Theater Review - 2003-04 Atlanta Theater Season
__Information current as of April 21, 2003. Contact theaters for show times and potential changes.
MAINSTAGE
__Crowns
?Oct. 8-Nov. 2
A Christmas Carol
?Nov. 28-Dec. 28
My Fair Lady
?Feb. 4-29
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
?March 17-April 11
A Death in the House Next to Kathleen Turner’s House in Long Island
?April 28-May 23
HERTZ STAGE
__King Hedley II
?Sept. 26-Nov. 2
The Subject Tonight is Love
?Nov. 14-Dec. 21
Leap
?March 5-April 11
Second Annual City Series
?April 22-June 13
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
__Merlin!
?Oct. 28-Nov. 23
Ferdinand the Bull
?Jan. 13-March 7
Alliance Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. 404-733-4600. www.alliancetheatre.org/alliance2
Private Lives
?Aug. 8-Sept. 7
The Spitfire Grill
?Oct. 3-Nov. 2
Christmas Canteen
?Nov. 28-Dec. 21
Moon Over Buffalo
?Jan. 23-Feb. 22
Life is a Dream
?March 19-April 18
Pete ‘n’ Keely
?May 21-June 20
Aurora Theatre, 3087-B Main St., Duluth. 770-476-7926. www.auroratheatre.com
CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS
The Reluctant Dragon
?Aug. 28-Sep. 21
American Tall Tales
?Sep. 25-Dec. 14
The Shoemaker & the Elves
?Nov. 28-Jan. 4
The Plant Doctors
?Jan. 8-March 11
Billy Goats Gruff & Other Stuff
?Feb. 10-April 4
Beauty and the Beast
?April 8-June 20
DIRECTIONS
__Between Two Worlds
?Aug. 22-24
The Spooky Puppet Horror Show III
?Oct. 15-Nov. 1
Tea at the Palace
?Jan. 30-Feb. 1
Four Plays from The Salzburg Marionette
?March 12-14
XPT
?May 27-30
Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. 404-873-3391. www.puppet.org
DAD’S GARAGE THEATRE COMPANY
Out of the Trees
?Sept. 19-Oct. 25
For Whom the Bell Jingles
?Dec. 4-21
8 1/2 x 11: The Concept Album
?Jan. 23-Feb. 21
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
March 4-13
Drinking and Writing
?March 18-27
Zoetic Dance Ensemble
?Apr. 1-10
Mr. Four-Wheel Drive
?June 11-July 10
Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, 280 Elizabeth St. 404-523-3141. www.dadsgarage.com
GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Much Ado About Nothing
?June 13-Aug. 10
School for Wives
?June 27-Aug. 8
The Tale of Cymbeline
?July 11-Aug. 10
The Tempest
?Oct. 10-Nov.
Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University, 4482 Peachtree Road. 404-264-0020. www.gashakespeare.org
THE NEW JOMANDI
Unfinished Business
?Sept. 12-28
Black Nativity
?Dec. 1-21
Autobiography of a Homegirl
?Jan. 7-18
Home
?May 14-30
The New Jomandi. 404-876-6346. www.jomandi.com.
ONSTAGE ATLANTA
MAINSTAGE
__Assassins
?Oct. 30-Nov. 22
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
?Jan. 16-Feb. 7
Pippin
?Feb. 20-March 13
Love! Valour! Compassion!
?May 8-29
Eula Mae’s Beauty, Bait and Tackle
?June 26-July 17
MUSICALS-IN-CONCERT
The Scarlet Pimpernel: In Concert
?Sept. 19-Oct. 4
Holiday TBA
?Dec. 12-27
__Titanic, the Musical: In Concert
?April 2-17
Candide: In Concert
?Aug. 6-28, 2004
Onstage Atlanta, 2597 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-897-1802. www.onstageatlanta.com
7 STAGES
The Chairs
?Oct. 2-26
They Speak Through Us
?Oct. 30-Nov. 9
The Vessels Project
?Nov. 28-Dec. 7
Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a rave-fable)
?Jan. 22-Feb. 15
Waiting for Godot
?Mar. 4-28
Maria Kisito
?April 22-May 16
The Medicine Show
?May 20-23
7 Stages, 1105 Euclid Ave. 404-523-7647. www.7stages.org/index.shtml
SYNCHRONICITY PERFORMANCE GROUP
Hard Feelings
?June 6-July 6
The 24 Hour Plays
?Late summer TBA
Lobster Alice
?Aug. 15-Sept. 14
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
?Oct. 24-Nov. 23
Synchronicity Performance Group. 404-284-1151 www.synchrotheatre.com
THEATRE GAEL
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
?Sept. 5-Oct. 12
The Weir
?Jan. 16-Feb. 20
Lovers
?April 2-May 9
Theatre Gael. 404-876-1138. www.arthouse.com/gael/index.cfm
THEATRE IN THE SQUARE
Smoke on the Mountain
?July 15-Aug. 3
Mary Stuart
?Aug. 13-Sept. 21
Stones in His Pockets
?Oct. 1-Nov. 9
Sideman
?Jan. 21-Feb. 29
A Raisin in the Sun
?Mar. 10-Apr. 18
Keep on the Sunny Side
?May 5-June 13
ALLEY STAGE
A Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grande Boeuf
Sept. 17-Oct. 5
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
?March 31-April 18
Theatre in the Square, 11 Whitlock Ave., Marietta. 770-419-0088. www.theatreinthesquare.com
THEATRICAL OUTFIT
The People vs. Mona
?June 18-July 13
The Island
?July 19-Aug. 10
The Magician’s Nephew
?Nov. 4-9
Waiting for Godot
?Jan. 6-11
Beehive
?March 23-28
Theatrical Outfit, Rialto Center for the Performing Arts, 80 Forsythe St. 404-577-5255. www.theatricaloutfit.org
TRUE COLORS THEATRE COMPANY
Tambourines to Glory
?Oct. 1-19
Steel Magnolias
?March 17-April 11
TBA
?July 2004
True Colors Theatre Company. 404-588-0308 www.truecolorstheatrecompany.com??
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