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Synchronicity Theatre Announces Participants for 2019-2020 Stripped Bare Arts Incubator Project
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2019
Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre announces the four works that will be produced as part of this season's Stripped Bare Arts Incubator Project. They are: The Unbound trilogy by Sherna Ann Phillips with visual art by Dr. Lisa Whittington (September 17 a?" 18, 2019), What the Woolf Wore by Abraham Johnson (November 13, 2019), The Gun Show by Elizabeth Dinkova (January 15, 2020), and I'm a Motherf*#%ing Super Star: So Where Are My Babies? by Valeka J Holt (May 13, 2020). All performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Synchronicity Theatre. Performances are free and open to the public, but require reservations.
Found Stages Presents FRANKENSTEIN'S FUNERAL: AN IMMERSIVE HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2019
This Halloween season, Found Stages' Frankenstein's Funerala will take audiences on a physical journey through Mary Shelley's 200-year-old novel.
Play Me Again Pianos Welcomes New Piano to at Alpharetta Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2019
Play Me Again Pianos, a nonprofit aspiring to make metro Atlanta more musical through 88 public piano installations, will cut the ribbon on its newest donated piano Saturday, Aug. 24, at 1:30 p.m. at the Alpharetta Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public and everyone is encouraged to play the piano, named a?oeEkphrasis,a?? after the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
A SOUTHERN FAIRYTALE Returns to Atlanta
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2019
A Southern Fairytale, written by and starring Broadway World award-winning actor Ty Autry and directed by David L. Carson, will be back in Atlanta on August 24th for a return engagement at Out Front Theatre Company after a sold-out performance in June and an equally impressive turnout at The Duplex during the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
Third Edition Of AJFF On Campus Comes To Emory University September 15-17
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2019
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) continues its commitment to harnessing the power of cinematic storytelling to educate high school and college students about current events, historical topics and global communities through the AJFF On Campus initiative, returning to Emory University September 15-17 and expanding to Pace Academy with a screening on September 5.
American Traditions Vocal Competition Announces 27th Annual Competition
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2019
The American Traditions Vocal Competition is now accepting applications for an earlier deadline - please note the deadline this year: Monday, September 23, 2019.
Violinist Jesse Mills To Lead Program Of Baroque Masterworks In Cooperstown
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2019
Violinist Jesse Mills will lead a chamber orchestra in a performance of Baroque works on Sunday, August 25 at 7:30pm at the Otesaga Resort Hotel ballroom in Cooperstown. The concert is the last of the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival's mainstage August concerts.
Found Stages Presents Reading Of Margaret Baldwin Play
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2019
Found Stages and Dunwoody Nature Center are joining to present the fourth play in the second annual 'Wine & Reading Series,' Margaret Baldwin's SUNDAY MORNING 2 MEN COOKING on Sunday, September 8, 2019.
Review Roundup: HEAD OVER HEELS at Actor's Express; What Do The Critics Have To Say?
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2019
Head Over Heels is now open at Actor's Express! What did the critics think? Read all the reviews!
Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre Announces 22nd Season; THE HOBBIT, ELLA ENCHANTED and More
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2019
True to its mission, Synchronicity Theatre's 2019-2020 Season will feature women playwrights and provide new opportunities to uplift the voices of women and girls. The season includes programming in Synchronicity's Bold Voices Series (contemporary plays for adults), Family Series (compelling plays for children and families), curated new voices in the Stripped Bare Arts Incubator Project, the newly rebranded Women in the Arts and Business Luncheon, the next installment of SheWRITES New Play Festival, and Playmaking for Girls and Playmaking for Kids.
Newnan Theatre Company Presents ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2019
Newnan Theatre Company opens its historic 42nd season with the classic comedy Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring, on Thursday, August 15th. The show has been hailed as one of the funniest comedies ever written for the stage by many theatre historians and has been performed all over the world.
The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse Presents THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2019
An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays (and 154 sonnets) in two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all the Histories are performed as a football game, and we go NUTS with Hamlet. All of this performed by THREE ACTORS. It took ASC, with hundreds of actors, 26 years to complete Shakespeare's works the first time (this last time through, it only took us 8!) These three nerds will do 'em all in an evening. Show offs.
