Before the 2013 BronzeLens Film Festival officially bows on Thursday night, it offers a high profile pre-event looking at the legacy of one of the area’s signature writers — Alice Walker. Pratibha Parmar’s documentary “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth” screens Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at the Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech,…
His original goal was to be in New York by the time he was 30, but Paris Crayton III has modified those plans. A recognized playwright in Atlanta, he’s now the leader of his own theatrical troupe. Crayton is the artistic director of 3 Hill Productions, established last year, which staged his “Brothers of Affliction” as its…
If the new artistic crew at 7 Stages wanted to make a splash as part of their first full season on their own, they’ve certainly done so with “The Navigator,” the world premiere that opens the 2013-14 season for the Little Five Points theater company. “The Navigator,” which is being performed at the Goat Farm Arts Center, is about as…
Hand it to pop star Barry Manilow and his longtime writing partner, Bruce Sussman: their pet project musical “Harmony” isn’t gathering dust in an office desk somewhere. The two are still tweaking the piece, trying to make it Broadway-ready. In restaging the musical and bringing it to the Alliance Theatre for only its second full production,…
When the nominations for the ninth annual Suzi Bass Awards were announced last night at 7 Stages, the most significant news about this year’s awards — Atlanta’s version of the Tonys, honoring the 2012-13 season — wasn’t about who or what was nominated but what wasn’t. Unbelievably, Serenbe Playhouse’s musical “Hair” was skunked by Suzi voters,…
For someone who’s still able to check the “18-26” age group, Laura Floyd has a resume that older peers might kill for, and the versatility to leapfrog from production to production. One minute she’s singing her heart out in a musical, and then she’s tackling Shakespeare’s tricky text. Few local actresses had the year that…
When singer Barry Manilow and his writing collaborator, Bruce Sussman, were trying to decide where to re-stage their musical “Harmony,” they thought of several regional markets and eventually decided to approach Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre. They knew of its reputation for trying new work but had no connection with it. So they picked up a telephone, called…
The Fulton County Commission today unanimously swatted down a proposal that would have eliminated major funding for the Fulton County Arts Council. Dealing with a deficit that could reach as high as $114 million, Interim County Manager David Ware recently proposed a 32 percent reduction in funding of the Department of Arts and Culture, from $1.48 million to $1…
You’re a young actor appearing in your first major role, in one of the acknowledged classic plays of the past half-century. Your fellow actors are largely theater veterans, including Chris Kayser, a.k.a. Atlanta Acting Royalty. If that’s not enough of a challenge, you spend a sizable chunk of the second act completely naked. Kyle Brumley, 23,…
When writer-director James Ponsoldt was asked to read the script for “The Spectacular Now,” he was a little apprehensive. He normally doesn’t like to adapt other people’s work; his two previous feature films are ones he wrote himself. But when he got around to reading it, he responded favorably — so much so that he also…
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