Shows in February
 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... |
 Abbado is back with Beethoven & Mozart • Feb 11 - Feb 13Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) A worthy successor to the great Classical-era music of Haydn and Mozart, Beethoven's First Symphony points the way toward his revolutionary later works. Mozart’s Selected Church Sonatas and Coronation Mass... more... |
 Aida • Feb 27 - Mar 7The Atlanta Opera (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) The Ethiopian princess Amneris intends to marry Radames, the next leader of the Egyptian Army. But Radames is in love with Aida, a princess who is an enslaved prisoner of war. When Amneris discovers her... more... |
 Alice in Wonderland • Jan 16 - Feb 13The Blackwell Playhouse (Marietta) Join Alice on her adventure to a land of fantastical creatures and events when she falls down a very magical rabbit hole. The Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Caterpillar, Queen of Hearts, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum... more...  Family Friendly |
 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... |
 Atlanta Chamber Players • Feb 28 onlySpivey Hall (Morrow) Hailed as "Atlanta's all-stars" by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta Chamber Players are renowned internationally for their concerts and recordings. Discount tickets for this show are... more... Family Friendly |
 Atlanta Sacred Chorale: “Masterworks,” Eric Nelson, director • Feb 27 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) Eric Nelson directs Atlanta Sacred Chorale and chamber orchestra in “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.” A work by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins premiering in 2000, “The Armed Man” boldly examines war and... more... |
 Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Winter Concert • Feb 28 onlyAtlanta Symphony Orchestra (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) The Southeast’s premiere youth orchestra dazzles in performances of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and other greats. Come enjoy the work of these extraordinarily talented young musicians ranging in age... more... Family Friendly Student Show |
 Aurora Children's Playhouse • Jan 23 - May 22Aurora Theatre (Lawrenceville) 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... more... Family Friendly |
 Aurora Theatre Swing Nights featuring Metro Jazz Club • Aug 7 - Apr 10Aurora Theatre (Lawrenceville) Aurora Theatre Swing Nights featuring Metro Jazz Club Aurora Theatre continues our crowd pleasing concert series, Swing Night at Aurora Theatre featuring the Metro Jazz Club, with a show on Saturday... more... |
 Avenue X • Jan 13 - Feb 2Alliance Theatre (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Listen as the sizzling sounds of doo-wop and R&B collide on a street corner in 1960’s Brooklyn in this revolutionary a cappella musical – the story of two young men who search their divided community for... 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 |
 The Bach Bowl! on Superbowl Sunday, University Organist Recital Series • Feb 7 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) Tamara and Timothy Albrecht join musical forces, performing the intricate mirror fugue for two from Bach's “Art of Fugue” as well as other Bach masterpieces. Enjoy this pre-Super Bowl delight! Tamara... more... |
 Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez • Feb 5 onlyFerst Center for the Arts (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) Amalia Hernandez, Mexico's great cultural ambassador, brings Mexico's finest and most celebrated dance company to the Ferst Center. Preserving the country's colorful dance traditions for generations to come,... more... |
 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... |
 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... |
 Bertrand Giraud, piano, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Emerson Series • Feb 21 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series. Pianist Bertrand Giraud from Paris plays Chopin’s complete “Preludes” and Schumann’s “Piano Quartet” with members of the Vega String... more... |
 Black Man-o-logues • Feb 13 - Feb 1414th Street Playhouse (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) There are enumerable perspectives on black love. There is the love between a husband and wife; the love between a parent and child; the love between siblings; the love between best friends, the love of a... more... Mature Content |
 Bremen Freedom • Feb 28 - Mar 12PushPush Theater (Decatur) Bremen Freedom by Rainer-Werner Fassbinder: “A Cup of coffee, Geesche, please... just a touch." With this demand starts the nightmare of Geesche's nearest and dearest. Between the cruel and selfish behavior,... more... Mature Content |
 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 |
 Cinderella • Feb 4 - Feb 14Atlanta Ballet (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) It's the classic fairy tale you grew up with - the kind and generous Fairy Godmother, the wicket Stepmother, and of course, the ugly and jealous Stepsisters. Sure to be a hit with all ages, come experience the... more... Family Friendly |
