Atlanta Theatre + Broadway News

Atlanta Lyric Theatre to Close Season With GYPSY, 6/15-7/1

(5/15/2012) Atlanta Lyric Theatre presents Gypsy June 15 through July 1, 2012 at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre (117 N. Park Square, Marietta.) Tickets are available now at 404-377-9948 or www.AtlantaLyricTheatre.com.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Announces David Coucheron as Recipient of The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair

(5/14/2012) The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced Concertmaster David Coucheron is the new recipient of The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair. The chair, which was first announced in January 2011, was established with a $1.85 million endowment gift from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation. Mr. Coucheron was awarded The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair at the Orchestra’s annual meeting on Monday, May 14, 2012.

Academy Theatre Presents THE GAME IS AFOOT: A SHERLOCK HOLMES PUPPET PARODY, 6/9-10

(5/14/2012) 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.

BWW TV Seattle Exclusive: Behind the Scenes of Kristin Chenoweth on Tour!

(5/11/2012) BroadwayWorld Seattle was granted EXCLUSIVE access to Kristin Chenoweth's debut performance of her new (and first ever) tour, which opened in Seattle on Wednesday night ... and received a whopping NINE standing ovations for a show unlike we had ever seen.

Horizon Theatre Company Presents THE WAFFLE PALACE, Now thru 6/24

(5/11/2012) 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.

Xperimental Puppetry Theater Returns to Center for Puppetry Arts, 5/17-20

(5/10/2012) Artists of all disciplines join forces to create bold, original performances in Xperimental Puppetry Theater (XPT).

Atlanta Symphony Announces Rapido! Composition Contest

(5/9/2012) 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.

Atlanta Opera to Open Season With ATLANTA OPERA BALL: A NIGHT IN SEVILLE, 9/15

(5/8/2012) 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.

TWO DRINK MINIMUM, FLY Among Theatrical Outfits 2012-2013 Season

(5/8/2012) 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.

Savannah Music Festival Extends Violinist Daniel Hope's Contract

(5/7/2012) 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.

Robert Spano To Lead John Adams's 'A Flowering Tree' for Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

(5/4/2012) 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.

Georgia Shakespeare Moves Annual BARD'S BASH Gala to New Venue Tonight, 5/4

(5/4/2012) 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.

Atlanta Shakespeare Company Presents Geoffrey Chaucer's THE CANTERBURY TALES, Now thru 5/27

(5/4/2012) 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.

Voting Opens for the 2012 BroadwayWorld.com Awards - Vote Now on the Best of the New York Season!

(5/3/2012) 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!

Aurora Theatre Funny Fridays Welcomes 'Dr. Babylon,' 5/18

(5/3/2012) 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.

Atlanta Opera High School Opera Institute Students to Perform in Annual Spring Concert, 6/10

(5/3/2012) 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.

Aurora Theatre’s THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY Begins Tonight, 5/3

(5/3/2012) 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."

Atlanta's JERSEY BOYS to Offer $53 Tickets in Celebration of Frankie Valli’s Birthday

(4/30/2012) 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.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Alliance Theatre to Present THE REMARKABLE FARKLE MCBRIDE Tonight, 4/29

(4/29/2012) 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.

Atlanta Shakespeare Company Presents Geoffrey Chaucer's THE CANTERBURY TALES, 5/4-27

(4/28/2012) 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.

Atlanta Opera Closes Season With DON GIOVANNI, Now thru 5/6

(4/28/2012) 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."

The Michael O'Neal Singers Present LET MY PEOPLE GO, 5/6 & 7

(4/27/2012) The Michael O'Neal Singers join with the Tri-Cities High School Chorale, the Georgia Spiritual Ensemble, and Sharon Fisher and Ira Jackson, Jr., Narrators, to present Donald McCullough's Let My People Go! A Spiritual Journey Along the Underground Railroad.

APASSIONATA Horse Entertainment Show Kicks Off North American Tour Today

(4/27/2012) Now in its ninth year, APASSIONATA Europe’s most successful live entertainment show, featuring more than 40 horses and seen by more than five million fans in over forty cities, will make its North American debut today, April 27, 2012, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The new show entitled “The Beginning” will kick off an eighteen month, sixty-six city arena North American tour.

Michael Frayn's COPENHAGEN Plays at Academy Theatre, Now thru 5/20

(4/27/2012) Copenhagen, Michael Frayn’s Tony award winning masterwork about the final conversation between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, comes to Academy Theatre from April 27th until May 20th. Show times are 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 pm on Sundays.

Atlanta Lyric Theatre Launches JR. LYRIC 2012 Summer Musical Theatre Workshop

(4/24/2012) Atlanta Lyric Theatre today announced details for the 2012 JR. LYRIC Summer Musical Theatre Workshop. The workshop will take place July 9-20, 2012 and allow area youth the opportunity to audition, rehearse and perform in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr. while gaining professional theatre skills. Camp sessions will be held Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Murray Arts Center Campus (2250 Stilesboro Rd, Kennesaw, GA 30152). The camp is open to students ages 10-13 and is limited to 45 participants.

