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Atlanta Theatre May 2010

April 25, 2010 by Paul McParland
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Atlanta Theatre guide features current and new plays in the Greater Metro Atlanta area. Upcoming theatre shows in Atlanta for May 2010 include Cabaret, Mary Poppins, Driving Miss Daisy and Avenue Q.

Christina Darling
04/16/2010 to 05/08/2010
The Process is proud to present the world premiere of “Christina Darling”. The story of Christina Crawford and her mother Joan Crawford. There are two sides to every story.
Company: The Process Theatre Co.
Price: $20.00 – $23.00
Box Office: 404/245-4205
Free Parking Available

Midsummer’s Night Dream
05/05/2010 to 05/09/2010
by William Shakespeare
directed by John Dillon
When the Fairy King Oberon decides to meddle in the affairs of the foolish mortals – and immortals – that inhabit a moonlit forest, the magical potion of one little flower causes an awful lot of mayhem in Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy. Presented under the stars at Piedmont Park’s Lake Clara Meer.
All performances at 7:30 p.m. Venue opens for seating 90 minutes prior to showtime.
Tickets are distributed beginning at 10:00 a.m. the morning of each performance. Tickets are distributed at the Piedmont Park Visitor’s Center (located just inside the park’s 12th Street entrance) as well as at the Georgia Shakespeare Box Office at the Conant Performing Arts Center on the campus of Oglethorpe University. Tickets distributed each morning are for that evening’s performance ONLY. Tickets for Shake at the Lake come in the form of wristbands.
Company: Georgia Shakespeare
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $0.00
Box Office:
Public Transportation Available

In Search of Tonto Blue
05/06/2010 to 05/09/2010
Margolis Brown’s original ensemble theatre productions combine an emotionally charged physicality with the unusual use of everyday objects, spectacular multimedia, text, song and magic. They bring their brand new show, In Search of Tonto Blue, to 7 Stages from its world premiere. A follow up piece to their ever popular show American Safari, In Search of Tonto Blue is the story of a quiet, nondescript, middle aged Everyman, named Arthur A. Peterson, who believes his calling is to find fame and fortune by becoming a pop culture icon. Trying to find relevance in the midst of a mid-life crisis is captured in this metaphorical world punctuated with original music, puppetry and, the highly skilled muscular presence of the living artist.
Company: 7 Stages Theatre
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $17.50 – $25.00
Box Office: 404-523-7647
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available
Pay Parking Available

Peter & the Wolf
05/09/2010 to 05/09/2010
Drama sweeps the hall in a new, spellbinding interpretation of Prokofiev’s beloved musical tale, which will have kids on the edge of their seats. Three musician-actors and a conductor’s assistant must outwit a fearsome wolf that threatens orchestra and audience alike.

Sketchworks Advanced Workshop Group SHOWCASE
05/13/2010 to 05/14/2010
Don’t miss the up-and-comers, the movers and shakers, the three legged donkey! That’s right, folks, it’s time once again for the Sketchworks Advanced Workshop Group’s Showcase. Two nights only in the Sketchworks Theatre. See the Master Class students – some experienced actors, some first-timers – pan fry their comedic chops for your delight and amusement. See the Bearded Lady! Jo Jo The Dog Faced Boy! Snake Man and Mr Stretchy Pants! Not really, but come to see the actors. Because they’re funny. May 13 and 14 (Thursday and Friday night) at 8pm. All Tickets 10 bucks. Refreshments at concessions, but don’t drink the Kool Aid.
Company: Sketchworks
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $10.00
Box Office: 404-499-8181
Free Parking Available

Glorious!
05/07/2010 to 05/15/2010
The joyful Florence Foster Jenkins had a passion for singing, but a voice of disastrous proportions which left audiences crying with laughter. Spinning from her bizarre recording sessions, unbelievable recitals and an ultimate triumph at New York’s Carnegie Hall – this is a true, heart-warming story about a group of eccentric friends who lived their dreams. The triumphant West End production starred Maureen Lipman and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award as Best New Comedy.
“A delightful, blissfully funny hit.”—Daily Telegraph
“Hilarious and touching.”—Daily Mail
“A glittering comedy with a heart.”—Sunday Times
Company: Centerstage North Theatre
Price: $12.00
Box Office: 770-516-3330

