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Review: Stage Door’s dynamite cast brings out bittersweet beauty of “Dancing at Lughnasa”

Jim Farmer — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:11:30 +0000

Two decades after its debut, the rueful beauty of the Irish drama “Dancing at Lughnasa” makes as great an impression as ever, especially when it has

Review: Two MOCA GA exhibitions show evolution of Georgia art from 1980s to now

JERRY CULLUM — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:32:27 +0000

“Made in the 80s” and “One One,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia through June 8, give us a general view of more

Preview: Five don’t-miss acts — and two bonus picks — at this weekend’s Atlanta Jazz Festival

Jon Ross — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:56:34 +0000

The Atlanta Jazz Festival is back in Piedmont Park this weekend, for the third year since returning there after the drought and financial issues forced

Review: Horizon Theatre sinks to sitcom level with predictable, paper-thin “The Book Club Play”

Andrew Alexander — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:03 +0000

You’d think that two similarly structured plays about closely related subjects (opening the same weekend in Atlanta, no less) would have a lot in common.

Review: Writers as “feral cats” prove entertaining in whip-smart “Seminar” at Actor’s Express

Andrew Alexander — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:57 +0000

“Writers are about as civilized as feral cats,” says Leonard (Andrew Benator), a renowned fiction writer who’s leading an exclusive workshop for four young hopefuls

Review: In an unlikely place, John Q limns “Queer Migration,” with an eerie final twist

Andrew Alexander — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:58:52 +0000

Early in the evening of Friday, May 17, a small crowd began to collect in the lobby of the Atlanta Cyclorama. Though the regular

News: Cutting-edge, “homeless” Eyedrum finds new digs — for now — at Fuse Arts Center

Jeff Stafford — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:03:45 +0000

When Eyedrum lost its performance and exhibition space in 2010 because its landlord wouldn’t renew the lease, its future looked uncertain. Would the 13-year-old alternative

Attend: Things to see and do around Atlanta, May 22-June 1

Catherine Fox — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:12:26 +0000

Ambrose Akinmusire — winner of the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, 2012 Trumpet Player of the Year in DownBeat Magazine’s Critics Poll, among other

Review: D’AIR Aerial Dance Theatre’s “Shadows of Doubt” soars above Grant Park audience

Cynthia Bond Perry — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:31:37 +0000

As much as a ballerina counts on her partner, an aerial dancer relies on ropes, hoops, trapezes and such for balance and support. These apparatuses

Review: Modern Atlanta Dance Festival goes MAD for fast-paced, sharply focused short works

Gillian Anne Renault — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:06 +0000

The 19th annual Modern Atlanta Dance Festival squeezed five troupes into a 90-minute program at Fabrefaction Theatre on Friday. Artistic and Executive Director Douglas Scott, who