Energy of the Stage
“Smart. Gutsy. Bold.” Synchronicity Theatre has just announced their newest season, featuring Mac | Beth, Wayfinding, The Bluest Eye, Ella Enchanted, The Hobbit, Unbound, What the Woolf Wore, The Gun …
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Welcome to the last column of the year. With it, a jolly holiday to all. Many holiday shows exit after this weekend, although four hold on a bit longer. Then set your sleigh’s GPS for some of the bigger openings of the season.
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Christmas, anyone? Your best bets this week range from concerts to a ballet and include musicals, puppets, dramas, satires, one-person shows and something for families, kids, grown-ups and the biggest “bah, humbugs” in your bunch.
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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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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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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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THE SUZI BASS AWARD NOMINATIONS are out for the best of Atlanta theater in 2017/18 and Aurora Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Actor’s Express and the Alliance Theatre have much to celebrate. How many nominees did you see?
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