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Festive outings await. The bad news: “Knead” (Alliance) closes Sunday. The good news: “Christmas Canteen” (Aurora), “A Christmas Carol” (Alliance), Atlanta Ballet’s new “Nutcracker” and “Frog and Toad” (Synchronicity) open or continue; and the ASO plays its first holiday concert. Intriguing: Aurora’s one-man “This Wonderful Life.”
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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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For its 10th season, Serenbe Playhouse will stage the musicals “Shenandoah” and “Ragtime,” revive “Hair” and premiere a “Pocohontas” by a Native American playwright. The 2019 season begins in March.
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Arís Theatre marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with the Veterans Day-timed “Not About Heroes”; “Knead” (Alliance) premieres; Steve Yockey’s bloody smart “Reykjavik” (Actor’s Express) runs on; and Halloween shows give way to Christmas stories. Details in this week’s curated column.
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The West Midtown company came out on top Monday night with 11 wins — including six for its vibrant staging of “The Color Purple” and four for playwright Tony Kushner’s two-part AIDS-era epic, “Angels in America.”
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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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New and/or recommended: “Merrily We Roll Along” in concert (Actor’s Express); “Nell Gwynn” (Synchronicity); “Nina Simone: Four Women” (True Colors); “Fall-en” (Terminus Modern Dance Theatre); “Nick’s Flamingo Grill” (Alliance). Have fun!
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Serenbe Playhouse’s “Sleepy Hollow Experience” gallops back into your quaking heart, retelling its version of the Washington Irving love triangle spooktacular. Brom Bones, Ichabod Crane, Katerina van Tassel and the Headless Horseman await. Ticket dealz here.
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The door closes on “A Doll’s House, Part 2” (Actor’s Express) this week, while The Atlanta Opera’s “YARDBIRD,” Synchronicity’s “Nell Gwynn,” True Colors’ “Nina Simone: Four Women” and the Out on Film festival arrive.
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