Alliance Theatre News

American Blues Theater continues its 2017-2018 Season with the Chicago premiere of Steve Murray's This Wonderful Life and directed by Ensemble member Carmen Roman, starring Founding Ensemble Member James Leaming. This Wonderful Life runs November 2-26, 2017 at The Edge Theater, 5451 N Broadway in Chicago. The official press opening is November 5, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

Atlanta's Synchronicity Theatre has announced the three works that will be produced as part of this season's Stripped Bare: Arts Incubator Project.

The Alliance Theatre has transformed the Marcus Jewish Community Center's Morris & Rae Frank Theatre into New York City for Susan Sandler's CROSSING DELANCEY.

The Woodruff Arts Center presents free programming on November 12 from 1 4 PM as part of the Family Fun at The Woodruff Arts Center initiative. Attending families will experience a variety of educational and artistic programming for free at The Woodruff.

Abingdon Theatre Company launches their 2017 Ghostlight Reading Series Monday November 6, 7PM at The Vineyard Theater (108 E. 15th Street) with BETWEEN HERE AND THE CITY OF MEXICO by Tony Meneses and directed by Tony Speciale.

After a very successful reading this summer at the Alliance Theatre produced by Broadway Dreams Foundation, MARY & MAX will have its first 29-hour reading in New York City.

Broadway In Chicago and Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber have announced that casting has been finalized for the national tour of the high-octane Broadway and West End hit, SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL.

CROSSING DELANCEY plays at Alliance Theatre through November 25, and the critics are weighing in!

Updated this week! Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, October 29, 2017 for both productions in your area and around the country including what/when/where and how to audition!

Atlanta professional theatre artists, producers and patrons gather to celebrate the 2016-2017 season of plays and musicals at the 13th Annual Suzi Bass Awards on Monday, November 6, 2017, at 7pm, doors open at 6pm.

The Atlanta Opera has received a $1.2 Million, three-year grant from The Molly Blank Fund of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

Kitchen Theatre Company continues its 2017-2018 Season with the regional premiere of Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, a funny and moving new play about the lengths to which we will go for those we love.

Watch snippets of the cast in action in this teaser for CROSSING DELANCEY, which plays at Alliance Theatre through November 25!

Project: Theater is set to present the 8 year anniversary presentation of OUR BAR.

The nationally-acclaimed Veterans Portrait Project will open as a special exhibition at Atlanta's Woodruff Arts Center on Veterans Day, November 11, 2017.

CROSSING DELANCEY plays at Alliance Theatre through November 25. The play that inspired the hit film, Crossing Delancey is the story of Izzy, a beautiful, intelligent, single young woman, and her 80-year-old Bubbie, who is determined to see her granddaughter get married before she dies. Giving Cupid a nudge, this irascible granny hires a matchmaker and sets out to find her granddaughter the perfect mate. But will Sam, the neighborhood pickle man, be the kind of man Izzy has in mind?

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. These words will come alive again as Cleveland Play House produces The Diary of Anne Frank, providing an immersive experience for the audience in this adaptation never-before seen on the CPH stage.

Pegasus Theatre Chicago is proud to announce the first production in its 2017 2018 season, Legacies, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery, written by Shay Youngblood and directed by Pegasus Theatre Chicago's Producing Artistic Director Ilesa Duncan, with music direction by Shawn Wallace and choreography by Nicole Clarke-Springer, November 8 December 10, at Chicago Dramatists, 773 N. Aberdeen, where Pegasus is a resident artist. Previews are Wednesday, Nov. 8 Saturday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Playwright Neeley Gossett (Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition finalist) and Actor/Playwright Steve Coulter (Edward Foote) have teamed up with Alliance Theatre Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families Rosemary Newcott to develop this year's new play for middle school audiences Alice Between. Alice Between will tour to Atlanta area middle schools for several weeks and will have five public performances in the Rich Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center, November 12 19, 2017. The opening performance is Saturday, November 12, at 5:00 p.m.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced a one-week extension to the Roundabout Underground production of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder now through November 26, 2017. The extension week will include three special performances reserved for NYC public school students.