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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