Catellier Dance Projects Presents …the final frontier, 5/17-19

(4/24/2012) Seven dancers, a dance media artist, a composer, a team of designers, a control technician, a robot camera, and nine six-foot balloons come together for “…the final frontier,” a new work from Catellier Dance Projects, premiering at Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, May 17-19.

Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours Return 5/8

(4/24/2012) Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours returns to the second oldest city in Greater Atlanta for an eighth year.

Michael Frayn's COPENHAGEN Plays at Academy Theatre, 4/27-5/20

(4/23/2012) Copenhagen, Michael Frayn’s Tony award winning masterwork about the final conversation between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, comes to Academy Theatre from April 27th until May 20th. Show times are 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 pm on Sundays.

Brandon Andrus, Colby Foytik, et al. to Lead JERSEY BOYS' Atlanta Engagement

(4/23/2012) Casting has been announced for the Atlanta return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Fox Theatre May 22-June 10 as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2011-12 season. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Brandon Andrus (Nick Massi), Colby Foytik (Tommy DeVito), Jason Kappus (Bob Gaudio) and Brad Weinstock (Frankie Valli) as The Four Seasons, with Barry Anderson and Thomas Fiscella.

Atl Symphony Holds 2012 Decorators' Show House, Now thru 5/13

(4/21/2012) Phillip Trammel Shutze’s 1929 Historical Home to open to View April 21 - May 13, 2012 with proceeds to Benefit Orchestra and Its Education and Community Engagement Programs.

APASSIONATA Horse Entertainment Show Kicks Off North American Tour, 4/27

(4/20/2012) Now in its ninth year, APASSIONATA Europe’s most successful live entertainment show, featuring more than 40 horses and seen by more than five million fans in over forty cities, will make its North American debut on April 27, 2012, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The new show entitled “The Beginning” will kick off an eighteen month, sixty-six city arena North American tour.

Atlanta Lyric Theatre Presents GREASE, 4/20-5/6

(4/20/2012) Atlanta Lyric Theatre presents the Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey hit musical GREASE April 20 through May 6 at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre at 117 North Park Square in Marietta. Tickets are available now at 404-377-9948 or www.AtlantaLyricTheatre.com.

Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Unite for Final Season Performance, 4/20-21

(4/20/2012) The Emory University Symphony Orchestra (EUSO) and the Emory University Chorus perform together in free concerts on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at 8 p.m. in Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. The program features three well-known pieces from Classical and Romantic literature; Beethoven’s "Egmont Overture," Brahms’ "Nänie," and Mozart’s "Coronation Mass."

The Atlanta Opera to Offer 'First-Timer' Tickets to DON GIOVANNI

(4/19/2012) The Atlanta Opera is making a limited number of great seats available to first-time patrons for only $25. Patrons who have never been to The Atlanta Opera can purchase tickets to Mozart’s Don Giovanni on Tuesday, May 1st at 7:30 pm at the Cobb Energy Centre. Purchase Tickets at atlantaopera.org.

Aurora Theatre’s THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY Begins 5/3

(4/19/2012) Aurora Theatre will end its season with The Fox on the Fairway opening 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."

Oprah Winfrey To Deliver Commencement Address To The Spelman College Class Of 2012

(4/19/2012) A multimedia mogul whose international imprint is emblazoned on television, film, online and magazine publishing, satellite radio and Broadway, Oprah Winfrey is a significant example of how women can change the world.

Tara Lee to Stage World Premiere for May's New Choreographic Voices, 5/18-20

(4/19/2012) This May, Atlanta Ballet (AB) Artistic Director John McFall will present another cast of emerging choreographers in the Company’s now annual production New Choreographic Voices (NCV) – a mixed repertory program featuring two world premieres and an Atlanta Ballet premiere on the Alliance Stage at The Woodruff Arts Center May 18 thru May 20.

Pianist Yuja Wang Makes Atlanta Symphony Debut Tonight

(4/19/2012) Guest conductor Roberto Abbado will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra April 19, 20, and 21, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

Newnan Theatre Company Presents LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES 4/19-29

(4/19/2012) “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” by Christopher Hampton, plays Newnan Theatre Company’s Black Box April 19-29 Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3pm. The drama originated from a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in 1782. The two main characters, both so rich they have no concept of the value of money, feel they are above the law and free to play by their own rules. They pretend in public to be all they should be, but behind closed doors they reveal themselves as they truly are.

Photo Flash: First Look at Lamb Players Theatre's BROWNIE POINTS

(4/18/2012) BROWNIE POINTS, written 2010, opened at Lamb Players Theatre, and has seen previous productions in Atlanta, Sacramento and Seattle. The production at Lamb's resident theatre in Coronado will be the play's Southern California premiere.