Doctor De Soto, the world premiere children’s musical adaptation of William Steig’s 1982 Newbery Medal-winning picture book, is onstage at the Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage through March 2. It is a brisk, fun and silly time for families living in or visiting the city. Full of wacky costumes, performers having a great time and some…
Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s Leave Your Fears Here is a powerful, moving piece of autobiography from writer-actor James Morrison, a performer best known for his TV work in 24 and Twin Peaks: The Return. The work, which is onstage at the small black box Act3 Playhouse in Sandy Springs through January 26, focuses on Morrison’s experiences…
How do theaters create the mood, the festive look and even the weather of a well-loved holiday production? Writer Benjamin Carr talks to a handful of Atlanta’s magic makers. :: Holiday theater-going is a great way to capture a bit of magic during the season. No matter the weather, you can always find a snowfall…
Even if you’ve seen and read Hamlet before and think there’s no new undiscovered country to be found there, Shakespeare Tavern’s production — running through December 1 and directed by Andrew Houchins — is full of energy and surprising touches of wit and terror, which keep things compelling throughout a runtime of over three hours. And…
Slapstick comedy? Or hair-raising thriller? Stop choosing between the two and get both with a new show at Dad’s Garage: Mother, May I Sleep with Improv. :: For decades now, Lifetime, the network once branded as “Television for Women,” has used original TV movies to expose the secret evils of seemingly perfect boyfriends, perfect roommates…
There is good, grisly fun to be had attending the tale of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the classic musical running at Woodstock Arts until October 20. Though the production does not feature live musicians, elaborate set design or spectacularly bloody effects, the key elements of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s terrific…
Buckwild, bloody wackiness ensues in the comedy mashup A Midsommar Night’s Dream, onstage at Limelight Theatre through October 20 with a sporting, young and attractive cast down for nearly anything to get you to laugh. Combining elements of Shakespeare’s lush romantic comedy with the 2019 Ari Aster folk horror movie, this nutty, low-budget show does…
In this moving play by Cuban American playwright María Irene Fornés, an illiterate woman escapes her plight by stepping into her power. :: Experimental theater can challenge, perplex, amuse, educate and even break the hearts of those who are game to attend. The best theater is an engine for compassion and connection. It can show…
Television stars Keiko Agena and Rex Lee bring impressive power to playwright Lloyd Suh’s fact-based and moving play, The Chinese Lady, running on the Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage through October 17. Directed by Jess McLeod, this 90-minute play about a historical exhibit, which adds the inner voices of those on display, uses its curious structure…
Though playwright Topher Payne originally wrote The Attala County Garden Club for Onstage Atlanta in 2006, the updated Process Theatre Company production at Onstage — running through September 29 — feels like a fun and fresh new work from one of the city’s favorite voices. And this Mississippi-set comedy about a group of social outcast…
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