August Wilson's grim tragedy King Hedley IIÂ is currently having a fine production at Atlanta's True Colors Theatre, on stage through March 11. It's a moving play that offers a slow, simme…
Given its rich source material and the Alliance Theatre's ability to create stage work that can often appeal to both adults and younger audiences, the company's new version of The Jungle Boo…
The National Endowment of the Arts announced a new batch of grants, with 936 arts organizations across the country receiving aid from the federal agency. There were 21 grants awarded in Geor…
His plays aren't produced with much regularity these days, but novelist and playwright William Inge left behind a tremendous body of work, including Come Back, Little Sheba, Bus Stop (my per…
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The Bacchae has always been something of a strange play, and it gets a little stranger in The Followers, an appealing and edgy new adaptation of the ancient tragedy at 7 Stages, running thro…
Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre will kick off its debut spring season in March with the world premiere of Next Door by Los Angeles-based choreographer Danielle Agami, followed by another worl…
The Alliance Theatre and its Artistic Director Susan V. Booth have been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the inaugural BOLD Theater Women's Leadership Circle. The program supports the…
ArtsATL theater critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer got together recently to discuss thoughts on Part Two of the new Actor's Express production of Angels in America. Here are their takea…
Sweet without being suffocating and smarter and more charming than it sounds on paper, the play Maytag Virgin proves to be a splendid vehicle for its two-person cast. Running through Februar…
Kicking off the 2018 theater year with a bang is the Actor's Express' production of Tony Kushner's much lauded Angels in America, which took home virtually every award (a Tony and a Pulitzer…
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a show that could work well in nearly any venue, but it seems to fit especially snugly into Theatrical Outfit's Balzer Theatre. The set, which is meant…
This was a busy year of theater, with world premieres popping up in every corner and local companies flexing their creative muscles. ArtsATL critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer saw most …
That former Atlantan Lauren Gunderson has become the most produced playwright in the country is no fluke or accident. Her work is smart and accessible, with female characters who refuse to f…
One of the most popular and beloved books of all time — Johanna Spyri's Heidi — has been the basis for countless television and film adaptations, but a stage version doesn't seem…
Disney animators riffed on Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairy tale The Snow Queen in their big-budget 3D computer-animated 2013 film Frozen, one of the highest-grossing kids' movies of …
Less than a month after he and his wife Anita accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Suzi Bass Awards, Georgia Ensemble Theatre cofounder Robert (Bob) J. Farley passed away unexpecte…
Supposedly one of the holy grails for songwriters is to pen a Christmas standard. Tunes like "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" become inescapable through November and December, which means St.…
Michael Stiggers never saw himself pursuing a professional career in acting, much less living in the Big Apple with a Broadway stint under his belt. But now he's doing just that. Performing …
The dawning of the year 2000 — Y2K, as it was ominously called — was not the apocalyptic disaster that some would have led us to believe. A lot of things may have turned to crap …
Hers was a distinctive voice, as well as one that was passionate and ground-breaking. The Atlanta theater community lost a visionary figure in September when Rebecca Ranson passed away at th…
The Square is named after the latest installation at a prominent Stockholm contemporary art museum: a square space mortared into the other stone bricks in the museum's forecourt. The plaque …
When the Suzi Bass Awards — recognizing excellence in local theater — were handed out last night, the evening's big winner was Aurora Theatre's The Bridges of Madison County, whi…
On Saturday evening The Atlanta Opera opened its main-stage series of the 2017"18 season with the world premiere of an excellent, intriguing new production of Richard Wagner’s The Flyi…
As The Flying Dutchman bows this week as part of The Atlanta Opera's new main-stage season, it's something of a homecoming not just for its director (Tomer Zvulun, also the company's arti…