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Legacy Series: Theatrical Outfit artistic director Tom Key seeks to bring the truth of the human spirit to the stage

Gail O'NeillMay 31, 2018

Tom Key’s instincts for summoning the right words at the right time have served him well for over 40 years as an actor, playwright and director. Theater critic ...

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Review: True Colors’ “Smart People” uses juicy dialogue to evoke race and class

Kelundra SmithJuly 20, 2016

There have been countless times when someone has told the joke about a rabbi, a priest and another random character walking into a bar. But, what about the one ...

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Review: Alliance’s “BeBe Winans Story” has its charms but lacks cohesive narrative

Jim FarmerApril 27, 2016

Now having its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre, Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story is very much a family affair. Charting the journey of the Grammy Awa...

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Changing of the Guard: For Susan Booth and the Alliance, a new theater space begins a new era

Jim FarmerApril 22, 2016

While the Alliance Theatre is not one of Atlanta's core arts institutions under new leadership, with Susan Booth continuing to serve as the artistic director, t...

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Review: Aurora Theatre’s “Sotto Voce” suffers from incongruity of using a young actress to play an older character

Andrew AlexanderApril 20, 2016

A sense of old-fashioned, if somewhat unusual, romance should beat at the heart of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz’s 2014 play Sotto Voce, currently...

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Review: With “The Light in the Piazza,” Theatrical Outfit turns on one of the year’s best musicals

Jim FarmerApril 20, 2016

As most theater companies in town near the end of their respective seasons, almost all have some sort of heavy hitter (or heavy hitter wannabe) in their lineup....

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Appreciation: Atlanta’s grand old theater loses its greatest love, Joe Patten, the “Phantom of the Fox”

Gail O'NeillApril 11, 2016

When the Fox Theatre announced the death of Joe Patten via Facebook last week, one of the first people to respond on the social media platform was Mark Cash. ...

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Preview: Playwright Lee Nowell digs beneath the headlines for “Beyond Reasonable Doubt”

Kelundra SmithApril 8, 2016

Troy Anthony Davis had three close calls with death before he was executed via lethal injection on September 21, 2011 at 11:08 p.m. The first time he was schedu...

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Review: The Seedling Project takes root with sturdy, though sometimes shaky, “Hedda Gabler”

Jim FarmerApril 7, 2016

Mandi Lee as Hedda Gabler. It’s an iconic role that many an actress would love to sink her teeth into. Written by playwright Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler is one...

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Year in review: For Atlanta theater in 2015, a lot of highs and moments that came up flat

ARTS ATL StaffDecember 31, 2015

Edward Foote was the brainchild of Atlanta playwright Phillip DePoy, and one of the highlights of the year in theater. While there was plenty to like about th...

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