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BWW Review: PIPELINE at Horizon Theatre Company
The play, a fair and angry indictment of social injustice, asks a number of important questions, and the gorgeous cast, under the adept direction of Atlanta-favorite Tinashe Kajese Bolden and Keith Arthur Bolden, and with help from an incredibly able design team, brings the indictment to powerful li...
BWW Review: SHENANDOAH at Serenbe Playhouse
It's sunset on a Sunday evening as I walk up a dusty pathway heading for the Horseman's Meadow at Serenbe Playhouse where a new production of Shenandoah, a musical adapted from the 1965 Jimmy Stewart film of the same name, plays through April 14. Brilliant orange and purple light blankets the open...
BWW Review: EVER AFTER Makes a Shaky Venture to Broadway via Atlanta's Alliance Theatre
Broadway has come back to Atlanta for another screen-to-stage musical eying a run on the Great White Way....
BWW Review: Aurora Theatre Kicks Off 2019 with a Complex A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2
The Aurora Theatre and Actor's Express presents a co-production of Lucas Hnath's new drama, now playing in Lawrenceville....
BWW Review: THE CHRISTMAS CAROL EXPERIENCE at The Wren's Nest
There's a new immersive theatrical experience at the Wren's Nest Museum in Atlanta this month, and it's definitely going to ring your Christmas bell. From the mind of visionary Atlanta director Brian Clowdus comes The Christmas Carol Experience, an interactive holiday concoction that's two parts Chr...
BWW Review: Aurora Theatre's Jeremy Aggers Begins a New Holiday Tradition with THIS WONDERFUL LIFE
It's not Christmas until we hear 'every time a bell rings, and angel gets its wings' on NBC on Christmas Eve. In Atlanta, it won't be Christmas until you see THIS WONDERFUL LIFE at Aurora Theatre....
BWW Review: Dreaming of a White Christmas in Atlanta? Look No Further than Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS at The Fox Theatre
Just in time for Christmas, the touring production is playing The Fox Theatre and bringing nostalgia and cheer to Atlanta audiences....
BWW Review: NEWSIES Brings Atlanta Dancing to a New Level at the Atlanta Lyric Theatre
The Atlanta Lyric Theatre is presenting quite a treat for Atlanta audiences this month....
BWW Review: The Young Actors Carry SCHOOL OF ROCK: THE MUSICAL to its Heights
Of course, in doing a review of School of Rock: The Musical, I have to make comparisons to the movie from which it was adapted. That endearing smash hit, where Jack Black overturns the old Hollywood adage, "Never work with animals or children," though fifteen-years-old now, still holds up. So, does ...
BWW Review: NELL GWYNN shows 17th Century humor and heart at Synchronicty Theatre
Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre opens its 21st Season with Jessica Swale's NELL GWYNN, a comedy based on the true story of an orange vendor who becomes one of the most celebrated actresses in 17th Century London - and King Charles II's mistress. The play follows Nell from rags to riches, as she tran...
BWW Review: NICK'S FLAMINGO GRILL jazzes it up at Alliance Theatre
Putting on a brand-new, original musical can be a daunting and challenging task for any theatre company. If you're doing a golden oldie such as, say, Camelot, you have a familiar score, and just about everyone knows the songs. Then again, Camelot was new once and someone had to give it a go, so I ...
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Alliance Theatre
I consider myself a Shakespeare purist of the worst sort. I wax snobbish at Shakespeare productions where Hamlet, language updated, sounds like a California surfer: 'Dude. It was my uncle, Bro.' I scoff at productions that situate themselves in some setting that's divergent from the original...
BWW Review: 42ND STREET at City Springs Theatre
Look out, Atlanta! There's a new musical theatre hotspot in town! The City Springs Theatre Company opened its inaugural season in the Byers Theatre at City Springs Civic Center over the weekend with a razzle-dazzle production of the fluffy 1980 tuner 42nd Street, adapted from the Bradford Ropes nove...
BWW Review: Disney's ALADDIN takes audiences for a magical ride at The Fox Theatre
It doesn't get much more perfect that spending an Arabian night in this theatre to see a beloved story that is also set in the magical and mystical land of the Far East. Between the scenery of the theatre and the magic provided by the performance, you'll have a hard time distinguishing if you're in ...
BWW Review: THE SEAGULL at Serenbe Playhouse
Fresh off the mammoth production of the musical Titanic, a production that garnered a boatload of much-deserved national press, Serenbe Playhouse is offering up something radically different this month: a modern reimagining of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, complete with hypnotic Balkan music by tale...
BWW Review: TITANIC at Serenbe Playhouse
Dark threatening clouds hang low over the Inn Lake at Serenbe as I clump up the dirt pathway towards the unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic, the ship of dreams, represented here tonight by a massive industrial steel scaffolding structure that rises out of the lake, climbing high into the menacing sky. The s...
BWW Review: RING OF FIRE Pays Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Johnny Cash at Georgia Ensemble Theatre
The popular production detailing the life of Johnny Cash is back this summer at the Georgia Ensemble Theater, playing at the gorgeous outdoor Chattahoochee Nature Center....
BWW Review: PETER PAN, A WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL PIRATE ADVENTURE Takes Flight at Serenbe Playhouse
The latest production from Serenbe Playhouse takes a refreshing look at a familiar favorite....
BWW Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Actor's Express
The production of The Color Purple that opened at Actor's Express over the weekend is a strong, spirited, stripped-down production that aims straight at the heart of Alice Walker's beloved story. Here, the aesthetic improvements to the stuffy and overcooked original Broadway production's concept ar...
BWW Review: NEWSIES at Peach State Summer Theatre!
Disney's Newsies is currently playing at Peach State Summer Theatre in Valdosta, and if you're looking to get out of the hustle and grind of Atlanta for a weekend road trip to a place where they're not paving I-285, this is definitely your best-bet theatre destination. Peach State Summer Theatre's ...
BWW Road-Trip Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Peach State Summer Theatre
It's hot down here in Valdosta! And that's not just the heat from the Georgia sun in June we're feeling. It's the heat emanating from the Peach State Summer Theatre's production of Million Dollar Quartet. The musical revue, playing this summer in repertory with Disney's Newsies and Hello, Dolly!,...
BWW Review: TARZAN: THE STAGE MUSICAL at Atlanta Lyric Theatre
When Tarzan swung into Atlanta Lyric Theatre on Friday evening, it carried a lot of heavy baggage with it. At its opening on Broadway in 2006, the seldom-produced tuner, with songs by Phil Collins and a book by David Henry Hwang, was decidedly unpopular with the critics. The New York Times called ...
BWW Review: THE TAMING at Synchronicity Theatre Brings Light and Levity to Today's Political Climate
THE TAMING by Lauren Gunderson, now playing as part of Synchronicity Theatre's 20th Anniversary season, manages to shine a hysterical light on this tense situation in a way that makes the audience take an introspective look at how we are interact with each other in real life, with a distinct reminde...
BWW Review: The Alliance Theatre's CANDIDE Reinvigorates a Classic
"Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds," the title character parrots incessantly on his quest around the world. Bless his optimistic heart....
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