Emory University is hosting a symposium on the future of arts criticism. Cathy and I will participate. The starting premise seems to be this: we have slipped un...
There will be no snoozing in the mezzanine during “Spring Awakening,” the electrifying youthapalooza musical that’s taking over Atlanta's Fox Theatre through Su...
Georgia Shakespeare's 25th season will begin with a world premiere: "Prophets," a multimedia work by longtime company member Brad Sherrill, which delves into th...
After a bit of a financial dry spell, Georgia Shakespeare's Shake at the Lake is coming back to Atlanta's Piedmont Park in May.
On the verge of opening its 25t...
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” has been presented, and perceived, as an exercise in folksy nostalgia, a comfortably configured time machine back to a simpler era ...
The Alliance Theatre has announced its 2010-11 season, and it’s a pretty spectacular lineup. Beginning with the world premiere of “Bring It On: The Musical,” ba...
Staring down the prospect of drastic budget cuts proposed by Gov. Sonny Perdue, the Georgia Council for the Arts has proactively reduced staff, cut programs and...
Editors' note: The Atlanta writer and Renaissance scholar Frank Manley, a beloved member of the community, died in November. Vincent Murphy, an Emory University...
What hath Mel wrought? When Mel Brooks remade his movie “The Producers” into a mega-musical in 2001, he won an armload of Tonys and made more money than God’s h...
Suddenly, a cappella is hella cool. Credit the TV hit “Glee,” with its gloriously over-produced high school glee club numbers, which more or less begat NBC’s re...
