After a tenure of 21 years as artistic director of the Alliance Theatre, Susan V. Booth will leave her position to join Chicago’s Goodman Theatre as its artistic director, the theaters announced Monday afternoon. Her last day is September 16. Under Booth’s leadership, the Alliance received the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award for sustained excellence…
The Alliance Theatre has announced its 2022-23 season, a lineup its artistic director Susan V. Booth calls “a celebration of joy.” The 54th season of Atlanta’s largest theater will feature nine productions, including four world premieres on its two stages, the Coca-Cola Stage and Hertz Stage. The season opens with a family show in mid-July,…
Few Atlanta theater artists knew Stephen Sondheim personally. Yet the loss felt personal for countless Atlanta actors, directors and other theater professionals, as is apparent in social media posts and buzz that has spread following the death of the acclaimed songwriter and master of musical theater at age 91 last Friday. ArtsATL asked Atlanta theater-world…
Though many of the elements of Darlin’ Cory, the new musical opening the Alliance Theatre’s 2021–22 season, are dazzling, the clumsy delivery of the show’s central mystery hampers its overall success. Musical mystery-thriller is a difficult genre to tackle, as complicated as a tightrope walk, and poor Cory stumbles and falls before it reaches the…
The curvy wood trimmings of the Alliance Theatre’s stunning new Coca-Cola Stage had barely settled into place before the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered the Woodruff Arts Center. On September 8, the Alliance is poised to return with Darlin’ Cory, a world premiere musical by Atlanta author-playwright Phillip DePoy and Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Kristian Bush of Sugarland…
No one knows exactly when yet. Perhaps it will be this fall, or maybe in early 2022. As more people receive COVID-19 vaccinations and the CDC relaxes its guidelines on gatherings, the time will come when Atlanta theater companies can open to audiences that feel secure enough to attend in person. After a year in…
The Alliance Theatre and its artistic director Susan V. Booth have been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the inaugural BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle. The program supports theaters run by female artistic directors and offers support for artistic initiatives focused on women artists. The BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, led by Carol Dunne,…
In a night that saw a slew of Atlanta theaters claim trophies, it was Serenbe Playhouse who wound up dominating the field at the 2016 Suzi Bass Awards Monday evening, taking the prize for Best Musical for its bold, outdoor version of Miss Saigon.
ArtsATL is happy to announce its first annual Luminary Awards, multidisciplinary prizes that commemorate and pay tribute to the artists, organizations, exhibitions and individual works that are shaping Atlanta.
(Editor’s note: The Alliance Theatre will celebrate the life of Pete Shinn, the theater’s longtime lighting designer and master electrician who died in July from cancer, at a memorial service on Monday at 4 p.m. in the main theater. It will be followed by a reception. The Alliance has also set up a memorial fund in…
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