 Classical Clown • Feb 7 onlyAtlanta Symphony Orchestra (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) It’s a symphonic showdown as the Classical Clown battles the maestro for control of the orchestra! Set to Beethoven, Grieg, Britten and Stravinsky, by the time this Comedy Concerto is over the clown has... more... Family Friendly |
 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... |
 Dee Dee Bridgewater presents Lady Day: A Billie Holiday Tribute • Feb 13 onlyRialto Center for the Arts (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Few artists so expertly command the range and depth of Dee Dee Bridgewater, the recipient of a Tony Award, two Grammy Awards, and France’s top honor, the Victoire de la Musique. Dee Dee first made a name for... more... |
 Designing Women “LIVE!” • Feb 24 - Feb 25The Process Theatre Co. (Decatur) The Process Theatre Company presents our Spring Fundraiser Designing Women “LIVE!” The GUYS are back! The last time Joey Ellington, DeWayne Morgan, Greg Morris, and Topher Payne got together on stage, it... more... |
 Dinner and a Diva Duets • Feb 16 onlyCapitol City Opera (Roswell) Three-course dinner with professional opera singers performing between courses Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar 6:15 PM; Seated dinner 7 PM Includes wine with dinner, tax and tip $55 No discounts available... more... Family Friendly |
 Dinner and a Diva: Opera Duets • Feb 16 onlyCapitol City Opera (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) Three-course dinner with professional opera singers performing between courses Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar 6:15 PM; Seated dinner 7 PM Includes wine with dinner, tax and tip $55 No discounts available... more... Family Friendly |
 Disney's Mulan • Feb 27 - Mar 14Alliance Theatre (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Music and Lyrics by Matthew Wilder & David Zippel Stephen Schwartz Jeanine Tesori & Alexa Junge Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics... more... Family Friendly |
 Doubt • Feb 26 - Mar 13Pumphouse Players (Cartersville) by John Patrick Shanley Set at a Catholic school in the Bronx, this drama centers on a nun who grows suspicious when a priest begins taking too much interest in the life of a young black student. Doubt was a... more... Mature Content |
 Ed Nicholson, trombone • Feb 9 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) Emory Facutly Artist Affiliate recital. more... |
 Emory Annual Jazz Fest: Emory Big Band, Gary Motley, director • Feb 13 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) Gary Motley directs the Emory Big Band in a free performance as part of the Emory Annual Jazz Fest. more... Student Show |
 Emory Annual Jazz Fest: John Clayton with Gary Motley • Feb 12 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) Emory’s Annual Jazz Fest Concert features bassist John Clayton with Gary Motley. Seven-time Grammy nominated bassist/composer/conductor John Clayton's talents are consistently requested by the movers and... more... |
 Emory Wind Ensemble, Scott Stewart, director • Feb 26 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) The Emory Wind Ensemble is a select ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of literature for wind bands. It sponsors an active commissioning program, hosts guest artists, and tours nationally or... more... Student Show |
| Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Prior, director • Feb 17 only Arts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) As featured on Atlanta’s local news, the 90-member youth orchestra is comprised of exceptionally talented young musicians from more than 40 high schools in the metro Atlanta area. more... Student Show |
 Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series Presents Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet • Feb 24 - Feb 26Arts at Emory (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) Coming to Atlanta for the first time, this internationally acclaimed dance company will present an intimate look at Ohad Naharin’s “Decadance 2007.” The company will present a behind the scenes,... 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 |
 The Fourposter • Jan 22 - Feb 14Stage Door Players (Dunwoody) Winner of the Tony Award as Best Play, this theatrical Valentine is a 35 year chronicle of a husband and wife beginning on their wedding night in 1890. They fret and quarrel, laugh and cry and make love in the... more... |
 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 |
 From Darkness into Light • Feb 21 onlyGwinnett Choral Guild (Morrow) An all-American concert featuring music by Barber, Dickau, Hogan, Lauridsen, Thompson, and Whitacre: a musical and poetic journey of night and day juxtaposed with spirituals and other freedom songs... more... Family Friendly |
| Frost / Nixon • Feb 20 - Mar 13 The 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 |
