(Feb. 5 9:40 PM) - Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. announced today that the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, known as The Music Box Company, will play its final performance in November 2010 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles.
(Feb. 4 4:34 PM) - Actor's Express is proud to present So Many Composers, So Little Time, an all new show by legendary cabaret performer Libby Whittemore, as the latest installment of the popular Libby's at the Express series.
(Feb. 4 2:00 AM) - The Shakespeare Tavern's production of Romeo and Juliet has been an Atlanta Valentine Tradition for over 10 years. Students and adults alike flock to this gem of a theater in Midtown Atlanta every February to celebrate love, lust and teenage angst. Because the Tavern practices Original Practice Shakespeare (they are invested in producing shows exactly as the text specifies) you get a real look at the Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare intended: which means tons of laughs, all of that Italian passion and a bawdy good time!
(Feb. 3 7:42 PM) - The Alliance Children’s Theatre celebrates the legendary culture of ancient China where traditions are fundamental and the family honor supreme in the action-packed stage adaptation of Disney’s Mulan, an exotic musical based on the animated Disney movie.
(Feb. 3 11:59 AM) - The Atlanta Opera's Zurich General Director Dennis Hanthorn announced today the details of the company's 2010-2011 season, its fourth in the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The Atlanta Opera's new season, featuring Puccini's beloved La bohème, Gershwin's American classic Porgy and Bess, and Mozart's funny and poignant Così fan tutte, will be presented October 2, 2010 through April 17, 2011. Season tickets are on sale now.
(Feb. 3 11:58 AM) - Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Atlanta. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will play at The Fabulous Fox Theatre from March 9-14, 2010, and is presented by Broadway Across America - Atlanta as part of the 2009-2010 season.
(Feb. 2 4:31 PM) - Experience the joy and excitement of the golden age of Tin Pan Alley when Atlanta Lyric Theatre's THE ALL NIGHT STRUT! struts its stuff as it comes roaring to The Strand Theatre on the Marietta Square in a no holds-barred celebration of the age of be-bop, jazz and swing February 19 through March 7.
(Feb. 2 1:30 AM) - NCTC Announces Auditions for "Death of a Salesman" The American classic, "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, is the story of a man in search of the American Dream.
(Feb. 2 1:30 AM) - The Alliance Theatre will present two days of readings from the finalists of the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Awards. The readings, taking place February 1st and 2nd, will feature two plays a day and will be free to the public. The event will feature plays by Virginia Grise, Paul David Young, Emily Schwend, and Dana Lynn Formby.
(Jan. 31 4:45 AM) - Geoffrey Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES opened at Atlanta's The New American Shakespeare Tavern on January 1, 2010 and will play thru January 31, 2010.
(Jan. 31 2:30 AM) - As previously reported, comedian and celebrated performer/producer/director Tyler Perry is taking his famed character, Madea, on the road this year beginning a national tour that launched on January 4, 2010 at the Pepsi Arena in Denver, Colorado. Perry will, of course, perform the title role.
(Jan. 30 2:00 AM) - JEFF WHITTY, best known for winning the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for "Avenue Q," will be a Visiting Artist at the Savannah College of Art and Design Jan. 30-Feb. 2.
(Jan. 29 12:42 PM) - Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher are pleased to announce that Caroline Sheen will reprise the role of "Mary Poppins" in the North American Tour of MARY POPPINS, after originating the title role in the critically acclaimed UK Tour. Sheen replaces Ashley Brown, who will play her final performance in Los Angeles at The Ahmanson Theatre on Sunday, February 7. Sheen joins the production in Tempe, AZ where performances begin at ASU Gammage Auditorium on Thursday, February 11 for a limited engagement of 3 weeks through Sunday, February 28, 2010. The opening night is Friday, February 12 at 7:30pm.
(Jan. 29 11:47 AM) - The Alliance Theatre will present two days of readings from the finalists of the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Awards. The readings, taking place February 1st and 2nd, will feature two plays a day and will be free to the public. The event will feature plays by Virginia Grise, Paul David Young, Emily Schwend, and Dana Lynn Formby.