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…
Throughout his career, Arthur Miller was known for his searing critiques of American capitalism and the so-called “American dream.” In The Price, the laconic tale of aging policeman Victor Franz, Miller examines what happens when the American dream is deferred and the impact on individual worth and family ties. The current production running through May…
Astrologically, Venus is the lover of the solar system, bringing peace, tranquility and interpersonal pleasure wherever she goes. When disordered, however, Venus brings obsession, defensiveness and a willingness to destroy oneself in pursuit of love. The latter state is of more interest to playwright Steve Yockey, whose world premiere Venus, a tragicomic exploration of the…
They say that imagination can take us to places we never could have dreamed. In Jacob York’s Initiative, a touching but uneven world premiere about friendship, grief and community, imagination stands in for a life unlived. Running at Aurora Theatre through April 19, Initiative follows Dave (Cole Ferguson), a lifelong nerd and Dungeons & Dragons…
When Idina Menzel uttered the immortal words “which way to the stage?” in 1996, she was asking about a literal stage. In Ana Nogueira’s play of the same name, the stage in question is the one described by Shakespeare — representing the search for oneself. This intersection between identity and performance forms the crux of…
There is a line that Anna Holland recalls in the play Heartbeat Ophelia, in which a famously doomed Shakespeare character looks to her companion and says, “We don’t talk about my mother, do we?” This question of what Shakespeare does and does not discuss regarding his female characters is the driving force behind Thy Name…
Good news, Atlanta theater-goers: your next date night show has arrived. That show is Bad Dates, Theresa Rebeck’s one-woman show about the trials and tribulations of modern dating. Running through February 22 at Stage Door Theatre, this Valentine’s confection is mostly sweet, with some hints of bitterness and a surprising twist that is likely to…
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