 Funny Fridays • Aug 28 - Jun 25Aurora Theatre (Lawrenceville) Comedy Club on the Square more... |
 Georgia State University Jazz Band • Feb 18 onlyGeorgia State University School of Music (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Special Guests: Bepi D'Amato, clarinet Marco Renzi, conductor Mr. Renzi and Mr. D'Amato's appearances are made possible by arrangement with MidAmerica Productions, Inc., of New York City and its' General... more... Family Friendly |
 Georgian Chamber Players • Feb 7 onlySpivey Hall (Morrow) Valentina Lisitsa, piano Beth Newdome, violin Reid Harris, viola Christopher Rex, cello Long a beacon of excellence on the Atlanta chamber-music landscape, the Georgian Chamber Players are known for their... more... Family Friendly |
 Good Boys and True • Jan 14 - Feb 13Actor's Express (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) It’s the 1980s and the boys at St. Joe’s Prep School are clean cut, well bred, Ivy League-bound – and having a lot of sex. When a scandal involving one little videotape threatens to grow beyond... more... Mature Content Regional Premiere |
 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 |
 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 |
 Gwinnett Choral Guild • Feb 21 onlySpivey Hall (Morrow) The Gwinnett Choral Guild presents "From Darkness into Light," an all-American concert featuring music by Barber, Dickau, Gershwin, Hogan, Lauridsen, Thompson, and Whitacre: a musical and poetic journey of... 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 |
 I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change • Feb 5 - Feb 7Gainesville Theatre Alliance (Gainesville) The desire for love is a fundamental urge, but perhaps as basic is the drive to remake the object of your affection. Just in time for Valentine's Day, I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change, Off-Broadway's... more... Mature Content |
 Improv Revolution - Thursday Night Improv • Dec 10 - Apr 29Dad's Garage (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) The future of yesterday's improv tomorrow – today! Revolving improv formats, fresh faces and big ideas mark our ever–changing Thursday night testing ground for innovative and new improvisers. In addition to... more... Mature Content |
| Improv Revolution - Thursday night Improv • Dec 10 - Dec 30 Dad's Garage (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) The future of yesterday's improv tomorrow - today! New formats, fresh faces and big ideas mark our ever-changing Thursday night testing ground for new improv formats and new improvisers. This week, the... more... Mature Content |
 Jake's Women • Jan 15 - Feb 14Kudzu Playhouse (Roswell) America’s premier comic playwright makes another hilarious foray into the world of modern relationships. Jake, a novelist who is more successful with fiction than with life, faces a marital crisis by... more... |
 Joshua Bell, violin, Jeremy Denk, piano • Feb 13 onlySpivey Hall (Morrow) Joshua Bell has captured the public's attention like no other classical violinist of his time. "Bell," proclaims Gramophone, "is dazzling." His inter-pretations of a wide repertoire are as compelling as his... more... Family Friendly |
 Laughing Matters @ Manuel's Tavern • Jan 2 - Nov 6Laughing Matters (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) General Improv, 1st Saturday of each month more... |
 Love Letters • Feb 5 - Feb 14Kudzu Playhouse (Roswell) Love Letters is directed by Mercury and brought to the Kudzu Stage by Gypsy Theatre Company. THE STORY: Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends... more... |
 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 |
 Lunchtime in the Studio • Oct 15 - Apr 15Several Dancers Core (Decatur) Free dance performance with CORE Performance Company and free lunch from Decatur area restaurant sponsors. more... Family Friendly |
 M*A*S*H • Jan 30 - Feb 14The Blackwell Playhouse (Marietta) Blackwell Playhouse is proud to produce M*A*S*H by Tim Kelly from the book by Richard Hooker. This is a wild, free-flowing story familiar to fans of the book, film and TV program. M*A*S*H is set during... more... Mature Content |
 Masters of Persian Music • Feb 26 onlyFerst Center for the Arts (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) Masters of Persian Music features Hossein Alizadeh, the tar (plucked lute) maestro who is considered an inspiration to an entire generation of Iran's musical culture; Kayhan Kalhor, the kamancheh... more... Family Friendly |
 Mauricio Kagel: Film Music, Music Performance, Performance Film • Feb 12 onlyGeorgia State University School of Music (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Mauricio Kagel, the German-Argentine composer who died in 2008, is most noted for his theatrical contributions to classical music performance. The evening will offer two of Kagel's short films, Unter Strom and... more... Family Friendly |
 Mei-Ann Chen Leads Dvorak's 8th, Parker Performs The Rach Rhapsody • Feb 25 - Feb 27Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) The engaging and lyrical Ms. Chen, the Orchestra's former Assistant Conductor, returns with Hindemith's colorful and gently humorous suite, while Mr. Parker sizzles in Rachmaninov's great set of variations for... more... |
