If the name Karola Ruth Siegel doesn’t automatically ring a bell, then certainly the way she became known later in her life will. Dr. Ruth Westheimer rose to fame in the ‘80s as an unexpected radio and television sex therapist as well as an author, a grandmother type who gleefully talked about sexually intimate matters…
It was tempting, but in the end Kathleen Bertrand knew what she and the BronzeLens Film Festival team needed to do. The annual festival’s executive producer, Bertrand had hoped to have her event back in theaters this year, but decided she could still have an impactful one virtually, just as her team achieved in 2020….
After her film Respect, in which she stars as legendary singer Aretha Franklin, had wrapped at the beginning of 2020, Jennifer Hudson looked forward to getting it out into the world later that year. Little did she or anyone know at the time that Covid would strike soon after and put a halt to most everything…
When Stage Door Players’ board of directors furloughed longtime artistic director Robert Egizio last fall — citing a significant loss of revenue in the midst of COVID-19 — no one knew what to expect next from the Dunwoody company. The vision may now be taking shape. The company has changed its name to Stage Door…
City Springs Theatre Company’s Into the Woods, one of the first major theatrical productions here in more than a year, certainly qualifies as an event. As a fresh take on the Stephen Sondheim comic-tragic musical, however, it never really finds its magic. The show, running through Sunday (July 18), does boast an impressive ensemble. Some…
What began last spring as a group of mostly theater friends making dinner for others during the early days of COVID-19 has grown into the nation’s only direct–service agency for artists. The Atlanta Artist Relief Fund, — founded on March 13, 2020 — has now helped more than 1,200 metro artists with everything from meals…
Kevin Gillese once considered his film project about love, disability and family a long shot. No more. The comedy, titled How to Ruin the Holidays, has been funded in part through a Kickstarter campaign and will be shot later this year. Gillese, who spent 10 years as artistic director of Dad’s Garage Theatre, stepped down…
UPDATED: 11 a.m. June 3. Two new projects from Brian Clowdus — one in metro Atlanta, another in Virginia — have drawn strong pushback from Atlanta theater artists who claim that he was emotionally abusive, racially insensitive and fostered unsafe working conditions during his decade as founding artistic director at Serenbe Playhouse. Atlanta-based singer, actor…
When Senate Bill 202 — the Georgia voting bill imposing new restrictions on mail-in ballots — was signed into law in March, nervous Georgians in the film and TV industry wondered how long it would take for the rest of the country to notice. The answer: not long. Major League Baseball acted first, moving the…
As artistic leaders throughout Atlanta — and around the globe — try to determine how to best present work and stay afloat while maintaining safety protocols for their artists and patrons, some have figured it out better than others. It never crossed my mind that an opera company known for extravagant casts, sets and productions…
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