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'Cinderella" A Christmas Panto," plays in Atlanta

Dec 14, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |Sally Henry Fuller

Those in the United Kingdom have plentiful opportunities this holiday season to see a traditional show known as a Christmas panto. A quick Google search reveals that London alone has a vast array of pantos throughout the city, and, across the British Isles and Ireland, the art form is an essential part of seasonal entertainment. Now, for the first time ever in Atlanta, Arís Theatre is going to show local audiences what all the fuss is about with “Cinderella: A Christmas Panto,” on stage Dec. 15-23.
Review: Atlanta Ballet’s “Nutcracker” entertains with humor, high-tech magic

Dec 13, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |Gillian Anne Renault

The first time I watched Atlanta Ballet’s high-tech “The Nutcracker,”the one Yuri Possokhov choreographed for the company in 2018, I felt that the huge video projections and lavish busyness of the set design dwarfed and distracted from the dancers. I often found myself looking at the sets and videos and not at the dancing. I saw the full-length ballet again at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Saturday evening (it runs through December 26) and realized that’s the point.
Lauryn Hill, Fugees postpone Atlanta show due to vocal injury

Nov 22, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |DeAsia Paige

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees have postponed their Monday night concert at State Farm Arena. The singer announced in an Instagram post today that she needs to postpone her remaining 2023 tour dates, with the exception of a Saturday show in Philadelphia, due to a vocal strain. “As many of you may know, I’ve been battling serious vocal strain for the past month,” she said in the post.
91-year-old retired architect bridges generation gap on TikTok

Nov 7, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |Felicia Feaster

In early January 2021, Paul Muldawer used his cellphone to record his tastefully appointed, midcentury modern living room in Buckhead. The 14-second video captured his couch draped with an afghan, a quilt hung on the wall, a coffee table topped with Moulthrop hand-turned wood bowls, a picture window. The climax was a quick pan to his big screen TV showing MSNBC. Encouraged by his daughter Elisa, he posted it on TikTok where it was viewed 56,000 times. Editors' Picks
25 YEARS OF HIP-HOP: Performers blaze stylistic trails that often make their mark on mainstream

Oct 10, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |ArtsBy Sonia Murray |Sonia Murray

The brand of hat known for its kangaroo logo goes back to at least 1984 and the group UTFO. (Remember the guy who actually called himself Kangol?) It was probably best worn by LL Cool J (above) in his early “I Need a Beat” days, and most worn by actor Samuel L. Jackson. The gold rope chainThe members of Run-DMC layered chains atop their black outfits, but to this day no one piles them on in more memorable fashion than the British artist Slick Rick.
25 YEARS OF HIP-HOP: ‘No one is exploiting me’

Oct 10, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |ArtsBy Sonia Murray |Sonia Murray

More likely the Fayetteville resident is thinking about the dry cleaning she forgot to pick up. Or whether she’s going to hit the Waffle House after work. Or something equally mundane. And when hip-hop superstar Nelly swiped a credit card down her behind during an outdoor shoot for “Tip Drill,” in what became one of the most infamous music video scenes ever?
25 YEARS OF HIP-HOP: Southern performers dominate the scene

Oct 10, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |Sonia Murray |ArtsBy Sonia Murray

Miami’s Luther “Luke” Campbell? “Yeah, he makes good, bouncy strip-club music,” those in hip-hop’s birthplace, New York, would sniff. “But ‘Don’t stop! Get it! Get it!’ barked over and over again . . . not exactly great lyrics.”Atlanta’s Lil Jon? Same criticism.
Ambassador Ruth Davis lost a keepsake, then a Redditor came to the rescue

Oct 6, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |Bo Emerson

A retired career diplomat. A thrift-shopping college student. A treasured autograph. The Queens of the Stone Age. They all crossed paths, one day this past summer, in a story with a happy ending. Joseph Patella, 22, had just graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. He was living back home in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, but traveled to D.C. to catch a rock show. He unwittingly came to the rescue of Ruth A. Davis, 80, who had just been honored for her 40 years with the State Department.
Tony-winning playwright’s healing crusade, battling violence against women

Oct 5, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |Bo Emerson

The artist formerly known as Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues,” began writing to save her own life. That 1996 play was an attempt by the writer, now known as V, to cope with horrific childhood sexual abuse. “The Vagina Monologues” prompted the creation of a national holiday, V-Day, an alternative to Valentine’s Day, at which performances of the play benefited groups around the country, and then around the world.
Little B revisited: Author decries treatment of suspect

Sep 27, 2023 | ajc.com | Atlanta Living |Teresa Weaver |ArtsBy Teresa Weaver

Originally published March 3, 2002 Elaine Brown calls it being “on the righteous trail,” and she rides it with a vengeance. With the same combustible passion that propelled her to the top ranks of the Black Panthers nearly 30 years ago, Brown – who lives now in Atlanta – has found another cause. In a book titled “The Condemnation of Little B” (Beacon Press, $24), she contends that 13-year-old Michael Lewis, aka Little B, was not guilty of the 1997 murder that earned him a life sentence.