Tag: performing arts
Finding the light: Out Front Theatre leans into queer joy
Out Front Theatre, Atlanta’s queer-led performance company, has embraced its role in sustaining the idea that “joy is an act of resistance.” Its season-closing production, this month’s world premiere of Trick! The Musical, based on the 1999 film, trains the spotlight on the bright side of LGBTQ+ life.
The freedom that comes with creating art
In this edition of ARTlanta, you’ll find a list of events where artists are reflecting on freedom, justice, liberty, and all the ideas that form our nation. They know that you get further when you affirm what you want rather than denounce what you don’t.
Meet the new generation of Atlanta’s arts leaders
All five of the city’s major arts Institutions have brought in new leadership that has changed how Atlanta experiences the arts. Meet Rand Suffolk of the High Museum of Art, Tomer Zvulun of The Atlanta Opera, Nathalie Stutzmann of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Nedvigin of the Atlanta Ballet, and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses of the Alliance Theatre.
Five Atlanta arts figures worth watching
Here are 5 artists you need to keep an eye on: Jason Ikeem Rodgers, Shuler Hensley, Alex Acosta, Paul Conroy, and Najee Dorsey.
Terminus Ballet enters a new phase
This season, Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre will look different on stage. Four of its five founders have transitioned into off-stage careers. New dancers have replaced them, and some wonder how smoothly Terminus will bridge into its next phase. Company Director John Welker plans to keep the company’s heart beating with the same intensity its founders had in its early days.
30 years of laughs with Whole World Improv
The Midtown comedy theater celebrates their 30th anniversary this year. One way they're celebrating—throwback movie spoofs. Here, a brief history of the theater and a look at what comes next.
Write Club is Atlanta’s favorite indie literature event
Part performance, part battle, the show pits writers against each other in three one-on-one bouts, centered on dueling ideas like “give versus receive” or “war versus peace”; the audience elects a winner for each round.
Jon Carr wants to talk about the future of Dad’s Garage—and comedy in Atlanta
Jon Carr spent 14 months helming the world’s most famous comedy theater, Chicago's The Second City. And then he left. He returned to Atlanta, rejoining Dad’s Garage, the company that launched his own comedy career and where he now serves as executive producer. He’d learned a great deal in his time at The Second City, but one lesson most of all: After working to uphold a legacy established yesterday, Carr realized he wanted to build a new one for tomorrow.
Kelundra Smith’s debut play, The Wash, delves into the 1881 strike that stunned Atlanta
The Wash is set to have its world premiere June 7 to 30 at Synchronicity Theatre, then July 10 to 28 at Hapeville’s Academy Theatre, as a coproduction of Synchronicity and Impact Theatre Atlanta. Kelundra Smith’s play follows the lives of several fictional Black laundresses in 1881 Atlanta, all at crossroads in their personal lives and willing to fight for higher wages.
Two fringe festivals bring organized chaos to Atlanta theater this June
Lavender Fest, which showcases nine performances by queer artists, joins a busy June schedule for fringe in Atlanta. The Atlanta Fringe Festival will host 20 different shows at 7 venues. Instead of competing, the fringe festivals have promoted one another to make June Atlanta’s season of fringe.