Dates: May 17, 2013 through June 23, 2013 Performance Times: Wednesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., and Sunday at 5 p.m. Tickets: $20 to $45 Box Office: 404-584-7450 Seating: General Admission Ana lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job, and her greatest passion: Book Club. But when her cherished ... Read More »
Dates: May 17, 2013 through June 9, 2013 Performance Times: Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. (No performance Sunday, May 26. Additional performance Thursday, June 6 at 8 p.m.) Tickets: Box Office 770-396-1726 Seating: Assigned Seats Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, and regarded as “the most elegant and rueful memory ... Read More »
Dates: Through May 26, 2013 Performance Times: Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $19 to $30 Box Office: 678-226-6222 Seating: Assigned Seating We all have two families, the one we are born into and the one we choose. Lark Eden is the smallest of Georgia towns and the setting for this humorous new ... Read More »
Dates: Performances May 4 through 19, 2013 and May 30, June 1, 7, 9, 13, 15, 21, 23 Performance Times: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 6:30 p.m. 10 a.m. most Tuesdays and Wednesdays Tickets: $20 to $36 depending on the performance date. Box Office 404-874-5299 or [email protected] Seating: General Admission By Section The secret midnight ... Read More »
Dates: Fridays through June 7, 2013 Showtimes: 8 p.m. Tickets: $26 to $35 Box Office: 404-875-1193 Playing over ten years, Peachtree Battle is Atlanta’s longest running comedy. See what hilarity ensues when a wealthy socialite’s son brings home his surprise fiancée – a Hooter’s waitress. Throw in an alcoholic grandmother with a sharp wit, and you will have the set up ... Read More »
Dates: Previews Thursday May 23, 2013 and Friday May 24, 2013 Performances May 25, 26, 31 and June 2, 6, 8, 14, 16, 20, 22 Performance Times: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 6:30 p.m. 10 a.m. most Tuesdays and Wedensdays Tickets: $20 to $36 depending on the performance date. Box Office 404-874-5299 or [email protected] Seating: ... Read More »
Dates: May 18, 2013 trough June 16, 2013 Performance Times: Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets: Tickets start at $23 Box Office: 404-607-SHOW (7496) Seating: General Admission Four aspiring writers get the education of a lifetime when they sign up for a writing class under a brilliant, egomaniacal, world-famous author. The elite opportunity deteriorates into sardonic criticism ... Read More »
Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel is memory play, set in 1936, that follows the events that lead up to the downfall of the Mundy family. Loosely based on the past of Friel’s mother and aunts, the Mundys live in the fictional town of Ballybeg, a small village in Northern Ireland. In an interesting juxtaposition, the events ... Read More »
It wasn’t too long ago that Oprah made book clubs trendy and created a larger communal experience as women and men across the nation read along with her. But, it was Ana (Wendy Melkonian), so she claims, who had the idea first. Karen Zacarías’ play at Horizon Theatre has a very uninteresting title: The Book Club Play. However, the old ... Read More »
“Writers are not people,” asserts Kate (Cara Mantella) in Theresa Rebeck’s play Seminar at Actor’s Express as the world the students once knew begins to crumble. An examination of the human spirit and the creative process, the play focuses on a group of aspiring writers who hire a tough teacher with Leonard (Andrew Benator), a once fiction writer who now teaches writing ... Read More »
* Please note that dates and productions are subject to change. June: The Great McAnigan The Collective Project June 1 through 22, 2013 The Second Annual Atlanta Fringe Festival June 5 though June 9 Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class ART Station June 6 through 23, 2013 The Velveteen Rabbit Serenbe Playhouse June 7 through July 27, 2013 Joseph and ... Read More »
Theater of the Stars’ production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid will now entertain Atlanta audiences on September 7 – 15 at the Fox Theatre. “We had the opportunity to produce Disney’s The Little Mermaid earlier in the season and we are pleased to make this announcement today,” said Christopher B. Manos, Producer of Theater of the Stars. “We know that ... Read More »
The Book Club Play opens at Horizon Theatre May 17, 2013. Throughout the run of this hilarious new comedy about a book club bound for pandemonium, Horizon presents book readings, signings, and post-show discussions for theatre and literature lovers alike. All events are free and open to the public. Tickets must be purchased for performances preceding or following events. AUTHOR ... Read More »
WHAT: Xperimental Puppetry Theater by Various Artists Artists of all disciplines join forces to create bold, original performances in Xperimental Puppetry Theater (XPT). For four nights only, May 16-19, patrons can experience these unique short puppet performances and films from 12 different teams. The lineup includes: “The Ghost News,” a news program for ghosts, about ghosts (an installation by Johnny ... Read More »
Actor’s Express announces the final play of the 25th Anniversary Season Seminar, by Theresa Rebeck. The production opens on Saturday night, May 18, 2013, 8pm curtain, preview performances are May 16 and 17, and the pay-what-you-want sneak peek, “Director’s Rough Cut”, is Wednesday, May 15. Tickets are on sale now, at the box office (404-607-7469) or online at www.actors-express.com. Andrew ... Read More »
Aurora Theatre has shared production photos of its latest production Lark Eden, by Natalie Symons. The humorous play, told through a series of letters, follows three friends over 75 years from childhood through their golden years. Directed by Melissa Foulger, it runs through May 26, 2013. For tickets and more information, please visit the theater’s website. Read More »
A self-described experiment of sorts, Lark Eden, by Natalie Symons, is Aurora Theatre’s latest production. The epistolary play, which has been produced as reader’s theater before this one, explores the friendship of three women from childhood in Lark Eden, Ga. to the their golden years. While the format of the story is typically seen in literature rather than the stage, the play ... Read More »
STAGE DOOR PLAYERS, Dunwoody’s only professional theater company, presents Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, opening May 17 and running through June 9, 2013. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. (No performance Sunday, May 26. Additional performance Thursday, June 6 at 8 p.m.) Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, ... Read More »
Grant one of 817 NEA Art Works grants totaling $26.3 million in funding nationwide National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced last week that the Atlanta Shakespeare Company is one of 817 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The resident company of the New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta is recommended for ... Read More »
Aurora Theatre Funny Fridays continues club comedy performances on the square in downtown Lawrenceville with nationally renowned comedian Tom Simmons. He is the 2009 San Francisco Comedy Competition Winner, an event which launched the careers of talents like Robin Williams and Ellen DeGeneres. Opening is host of Aurora Theatre Funny Fridays, comedienne Debra Cole, an Atlanta favorite. See them both ... Read More »
