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Savannah VOICE Festival To Close 10th Season With Gala And Charles Gounod's FAUST
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2022
The Savannah VOICE Festival will close out its tenth season with a reception and special concert gala featuring 2022 Milnes VOICE Awardee, Frederica “Flicka” von Stade, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at the historic Green Meldrim House, 14 W Macon St.
2022 Essential Theatre Play Festival to Continue with Hush Harbor Lab's THE WASH by Kelundra Smith
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2022
From July 29 to August 28, Essential Theatre is presenting its 23rd Festival with the world premieres of two plays and four staged readings, all by Georgia playwrights. For one night only on August 18, Essential will be hosting a reading by Hush Harbor Lab, Atlanta's Black Play Development Company.
The Alliance Theatre Announces New Stage Management Fellow
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2022
The Alliance Theatre has announced that Kacie Pimentel has been chosen as the National Vision, Inc. BIPOC Stage Management Fellow for the 2022/23 Season. A graduate of the University of Houston, Pimentel will relocate to Atlanta and begin her fellowship in August.
Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal To Celebrate New Album Live At Northside Tavern
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2022
Josh Hoyer And Soul Colossal announced Friday, Sept 2 at Northside Tavern.
Caroga Arts Ensemble Will Perform At Cooperstown Summer Music Festival Next Week
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2022
The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival continues its 24th season with a performance by the Caroga Arts Ensemble on Tuesday, August 16 at 7pm at the Otesaga Resort Hotel.
JERSEY BOYS At Mountain Theatre Company Offers Profit-Sharing: Sold Out Run Is Highest Grossing Show In 84 Years
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2022
Mountain Theatre Company at the Highlands Playhouse made history with Jersey Boys, its opening production of the 2022 Mainstage Season.
EVERYBODY Opens Alliance Theatre's Season Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2022
​​​​​​​Rehearsals started this week for the Alliance Theatre's season opener, EVERYBODY, by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.  EVERYBODY, which is co-directed by Susan V. Booth and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, marks the final production of Booth's 21-year tenure as the Alliance Theatre's Jennings Hertz Artistic Director.
2022 Essential Theatre Play Festival Continues With Readings Of New Plays
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2022
From July 29 to August 28, Essential Theatre presents its 23rd Festival with the world premieres of two plays and four staged readings, all by Georgia playwrights. The two full productions, The Outrage Machine and A Complicated Hope, opened the first two weeks of the festival, and next in the lineup is the Bare Essentials Play Reading series, produced with support from Georgia Humanities.
Atlanta Lyric Theatre to Kick Off 42nd Season This Month With GUYS AND DOLLS
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2022
The iconic musical will make its return to Marietta at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre from August 25-September 4 for the start of its 42nd season. Guys and Dolls tells the classic story of big-city gamblers and a bet with an outcome no one expected.
Savannah VOICE Festival To Celebrate Human Voice With Concerts Of Many Different Genres
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2022
The Savannah VOICE Festival celebrates the beauty of the human voice with concerts featuring many different genres of song during this tenth anniversary season, which runs from August 7-21.
Kennesaw State Department of Dance Presents DOUBLE EXPOSURE
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2022
The Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University (KSU) will present Double Exposure August 26-27 at 8 p.m. at the KSU Dance Theater on the Marietta campus. Made possible by the Eleo Pomare-Glenn Connor Dance Endowment, the 2022 Choreographic Residency Program features up-and-coming choreographers Tsai Hsi Hung and Chuck Wilt.
Julia K. Bullard Named Interim Director Of Kennesaw State's Dr. Bobbie Bailey School Of Music
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2022
Harrison Long, Interim Dean of the College of the Arts at Kennesaw State University, has named Julia K. Bullard, D.M.A. as Interim Director of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music, effective August 1.
Verona Quartet To Perform At Cooperstown Summer Music Festival August 8
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2022
The Verona Quartet, one the most exciting current interpreters of the string quartet literature, will perform at the Otesaga Resort Hotel on Monday, August 8 at 7pm as part of the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival's 24th season. 
