Energy of the Stage
This weekend’s events are happening at the Woodruff Arts Center, where the Atlanta Symphony welcomes Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter and the Alliance Theatre opens the family musical “James and the Giant Peach.”
Read MoreThe mainstage lineup for the Lawrenceville theater’s 20th anniversary season includes the musicals “Memphis” and “Into the Woods,” the contemporary comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” Margaret Edson’s “Wit” and a world premiere from Atlanta playwrights Topher Payne, Suehyla El-Attar and Johnny Drago.
Read MoreTheatrical Outfit’s five-show 2015-16 season – dubbed the Season of Courage — will feature three musicals, one world premiere and a regional premiere. The titles: “Memphis”; “R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe”; “A Little Princess”; “Moxie”; and “The Light in the Piazza.”
Read MoreKendeda season at the Alliance Theatre begins Feb. 16 and includes four days of new-play readings, chatter and debate. Oh, boy! Or, this year, should we say, oh, girl?!
Read MoreJust in time for spring training, Georgia Ensemble Theatre brings us the world premiere of Homers, by up-and-coming Atlanta playwright (and actor) Jacob York. The story features Atlanta sportswriter Leigh …
Read MoreSay hello to “fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life” at 7 Stages; Theatre du Reve’s “Jane, the Fox, and Me”; and Atlanta Ballet’s “Roméo et Juliette.” Say goodbye to “Private Lives” at Stage Door Players, which closes Sunday.
Read MoreOur top picks among the best bets this week: the world premiere musical “Tuck Everlasting” at the Alliance Theatre and those very nasty “Bad Jews” at Actor’s Express. Enjoy!
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“The C.A. Lyons Project,” the 2015 winner of the Alliance/Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, began as “a whole bunch of thoughts and scraps of stuff” relating to the playwright’s experiences on the black dance scene as AIDS took hold.
Read MoreThis weekend: Take in the raucous “Bad Jews,” opening at Actor’s Express and previews of “Tuck Everlasting,” the world premiere musical at the Alliance Theatre. And make plans now to hear the people sing in the reprise of “Les Misérables” at Aurora Theatre through March 8. All shows until Feb. 18 are sold out.
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“This one was a little tough at first,” director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw says of “Tuck Everlasting.” “Its themes about life and death are as big as you can get. Those themes and the story’s emotional power make it right for a musical adaptation.”
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