(May. 14 7:26 PM) - The Academy Theatre presents The Game is Afoot: A Sherlock Holmes Puppet Parody. In the show. audiences follow the adventures of Grippon Meyer and his sidekick Dr. Basil Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme as they fight evil, gravity, and those who would do in the modern Victorian Steampunk England.

(May. 11 12:30 AM) - The award-winning playwrighting duo Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee return to Horizon Theatre with the world premiere of their new play The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered and Scattered 24/7/365. Inspired by real life news stories about Waffle House restaurants, the play follows a Midtown diner owner, his staff, and a hilarious cast of customers as they battle to keep The Waffle Palace open against encroaching real estate developers. The Waffle Palace runs tonight May 11 through June 24, 2012.

(May. 10 2:27 PM) - Artists of all disciplines join forces to create bold, original performances in Xperimental Puppetry Theater (XPT).

(May. 9 1:51 PM) - The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced the third annual Rapido! Composition Contest — a competition founded in 2009 by the Atlanta Chamber Players and the Antinori Foundation to promote new chamber music compositions and encourage new compositions by underrepresented composers of all levels of experience. The winner will receive a commission for a full orchestral work to be premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in spring of 2014.

(May. 8 11:32 AM) - The 2012 Atlanta Opera Ball: A Night in Seville, a fundraiser supporting and sustaining the exceptional artistic quality of The Atlanta Opera, will be held on Saturday, September 15 at the St. Regis Atlanta in Buckhead.

(May. 8 11:05 AM) - Theatrical Outfit announces its 2012-2013 season. Subscribers save up to $60 over single ticket buyers and get special benefits; to learn more and purchase a subscription, call Ticket Alternative at 1.877.725.8849 or visit www.theatricaloutfit.org.

(May. 7 12:54 PM) - After nine years of serving as Associate Artistic Director at the Savannah Music Festival (SMF), violinist Daniel Hope’s contract has been extended for three more years beginning in FY 2013. Mr. Hope’s contributions to chamber music programming at SMF have helped bring the organization international notoriety as one of America’s most distinctive cross-genre festivals.

(May. 4 2:42 PM) - Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the Atlanta Symphony premiere and Theater of a Concert presentation of John Adams’s A Flowering Tree June 7 and 9, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

(May. 4 12:30 AM) - As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its finances following last year's emergency fundraising campaign, Georgia Shakespeare is moving its annual "Bard's Bash" fundraising gala to a new venue and working with a number of new local partners to present a format that reflects the unique personality of the 26-year-old theatre company. Bard's Bash 2012: A Wilde Night is tonight, May 4 at 6:30 p.m.

(May. 4 12:30 AM) - The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, adapted and directed by John Stephens, tonight, May 4 through May 27, 2012. Tickets are $12 General Admission.

(May. 3 4:05 PM) - The TONY Awards Nominators had their say earlier this week and now it's your turn! We're pleased to announce that voting has now opened for the 10th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards!

(May. 3 2:54 PM) - Aurora Theatre Funny Fridays continues club comedy performances on the square in downtown Lawrenceville with comedian and the author of Men are from Mars Because Women Killed the Ones on Venus, Dr. Babylon a.k.a. Greg Ray.

(May. 3 11:12 AM) - On Sunday, June 10 at 4 p.m. at the Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, graduates from theAtlanta Opera’s High School Opera Institute will be showcasing their work in a performance featuring arias and small ensemble pieces from some of opera’s greatest works. This concert is free and open to the public.

(May. 3 12:30 AM) - Aurora Theatre ends its season with The Fox on the Fairway opening tonight, May 3, 2012. The play is written by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) who "hits a hole-in-one with his tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s. Love and money are in the rough at the Quail Valley Country Club. Two rival country club owners waggle around mistaken identities and play through over-the-top romantic shenanigans in order to stay on the fairway and ace a happy ending. This uproarious golf comedy promises to hit the sweet spot."

(Apr. 30 4:03 PM) - Four Seasons front man Frankie Valli will celebrate his birthday on May 3, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta is marking the occasion by offering audiences a 72-hour ticket sale. From May 3-6, JERSEY BOYS fans can access $53 tickets to select performances of the show’s highly anticipated return engagement at the Fox Theatre, playing May 22-June 10 as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2011-12 season.

(Apr. 29 1:30 AM) - The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, led by Staff Conductor Jere Flint, will join forces with the Alliance Theatre to perform a semi-staged production of “The Remarkable Farkle McBride” tonight, April 29, 2012, at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

(Apr. 28 6:24 PM) - The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, adapted and directed by John Stephens, May 4-27, 2012. Tickets are $12 General Admission. Preview is Thursday, May 3.

(Apr. 28 12:30 AM) - The Atlanta Opera closes its 2011-2012 season with Mozart’s Don Giovanni tonight, April 28, May 1, 4 and 6, 2012 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Widely regarded as the greatest opera ever composed, Don Giovanni is described as "a brilliant combination of comedy and tragedy, telling of the devious schemes and hijinks of history’s most beguiling scoundrel, Don Juan."