The most unreliable of unreliable narrators is one who can't actually distinguish truth from fiction. So it is with Poprishchin, who famously loses his grip on reality in the great Russian w…
Anthony Giardina's The City of Conversation is a period piece not only for its era (the play starts in the late Seventies), but for its fond recollection of a time when Republicans and Democ…
In a final tribute to John McFall's 21-year legacy as Atlanta Ballet's artistic director, the company's 2015-16 season closed with MAYhem: Kissed, a triple bill that proved as eclectic and e…
As singer and actress Rebecca LaChance prepares to run through a quick sound check, she sits upright at the edge of a stool behind a glistening onyx black Yamaha piano. Her fingers dance and…
(Editor's note: Atlanta Ballet company dancer Alessa Rogers earned her stripes in 2012 when she was noticed by legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp during rehearsals and plucked into the lead…
It's not often that actors can reunite in a play 27 years later and portray the same roles, but that is what's happening currently with Aurora Theatre's new rendition of I'm Not Rappaport. K…
Shakespeare may have created some of the most memorable female characters of all time, but acting in Elizabethan England was strictly a male profession. Probably due to the aesthetic limitat…
In 2013 the Center for Puppetry Arts partnered with Texas A&M University‘s Department of Mechanical Engineering, which was awarded a four-year grant from the National Science Found…
The setting of Marie Jones' 1996 comedic play Stones in His Pockets (through May 22) may be Ireland, but its subject has never felt closer. Its sense of humor, as well as its touches of s…
A drag queen who can flawlessly mimic almost any woman's mannerisms and — with a little help from the right wig and a lot of make-up — her looks, as well, is hanging out in the f…
This past Saturday evening at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, the Atlanta Opera opened its final production of the season, Romeo and Juliette, by 19th-century French composer Charles…
“When Giwayen Mata first started, people were taken aback by the fact that we, as women, were drumming,” says Omelika Kuumba, founder and artistic director of the Atlanta ense…
Nobody calls Christopher Caldwell by his real name except for his mother and bill collectors. Everyone else refers to him as Bob, which is short for Bob the Drag Queen " his stage name. This…
San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Gennadi Nedvigin begins his new job as Atlanta Ballet's artistic director on August 1 as just the fourth leader the ballet has had since its inception i…
Now having its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre, Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story is very much a family affair. Charting the journey of the Grammy Award-winning recording artist an…
Autism is, almost by definition, not an easy affliction to dramatize. The neurological disorder manifests itself as impaired social functioning and limited verbal communication, and drama is…
While the Alliance Theatre is not one of Atlanta’s core arts institutions under new leadership, with Susan Booth continuing to serve as the artistic director, the Alliance is still afl…
Atlanta Ballet will have one foot in the past and one foot in the future for the 2016-17 season, the first under new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin. Nedvigin, who fills the shoes of t…
A sense of old-fashioned, if somewhat unusual, romance should beat at the heart of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz's 2014 play Sotto Voce, currently having its Atlanta premiere a…
As most theater companies in town near the end of their respective seasons, almost all have some sort of heavy hitter (or heavy hitter wannabe) in their lineup. It's an incredibly busy time …
Dance critics, fans and members of San Francisco Ballet agree — Gennadi Nedvigin, Atlanta Ballet's incoming artistic director, is a magnificent dancer. Alistair MaCauley of The New Yor…
Five years after its much-anticipated world premiere, Twyla Tharp's The Princess and the Goblin has returned home. Created for Atlanta Ballet in 2012 and co-commissioned by the Royal Winnipe…
In the last few months, new directors have taken the reins at three of the five core arts institutions in Atlanta: Rand Suffolk at the High Museum of Art, Jennifer Barlament at the Atlanta S…
VISUAL ART Parts 1 and 2 of Hormuz Minina's three-part series Hop Skip Jump at Poem 88 “Journeys,” Part 1 of 3, April 2, 2016
Whatever happened to glamour? Glamour is different from The Fabulous Life Of television show or the product placement opportunity that red carpets have become, but