Carolyn Cook

Actor’s Express will continue its 36th season with Mercury by Emmy nominee and American playwright, Steve Yockey.

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 20th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The first wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 13th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Atlanta is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. September 2023's top picks include Alliance's The Shining and more.

After 15 years performing on Atlanta's Westside, Essential Theatre returns to old stomping grounds in Little Five Points this summer June 2023 – The Essential Theatre Play Festival returns this summer with a busier lineup than ever, including the world premiere productions of Matthew Hoffman's The Manuscript and Beverly Austin's The Wishing Place.

What did our critic think of PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Actor's Express? There are some questions we ask because we want to, and there are others we ask because we have to. PRAYER at Actor's Express asks both in a beautifully compelling story of a Jewish family searching for safety. Come walk away with a deeper understanding of the world.

Actor's Express continues its 35th anniversary season with Prayer for the French Republic by multi-award winning playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews/Skintight). 

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.

From July 29 to August 28, Essential Theatre is presenting its 23rd Festival with the world premieres of two plays and four staged readings, all by Georgia playwrights. The Outrage Machine, written by Daniel Carter Brown and directed by Peter Hardy, opens Friday, July 28, 2022 at 8pm at the West End Performing Arts Center.

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. 

Je Ne Suis Pas Evangeline (I am not Evangeline) will be the final offering of the Digitus Theatrum Main Course subscription series, streaming April 22 - May 9th. 

With an eye towards the second half of their popular Digitus Theatrum Season, Penobscot Theatre Company has announced the final two productions of their Main Course series: an interactive murder mystery and a brand-new film project, focused on Maine’s unique Acadian heritage.

Théâtre du Rêve (TdR), Atlanta's only French-speaking theatre company, will present a retelling of nine fables by Jean de La Fontaine, in French and English, for audiences of all ages. Vive La Fontaine! will have nine performances running March 13a?"29, 2020 at 7 Stages Back Stage Theater. Tickets are $10a?"$25 and available online at theatredureve.org.

Theatrical Outfit continues its groundbreaking 2019 a?" 2020 Season with a NEW HOLIDAY CLASSIC a?" The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon. This world of Pride & Prejudice is expanding a?? AGAIN a?? with an all new holiday show for the entire family. The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley runs November 27 a?" December 29, 2019 only at The Balzer Theater at Herren's in the heart of Downtown Atlanta.

Theatrical Outfit continues its groundbreaking 2019 - 2020 Season with a world premiere - Safety Net by Daryl Lisa Fazio. This hard-hitting new drama was winner of the 2018 Alliance Theatre Reiser Lab. Safety Net runs October 16 - November 10, 2019 only at The Balzer Theater at Herren's in the heart of Downtown Atlanta.