http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts All about the arts in metro Atlanta en-us wbrock@ajc.com 2008-05-13T10:30:49-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/13/no_surprise_tony_snubs_the_meg.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts Well, the Tony Award nominations are in, and there are no major upsets or oversights. Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” and Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” — big, expensive spectacles that were the most closely watched new shows of the fall season... 3826603@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Theater 2008-05-13T10:30:49-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/13/boots_on_the_ground.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts After 9/11, Pat Tillman left a career in the NFL - safe, very lucrative - and enlisted as a U.S. Army Ranger. On April 22, 2004, he was killed in Afghanistan. The Army said he had died during a... 3662403@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Books 2008-05-13T07:22:31-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/12/its_tony_time.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts Atlanta made a big splash the morning the Tony Award nominations were announced last year. The Alliance Theatre won the Regional Tony for sustained excellence, and August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” (directed by Atlantan Kenny Leon) received four Tony nominations. When... 3802803@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Theater 2008-05-12T13:02:25-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/12/carl_hiaasen_and_i_have_someth.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts We both have a passionate love-hate relationship with golf. But while I just flail away, week after week, trying to either get better or get calmer, Hiaasen does the same, and then wrote a very funny book about it:... 3656503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Books 2008-05-12T08:07:24-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/11/opening_night_at_encore_park.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts The Atlanta Symphony is in the business of presenting concerts — its own orchestral shows and, increasingly, rock acts that generate the kind of money classical performances can’t match. To that end, the ASO’s $35 million Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at... 3781903@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Classical Music 2008-05-11T02:42:58-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/09/aso_thursday_gorecki_brahms.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts Henryk Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3, composed in 1976, languished in obscurity until the late 1980s, when orchestras began programming it. Then a miracle happened. In 1992, a Nonesuch recording, conducted by David Zinman with soprano Dawn Upshaw, became one of... 3752003@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Classical Music 2008-05-09T13:53:10-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/09/the_last_lecture.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts Randy Pausch was told last August that he had 3-6 months to live. It has been nine months, and he is still alive. That’s good news for Pausch and his family. The good news for the rest of us... 3655503@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Books 2008-05-09T07:44:15-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/08/the_last_schwartz_jewish_theat.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts THEATER REVIEW. Grade: B Don’t cry for Jewish Theatre of the South. The 13-year-old ensemble may be shutting down at the end of the month. But it’s goodbye gift to the city ends with a howl, not a sniffle. Deborah... 3728103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Theater 2008-05-08T16:11:28-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/08/some_men_actors_express.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts THEATER REVIEW: Grade: C Actor’s Express’ fondness for male nudity is no secret, but its production of Terrence McNally’s new play, “Some Men,” must rank at an all-time high for flashes of flesh. Nearly every actor in the nine-man cast... 3728003@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Theater 2008-05-08T16:02:42-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/08/lloyd_webber_picks_alliances_b.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production company has tapped Atlanta’s Susan V. Booth to direct the forthcoming gospel version of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” scheduled to run at the Alliance Theatre Jan. 14-Feb. 22. The Alliance artistic director said she was called... 3722603@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Theater 2008-05-08T13:30:39-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/08/what_are_your_expectations_for.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts The newest major performance venue in metro Atlanta’s northern suburbs won’t open until Saturday, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra inaugurating the $35 million Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. The rest of the summer calendar is booked with vintage rock... 3717703@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Classical Music 2008-05-08T11:21:59-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/08/twice_the_clarks.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts We don’t see too many of these: A mother and daughter, both best-selling authors, appearing together. Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark are being billed as the Queen and Princess of Suspense for their appearance tonight at the Atlanta... 3654103@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Books 2008-05-08T07:30:30-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/07/shake_at_the_lake_opens_with_g.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts The farce is with Shake at the Lake, even if the Bard himself is nowhere to be found. Georgia Shakespeare’s annual al fresco springtime outing on the dock at Lake Clara Meer in Piedmont Park kicked off Wednesday night with... 3707703@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ 2008-05-07T22:56:54-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/07/new_chairman_at_woodruff_arts.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts 3699703@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Arts venues 2008-05-07T16:26:37-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/05/07/storytime_for_grownups.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts Wordsmiths Books in Decatur continues to come up with awesome-sounding new promotions. Like this one. Tonight, Wordsmiths is offering its first “Story-time for Grown-ups.” It brings together Will and Benji, who are Open Mic night regulars, and decribed by Wordsmiths... 3652903@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/ Books 2008-05-07T08:20:24-05:00