Shows on February 20
 101 Humiliating Stories • Feb 17 - Feb 27PushPush Theater (Decatur) 101 Humiliating Stories by Lisa Kron (of The Five Lesbian Brothers): An autobiographical stage comedy that dives deep into the universal experience of humiliation. An invitation to perform at her high school... more...  Mature Content |
 Abbado II: Leila Josefowicz Performs Prokofiev • Feb 18 - Feb 20Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Mr. Abbado's second week on the podium is as rich as his first, as he imparts charm and vigor to Schubert's most extensive orchestral score, justly known as the composer's "Great C-Major" Symphony. The luminous... more... |
 All Night Strut • Feb 19 - Mar 7Atlanta Lyric Theatre (Marietta) From coast to coast, in dance clubs, Broadway shows, and major motion pictures, folks young and old are rediscovering the Lindy Hop, the Shag and the Tango. Yes, Swing’s the Thing! And nowhere more than in... more... |
.jpg) Baby - The Musical Comedy • Feb 12 - Feb 27Centerstage North Theatre (Marietta) Baby tells the story of 3 couples - The students, the 30-somethings and the mid-aged parents - on a University campus, who must deal with the rewarding and agonizingly funny consequences of this universal... more... Mature Content |
 Battle Acts • Dec 26 - Dec 18Laughing Matters (Avondale Estates) Individual improvisors compete head to head for laughs during this elimination tournament. Eight walk in and one walks out - The Champion of BattleActs! Third Saturday of each month. more... |
 Brownie Points • Feb 3 - Feb 28Theatrical Outfit (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Written by Janece Shaffer, this new comic-drama by the popular Atlanta playwright masterfully mirrors modern families and society through the multicultural mayhem of a girls' club camp-out in the north Georgia... more... Mature Content |
 Caught in the Web • Jan 21 - Feb 21Theatre in the Square (Marietta) The farce master is at his reckless best in this out-of-control outing. Past works Funny Money, Out of Order and Cash on Delivery have had audiences in a laughter uproar. A bigamist taxi driver's teenage son... more... Mature Content |
 Dayton Contemporary Dance • Feb 20 onlyRialto Center for the Arts (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Rooted in the African American experience, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s (DCDC) strives to deliver contemporary dance of the highest quality to the broadest possible audience. Their 40 year history has... more... |
 Flyin' West • Feb 12 - Feb 21Lionheart Theatre Company (Norcross) by Pearl Cleage Directed by Tanya Carroll The critically acclaimed drama which tells the story of a courageous group of pioneer women - former slaves who settled in the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.... more... Mature Content |
 Frankenstein • Feb 18 - Feb 27Theater Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) A Puppet Play based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Adapted and directed by Jon Ludwig of Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts Jon Ludwig’s version of this well-known tale of Frankenstein’s monster is... more... Mature Content |
 Frankenstein • Feb 18 - Feb 27Arts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) A Puppet Play directed by Jon Ludwig of Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts based on Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein.” Commissioned and produced for the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival, the play received national... more... |
 Free to Be . . . You and Me • Feb 9 - Mar 7Synchronicity Performance Group (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) Directed by Heidi Howard; From the book “Free to Be … You and Me” conceived by Marlo Thomas & friends. Stage adaptation written by Douglas Love and Regina Safran. Orchestrations and arrangements by Jon... more...  Family Friendly |
 Frost / Nixon • Feb 20 - Mar 13The Blackwell Playhouse (Marietta) British talk-show host David Frost has become a lowbrow laughing-stock. Richard M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to... more... Mature Content |
 Griefers • Feb 5 - Feb 27Dad's Garage (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) As defined by Wikipedia, a 'griefer' is someone who plays a video game in order to irritate and harass other players, rather than pursue game objectives. But what happens when someone from the gaming world... more... |
 Guest Artists - Meehan/Perkins Percussion Duo • Feb 20 onlyGeorgia State University School of Music (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins, percussion Founded in 2006, the Meehan/ Perkins Duo has emerged as a driving force in new music through their compelling performances of new works for percussion. Hailed as... more... Family Friendly |
| Guys and Dolls • Feb 19 - Feb 28 Dunwoody United Methodist Church (Dunwoody) this oddball romantic musical comedy soars with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces us to a cast of vivid characters including repenting gamblers and mission dolls. more... Family Friendly |
 Hansel and Gretel • Feb 20 - Mar 13The Blackwell Playhouse (Marietta) The often told tale of Hansel and Gretel begins in the woodcutter’s cottage. Lack of food in the cupboard has driven Stepmother Gertrude to cruelty. She persuades the father to take Hansel and Gretel deep... more... Family Friendly |
 Hector Olivera, organ • Feb 20 onlySpivey Hall (Morrow) Famous for his colorful virtuosity, organist Hector Olivera is a passionate and gifted musician whose personal interpretations of both classical and popular music have amazed and delighted aud-iences around the... more... Family Friendly |
 Love Letters • Feb 18 - Feb 21Gypsy Theatre Company (Cumming) Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards.... more... Family Friendly Regional Premiere |
 Midnight in the Garden • Feb 20 onlyProject 7 Contemporary Dance Company (Athens) Midnight in the Garden – A RUNWAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!! The show includes 2 rocking chairs, elaborate costumes, and a 6-foot x 16-foot runway extending from the stage, which the dancers will incorporate into... more... Mature Content |