White Snake Projects Premieres Elena Ruehr's COSMIC COWBOY, September 16-18
by BWW News Desk - July 27, 2022
Launching their first complete season this fall, thanks to a recently announced $750,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation, Cerise Jacobs and her activist opera company, White Snake Projects (WSP), present Cosmic Cowboy: a work of poli sci-fi that blends ancient history and fantasy to talk about the subject of colonization.
2022 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award Winner A COMPLICATED HOPE Opens August 5
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2022
From July 29 to August 28, Essential Theatre is presenting its 23rd Festival with the world premieres of two plays and four staged readings, all by Georgia playwrights. Opening Friday August 5 is A Complicated Hope, by John Mabey directed by Ellen McQueen.
Actor's Express to Continue 34th Season With DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS in August
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2022
Actor’s Express will continue its 34th season with a production of Desire Under the Elms, a landmark American play by Eugene O’Neill, American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. Performances run August 6-28, 2022.
Photos: First Look at THE INCREDIBLE BOOK EATING BOY at Alliance Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2022
The Alliance Theatre is now presenting the world-premiere musical production, THE INCREDIBLE BOOK EATING BOY. Based on the witty and charming children's book by Oliver Jeffers, THE INCREDIBLE BOOK EATING BOY celebrates the joy of reading and the insatiable appetite for knowledge in a hilarious family production. 
GARDEN OF EDEN BALL Marks 40 Years Of Fun Fundraising
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2022
The Garden of Eden Ball, the Atlanta Botanical Garden's largest annual fundraising event set for Saturday, Sept. 24, promises to be a magical evening marking a 40-year milestone for celebrating the past, present and future. 
An All-Female Production of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Comes to Shakespeare Tavern
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2022
Shylock, the Jewish moneylender and one of Shakespeare's most controversial characters of all time, Antonio, and Portia face off in this complicated and harrowing 'comedy' that has challenged artists and audiences for centuries.  
Review: WEST SIDE STORY at City Springs Theatre Company
by Caroline Powell - July 14, 2022
What did our critic think of “SOMETHING’S COMING” FROM WEST SIDE STORY at City Springs Theatre Company?
Essential Theatre to Present 23rd Summer Play Festival Featuring Two World Premieres & More
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2022
From July 29 to August 28, Essential Theatre is presenting its 23rd Festival with the world premieres of two plays and four staged readings, all by Georgia playwrights. The Outrage Machine, written by Daniel Carter Brown and directed by Peter Hardy, opens Friday, July 28, 2022 at 8pm at the West End Performing Arts Center.
Horizon Theatre Company to Present the World Premiere of SQUARE BLUES by Shay Youngblood This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2022
Love and revolution are at the center of the world premiere of acclaimed Shay Youngblood’s play, Square Blues, about three generations of a southern Black family who share a passion for activism, art, and following your heart. Square Blues will make its premiere on the Horizon stage from July 22 – August 21 (Press Opening July 29). 
Megan Hilty to Perform at Art Farm at Serenbe's BROADWAY IN THE WOODS Series in August
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2022
Join in for an intimate evening with Megan Hilty as she joins Art Farm at Serenbe's Broadway in the Woods series on Aug 27th at 7:30. The beloved star of stage and screen brings her powerful voice and sparkling personality to a cabaret show that will feature her Broadway setlist.
NEXT TO NORMAL Returns To Atlanta This Month
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2022
Cobb PARKS and the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre are presenting NEXT TO NORMAL, the first in-person concert of their 2022 season. Featuring six Atlanta actors and seven musicians, this is NEXT TO NORMAL'S first return to Atlanta in nearly ten years.
Christine 'The Booking Magnet' Horn Presents Booking Magnet Live Conference
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2022
Veteran actress, businesswoman, and career coach Christine Horn, popularly known as 'The Booking Magnet,' announces her second annual Booking Magnet Live conference, taking place this summer at the Marriott Northeast/Emory Area hotel.

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