Energy of the Stage
Happy Fourth of July weekend! Want to add a little culture to your celebration? Our top recommendations include “A Night of Twisted Tales” from the Weird Sisters Theatre Project, opening Sunday, and, beginning previews Wednesday, “Rent” at Actor’s Express.
Read MoreWant to get your culture on? Topping our recommendations this week is “Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike” at Horizon Theatre for its final weekend. Check out what’s just ahead, too. July gets busy.
Read MoreTopping our list this week: Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s acclaimed “Elephant Man”; “Murder Ballad, opening this weekend at Actor’s Express; and “Madama Butterfly,” the season opener at The Atlanta Opera.
Read MoreWow! Where to begin? Must-sees in our book include “One Man, Two Guvnors” at Ga Shakes and “That Uganda Play” in the Essential festival. Openings include “Mary Poppins” at Aurora, “Right On” at Horizon and, on Monday, the Weird Sisters “Late: A Cowboy Song.” Just ahead: Serenbe’s “Oklahoma!” and Essential’s “Ravens & Seagulls.” Saddle up, playgoers.
Read MoreWe recommend a trip to Arden Forest or Oz, welcome “C.S. Lewis On Stage” to the mix and suggest you catch Weird Sisters’ “Criminal Hearts” and Rising Sage’s “Levi” before they’re gone for good.
Read MoreIt’s an embarrassment of riches. Welcome Weird Sisters’ “Criminal Hearts,” Serenbe’s “Ten Mile Lake” and Georgia Shakespeare’s indoor version of “As You Like It,” which are opening. Say goodbye to “End of the Rainbow” at Actor’s Express, Arís Theatre’s “New Electric Ballroom” and the Fringe Fest, which are closing. PLUS MORE!
Read MoreDon’t let it rain on your parade. Head indoors for a few hours with cowgirls, Judy Garland, Eva Peron, Aida, some folks on the fringe of art, and/or relative newcomers Rising Sage and Aris theaters.
Read MoreLeave your PJs on, grab a second cup of coffee and join us at 11 a.m. June 11 for a Google chat with three of the co-founders of the Weird Sisters Theatre Project. It will be fun. We promise.
Read MoreAtlanta actor Joe Sykes on why he does theater: “I had an acting teacher tell me once that you should only do theater if it’s the only thing you’re good at and the only thing you want to do. It’s what I’m good at, and it’s what I want to do.”
Read MoreSerenbe’s “Hair” gets a new Berger and La Marquise du Châtelet continues to fight convention in a Weird Sisters’ staging. Also this weekend: The return of “Living Walls” street art and the Piedmont Park Arts Festival.
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