New Album from BABYLON A.D. 'Rome Wasn't Built In A Day' Is Out Now
by Josh Sharpe - May 20, 2024
The 11 track album is classic Babylon A.D. firing on all cylinders, showcasing great songwriting talent, performances and the hard rock sound the band is known for. The band is currently booking and playing select live shows across the states in support of the new album. Listen to the album now!
Review: LA COCINA at Loft Ensemble
by Evan Henerson - Feb 2, 2024
The high wire act that is Tony Meneses’ play LA COCINCA is a feat that companies of greater capabilities than Loft Ensemble might not pull off. There are 19 performers barreling across that stage, dispatching orders, picking up plates, whisking, saucing, grilling and doing all the other things that we hungry oblivious patrons don’t see.
2022 Essential Theatre Play Festival Continues With Readings Of New Plays
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2022
From July 29 to August 28, Essential Theatre presents its 23rd Festival with the world premieres of two plays and four staged readings, all by Georgia playwrights. The two full productions, The Outrage Machine and A Complicated Hope, opened the first two weeks of the festival, and next in the lineup is the Bare Essentials Play Reading series, produced with support from Georgia Humanities.
Jefferson Performing Arts Society Announces Directors for 45th Season
by Marissa Tomeo - May 29, 2022
Jefferson Performing Arts Society proudly announces its 45th season mainstage directors, featuring directors based in New Orleans, New York, and San Antonio. Several directors are returning to JPAS after directing or performing with JPAS in recent seasons; two make their JPAS directorial debut this season. The following overview includes shows that are part of JPAS mainstage season subscription packages, currently on sale. Single ticket sales open June 6th for all 45th season shows. For a full schedule of the entire 2022-2023 season which includes season specials such as ballets, concerts, and other special performances in addition to those listed below, please visit www.jpas.org.
Horizon Theatre Company Presents The Atlanta Premiere Of ROE By Lisa Loomer
by Stephi Wild - Apr 21, 2022
ROE reflects the red-hot debate over Roe vs. Wade through the personal journeys of Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe”) and Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who argued the landmark case at the Supreme Court. Conceived in a pizza parlor and argued in the highest court in the land, the 1973 decision legalized abortion—and it is again front and center this summer as it faces another review in the Supreme Court.
BWW Review: THE BLUEST EYE at Synchronicity Theatre
by Jennifer (Skura) Boutell - Oct 22, 2021
In Owolabi's production of THE BLUEST EYE at Synchronicity Theatre, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, Award-winning American Playwright Lydia R. Diamond, and Pecola Breedlove, the novel’s protagonist, seem to share a mutual legacy—this significance adds magnetism of this production, to say the least.
Synchronicity Theatre Will Produce Toni Morrison's THE BLUEST EYE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2021
Join in honoring Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison in Synchronicity Theatre's production of THE BLUEST EYE. Adapted for the stage by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Ibi Owolabi, this is the powerful story of Pecola Breedlove, a dark-skinned African-American girl who firmly believes she can overcome all obstacles in her life with blue eyes.
Crossroad Theatre Company Presents BLACK WOMEN IN THE MOVEMENT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 18, 2021
Women are the spark that has fueled the Civil Rights movement decades upon decades and Crossroad Theatre Company is honoring the sheroes from the past up through today with a conversation on Black Women in the Movement streaming March 24 – April 4, 2021 on the Home with Crossroads virtual platform accessible from the Crossroads website.