Academy Theatre News

23 composers and playwrights have contributed new works to Blindspot Collective's upcoming production of Hall Pass, an immersive musical being presented by La Jolla Playhouse for the 2019 Without Walls Festival. During the performance, audiences will choose where to go and what to watch as 18 distinct plays and musicals unfold across the High Tech High campus in Liberty Station. Inspired in part by research and interviews conducted with high school students in New York, West Virginia, Illinois, Texas, and California, Hall Pass will feature a cast of 37 professional performers joined by students from the theatre department at Canyon Crest Academy.

Parallel 45 Theatre and Interlochen Center for the Arts have launched an official partnership, bringing two artistic powerhouses together to provide cutting-edge theatre to northwest Michigan. The partnership features three components, including the creation of a six-week dedicated residency for directors and theatre-makers to create new material utilizing Interlochen Arts Academy theatre students. The premiere of this residency will be held March 12-14 at Phoenix Theatre on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Comedian Steve Smith, better known as Red Green, from the beloved Gemini Award-winning comedy series The Red Green Show, has announced the addition of several new dates for his 'This Could Be It!' fall tour throughout Canada, with more shows to be announced. Kicking off September 19 in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Red Green embarks on his final journey throughout his homeland, with a coast-to-coast trek that will culminate on October 30th at the Georgian Theatre in Barrie, Ontario.

Academy Theatre and Impact Theatre Atlanta will be finishing their 2018/19 season with The ReRooting by Betty Chaney, directed by Brenda Porter. This play is the conclusion to the trilogy including The Rooting Place, presented in 2016, and The Uprooting, presented in 2017.

Academy Award-nominee Richard E. Grant, TV star Sharon Horgan, and more have joined the cast of an upcoming film adaptation of the West End hit musical. Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

Academy Theatre presents Tapas IV: The Great Divide. This is a play festival comprised of a collection of ten minute short plays based on the theme of divided relationships in their many forms, and nearly all are premieres! We're featuring some of Georgia's great creative talents for the festival include Fracena Byrd, Rob Raissle, and Zach Roe.

Ten UK school and youth theatre companies have been chosen to bring their productions of ten brand new plays to the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival, which takes place in the Dorfman Theatre from 25-29 June.

The Academy Theatre and Impact Theatre Atlanta present "Hi De Hi De Ho: Cab Calloway", opening May 3rd! Rob Jerome Jones will star in this show that brings the story and music of one of America's most beloved jazz icons to the stage!

Academy Theatre brings Dixie Swim Club to the stage, a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever. Lynna Schmidt is back to direct an all star cast opening March 15!

Academy Theatre brings Dixie Swim Club to the stage, a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever. Lynna Schmidt is back to direct an all star cast opening March 15!

Steve Smith, better known as Red Green, from the beloved Gemini Award-winning comedy series The Red Green Show, is excited to announce additional dates added to the Canadian leg of his 'This Could Be It' tour in 2019. The additional dates include October 9 in Winnipeg, Man., October 19 in Blyth, Ont., and October 22 in Brantford, Ont. where Red Green will film a new video production in front of a live audience for a forthcoming TV special.

Steve Smith, better known as Red Green, from the beloved Gemini Award-winning comedy series The Red Green Show, is excited to announce additional dates added to the Canadian leg of his 'This Could Be It' tour in 2019. The additional dates include October 9 in Winnipeg, Man., October 19 in Blyth, Ont., and October 22 in Brantford, Ont. where Red Green will film a new video production in front of a live audience for a forthcoming TV special.

Come celebrate the beginning of the holiday season with Academy Theatre! Join us for a collection of funny, festive and sentimental holiday songs!

Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced a partnership with The King's Academy Conservatory of Arts in West Palm Beach, through which the professional dance company will present four major ballets during the 2018-2019 season. The performances will be presented at the Academy's Page Family Center for Performing Arts, located at 8401 Belvedere Road (33411).

Steve Smith, better known as Red Green, from the beloved Gemini Award-winning comedy series The Red Green Show, is excited to announce the second leg of his 'This Could Be It' tour for 2019 extending into Canada. Kicking off on September 20, 2019 in Red Deer, Alta., Red Green will return to his homeland for a coast-to-coast trek of shows from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Additional dates are set to be added in Winnipeg, Man.; Courtenay, B.C.; Calgary, Alta.; and Blyth, Ont. Tickets for the Canadian shows will go on sale this Thursday, November, 1.

Sultans of String get set to take their genre-bending mix of songs to venues across Canada and US. Known for being culturally inclusive the bandcombines elements of Spanish flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and French Manouche Gypsy-jazz into their eclectic sound.  See full schedule below for shows for the whole family.

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 applaud the Alliance Theatre for kicking off their 50th anniversary season with Nick's Flamingo Grill, a new jazz musical written by Atlanta playwright Phillip DePoy. The show fits very nicely into the Hertz Stage, a beautiful black box space with the stage in the center and audience members on either side, making the story an intimate experience and getting all of us to feel as though we are the jazz club audience during the musical numbers. And what numbers they are! But more on that later.

Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced a partnership with The King's Academy Conservatory of Arts in West Palm Beach, through which the professional dance company will present four major ballets during the 2018-2019 season. The performances will be presented at the Academy's Page Family Center for Performing Arts, located at 8401 Belvedere Road (33411).

Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced a partnership with The King's Academy Conservatory of Arts in West Palm Beach, through which the professional dance company will present four major ballets during the 2018-2019 season. The performances will be presented at the Academy's Page Family Center for Performing Arts, located at 8401 Belvedere Road (33411).

Academy Theatre's leading ladies Fracena Byrd, Brenda Porter, and Lynna Schmidt are teaming up to bring a powerful story to the stage! With Fracena Byrd in the director's chair, Porter and Schmidt are taking to the stage, joined by Sarah Craig!