93 stories by "Denise K. James"
Hell hath no fury like the murderous third grader at the center...
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"Where is safe?" one character asks during Actor's Express's powerful, gut-wrenching and...
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The Alliance Theatre's playwright-in-residence Pearl Cleage, whose latest work premieres at the...
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Vernal & Sere Theatre's production of Lear by Young Jean Lee contains...
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With its latest Shows in Homes production of Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and...
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I'll just get this out of the way now " Shakespeare wrote...
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There is something therapeutic about writing a letter, especially when done under...
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Strong performances, excellent bluegrass music and a clever script from Edie Brickell...
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From Amadeus to TINA, The Tina Turner Musical, the way that playwrights...
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Debate is a spectator sport. Some playwrights understand that sometimes all you...
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One in two is the kind of show that many people will...
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The 21st century has seen a massive shift in how the American...
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When strong performers are having a good time playing off each other,...
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In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, it's easy to...
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Writer-director Katori Hall's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hot Wing King, onstage at the...
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"Our health-care system in America is broken. Period, full stop," says Amanda...
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Atlanta's first truly must-see, 10-out-of-10 production of 2023 has arrived via the...
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It's easy to see how Kim's Convenience, which runs at Aurora Theatre...
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The Randolph Caldecott Medal-winning children's book Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale...
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Pinch 'N' Ouch Theatre Company has re-opened their production of Rent, now at...
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, a production for young audiences onstage...
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Out Front Theatre is operating well within its wheelhouse this Christmas with...
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With Christmas Canteen, Aurora Theatre's annual holiday musical showcase onstage through December...
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Theaters throughout Atlanta are determined to get us into a festive mood,...
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Those Christmas-obsessed heroes and heroines from made-for-TV romances get to choose their...
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