In the beginning of the Untethered Theatre Project is the word. Rather than starting a new theatrical company with oversized ambitions and full-scale productions, a quartet of Atlanta theater makers decided instead to begin a new stage endeavor by starting small with a series of three staged play readings at Spalding Nix Fine Art gallery. “For…
Rigid, closed-minded members of the patriarchy might gripe and cover their ears when they watch Lizzie, the Actor’s Express production onstage at Oglethorpe University’s Conant Performing Arts Center through July 24. Screw those jokers! If they want a feel-good musical that doesn’t disturb their vanilla tastes, they can go watch Rodgers and Hammerstein. Lizzie rocks. …
Though progress has been made regarding racial representation onstage in Atlanta, efforts should continue and expand until Atlanta theater better reflects the city’s population in its shows and staffs. And plays created by writers of color, and brought to life by a diverse group of artists onstage and backstage, should become the rule at professional…
The dynamic, plain-spoken Fannie Lou Hamer was a force to be reckoned with regarding voting rights in 1960s America. Starring as the activist in Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, onstage through July 10 at Southwest Arts Center, actress Robin McGee holds the audience in her grasp with compelling power. The production…
(Editor’s Note: On Wednesday, Arís Theatre announced that it was canceling this week’s remaining performances of Ulysses after some cast members tested positive for Covid.) :: Arís Theatre’s production of Ulysses, adapted from James Joyce’s doorstop of a novel, is brazen, complex and risky. Onstage at 7 Stages it is, thankfully, also fun and full of…
James Joyce’s controversial modernist novel Ulysses was published a century ago, and its effect on fiction was profound. The 730-page novel indulged deeply in the thoughts of ordinary Irish folk, paralleled Homer’s The Odyssey and was full of bawdy, fun humor. For Arís Theatre, the book’s anniversary was a cause for celebration, so the troupe…
Embodying the civil rights activist in the one-woman show Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer from Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company, actress Robin McGee said that she has been inspired by the hero’s perseverance. “There’s one word to describe this woman, and it is ‘fearless,’” McGee said. “She was absolutely fearless.”…
The production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, onstage at Theatrical Outfit through June 26, feels so intimate and real that members of the opening night audience began responding to the show like an actual Billie Holiday concert. This is high praise, for the jazz legend died in 1959. Yet Terry Burrell’s performance as Holiday…
Though its cast is extremely talented and its vibe is fun, the musical adaptation of the edgy, problematic 1983 film Trading Places, onstage at the Alliance Theatre through June 26, feels much too safe to be memorable. This feels like an odd conclusion to reach when Trading Places: The Musical has gender-swapped the Eddie Murphy…
As King Silas on the new Disney+ series The Quest, Atlanta actor Kerwin Thompson absolutely rules. Within the eight-episode series, a unique mix of reality competition show and a high-fantasy story that filmed at a castle in California, a group of eight real teenagers participate in an immersive adventure to save the kingdom of Everealm,…
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