Mystery At Greenfingers
04/30/2010 to 05/15/2010
During a violent snowstorm in the closed Greenfingers Palace Hotel, the entire staff is involved in something secret. Included in the mystery are the chef, the social hostess, two maids, the assistant manager, and the sleek bartender. During the ensuing confusion, the bumbling house detective and a Miss Tracey arrive on the scene. Will everything be solved?
Written by J. B. Priestley
Company: Polk Street Players
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $12.50 – $20.00
Box Office: (770) 218-9669
Free Parking Available

Morning’s at Seven
05/07/2010 to 05/16/2010
Morning’s at Seven is the humorous, sometimes poignant, account of the intertwined lives of four sisters who live within walking distance of each other in a small town and who are constantly in each other’s business. Three retired husbands, a reluctant husband-to-be and his fiancée of twelve years, whom the family has yet to meet, complete the lovable and sometimes hilarious, cast of characters.
Esther, the oldest sister, and her husband, David, live “up the hill”, where he surrounds himself with books and disapproves of her family. The two middle sisters are Ida and her husband, Carl, who has “spells” of regret over a life unfulfilled, their son, Homer, and Cora and her husband Thor, logical and gentlemanly. Arry, the youngest, is unmarried, but has a secret about which there is much speculation.
Homer’s fiancée, Myrtle, whom he has finally brought home to meet the family, is the catalyst who stirs up emotions the sisters have spent their lives trying to keep under control.
The story takes place over just two days, laying bare a lifetime of affection and resentment among the sisters and stirring up currents of fear and joy leavened by humor and charm.
Company: Cherokee Theatre Company
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $0.00
Box Office: 770-591-0282
Free Parking Available

Mary Poppins
04/29/2010 to 05/16/2010
Combining the best of the original stories by P. L. Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film, the Tony® Award-winning MARY POPPINS is everything you’d hope for in a Broadway musical—and more. Produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, the show includes such wonderful songs as Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Spoonful of Sugar, Let’s Go Fly a Kite and, of course, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The NY Daily News hails MARY POPPINS as “a roof-raising, toe-tapping, high-flying extravaganza!” Don’t miss all the magic of Broadway’s super hit musical, and let your imagination take flight.
Age Appropriateness: All Ages
Company: Broadway Across America – Atlanta
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $27.00 – $143.00
Box Office: 404-817-8700
Public Transportation Available
Pay Parking Available

Rocky Horror Picture Show w/ Live Cast
01/01/2010 to 12/25/2015
Lips Down On Dixie performs the interactive version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Company: Lips Down on Dixie
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $8.00
Box Office: 404-873-1939
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

The SHOW!
04/02/2010 to 06/18/2010
A 60 minute late-night Freak Show, Out of Hand style. The Show! is never the same twice because the audience runs The Show. A ridiculously interactive Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Event, The Show! is wild, big fun!!!!
Horizon Theatre in Little Five Points
$5 Cover
$5 minimum in Interactive Fun Tickets
featuring The Witch Doctor, The Amazing Rubber Boy, The Beautiful Bearded Lady, The Contortionist, The Nudie Show XXX, The Human Blockhead and The Living Dead Boy
““Is it real?””
““Oh it’s all real. Some of it’s really real, some of it’s really fake. But it’s all really good.””
Company: Out of Hand Theater
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $5.00 – $15.00
Box Office: 404-584-7450
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
04/24/2010 to 05/22/2010
Come along with Snow White through a musical journey of a fairytale retold! Beautiful Snow White, raised by her evil step-mother, the Queen, is forced to flee her home in order to save her life. An enchanted vixen finds her in the forest and takes her to the home of the seven dwarfs. Will Snow White be able to convince the dwarfs to let her stay? Will the Queen’s magic spells work and end Snow White’s life? Will Prince Robert find Snow White in time? Join us 30 minutes prior to Show Time for Free Face Painting.
Company: The Blackwell Playhouse
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $0.00
Box Office: 678-213-3311
Free Parking Available

Aurora Children’s Playhouse
5/15/2010
The Circus King with Storymaker – Sean Driscol
5/22/2010
Quite a Catch with Ron Anglin
Discount tickets for this show are available thru AtlanTIX online and at the booth. Click on Discount Tickets on the blue bar above to see list of tickets available online today.
Company: Aurora Theatre
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $7.42
Box Office: 770-476-7926
Free Parking Available

SKETCH IS IN THE AIR
05/21/2010 to 06/19/2010
Get a whiff of this! Sketchworks returns with an ALL-NEW show, directed by Della Cole. Starring Misty Holcomb, Sandi Scheier, Samantha Darby, Sasha Friedman, Slaton Waldo, Dave Deutschle, Cris Gray, and Patrick S Young.
Company: Sketchworks
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $5.00 – $17.00
Box Office: 404-499-8181
Free Parking Available

