When the new $9 million John H. Harland Boys & Girls Club opened on Atlanta's Westside this week, it became a community hub for the visual, performing and culinary arts with the capacity…
The Atlanta Opera's Eugene Onegin, which opened Saturday, is an enjoyable and mostly straight-ahead production " but with a few distractions that keep the melodrama from coming to a full boi…
At first, it was just a fantasy. As Anthony Rodriguez, artistic director and cofounder of Aurora Theatre, looked out of his office, he saw empty space and wondered what an expansion would lo…
Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their picks for the weekend's best shows. Be sure to check out our metro Atlanta theater map to see a full list of performance venues b…
If there were a yearbook superlative for least likely to be shot by the police, Tyler Evans (Travis Turner) would have won it. He has a college degree, his favorite food is frosted Pop-Tarts…
Theaters are one of the most difficult types of buildings to successfully build or redesign, according to Leigh Breslau, a partner at Trahan Architects in New Orleans " the firm behind the A…
Out of the box, experimental and fiercely weird is the theme of 7 Stages’ 40th season. Paper Doll Militia's Warped promises to fulfill that vision during its world premiere run Februar…
Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top picks for the weekend’s best shows. Nothing says date night like an evening of theater, so whether it’s Valentine…
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Some experiences in the theater resonate so deeply that it's best to leave writing about them to the poets. Such was the experience Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor wrought last Saturday during t…
Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend’s best shows. Be sure to check out our metro-Atlanta theater map to see a full list of perfor…
” When Jamil Jude met Broadway director Kenny Leon a decade ago, he didn’t know that one day he would take over the Atlanta-based company Leon had founded. In August of this year…
Powerful, socially relevant drama was in store on Saturday when the Atlanta Opera presented its opening night performance of Dead Man Walking, a contemporary operatic masterpiece by compo…
Tony-nominated musical Waitress, like its title character's signature pies, has been a sweet and surprisingly complex treat for audiences nationwide, and now, it's Atlanta's turn to experien…
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As an artist, Perry Julien is drawn to the spontaneity and immediacy of the photographic image. He’s photographed live music for four decades and for the last 15 years in Atlanta ̵…
Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend’s best shows. This weekend, the Super Bowl takes over the city, but for those who like to hav…
Of all the performing arts, opera arguably has the biggest PR problem. The artifice, high drama, singing protagonists, librettos (most of which are indecipherable for anyone not conversant i…
Opera is no stranger to crimes of passion. However, opera also portrays the best of humanity alongside all of the human folly. The Atlanta Opera presents Jake Heggie's production of Dead …
Danielle de Barbarac, the central figure of the musical Ever After, isn't the typical fairy tale heroine. She isn't looking for a man to sweep her off of her feet or rescue her — frank…
Those willing to accept a bit of carnage with their musical theater should be pleased with the new production from PULP Books & Gallery. Psycho: The Musical is based on the 1960 horro…
The musical The Color Purple, based on Alice Walker's novel, had its world premiere back at the Alliance Theatre in 2004 and hit Broadway a year later. After a recent reworking and reviva…
Kenny Leon's new memoir Take You Wherever You Go tells the story of his journey from rural Florida to Atlanta and on to Broadway, film and television. The chapter “A Place to Hear Ever…
Artists of color are oftentimes overlooked due to lack of exposure, and this is especially true in Atlanta. In order to showcase this city's diverse dance artists and their abundant creative…
"The personal is political," or so we're told. Even so, all too often there can be a touch of something cold and impersonal about a great deal of "political" art. Not so with Citizen Lift, t…