Energy of the Stage
When Atlanta’s professional theater artists honor their own at Monday night’s Suzi Bass awards, 11 playwrights will be recognized for new work, with one earning the coveted Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award. Many of the nominees have had work produced around the country.
Read MoreIf we could see any one thing this weekend, it’d be “Harabel” at Theatrical Outfit or “Hamlet” at Georgia Shakespeare. Runners-up: “Vera Stark” and “Warrior Class” at the Alliance. Then we’d lick our chops in anticipation of Steve Yockey’s “Pluto,” beginning previews Oct. 30 at Actor’s Express.
Read MoreNo openings, but lots of see-them-while-you-can opportunities: “Milvotchkee, Visconsin” at Synchronicity, “Sleepy Hollow Experience” at Serenbe and Horizon’s “Third Country” among them.
Read MoreThe riches are many. See one, two or three. “Choir Boy.” “Milvotchkee, Visconsin.” ASO world premiere. “Tosca.” “Urinetown: The Musical.” “The Guys.” “Venus in Fur.” “Spunk.” And much, much more.
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What to see? Choose one, or all three, of Essential Theatre’s world premieres in their final performances; an epic, American and/or French, respectively, at Serenbe Playhouse and/or Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville; jazz in the great outdoors at Callanwolde; or a sexy foray into love, philosophy and science with Weird Sisters Theatre Project’s Georgia premiere of “Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight.”
Read MoreActor-playwright Suehyla El-Attar on making theater: “There was no choice. It’s just what came next. Like puberty.”
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.
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