Performing Arts
Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-873-3391
The internationally renowned Center for Puppetry Arts stages magical shows for all ages, from adults-only experimental shows to family favorites.
Website: http://www.puppet.org
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Local Attractions, Performing Arts
Georgia Ensemble Theatre
950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA, 30075
770-641-1260
After more than twenty seasons, Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) seems to have found the sweet spot between old and new.
Website: http://get.org
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Performing Arts
Georgia Shakespeare
4484 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30319
404-504-1473
Even in the toughest economic times, Georgia Shakespeare has never sacrificed artistic credibility. But this year, the company tried a summer without Shakespeare—and it didn’t play very well. People complained. The theater listened.
Website: http://gashakespeare.org
Neighborhood: Brookhaven
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Performing Arts
Music Midtown
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA, 30309
Late in the afternoon of Music Midtown’s second and final day in 2012, organizer Peter Conlon cut off ticket sales before, as the AJC reported, “capacity bordered on uncomfortable.”
Website: http://musicmidtown.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Performing Arts
Serenbe Playhouse
9110 Selborne Lane, Suite 210, Chattahoochee Hills, GA, 30268
770-463-1110
Executive and artistic director Brian Clowdus deftly taps the theater’s bucolic Chattahoochee Hills landscape to dreamy effect.
Website: http://www.serenbeplayhouse.com/
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Live Theatre, Performing Arts
The Goat Farm Arts Center
1200 Foster Street, Atlanta, GA, 30318
A twelve-acre visual and performing arts studio nestled among the ruins of an old cotton gin factory.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Art, Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Local Attractions, Performing Arts
Wabi Sabi
1695 Marietta Boulevard, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-873-5811
Named after a Japanese worldview that cherishes nature, this new offshoot of the Atlanta Ballet has found a fitting home in the greenspaces of the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Website: http://www.atlantaballet.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Performing Arts