Film Love returns to the Plaza for a program of groundbreaking avant-garde shorts seldom seen on theater screens. :: After taking a break from curating post-pandemic, Film Love programmer Andy Ditzler was pleasantly surprised when he received a call from the Plaza Atlanta offering him the opportunity to present again. A few years away and…
Photographer and arts administrator David Clifton-Strawn and visual artist Billy Clifton-Strawn are linked together in all sorts of ways — as noted Atlanta arts figures, as longtime Georgians and as artists who found their true professional footing later in their careers. They’ve also been husbands since 2017. Both men are known in the city for…
Despite her reputation as a recording legend, Carole King started off predominantly as a songwriter, only prompted to sing later by friends and colleagues. The Tony Award-winning Beautiful: The Carole King Musical — closing the seventh season for City Springs Theatre Company — explores the artist’s nonlinear path and the power she eventually finds in…
The director’s first time working in Atlanta is going well. :: Nothing comes easily in developing a new musical — and few know that more than Bartlett Sher. The revered Tony Award-winning director has been at the helm of countless high-profile productions over the years, and now he’s at it again with Millions, making its…
It was an announcement that electrified the country and surprised many around the world. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Atlanta the 1996 Summer Olympics in a huge upset, forever changing the city’s legacy. The new documentary, The Games in Black & White, having its world premiere at the Rialto Center for the Arts on…
A new eight-week series traces the evolution of the American Western. :: Gabe Wardell and Eddy Von Mueller met way back in 1998. Wardell was the program director for the Atlanta Film Festival and Mueller wrote about film for Creative Loafing and conducted workshops for IMAGE Film & Video. Their paths have been intertwined ever since,…
From the Great Depression until she died in 2013, Faith Petric showed up for equality and freedom. The film premieres at the Tara on April 19. :: Folk singer Faith Petric might not be a household name, but filmmaker Christie Herring and Atlanta musician John McCutcheon are doing their best to change that. The two…
Audiences familiar with Ken Ludwig fare such as Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo will more than likely know exactly what they’re getting themselves into with Aurora Theatre’s The Gods of Comedy. Sophisticated, cutting-edge theater it’s not — instead, it’s a monumentally silly show that doesn’t take itself too seriously and only wants…
After decades of collaborating in food and in theater, these friends can’t wait to work together again on the Synchronicity stage. :: Mitchell Anderson and Jennifer “Jenny” Levison aren’t just longtime best friends — their lives are strongly parallel. After many years in Hollywood, appearing in series’ such as Doogie Howser, M.D. and Party of…
Two decades ago, Kenny Leon discovered universal themes in Shakespeare. Now, those themes retain their truth as he directs Othello with a fresh take. :: Kenny Leon and actor Denzel Washington share such a potent professional bond that they’ve vowed to work together every three or four years moving forward. After Broadway versions of Fences…
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