 Michael Feinstein Sings Sinatra • Feb 5 - Feb 6Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Keeper of the American Songbook and owner-headliner of his own New York club, singer-pianist Michael Feinstein is "an essential national resource" (New York Times). Performing his new album, "The Sinatra... more... Family Friendly |
 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 |
 Mindgame • Jan 15 - Feb 6Onstage Atlanta (Decatur) by Anthony Horowitz Direction by Barry West Straight jackets, serial killers, and everything needed in an asylum. When a writer gets an interview with a notorious serial killer, he believes he has snared... more... Mature Content |
 Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour • Feb 27 onlyFerst Center for the Arts (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa and Johnathan Blake Celebrating one of the longest running and most important jazz festivals in the world, the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour features The Kenny Barron Trio (Kenny... more... |
 The Murder Room • Jan 29 - Feb 13Polk Street Players (Marietta) Written by Jack Sharkey, this tells the story of a proper British wife weighing all of her options in ridding herself of that pesky husband. A dimwit daughter, an American son-in-law to-be, a stuffed shirt... more... Family Friendly |
 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... |
 My Way: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra • Jan 22 - Feb 14The Legacy Theatre (Tyrone) Conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson Book by Todd Olson Four Singers and live musicians take you on a trip down memory lane to honor on of the world's greatest performers! "Sinatra said that the secret... more... Family Friendly |
 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 |
 Opera 101 - Aida • Feb 22 onlyThe Atlanta Opera (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) Led by long time opera connoisseur and Honorary Board Member, Carter Joseph, OPERA 101 is a prep course for the upcoming production. Patrons are introduced to a history, background and story line of the opera.... more... |
 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series • Feb 4 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) The Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Stravinsky’s “’Basel Concerto’ in D major for String Orchestra,” Bach’s “Concerto for Piano and Strings in D minor, BWV 1052” with... more... |
 Our Town • Feb 21 - Mar 21True Colors Theatre Company (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) Pulitzer Prize Winner This timeless classic of the American theater is seen through new eyes in Kenny Leon’s multi-cultural reinvention. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire is a small, out-of-the-way town... more... Mature Content |
 Parade • Feb 5 - Feb 14Theatre Arts Guild @ Georgia Perimeter College (Clarkston) Book by Alfred Uhry Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Stage and Music Direction by William J. Jarrett Set in Atlanta, in 1913, "Parade" is based on the tragic, true story of Leo Frank, a man wrongly... more... Mature Content |
| 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 |
 Pepe Romero, guitar • Feb 6 onlySpivey Hall (Morrow) Pepe Romero made his public debut in Seville at age 7 with his father and only teacher, the legendary Celedonio Romero. A revered master of the guitar celebrated for his extraordinary artistry, Pepe Romero... more... Family Friendly |
 Platinum Chamionship Wrestling • Feb 5 - Feb 26Academy Theatre (Avondale Estates) What is the line between violence and performance art? Tickets available now! more... |
 Plaza Suite • Jan 8 - Feb 6The Rosewater Theatre (Roswell) One of Neil Simon's most popular and celebrated plays, Plaza Suite is a three-act play that details the misadventures of three very different couples as they face crucial moments in their respective lives –... more... |
 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 |
 Razzle Dazzle Fireworks!, University Organist Recital Series • Feb 28 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) Todd Wilson, one of today's finest concert organists, is professor of organ at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. Winner of numerous contests, including the Grand Prix de Chartres in France, he has... more... |
 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... |
 Rocky Horror Picture Show w/ Live Cast • Jan 1 - Dec 25Lips Down on Dixie (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) Lips Down On Dixie performs the interactive version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. more... Mature Content |
 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... |
 Salon • Oct 15 - Apr 15Several Dancers Core (Decatur) Join CORE Performance Company for a Salon evening in which the dancers will show parts of their newest works and involve the audience in dialogue about their creative process. more... |
