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September 2009 - Upcoming Shows

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Time for the start of the 2009-2010 theatre season! Coming up later this month, Town and Gown Players are presenting Stephen Sondheim’s Company. The play tells the story of a 35-year-old bachelor, five married couples who are his friends, and his three girlfriends. As he struggles with ideas of commitment and marriage, we view his life in a series of vignettes. Join the Players at the Athens Community Theatre (115 Grady St) the 18th through 20th and the 24th through 27th of September. Thursday through Sunday shows are at 8pm and the show starts at 2pm on Sundays. Tickets are $18 dollars, $15 for students and seniors, and half-price for the special Thursday show.

Starting the second week of that run, University Theatre begins its production of Our Lady of 121st Street. The play tells the story of twelve neighbors coping with the theft of the body of a recently deceased nun. The show runs the 24th, 25th, 27th, 29th, and 30th of September and the 1st, 2nd, and 4th of October. Sunday shows are at 2 30pm while the rest of the shows are at 8pm. Tickets are $12 for students and $15 otherwise.

That same weekend the Athens Creative Theatre presents Cookie Dough’s not Fattening until You Bake It. Running at the Morton Theatre, this lighthearted comedy looks at some of the world’s major religions, their customs, and the significance we attach to them. The show runs September 24th through 27th and October 1st through 4th; 3pm shows on Sunday, 7 30 pm otherwise. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students, children, and seniors.

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February 2009 - Shows and Auditions Update

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Hello, All. Glad to see you’re here. Glad you’re ready for some great shows and another chance for your big (local) break! We’ve got a few shows coming up this month and auditions as early as next week, so read on.

Shows

Most immediately, there’s a visiting show at the Classic Center tomorrow night: Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy. Cost is $10 to $75, depending on your choice of seat. Tickets can be purchased online or over the phone from the Classic Center.

While it’s too late to catch Athens Creative Theatre’s production of Letters of South Apple Valley (which ran this past weekend), there is dessert theatre this weekend (the weekend of Valentine’s Day) on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The site doesn’t list starting times, but the cost is $15. For more information, see the ACT page on Love Letters, the show running this weekend.

(In the vein of dessert theatre, Two Story Coffee is having a murder mystery event this Saturday evening at 8:30. Cost is $15 individually and $25 for a couple.)

The Town and Gown Players‘ production of Caberet opens this Friday the 13th and runs two weekends, per their usual (Fri-Sun, Thurs-Sun) schedule. Shows Thursday through Saturday begin at 8pm, with the Sunday shows starting at 2pm. Standard tickets are $18, but $9 for the Thursday shows, with prices for Students, Seniors, and T&G Players’ members at $15 normally, $7.50 on Thursday.

Then there’s the University Theatre production of The Changeling, which opens the Thursday the 19th of February and runs until March 1st (Thurs 19 - Sat 21, Tues 24 - Sun 1) starting at 8pm everyday but the final day, Sunday March 1st. Tickets are $12 for students, $15 for everyone else.

As usual, Town and Gown has a second-stage production the week after their usual production, this one running Friday the 27th of February through Sunday March 1st (showtimes as above). The show? The Mother of God Visits Hell, which is a drama and a comedy about Virgin Mary’s visit to Hell and the ensuing conflict between Heaven and Hell as she seeks forgiveness for those suffering in Hell. Ticket prices are only $5 for all.

Auditions

Town and Gown is holding auditions for their production of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (to run mid- to late-April) this coming Monday and Tuesday (the 16th and 17th of February) at 7pm.

NB: All Town and Gown shows and auditions are held at the Athens Community Theatre off Prince (not to be confused with the Athens Creative Theatre).

Thanks

That’s all I found in a quick run through of the theatre scene this month. Please let me know if I’ve missed anything, and I’ll get it up here ASAP. Hopefully you’ll get some reviews of shows this month, though this semester is proving much busier than I’d ever anticipated. As usual, you can offer to help with our calendar, updates, or reviews by shooting me a message at help@athenstheatre.com .

Peace,

Dave H

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November 2008 - Upcoming Shows Update

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

First off, this afternoon is your last chance to get out to Atlanta to see Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 7 Stages (5pm in Atlanta). If you make it out there, or made it out there for any other shows, feel free to send us a follow-up review.

Upcoming Shows

Coming up this weekend we’ve got University Theatre’s production of Our Town opening on Thursday (6 November) and running Thursday through Saturday at 8pm two weekends in a row (6-8, 13-15 November). There’s another show next Wednesday (12 November), also at 8pm, and a final show at 2 30pm on 16 November. Thornton Wilder’s play will be at the Morton Theatre for each of these shows. Ticket prices are the usual $12 for students, $15 otherwise.

In exciting, novel news, we’ve got a show from Athens Creative Theatre midmonth. The show runs 14-16 November at 7 30pm the 14th and 15th and 3pm on the 16th. The production is an intriguing piece called Live Art Playbills. Featuring songs from Evita, Hairspray, Wicked, Oklahoma, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Nunsense, Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sound of Music, Singing in the Rain, Sunday in the Park with George, Bye Bye Birdie, and RENT, the show promises to be quite interesting. Unfortunately, they don’t list prices on their website, so I’ve got no further details just now.

That weekend is absolutely packed with shows, as there’re also a couple of visiting shows in town. At the Classic Center on 13 November The Pajama Game comes to town. Showtime is 7 30pm and tickets range from $10 to $65. A few days later Pirates of Penzance comes to the UGA Performing Arts Center on 16 November. The show starts at 7 30pm and the prices are $27 and $32, though students can get $36 passes good for any four shows at the Performing Arts Center during the course of the 2008-2009 season. (For more info, check out the Classic Center event entry for The Pajama Game and the UGA PAC page mentioning the Gilbert and Sullivan Show.)

That’s it for the monthly update; lemme know if I missed anything good!

Thanks for reading,

Dave H

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