At what point do we earn the right to rest? In Other Paths to God, running through November 8 at Horizon Theatre, Atlanta-based writer Kelundra Smith takes aim at this question, interrogating what happens when our labor is not valued. Other Paths to God tells the story of the nursing staff at Morey Medical, a…
“Disjointed” is the only word that comes to mind after seeing i never asked for a gofundme, a world premiere play that buckles under the weight of conflicting impulses despite good intentions and a clever premise. Running through October 25 at Actor’s Express, i never asked for a gofundme is about Millie (Erin North) who…
Who doesn’t love a good buddy comedy? David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord, which runs through October 18 at Stage Door Theatre, combines those well-worn charms with tonal balance and Golden Girls-inspired absurdity to create an amusing and surprisingly heartwarming story. The play is set in a quaint nursing home, the current abode of Abigail (Suzanne Roush), a…
How does art serve as a vehicle for processing trauma, and how can a process as messy as that be translated to the stage? Addae Moon, an Atlanta playwright and dramaturg, grapples with that question in his play Branches Etched Across the Sky, now in its second stage production at Kennesaw State University. Running October…
Kira Rockwell has established herself as a well-appreciated Atlanta playwright with a tender sensibility yet a sharp eye for critiquing institutions. These instincts are on full display in Holy Chicken Sandwich, her newest world premiere running at Horizon Theatre through September 19. However, some muddled metaphors and tonally confused directing prevent the play from singing…
Few musicals in the American theater canon are as immediately recognizable as Annie, a seminal tale that feels so ingratiated into our consciousness, one may be surprised to learn that it’s only as old as 1977. The reason for the musical’s staying power, however, has more to do with its snappy neoliberal optimism than the…
There is an inescapable vulnerability to autobiographical performance, and to embrace that vulnerability takes a courage naturally conducive to bold storytelling. Maria Mainelli’s sharp, one-woman show, Baby Bipolar, through July 17 at 7 Stages, benefits not only from this courage but from a self-aware wit and affable charm that helps it sing from within the…
How to make something beautiful out of trash? This is both the textual and metatextual question at the heart of Basura, a heartwarming new musical about the creation of Paraguay’s Recycled Orchestra of Cateura. Running through July 12 at the Alliance Theatre, this world premiere delivers uplifting tunes and strong performances that allow the story…
Picture your favorite long-running TV show — the highs and lows that come with binging episode after episode. This is the experience playwright Nathan Jerpe seeks to conjure with Flay’s Anatomy, a madcap theatrical comedy presented in episodic format. The fourth installment of Flay’s, Flesh Before Breakfast, is on stage May 15 through May 24…
Thank the comedy gods that Out Front Theatre did not receive the rights to Clue because Cluedunnit, its drag parody of the iconic film, is the funniest thing to happen to the board game since the flames on the side of Madeline Kahn’s face. Running through May 16, this laugh-a-minute farce weds the campy nature…
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