By Manning Harris
There is not much “Mamet speak,” that cynical, street-smart, corrosive dialogue that playwright David Mamet has become known for, in his 1977 play “A Life in the Theatre,” and that’s fortunate; for this …

By Manning Harris
“You gotta give them hope,” Harvey Milk often said, referring primarily to his gay constituency, but really to all humankind.  He also was adamant in telling people that “You count.  You matter.”
Who could …

By Manning Harris
Since Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most accessible plays, Georgia Shakespeare has chosen wisely for its fall production:  Hundreds of high school students are bussed in for a taste of the Bard …

Actor’s Express partners with the Alliance Theatre to bring Atlanta audiences a staged reading of a powerful new play,The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (An Epilogue).  Directed by Actor’s Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley, the …

By Manning Harris
Ah, the joys of the well-made play!  Everything works in “Third,” Wendy Wasserstein’s last play, now being given its Atlanta premiere in a first-class production by Horizon Theatre Company, directed by Lisa Adler …

By Manning Harris
I remember reading some time ago that Barbara Cook, the venerable Broadway and concert singer, had attended the musical “The Color Purple” on Broadway and was so moved by Fantasia’s performance as Celie …