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Will two Atlanta productions take home Tony Awards this year?

Jim FarmerJune 3, 2019

With the 2019 Tony Awards set for June 9, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre has a few horses in this year’s race. The Prom held its world premiere at the Alliance, and...

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Alliance slates new musical, Pulitzer Prize-winning play for 2019–20 season

Kelundra SmithMarch 27, 2019

The Alliance Theatre has announced its 51st season, which will mark the first full season back in the Woodruff Arts Center since renovating the new Coca-Cola St...

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A by-the-numbers look at the Alliance Theatre’s Coca-Cola Stage

Liz DooleyFebruary 26, 2019

Theaters are one of the most difficult types of buildings to successfully build or redesign, according to Leigh Breslau, a partner at Trahan Architects in New O...

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Alliance Theatre Kendeda Competition marks 15 years of world-premiere plays

Kelundra SmithFebruary 22, 2019

Sitting in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway house watching Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy, it occurred to me that a show like this has never been on Broadwa...

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Theater Best Bets, February 14–17

Kelundra SmithFebruary 14, 2019

Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top picks for the weekend's best shows. Nothing says date night like an evening of theater, so wh...

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Theater Best Bets, January 31–February 3

Kelundra SmithJanuary 31, 2019

Every Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend's best shows. This weekend, the Super Bowl takes over the city, but...

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Alliance Theatre’s Ever After features stunning design, but the romance falls flat

Jim FarmerJanuary 29, 2019

Danielle de Barbarac, the central figure of the musical Ever After, isn’t the typical fairy tale heroine. She isn’t looking for a man to sweep her off of her fe...

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Legacy Series: Lois Reitzes shares her passion for the arts on Atlanta’s airwaves

Gail O'NeillJune 5, 2018

Ask Lois Reitzes about the things she likes, and she will not equivocate. Her favorite exercise is reading, preferably while eating. When dreaming of an island ...

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Collaborative “Candide” brings some highs, some lows for ASO and Alliance

Andrew Alexander and Mark GreshamMay 14, 2018

The new production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide at Symphony Hall represents a historic collaboration between the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance T...

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Alliance Theatre and Atlanta Symphony join forces for an epic version of “Candide”

Gail O'NeillMay 9, 2018

When a concert staging of the Tony Award-winning musical Candide opens tonight in Symphony Hall, actors, singers, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta...

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