| Scandal! • Feb 19 - Apr 30 Dad's Garage (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) There's a little ‘to be determined' location in Little Five Points, and that unnamed setting is sure to be filled with…Scandal! The unstoppable Dad's Garage ensemble is returning with another season of... more... Mature Content |
 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 |
 Song of America: Thomas Hampson, baritone, Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series • Feb 19 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - Buckhead and North) The concert star and leading man of opera Thomas Hampson, baritone, uses the power of hymns, folksongs, spirituals, cowboy and war songs from the 1700s through today to tell the American story of creativity in... more... |
 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... |
 Student Concert Series • Feb 12 onlyGeorgia State University School of Music (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) A free, lunch-time concert featuring student performers from the School of Music. more... Family Friendly Student Show |
 Symphonic Wind Ensemble • Feb 16 onlyGeorgia State University School of Music (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Robert J. Ambrose, conductor Featuring Bird's Marche Miniature, Wagner's Trauersinfonie, Vaughan Williams' Scherzo, Pärt's Fratres and Kurka's Good Soldier Schweik Suite. more... Family Friendly |
 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 |
 Taylor Eigsti • Feb 27 onlySpivey Hall (Morrow) Dave Brubeck said, "He's the most amazing talent I have ever come across." "Be prepared to be blown away," assures All About Jazz. Still in his 20s, two-time Grammy nominee, pianist, composer and band leader... more... Family Friendly |
 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... |
 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 |
 Thimblerig Circus • Feb 12 - Feb 14Academy Theatre (Avondale Estates) Thimblerig Circus presents a show that looks at Valentine’s Day from both sides! The show will feature fire eating, singing, beds of nails and more! Guests include Jennifer Teeter and the Blast Off... more... |
 The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales • Feb 27 - Mar 7Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) by Hobey Ford's Golden Rod Puppets, Weaverville, NC Feb 23 - Mar 7, 2010 What happens to the Chumash tribe of Santa Cruz Island in southern California when the they run out of room on their island? Have you... more... Family Friendly |
 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 |
 Til Beth Do Us Part • Jan 15 - Feb 14The Rosewater Theatre (Roswell) By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten In this side-splitting comic romp about marriage, career-driven Suzannah Hayden needs a lot more help on the home front than she's getting from her husband, Gibby.... more... |
 Tranced • Jan 14 - Feb 7Aurora Theatre (Lawrenceville) A Regional Premiere by Bob Clyman Directed by Susan Reid This suspenseful drama is a twisting tale of recovered memories and political intrigue. more... Mature Content Regional Premiere |
 University Choral Ensembles • Feb 13 onlyGeorgia State University School of Music (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) University Singers, Men's Chorus and Women's Chorus Jeffery Wall and Patrick Freer, conductors "Love & Pizen: Songs of Love and Disdain In Many Derivations." Featuring works by Kirke Mechem, Samuel Barber,... more... Family Friendly |
 University Symphony Orchestra • Feb 14 onlyGeorgia State University School of Music (Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown) Michael Palmer, conductor Special Guests: Christina Smith, principal flute, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; William Pu, violin, associate concertmaster/acting concertmaster, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra A concert... more... Family Friendly |
 Valentine's Day Love Songs, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Noontime Series • Feb 12 onlyArts at Emory (Atlanta - All Other Atlanta) Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series. Teresa Hopkin sings “Frauenliebe und Leben” and tenor Bradley Howard sings “Dichterliebe” with pianist Deborah Thoreson. more... |
 What I Did Last Summer • Feb 25 - Mar 14Georgia Ensemble Theatre (Roswell) By A.R. Gurney Directed by Tess Malis Kincaid This gentle and funny coming-of-age story focuses on an American family in 1945 as they spend their summer on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie. 14 year-old Charlie... 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 |
 WTF! Magician Mick Stone • Feb 26 - Feb 277 Stages Theatre (Atlanta - Little 5 Points, Grant Park, East Atlanta) Magician Mick Stone brings the excitement of street magic to the stage in WTF?! This show contains no standard magician one-liners like, "Hold out your hand Billy - No, your clean hand! Har, Har!" Mick thinks... more... |
 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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