Tag: theater
How Lion King actress and Atlanta native Nia Holloway scored her dream role at just 17
For the past six years, Nia Holloway has lived traveling on the road. At 17, she became the youngest person to land the role of lioness Nala in Disney's national tour of The Lion King. While it’s been a grind, Holloway said it’s also been a dream come true.
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: February 13-19
Watch an award-winning play, Goodnight, Tyler, at Alliance Theatre, celebrate Fat Tuesday early with a Mardi Gras Streetcar Adventure, and enjoy Galentine's Day at Center for Puppetry Arts.
Atlanta’s Found Stages rings in the new year with an immersive Frankenstein show
Want to spend New Year's Eve chatting with Mary Shelley and Victor Frankenstein? The author and her characters come to life in a new immersive theater experience from Atlanta's Found Stages, where the audience can mingle and interact with the actors rather than sit back and watch.
In Knead, Atlanta actress Mary Lynn Owen tells her story through baking bread—literally
One-woman show Knead, premiering on the Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage on November 13, follows a woman on the eve of a significant birthday as she contends with loss and makes bread in the middle of the night from her mother’s recipe—literally on stage.
Souper Jenny owner Jenny Levison takes on ‘Spaghetti’ for her return to the stage
Souper Jenny owner Jenny Levison will hang up her soup ladle—temporarily—to take on the art of pasta-making in the one-woman play, I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, opening October 25 at the Georgia Ensemble Theatre. During the show, she makes an entire meal live on stage.
Walking Dead alum Jayson Warner Smith brings the Tony Award-nominated play Blackbird back to Atlanta
Atlanta actor and The Walking Dead alum Jayson Warner Smith launched an Indiegogo campaign in May to stage Blackbird, David Harrower’s play about a man who had an affair with a 12-year-old girl and her confrontation of him years later, in Atlanta. The show runs at the Doraville's Robert Mello Studio from August 3-19.
The Fox Theatre’s new Marquee Club is gorgeous
The Marquee Club, the new premium lounge at the Fox Theatre, is an Instagram lover's dream. The 10,000-square-foot space features five bars, plush, locally made furniture, and a rooftop patio that gives patrons a nice view of the iconic Fox marquee.
The #HAM4HAM Hamilton ticket lottery is coming to Atlanta. Here’s how it works.
Want to see the 10-dollar founding father for only $10? Here's how to enter the Hamilton ticket lottery for the performances at Atlanta's Fox Theatre in late May and early June.
Say hello to The Santaland Diaries’ new Crumpet
Award-winning actor, playwright, and screenwriter Topher Payne talks about the “exhilarating and terrifying” opportunity to take over the candy cane tights from Harold M. Leaver, who played the role of curmudgeonly elf in Horizion Theatre's annual production for 18 years.
Lowbrow Shakespeare: Shakespeare on Draught
With only one rehearsal before each production of their five-show season, the classically trained actors have just as much fun as the audience, who are encouraged to participate. If anyone forgets a line, everyone drinks.
