Hell hath no fury like the murderous third grader at the center of Ruthless!, onstage at Out Front Theatre through May 20. Her name is Tina Denmark, and she’s more than a triple threat. She can act, sing and dance. And she wants to be famous so badly that she will literally kill anyone who…
The Alliance Theatre’s playwright-in-residence Pearl Cleage, whose latest work premieres at the theater in January 2024, will receive the 2022 Paul Robeson Award according to a joint announcement from the Actors’ Equity Association and the Actors’ Equity Foundation. Cleage, whose works include Blues for an Alabama Sky and the Oprah Book Club selection What Looks…
Vernal & Sere Theatre’s production of Lear by Young Jean Lee contains visually stunning design, some truly absurd laughs, an energetic cast and a devastating theme of family grief at its center. Those who like their theater challenging and bizarre should find their way to the Windmill Arts Center, where the show runs until April 30. …
With its latest Shows in Homes production of Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and Unbowed, Out of Hand Theater lets writer-performer Ingrid Griffith bring the story of the American political legend into Atlanta area living rooms. Portraying about 15 different characters, Griffith’s one-woman, hour-long show — performed through April 30 at local homes and churches with a…
Strong performances, excellent bluegrass music and a clever script from Edie Brickell and Steve Martin make Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s production of Bright Star, onstage at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center through April 16, an engaging experience, closing out the theater’s season on a high note. Unfortunately, technical issues involving many microphones affected the sound quality…
Debate is a spectator sport. Some playwrights understand that sometimes all you need to create compelling theater is to put two well-matched foes in a good argument. The Niceties, a 2019 play by Eleanor Burgess running at Stage Door Theatre in Dunwoody through April 2, creates some pretty compelling theater by putting two people with…
The production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, onstage at Shakespeare Tavern through April 1, is terrific, twisted fun. First published in 1609, the work is a wild soap opera that also evokes the hero’s journeys in Homer’s The Odyssey. The more trouble our favorite characters face — be it from dangerous seas, assassins, incestuous kings,…
City Springs Theatre has grasped the Holy Grail with its lavish, crowd-pleasing and hilarious production of Monty Python’s Spamalot, onstage at the Byers Theatre in Sandy Springs through March 26. The show is sparkly, silly, well-acted, well-sung, well-danced and, well, delightful. The opening night crowd cheered extensively at the jokes and bits they saw recreated…
When strong performers are having a good time playing off each other, it can elevate any show. The energy of a strong ensemble spreads to the audience, and it turns a decent script like Wendy MacLeod’s Women in Jeopardy into a fun murder-mystery party. Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s production of the comedy thriller is onstage at…
Writer-director Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hot Wing King, onstage at the Alliance Theatre through March 5, is so damn good. Go see it. There’s more to be said than that, certainly. But that’s the main takeaway. This play is a superb achievement. It’s daring, artistically bold, relevant, hilarious and original, and it is not…
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