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'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales' at the Center for Puppetry Arts through May 17
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (668+ words) The Center for Puppetry Arts has debuted a new stage production, bringing a beloved children's book to life for Atlanta audiences. "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," based on the 1992 literary work by Jon Scieszka that reimagines…...
Marissa Read and Selyna Warren capture 90s sitcom nostalgia with a twist in 'Step-Friend"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1907+ words) Sometimes, it feels like Marissa Read and Selyna Warren share the same brain." When I interviewed the writing partners, whose project "Step-Friend" will be playing in the Episodic section of this year's Atlanta Film Festival, that fact became more apparent…...
" Clowns to the left of me
3+ week, 3+ day ago (615+ words) Apr. 1" It's Cathy from Rough Draft with my weekly newsletter on Dunwoody. April Fool's Day in Dunwoody used to be hilarious, but sad to say, it didn't happen this year. Our morning newsletter team played along, if you are looking…...
" AJFF returns Feb. 18
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1083+ words) Feb. 13 It feels like we just finished up with Sundance, but there's already another film festival on the horizon. At least this one is a little closer to home! The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival kicks off on Feb. 18 with a…...
Theatrical Outfit to stage world premiere of Steve Yockey's 'Bleeding Hearts"
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (232+ words) Theatrical Outfit kicks off the new year with the world premiere of Atlanta playwright Steve Yockey's "Bleeding Hearts" at the Balzer Theatre in Downtown. The "breakneck, pitch-black farce" about the disappearing middle class and how people forget to put themselves…...
Whiplash Comedy" to bring nightly stand-up and more to Ponce City Market
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (334+ words) Ponce City Market will add a guffaw-inducing attraction this summer with the opening of a new stand-up comedy club called Whiplash Comedy. Whiplash Comedy will offer nightly stand-up shows, variety programming and comedy classes, according to a press release. Additionally,…...
Filmmaker Christin Baker talks new lesbian romantic comedy 'The Christmas Writer"
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (198+ words) Christin Baker remembers a time when all holiday romantic comedies were the traditional, "boy meets girl" type. She's happy that's slowly changing. In Baker's new romcom "The Christmas Writer," Noel (Shelby Allison Brown) is a well-known lesbian Christmas author who…...
Comedian Fortune Feimster brings tour to Atlanta on Oct. 18
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) Queer comedian Fortune Feimster comes to Atlanta Symphony Hall on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 8 p. m. on her "Takin" Care of Biscuits" tour. Tickets are still available at aso. org. Feimster is best known for her Netflix comedy specials "Sweet and Salty" and…...
Stage Door Theatre's 'The Cottage' a witty romp through tangled relationships
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (311+ words) Stage Door Theatre's production of "The Cottage" takes the audience through a twisted witty tale of infidelity that's sure to entertain. The play, which runs through Oct. 19, opens with star-crossed lovers Sylvia and Beau making their annual secret romantic rendezvous…...
Topher Payne's new comedy 'A First Lady's Guide to Killing the President' comes to On Stage Atlanta
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (760+ words) Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Topher Payne has a new comedy premiering this week at On Stage Atlanta that zeros in on a scandal-ridden U. S. presidency. And, no, it's not about the current administration, although Payne said theatre-goers will likely see parallels…...