Tickets For GARDEN LIGHTS, HOLIDAY NIGHTS On Sale October 1
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2019
Tickets go on sale October 1 for Atlanta's favorite holiday tradition, Garden Lights, Holiday Nights presented by Invesco, featuring a new twist on the popular three-dimensional curtain of light and the return of many of the giant characters from this summer's Imaginary Worlds: Alice's Wonderland. During the show, presented nightly November 16 a?" January 5, here are five highlights not to miss:
GET Opens Season 27 With Southern Classic CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2019
Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), the professional North Fulton theatre company, will open its 27th season this September with a southern classic from Tennessee Williams: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The production will be directed by GET Associate Artistic Director James Donadio and run September 12th through 28th, 2019, at the company's home in the Roswell Cultural Arts Center. The Robert W. Hagan Family Foundation is graciously sponsoring this show.
Act3 Announces 2019-20 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2019
Act3 Theater Company today announced its nineth season.  The season opens August 9 when earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and the unforgettable songs of the '70s take center stage in Broadway's side-splitting homage to classic disaster films with Disaster! The schedule also includes a thought provoking drama, a heart warming musical, a hilarious true story, and a classic Broadway production.
Act3 Productions Presents DISASTER! August 9 - 24
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2019
Act3 Productions presents Disaster August 9-24 at Act3 Playhouse in Sandy Springs Plaza, 6285-R Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. A new musical straight from Broadway, features some of the most unforgettable songs of the '70s. a?oeKnock on Wood,a?? a?oeHooked on a Feeling,a?? a?oeSky High,a?? a?oeI Am Womana?? and a?oeHot Stuffa?? are just a few of the scintillating hits in this hilarious musical comedy with a book by three-time Emmy Award nominee and Sirius XM Broadway host, Seth Rudetsy and Jack Plotnick. Tickets are $15-$30 and may be purchased at www.act3productions.org.
Photo Flash: Shuler Hensley Makes Surprise Appearance At Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2019
An Atlanta Jewish Film Festival audience was delighted by a surprise performance before a sold-out screening of the new documentary Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles. 
VIDEO: Get A First Look At HEAD OVER HEELS At Actor's Express
by Alan Henry - August 08, 2019
Actor's Express presents Head Over Heels direct from Broadway! Based on The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, Head Over Heels features the music of the iconic 80s band The Go-Go's, and was conceived by Jeff Whitty and Adapted by James Magruder.
Marietta Theatre Company To Premiere The Off-Broadway Hit DISENCHANTED In Georgia
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2019
Marietta Theatre Company opens their 3rd season with a Georgia Premiere that is sure to alter your outlook on the fairy tale princesses we have come to know and love. Dennis Giacino has taken a hilarious concept and spun it into Disenchanted!, a musical that explores how the original fairy tale princesses feel about their modern Disney counterparts. Join Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and 7 other favorites at the Lyric Studio on the Square from August 16 - 31 for a show even a wicked stepmother could love.
Theatrical Outfit Presents OUR TOWN & THE LARAMIE PROJECT In Repertory
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
Theatrical Outfit launches its 2019 a?" 2020 Season with an unprecedented event a?" Our Town and The Laramie Project running together in repertory. 10 actors. 2 directors. 1 unforgettable experience. This groundbreaking theatrical event runs August 27 a?" September 29, 2019 only at The Balzer Theater at Herren's in the heart of Downtown Atlanta.
Actor's Express Opens 32nd Season With SKINTIGHT
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
Actor's Express opens its 32nd season with Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award winner Joshua Harmon's blistering new comedy Skintight running September 18 a?" October 13, 2019. Directed by Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley, Skintight hilariously excoriates America's obsession with youth, sex and physical beauty. Playwright Harmon has a long history with Actor's Express, having served as the theatre's National New Play Network Playwright in Residence in 2010. Since that time, Actor's Express has produced Harmon's hits Bad Jews (2015) and Significant Other (2016).
Elm Street Opens New Season With New Play Based On a Familiar Young Wizard
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2019
Starting August 16th Elm Street Cultural Arts Village puts a spell on audiences with opening night of Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, a new comedy fresh from Off-Broadway. For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too. Discover the untold story of the a?oelosersa?? who embrace being badgers and strive to be a?oethird or nothing!a??
ZZ Top And Steve Martin & Martin Short Just Added To King Center Lineup
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2019
ZZ Top and Steve Martin & Martin Short have just added to King Center lineup. See full details below:
Strand Theatre's Hit Summer Motown Show Returns In August
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2019
The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre will bring it's popular summer Motown revue Jukebox Giants: Motown & More! back to the stage this August 16-25. Tickets are $20-$25 and are on sale now to the general public.
10,000 Maniacs Announced At Teragram Ballroom On Tuesday, September 17
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2019
10,000 MANIACS will perform at Teragram Ballroom, 1234 W 7th St, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, September 17th at 8:00 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. This event is open to patrons of all ages.  Tickets are $35.00 and are available at Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.  For more information visit teragramballroom.com/

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