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UNSCRIPTED: a new theater blog
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
* Where the theater community comes to read and riff *
YOU found it! You found the new Atlanta theater blog we’ve been teasing you about in print editions. Welcome to the AJC’s exclusive interactive playground for news, information and commentary about plays around town and the personalities who put them on.
I’m Wendell Brock, theater critic of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and for ages now I’ve wanted to do a regular column to augment our daily performance art coverage, which I believe is the most comprehensive in the city. Well, here goes.
You may already read our theater reviews online. Now you’ve gotta check in for flashes about local and national theater that you might not find in the paper.
Juicy chatter. Delicious tidbits. Hot news items. Really useful show info. Links to other good stuff and cool blogs. In short, observations that we don’t always see fit to print but that the theater insider will find essential.
Now don’t be shy. No blogflowers, please. We want you to tell us what you think. Share your opinions and insight. Talk us up. Tell everybody you know. Our one request: When you post a comment, please keep it CLEAN, keep it LEAN, and DON’T BE MEAN.
Blog-o-matic for the people. Now everybody can be a drama queen. Bring it own.
COMING SUNDAY NIGHT: THE SUZI BASS AWARDS
HAVE YOU HEARD? Atlanta is getting its own Tony Awards.
The Suzi Bass Awards, our town’s first professional theater honors, will be handed out Sunday night (Oct. 23) at the 14th Street Playhouse. By all means go and support your local thespians. It starts at 7 p.m. and it’s only $12.50.
But for those who can’t make it, we’ll file a live report after the big shindig. (A print version will run in Tuesday’s Living section.)
Performance honors for the 2004-2005 season are being awarded in four categories. (See below for details).
The 2005 Spirit of Suzi Bass Award will be given to a theater professional who “mirrors Suzi Bass’ longtime embrace of professionalism in the theater.� Bass was a much-loved Atlanta performer who died in 2002. (The 2004 Spirit Award was given to True Colors artistic director Kenny Leon back in April.)
In the performance categories, Marietta’s Theatre in the Square leads with nine out of 20 nominations, including three nods for “Mahalia� (a re-mount from 2003) and four for “The Diviners.� The Alliance Theatre and Horizon Theatre follow with three nominations each. Jewish Theatre of the South and Theatrical Outfit received two. Georgia Shakespeare got one.
Interestingly, some of the city’s best theater companies weren’t represented at all. (7 Stages, Actor’s Express, The Center for Puppetry Arts and Synchronicity Performance Group, to name a few.) That said, I’m glad to see the Suzis taking shape. The theater community needs to come together to recognize excellence among its peers.
So without further a’blogging, here are the nominees:
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
“Mahalia.�
“The Color Purple� (Alliance).
“The Diviners.�
“The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.� (Alliance).
“The Syringa Tree� (Horizon).
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Alan Kilpatrick, “Take Me Out,� Theatre in the Square.
Alan Kilpatrick, “The Diviners,� Theatre in the Square.
Carol Mitchell-Leon, “Mahalia,� Theatre in the Square.
Jessica Phelps West, “Fiddler on the Roof,� Jewish Theater of the South.
Lisa Adler, “The Syringa Tree,� Horizon Theatre Company.
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR
Bernardine Mitchell, “Mahalia,� Theatre in the Square.
Carolyn Cook, “The Syringa Tree,� Horizon.
Jill Jane Clements, “The Foreigner,� Theatrical Outfit.
LaChanze, “The Color Purple,� Alliance.
Marianne Fraulo, “From Door to Door,� Jewish Theatre of the South.
OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR
Chris Ekholm, “The Diviners,� Theatre in the Square.
Chris Kayser, “The Comedy of Errors,� Georgia Shakespeare.
Chris Moses, “The Diviners,� Theatre in the Square.
Dan Triandiflou, “The Foreigner,� Theatrical Outfit.
Travis Young, “Take Me Out,� “Theatre in the Square.
For tickets: 404-733-5000.
See you Sunday night!
Wendell
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By int
October 24, 2005 3:54 PM | Link to this
Winners??