Several years ago, performer and playwright Ty Autry had the idea of bringing together a local performing arts festival for the LGBTQ community. Now his Lavender Fest is about to open its third season, and every aspect of the rainbow spectrum — “bisexual, poly, queer, trans, non-binary, gay and everything in between you can think…
A couple that took Atlanta theater to heart and connected with scores of performing artists, Alan and Susan Stiefel were as much a part of an opening night as the jitters and last-minute tweaks. On June 29, Susan Stiefel, 81, passed away, five years after the death of her husband, leaving the city’s performing arts…
Atlanta’s Margaret Edson has written just one play — well over a quarter of a century ago — but it has definitely stood the test of time. Her Wit is still a gripping and smart theatrical experience. Actor’s Express is staging its own version of the drama headlined by the reliably excellent Carolyn Cook, running…
Six years ago, Donald Milton III, artistic director of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus, was having lunch with the organization’s accompanist, Eric Baumgartner, racking their respective brains about future projects. They ultimately decided to collaborate on a concert honoring Queen — and then later a follow-up. With the success of both 2019’s The Best Damn…
Larry Larson’s colleagues admired him for his many gifts. It wasn’t just his ability to bring characters to life as an actor and playwright but his dedication to remaining an Atlanta-area performer when other artists were leaving for supposed greener pastures. A veteran of more than 75 stage appearances and 20+ film and TV roles,…
When Gloria Estefan was making Father of the Bride in the Atlanta area in 2021, she’d walk the Beltline during off hours and fell in love with the area. So when the producers of her new musical, Basura, were looking for a place to launch, she rooted for Atlanta and is delighted to be back….
A mainstay of Atlanta’s theater community for almost 30 years now, Synchronicity Theatre is now in search of a new performing space. According to Rachel May, the company’s co-founder and producing artistic director, the landlord of Midtown’s One Peachtree Pointe — Dewberry Capital Corp– decided earlier this year not to renew the lease of Synchronicity’s…
When Tina Fey sat down to write the script for 2004’s Mean Girls, she probably had no way of knowing its full impact and that audiences would still be quoting it two decades later. Not only did the film become a pop culture sensation, it launched a lauded 2018 musical that’s now making its regional…
Paul Conroy, founder and producing artistic director of Out Front Theatre Company, thought he had the closing show of his 10th season locked up — the stage version of the movie Clue. But when the national tour of that production extended, there was a block on the rights. Joining forces with frequent collaborator Jack Caron, the…
Although writers and theater artists Topher Payne and Charlie Cote crossed paths professionally several times over the years, it was a dating app that ultimately brought them together. Cote was on the LGBTQ+ app SCRUFF near the end of the Covid lockdown when he received a message from another man nearby introducing himself as Topher…
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