The Nerd
04/23/2010 to 05/22/2010
One of the funniest plays ever written, this extraordinarily inventive, side-splitting comedy was first presented by the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, then produced in Great Britain, then went on to Broadway. The action centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by a man he’s never met but who saved his life in Vietnam—the visitor turning out to be an incredibly inept, hopelessly stupid “nerd” who outstays his welcome with a vengeance.
Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, “you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you”—so Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless “nerd”—a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence—a dire development which, happily, is staved off by the surprising “twist” ending of the play.
Company: The Rosewater Theatre
Price: $17.12 – $19.26
Box Office: 770-640-5500
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Twelve Angry Men
04/24/2010 to 05/22/2010
The story begins after closing arguments have been presented in a homicide case, as the judge is giving his instructions to the jury. It looks like an open-and-shut case, until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts. The murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men. The juror’s final verdict and how they reach it will electrify the audience and keep you on the edge of your seat.
Company: The Blackwell Playhouse
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $0.00
Box Office: 678-213-3311
Free Parking Available

Blues in the Night
04/28/2010 to 05/23/2010
A musical revue conceived and originally directed by Sheldon Epps.
Tony-nominated, this scorching compilation of full-out blues songs interweaves stories of life and love through the unrivalled tunes and lyrics of Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen and more. Recommended for ages 16 and up, for adult themes and language.
Company: Theatrical Outfit
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $15.00 – $35.00
Box Office: 678-528-1500
Public Transportation Available
Pay Parking Available

Beached Wails
05/14/2010 to 06/06/2010
This lighthearted comedy by local playwright, Topher Payne, finds four sisters from Mississippi whose annual beach vacation getaway is interrupted by a mysterious neighbor, unanswered questions, and an impending storm.
by Topher Payne
Company: Stage Door Players
Price: $12.00 – $24.00
Box Office: 770-396-1726
Free Parking Available
Pay Parking Available

True Love Lies
05/21/2010 to 06/20/2010
Kane and Carolyn have the typical American family. All the usual trials and tribulations of living with teenage children. But when David, a lover from Kane’s past, unexpectedly appears, their fashionable lifestyle starts to fall around their ears, as we look on, wondering what can possibly go wrong next! This wild and wisecracking (and sometimes shocking) new comedy from the renowned Brad Fraser will have you on the edge of your seat.
Mature language and situations.
Company: Horizon Theatre Company
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $21.00 – $33.00
Box Office: 404.584.7450
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Jitney
05/02/2010 to 05/30/2010
A boisterous gypsy cab station offers a poetic thrill ride look into the vitality of life in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1977. A son returns home after twenty years imprisoned to face his father whose station is threatened with demolition. Battling the forces of urban redevelopment, the motley crew of drivers plan, dream and muse in this rich blooded humorous testament to August Wilson’s enduring legacy.
by August Wilson
Directed by Derrick Sanders
Company: True Colors Theatre Company
Price: $20.00 – $30.00
Box Office: 404-588-0308
Free Parking Available

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
05/08/2010 to 06/06/2010
by Alan James and Rob Bettinson
Directed by Robert J. Farley
Featuring Rob Lawhon as Buddy Holly
The Man. The Music. The Legend. The world’s most successful rock ‘n roll musical event of all time, now in its 19th year in London’s West End, has played to 20 million people world-wide.
Company: Georgia Ensemble Theatre
Price: $23.00 – $33.00
Box Office: 770-641-1260
Public Transportation Available
Pay Parking Available

Paul Bunyan & the Tall Tale Medicine Show
04/03/2010 to 05/23/2010
Adapted by Jon Ludwig, directed by Clint Thornton
Mar 30 – May 23, 2010
You’re invited to a historical hoedown honoring American heroes that spin tales taller than a ten-gallon hat! Enjoy twangy tunes as you hear all about how Paul Bunyan and his devoted friend, Babe the Blue Ox, invent logging; how Hekeke saves her tribe from a people-eating ogre; how John Henry becomes a steel-driving man; and how Pecos Bill becomes King of the Cowboys.
Company: Center for Puppetry Arts
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $16.00
Box Office: 404-873-3391
Public Transportation Available
Free Parking Available

