatrical Outfit and “Two Trains Running” by the brilliant August Wilson at True Colors before they close on Sunday.
Read MoreActor-playwright Suehyla El-Attar on making theater: “There was no choice. It’s just what came next. Like puberty.”
Read MoreOur don’t-miss events this weekend include “Master Harold” at Aurora, “The Odd Couple” at Fabrefaction and “Romeo and Juliet” at the Shakespeare Tavern — see them before they close. Atlanta Opera opens “La traviata,” and you have just once chance to take FAMILIES Centerstage at the Woodruff as well as Bach’s “Mass,” and Steve Martin with the ASO.
Read MoreLooking for romance, culture or both? We enthusiastically endorse Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, “Bike America” at the Alliance, “Master Harold … and the boys” at Aurora Theatre and August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” by True Colors Theatre Company.
Read MoreHorizon Theatre’s 2013 season features “The Book Club Play” by Karen Zacarias, “Every Tongue Confess” by Marcus Gardley and “Third County” by Atlanta playwright and actor Suehyla El-Attar.
Read MoreIf we could send you anywhere, it’d be an Alliance weekend. The brand-new “Bike America” is wickedly funny and smart, and David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People” is the kind of great American play you shouldn’t miss. Theater, symphony, ballet … where are you headed?
Read MoreIf we could see anything this weekend, our list would include “Fly” at Theatrical Outfit, “Good People” (before it closes) at the Alliance and “Lovers & Lunatics” in English AND French at Théâtre du Rêve. What about you?
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