Theater Feature

Wednesday August 18, 2010 11:56 AM EDT
The Pulitzer Prize provides a defining theme for the 2010-2011 seasons of two Atlanta theaters. | more...

Culture, Theater Feature, Comic Books, Atlanta Artists

Monday June 28, 2010 04:00 AM EDT
Graphic novel The Trap-Door Maker offers interesting prequel to popular musical | more...

Theater Feature

Monday October 19, 2009 07:00 PM EDT

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Phileas Fogg, the English gentleman who journeys around the world in 80 days in Jules Verne’s novel of the same name, resembles a modern, 21st-century traveler circumnavigating the globe of 1872. Punctuality and exactitude define Fogg, and he’s capable of such precise estimates of travel times, it’s like his head contains a Wi-Fi connection to Travelocity. In his...

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Visual Arts , Theater Feature

Wednesday December 31, 2008 12:04 AM EST

We know you’re feeling down, maybe a little out. So, we thought it’d help to point out that 2008 hasn’t been a complete loss. Atlanta achieved a lot this year in the way of the arts. Here, CL Theater Critic Curt Holman and Visual Arts Critic Cinqué Hicks take a look back to recall some of their favorite moments.

Georgia Shakespeare artistic director Richard Garner commuted a few miles down...

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Theater Feature

Friday November 14, 2008 09:45 PM EST

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A Lesson Before Dying takes place in 1948 Louisiana. Sixty years later, as I write this in Georgia on Sep. 22, 2008, in less than 24 hours, Troy Davis maybe put to death by lethal injection fo rhe 1989 murder of Savanahh Police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail — a murder which many believe he may not have commited. For Officer MacPhail, Mr. Davis, for their...

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Theater Feature

Wednesday November 5, 2008 09:50 PM EST
image-1Halloween is over but new blood will pump up vampire fans this month. Nov. 14 sees the Atlanta release of Sweden’s Let the Right One In, a spooky drama and  international film critics’ hit about a starcrossed friendship between a young vampire and a human, and then Nov. 21 marks the nationwide bow of the film version of Twilight, based on the popular Young Adult novel series of forbidden... | more...

Theater Feature, Arts Agenda, People

Wednesday October 8, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
One of Atlanta’s most acclaimed young stage directors, Joe Gfaller haunts the Alliance Theatre by day as associate director of marketing and brand management. He’s directed terrific productions of plays by David Mamet and Caryl Churchill for 7 Stages, and is currently helming Steven Dietz’s adaptation of Dracula, which opens Oct. 9 at Aurora Theatre. He talks about his research into the lore of... | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday October 1, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Besides authoring more than 40 plays over the years, Lewis Black has built a comedic empire calling “bullshit” on everything from politics to pop culture to religion. Currently, he mediates debates on the merits of beer vs. weed and sororities vs. strip clubs, among other vices, on Comedy Central’s “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil.” And while he may be best-known for acerbic rants such as “Back... | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday August 6, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Theatre in the Square’s Sherlock | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday July 9, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Atlanta playwright’s Hallelujah Street Blues opens July 11 at Horizon Theatre | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday June 11, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Playing both sides for Georgia Shakespeare | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday June 4, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Improvising a Song of the Living Dead! at Dad’s Garage | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday May 14, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Dad’s Garage Theatre ensemble member shares some favorites | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday April 30, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Harry Stern picks his JTS hit parade | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday February 13, 2008 12:04 AM EST
Veteran playwright presents The Missionary Position at Horizon Theatre | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday December 5, 2007 12:04 AM EST
Author, activist takes on A Queer Carol | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday November 21, 2007 12:04 AM EST
Jewish Theatre of the South founder and artistic director | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday October 17, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Founding member of Savage Tree Arts Project | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday October 10, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Improv director at Dad’s Garage gives dating advice | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday October 3, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Alliance Theatre associate artistic director helms Sleuth | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday September 19, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Co-founder and co-artistic director of Mondo Bizarro Productions | more...

Theater Feature, Arts Agenda, Atlanta Artists

Wednesday September 5, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Star, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, at Synchronicity | more...

Theater Feature, People

Wednesday August 22, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Writer and director of Iron Moon | more...

Theater Feature, Arts Agenda, People

Wednesday August 1, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers co-founder | more...

Theater Feature, Arts Agenda, People

Wednesday July 25, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
Playwright of award-winning Emergence-See! | more...