The Atlanta Opera Announces Teams For 96-HOUR OPERA PROJECT, June 9-12
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2023
The Atlanta Opera has announced that five creative teams have been selected to participate in the second annual 96-Hour Opera Project, a composition competition and showcase that pairs composers and librettists to write ten-minute operas. Bringing their completed works to Atlanta, the teams will wor...
LIZZIE Comes to Actor's Express Next Month
by Stephi Wild - June 20, 2022
Actor's Express continues its 34th season with a production of Lizzie, a blazing rock-and-roll musical based on the famous American history true crime story of Lizzie Borden. “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.”...
Dad's Garage Theatre to Host Improv Show MONSTERS OF 'PROV
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2022
For one night only on Friday, June 10, Atlanta's favorite improv groups will come together for an unprecedented night of comedy. Organized and hosted by Dad’s Garage, this event will bring together The Blacktop Circus, Dad's Garage, Laughing Matters, Village Theatre, and Whole World Theatre to share...
Sketchworks Comedy Wins Right To Perform GREASE Parody
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2022
After a two-and-a-half-year legal struggle, Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain confirmed what was obvious from the start. The court has declared Vape the Musical 'a parody and thus constitutes fair use of the elements of Grease that are used in Vape.'...
ATL SketchFest Is Back This September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2021
Sketchworks Comedy, Atlanta's award-winning live sketch comedy company, has announced dates, and is accepting submissions, for their sketch comedy festival - ATL SketchFest. The 3 night event will take place Thursday, September 23, Friday, September 24, and Saturday, September 25 at The Village Thea...