Atlanta playwright Payne wins national award
Atlanta’s Topher Payne has won the 2014 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award from the American Theatre Critics Association, which recognizes an emerging national playwright.
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This weekend's best bets: Jan. 17
Opening this week are the fast-paced comedy “Bob” (Aurora Theatre) and David Lindsay-Abaire’s much-praised “Good People” (Alliance). Closing: “Waiting for Balloon” at the Alliance’s Theatre for the Very Young. Worth checking out: 7 Stages’ new Home Brew Series of new-play readings; “Swell Party,” which is swell, if long, at Georgia Ensemble; and “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” which is still stirring buzz as it hits week two in its six-week run at Actor’s Express.
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: Jan. 10
We recommend world premieres at the ASO and Theatrical Outfit, any number of openings and “A Night at the Beam” fundraiser for Moving in the Spirit’s touring teen dancers.
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: Jan. 3
Looking for something cultural to do in the next week or so? Our select list of our recommendations “Waiting for Balloon” — for ages 18 months to 5 years — at the Alliance Theatre and the upcoming “Swell Party” at Georgia Ensemble Theatre, “Harabel” at Theatrical Outfit and “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” at Actor’s Express.
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