 Murder, She Improvised • Jan 2 - Feb 20Dad's Garage (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) Something is afoot at The Sunny Arse Hotel! And only Sir John Holmes can get to the bottom of these devious (and hilarious) murder mysteries. Will his keen mind and the audience's help be enough? Probably not!... more... |
 New Trinity Baroque • Oct 30 - Apr 24New Trinity Baroque (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) CONCERT II Friday, October 30, 2009: HANDEL's NIGHTMARE - MUSIC OF GERMAN & ITALIAN BAROQUE New Trinity Baroque's first ever Halloween concert commenorates 250 years since the death of G.F. Handel, and will... more... Family Friendly |
| Pathways • Feb 20 - Feb 27 Academy Theatre (Avondale Estates) "Pathways" take audiences on a journey through the lives of some of the most engaging, dynamic and successful African American women in our history. In this one-woman show, Actress Brenda Porter becomes a... more... Family Friendly |
 Rainforest Adventures • Jan 12 - Mar 7Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Experience a day in the life of more than 30 exotic plants and animals in the amazing Amazon rainforest. An anaconda slithers through the shrubs, bats beat their wings in a glorious evening ballet, and howler... more... Family Friendly |
 RENT • Feb 19 - Mar 21Kudzu Playhouse (Roswell) Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and... more... Mature Content |
 Risings Sons • Feb 18 - Feb 217 Stages Theatre (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) Risings Sons is inspired by the work of Michael Meade and Robert Bly. It is an original performance piece exploring soul initiation, rites of passage, father/son relationships, and patrilineage through spoken... more... |
 Romeo and Juliet • Feb 4 - Feb 28The New American Shakespeare Tavern (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) We invite you to join us for our 11th anniversary of performing this play about young lovers, feuding families and one Friar with good intentions. Discount tickets for this show are available thru AtlanTIX... more... |
 Shooting Star • Feb 12 - Mar 14Horizon Theatre Company (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) An unexpected meeting in a blizzard bound airport. Reed,a suit-and-tie with Blackberry, and Elana, a bohemian with rain stick, were once idealistic college lovers. Here they reconnect and share stories deep... more... Mature Content |
 Sketchworks' Super Solid Gold Mega Hits! • Feb 12 - Mar 13Sketchworks (Decatur) Sketchworks presents a "Best Of" Show to kick off its 2010 Season. Some of the funniest sketches from years past presented with a stellar cast, including special guest, Kenny Alfonso, and Sketchworks favorite... more... Mature Content |
 Sounds of Sunda, Gamelan Consortium Concert • Feb 20 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) The Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble performs the music of West Java, Indonesia, including instrumental and vocal music with the gamelan (gong-chime ensemble), narrative singing, folk and popular songs. The... more...  Student Show |
 Steel Magnolias • Feb 19 - Feb 20StageWorks (Cartersville) "Delicate as magnolias but tough as steel" describes the six Southern women who regularly gather at Truvy's Beauty Salon. Steel Magnolias tells the story of the difficult decisions they make, the men they love,... more... |
 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe • Feb 2 - Feb 21Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Adapted and directed by Bobby Box, in collaboration with Jon Ludwig 2009-10 New Directions Series Recommended for ages 12 and up Poe’s tortured psyche is resurrected among the ruins of a fallen house... more... Mature Content |
 Tennis in Nablus • Jan 29 - Feb 21Alliance Theatre (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Palestine. 1939. Allegiances… and identities… are never what they seem. Under British colonial rule, two nations buckle under conflicting claims to their rightful land. And as the world explodes around... more... |
 The Beaux Stratagem • Feb 9 - Feb 20Gainesville Theatre Alliance (Gainesville) This Restoration farce combines rogues, rascals, flirts and fools in a rollicking romantic concoction. Two young gentlemen of leisure run out of money and leave high society to pursue their fortunes in the more... more... |
 The Graduate • Feb 19 - Mar 20The Rosewater Theatre (Roswell) A Play Adapted by Terry Johnson Based on the Novel by Charles Webb And the motion picture screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" The infamous... more... Mature Content |
 TheatreSports - Saturday Night Improv • Dec 5 - Dec 25Dad's Garage (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) Our longest running improv show and an audience favorite for years, TheatreSports is a fast–paced improv competition featuring the best improvisers in the city. Consisting of two teams, a host/referee, judges... more... Mature Content |
 Three Days of Rain • Feb 12 - Mar 6Onstage Atlanta (Decatur) by Richard Greenberg Direction by David Klein A romantic and creative mystery. In this tense and brittle reunion, much more is at stake than who gets the house. Brother and sister discover their father's... more... Mature Content |
 Women + War • Feb 19 - Mar 7Synchronicity Performance Group (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) The women speak. Our company-created hit from 2005 returns, with a vibrant tapestry of startling, hopeful, heartbreaking and funny stories that cast new light on the wartime experiences of soldiers, refugees,... more... Mature Content |
 Zoo Story • Feb 19 - Feb 27PushPush Theater (Decatur) Zoo Story by Edward Albee: Peter is a middle-class publishing executive with a wife, two daughters, two cats and two parakeets who lives in ignorance of the world outside his settled life. Jerry is an isolated... more... Mature Content |
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