Our friends at Synchronicity Theatre recently posted a question about live tweeting during a theater performance on their Facebook wall. They wrote: “Tweeting at the theatre … what do you think? Here’s what Brian Polack at Boston Court (a great place, where playwright Steve Yockey is having a world premiere) thinks. I agree with him. You?” [...]

In my introductory “Hopefully Coming Soon” blog, I said that I would feature the play with the most votes in our “Which Broadway show would you like to see in Atlanta?” poll in one of the August editions. Well, the votes are in, and War Horse won with 39% of the vote. The innovative, new [...]

Writing the Shakespeare Tavern article reminded me of my own high school experiences. For me, being in the drama club was a safe place. As a place where differences were celebrated and not shunned, I began to flourish as a person. But it was not just performing in the school’s productions, but it was the [...]

Who would want to see a Broadway musical about mental illness and grief? I would. In fact, I saw it three times last weekend in Charlotte. Why did I and residents of other states (South Carolina, Texas, even Arizona) make the trip to Charlotte? It’s simple; the tour wasn’t coming anywhere closer to where we [...]

Part side-splitting comedy, part romance, part farce, and part dark drama, John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves, a play set in a Queens apartment on October 4, 1965, occurs on a day when New York City is a-buzz while residents await a rare visit by the Pope. Simultaneously planning to send his schizophrenic wife [...]

Scanning through the recently-released lists of upcoming seasons for Atlanta Theaters, I had feelings of excitement for the offering of past favorites and new premieres. But even with the thrill of the upcoming productions of Spring Awakening, Red, and Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, I had slight feelings of—dare I say—disappointment at what I didn’t [...]

As a kid sitting in vacation Bible school, I  watched older kids perform a skit and became enthralled by what I saw.  Since that day, you could say that I was bitten by theater, and I have clawed my way to be a part of it no matter how I could. Being a part of [...]