Slasher
05/20/2010 to 06/16/2010
When Sheena McKinney is cast in the slasher flick filming in her tiny Texas town, it might just be her big break. After all, she’s young and buxom, and her character is the last girl standing. But accepting the role unwittingly unleashes Sheena’s hostile, pill-popping mother’s feminist rage on the low-budget production in a burst of pitch-black hilarity, fake blood and real violence. You’ll never look at a power drill the same way again! This raucous comedy was an audience favorite at the 2009 Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Playwright: Alison Moore
Director: Freddie Ashley
Company: Actor’s Express
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $15.00 – $25.00
Box Office: 404-607-SHOW
Free Parking Available
Pay Parking Available

Avenue Q
05/18/2010 to 05/23/2010
AVENUE Q is Broadway’s smash-hit 2004 Tony Award® winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called “one of the funniest shows you’re ever likely to see” by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risque and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it “SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!”
Parental Discretion Suggested
Company: Broadway Across America – Atlanta
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $0.00
Box Office: 770-916-2800
Public Transportation Available
Pay Parking Available

Forever Plaid
04/23/2010 to 05/23/2010
By Stuart Ross
Directed by Wally Hinds and Spencer G. Stevens
One of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory, this deliciously goofy revue centers on four young, eager male singers killed in a car crash in the 1950s on the way to their first big concert, and now miraculously revived for the posthumous chance to fulfill their dreams and perform the show that never was.
Company: Kudzu Playhouse
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $15.12 – $19.44
Box Office: 770-594-1020
Free Parking Available

A Rail Tale
04/30/2010 to 05/23/2010
World Premier of a New Play by Candy Spahr
As a new century dawns, eight people, each with their own dreams and uncertainties for the future, board a luxury steam locomotive bound from Boston to Detroit. Mankinds’s old foes– greed, deceit and suspicion-accompany the travelers. A mystery loom large. Soon all aboard the train are pulled into a web of intrigue. A Rail Tale is set during the golden age of railroads, as this growing industrial nation welcome the 20th century. A two-act period piece, it weaves humor with the social history of the times.
Company: Kudzu Playhouse
Price: $13.00 – $15.00
Box Office: 770-594-1020
Free Parking Available

No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman
05/07/2010 to 05/23/2010
No Time for Sergeants was a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later
adapted into a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well as a 1964 television
series. The book chronicles the misadventures of a country bumpkin named Will Stockdale
who is drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II and assigned to the United States
Army Air Forces.
Company: Lionheart Theatre Company
Price: $15.00
Box Office: 678-938-8518
Free Parking Available
Pay Parking Available

Driving Miss Daisy
04/12/2010 to 05/23/2010
The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke. Miss Daisy immediately regards him with disdain and he, in turn, is not impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other.
Slowly and steadily the dignified, good-natured Hoke breaks down the stern defenses of the ornery old lady. By the end of the play, it is movingly clear that they have both come to realize they have more in common than they ever believed possible—and that times and circumstances would ever allow them to publicly admit.
Company: Gypsy Theatre Company
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $13.00 – $15.00
Box Office: 770-781-9178
Free Parking Available

Cabaret
05/07/2010 to 05/23/2010
Musical set in 1930s Germany.
Company: Newnan Community Theatre Company
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $8.00 – $128.00
Box Office: 770-683-6282
Free Parking Available
Pay Parking Available

His Eye Is On The Sparrow
04/29/2010 to 05/30/2010
he inspiring story of actress/singer Ethel Waters, who rose from a downtrodden life in Philadelphia’s back alleys to become a celebrated talent. Aside from the title song, other Waters hits include “Stormy Weather” and “Am I Blue.” And who better to interpret Ethel’s life and music than Atlanta’s own Bernardine Mitchell (Mahalia, Zion!)
For audiences 16 years and up.
Playwright: Larry Parr
Director: Andrea Frye
Company: Theatre in the Square
Suitability: Mature Content
Price: $11.00 – $33.00
Box Office: 770-422-8369 x-10
Free Parking Available
Pay Parking Available

West to East, East to West
05/24/2010 to 05/25/2010
The emergence of western dance forms such as ballet and modern dance in China have greatly impacted the development of Chinese ballet and traditional Chinese dance in China. Balletic influences such as pointed feet, turn out of the legs, high extension, and ethereal quality can be observed in Chinese ballets and Chinese dances of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In recent years, modern dance concepts such as creative self-expression, freedom of movement, floor work, and sense of gravity have also influenced the development of Chinese dance.
Company: Atlanta Chinese Dance Company
Suitability: Family Friendly
Price: $10.00 – $20.00

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