Libby Whittemore is an iconic figure in the world of Atlanta cabaret singers. Once the foremost crooner of a style that dominated the city’s nightclubs in the 1970s and 80s, she now keeps the fire alive and continues to captivate audiences hungry for the scorching torch songs of yesteryear. Whittemore will sing with the DeKalb…
‘Twas the night before Christmas in a pandemic age, and many creatures were stirring, especially backstage. In contrast to last year’s largely dormant pre-vaccine holiday season, this year’s ho-ho-ho time is welcoming back live performance in a big way, with a multitude of offerings to delight and dazzle as we round out 2021. Below is…
Atlanta singer Libby Whittemore was prepping for her usual spring show at Actor’s Express last April when COVID-19 entered, canceling it. Instead, borrowing an idea from a couple of New York pals — jazz artist Billy Stritch and actor-singer Linda Lavin — Whittemore and longtime musical director Robert Strickland did the show from her Buckhead…
Well-Intentioned White People by Imani Vaughn-Jones begins this year’s Unexpected Play Festival, a joint effort by Theatrical Outfit and Working Title Playwrights. The series of one-night-only virtual readings introduces new plays by Atlanta writers and continues with new titles January 14, 21 and 28. White People follows a married couple — an aspiring writer who’s Black and an…
Libby Whittemore, alter ego Connie Sue Day and a kickin’ combo return to Actor’s Express in West Midtown for a 10th season of irrepressible merriment. The two-hour Ho, Ho, Home for the Holidays and a Connie Sue Day Christmas features plenty of seasonal standards (“Santa Baby,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “Christmas in Dixie”) and laughs. It…
FILM Follies. The National Theatre in London broadcasts its first-ever production of Stephen Sondheim’s 1971 musical about the Ziegfield Follies dancers as they gather on the stage of the Weismann Theatre the evening before it’s to be demolished. December 10–12. Landmark Midtown Arts Cinema. Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas. The Center for Puppetry Arts screens Jim…
Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes company . . . It’s been a summer full of big musicals in Atlanta, and now one of the city’s most beloved theaters, Actor’s Express, has just rolled out its production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1970 hit Company, a concept show about a set of New York…
Libby Whittemore is Atlanta’s “queen of cabaret,” a singer who has crafted a 40-year career singing the standards, starring in stage musicals and, for a time, as the owner of her own nightclub. Whittemore will join the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra for their season-closing summer pops concert this Friday, July 17 at 8 p.m. at the Marvin…
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