Serenbe Playhouse has developed a national reputation for its over-the-top, immersive, site-specific productions. It landed a helicopter for Miss Saigon and sunk a ship for Titanic. Now it’s taking audiences through the wardrobe to a land where it’s always winter but never Christmas. The family-friendly Narnia, based on the C.S. Lewis book The Lion, the…
Many theaters spend the holiday season rotating through A Christmas Carol, It’s a Wonderful Life and such, but for the past three years, Theatrical Outfit has immersed itself in Jane Austen’s world. It first produced Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, an imagining of the fates of the sisters in Pride and Prejudice, in 2017. In that…
Turn on TV or the radio, scroll through any newsfeed, and it’s hard not find a story about who’s to blame for America’s opioid epidemic. Is it big pharma for making the medication so addictive? Is it the doctors who prescribe the pills in exchange for kickbacks? Maybe it’s the addicts themselves for their inability…
Playwright Dominique Morisseau has often described herself as the scribe for her native Detroit. In her Detroit Trilogy, she aims to give voice to the working people who are the heart and soul of the Motor City. In Paradise Blue, set in the 1940s, Detroit’s historically African American Black Bottom neighborhood is on the verge…
Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone loves prime numbers, his pet rat and the color red. He dislikes anything yellow, metaphors and being touched. His behaviors are consistent with someone on the autism spectrum, but when he finds a pitchfork sticking out of his neighbor’s dog, he stretches the bounds of what he (and everyone around him) thinks…
It’s hard to forget the first time you see the chocolate waterfall and edible buttercups in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Watching the formidable Jean Simmons as a candymaker in need of a comeback was many people’s introduction to the delectable world of Roald Dahl’s book. The twisted tale of a…
The English suburb of East Dulwich lives up to its name, but things get much more interesting when David Starr (Zachary Sayle) is cast as Nancy in the high school production of Oliver! Adding to the drama is Maxie Boswell (Jake Boyd), the hot new soccer player cast as Nancy’s love interest. With the help…
Imminent death can bring out the worst in people, or perhaps, yank the truth out. Either way, members of the Pollitt family are extremely ill-behaved when gathering for what is likely Big Daddy’s last birthday. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the famous family drama by the great Tennessee Williams, plays out its turmoil at…
Editor’s note: In celebration of ArtsATL’s 10th anniversary, we will republish each Friday a story from our archives that sparked strong reader reaction, showcased great writing or marked historical hallmarks in the evolution of Atlanta’s arts community. When Kelundra Smith profiled Danielle Deadwyler in 2015 for our “Maker’s Dozen” series, the 32-year-old Deadwyler was playing…
The best way to describe the musical Head Over Heels? A mashup of Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream set to the music of the Go-Go’s. Grecian opulence and 1980s punk rock coalesce in the campiest ways in this lighthearted confection at Actor’s Express through August 25. The people of Arcadia are known for…
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