Energy of the Stage
If we had but one night out this weekend, we’d spend it at “Murder Ballad” (Actor’s Express), at the ASO, “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” (Out of Hand) or the intriguingly titled “Morgan Freeman Presents the Magic Negro and Other Blackness” (Dad’s Garage). How about you?
Read MoreTopping our list this week: “Murder Ballad,” “Murder Ballad,” “Murder Ballad.” Plus, the ASO returns (if you can get a ticket) and Dad’s Garage opens the one-man “Morgan Freeman Presents …,” which looks at how the media represents black men, touching on everything from Dr. Seuss and Uncle Ben, to prison, white flight, Aunt Jemima and Black Jesus. Sounds intriguing, no? And ambitious.
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 MoreGet your culture on! Our recommendations include the August Wilson bio at True Colors, Out of Hand’s cwazy wabbit show, Theatrical Outfit’s “My Children! My Africa!” and, “beginning” Wednesday, the highly anticipated “Murder Ballad” at Actor’s Express.
Read MoreThis weekend’s your last chance for Aurora’s “Clybourne Park” and “The Doctor, the Devil & My Dad” at 7 Stages and your first look at the Alliance’s “Steel Magnolias.” Don’t-misses include “How I Learned What I Learned” at True Colors and Theatrical Outfit’s “My Children! My Africa”
Read MoreLooking for something cultural to do this weekend and beyond? Our recommendations include “How I Learned What I Learned” at True Colors Theatre Company.
Read MoreSo much good stuff awaits that you could go to the theater for the next 10 days and still not see everything worthwhile. At the top of our list: “Clybourne Park” at Aurora, “Lasso of Truth” at Synchronicity and “How I Learned What I Learned” at True Colors. Coming soon: “Murder Ballad” at Actor’s Express and Atlanta Opera’s season-opening “Madama Butterfly.”
Read MoreTake your pick, or two, or three. You can’t go wrong with “Detroit” at Horizon Theatre, “Driving Miss Daisy” or “Clybourne Park” at Aurora, “Lasso of Truth” at Synchronicity, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at Actor’s Express, “Native Guard” at the Alliance or Out of Hand’s “White Rabbit Red Rabbit,” wherever you find it. Happy play-going!
Read MoreTopping our list: the world premiere of “Lasso of Truth” at the new Synchronicity Theatre, the decidedly grown-up “Detroit” at Horizon Theatre, Daisy and Hoke at Aurora Theatre, Out of Hand’s “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” and CORE Performance Company’s free world premiere of “a home is a home is a home.” Ready, set, go … !
Read More“White Rabbit Red Rabbit” comes with a few rules: no rehearsal, no director, no set, no cast mates, no advance look at the script.
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