The Classic Center is about to experience the most heated, curled and freshly-manicured entertainment straight from the hit stage play “Beauty Shop.”  Shelly Garrett, the “Godfather of Black Theatre,” is bringing his sixth installment of the most successful African American stage play in history to Athens for the first time. “People love the show because [...]

Sex is number four on Bill’s love list. It’s a list of qualities he wants in a significant other. Friday night is opening night for the Town and Gown Player’s production of “The Love List,” where the character Bill, a divorced 50-year-old, explores his own love list after seven years of celibacy. “It’s a comedy [...]

  Forbidden love has long been an appealing theme in theatre, but no story is more known than that of the fierce feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.  “A lot of this play is interaction with the fates,” said Harry Valentine,  the actor playing Romeo. “My favorite line of my own is ‘Oh, I [...]

Students grew up with images of Elmer Fudd hollering “Kill the Rabbit” to the tune of ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ on Looney Tunes. This parody taught children the refined, sophisticated genre the Italians coined ‘opera.’ This cartoon is one of the few well known references of opera in popular culture, but opera singer Jennifer Larmore [...]

From mountain climbing related deaths to Massachusetts boarding schools, Mame is a musical that has it all. “It’s a fun play,” said Dr. Leara Rhodes, the play’s assistant director and a Grady College professor. “It’s about living and looking through different eyes”. The musical, based on Patrick Dennis’ novel Auntie Mame, chronicles the tumultuous and [...]

Former University student and Athens native Tituss Burgess will host an informal talk with those interested in how to succeed in national theater on Friday afternoon at the Morton Theatre, a day before his One Night Only show featuring the Broadway star singing showtunes, jazz standards and telling backstage stories. Burgess, who originated the role [...]

The skirts are big, the cleavage is high and the ankles are covered. The Gainesville Theatre Alliance’s “The Beaux Stratagem” takes vintage to a new level: all the way back to the 1700s. Although “The Beaux Stratagem” is set in the 18th-century, it’s full of something much more eternal than fashion trends: drama, drama, drama. [...]

Sigma Delta Tau’s UGA Idol 2010 presented the bravest, if not the best, 15 serenaders of the student community Tuesday night. This year’s competition was the seventh yearly Idol put on by the sorority and the first to benefit The Children’s Miracle Network with all ticket proceeds. After a night of renditions ranging from Carrie [...]

It was undoubtedly late as tones of blues still echoed through the hot air on that August night in 1923. Charles “Fat” Hayden had just swooned the raucous crowd from a stage where he didn’t fear discrimination. He found some paint, and in the backstage dressing room, between two windows on red brick, he documented [...]

Everyone is guilty of indulging their imagination. Sitting in class and listening to a lecture, the teacher’s voice begins to fade. Eyes glaze over and suddenly, you’re in a Lady Gaga music video. Or saving the world. Or even telling someone what you really think of them. These daydreams, however fleeting, can provide a wonderful [...]