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Nomad Hotel from the Writer of Fear: The Walking Dead
I have received passes in exchange for my honest and unbiased review of the play. #ad Nomad Motel – a fresh, coming of age comedy-drama about an American and a Chinese family whose lives are unexpectedly linked – makes its Southern debut as the finale of Horizon Theatre Company’s “New American Dreams Series†this fall. Horizon’s National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Nomad Motel by Carla Ching begins September 21, 2018 and runs through October 21, 2018 (press opening on September 28) on the intimate Horizon stage in Little Five Points/Inman. Nomad Motel is a funny and poignant tale of motel kids and parachute kids raising themselves and…
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“Citizens Market” shows how compassion wins
Hurry get your tickets now. This is the last week for “Citizens Market” at the Horizon Theatre in Atlanta. In my previous post about this outstanding performance, I shared that it is a play about some hopeful group of immigrants as they form an unlikely family, working to master the ups and downs of language, love, and staying afloat in their world. We all can use some of what they shared throughout this play and that was compassion. “Citizens Market” shows how compassion wins and how everyone no matter their backstory matter. Everyone has some type of dream whether they are born here or immigrated here, we all have a dream. Sit…
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Freaky Friday The Musical: Horizon Theatre
I am sharing this with you all in exchange for tickets to see the performance. Horizon Theatre is about to do it again. This time with a musical based upon novel by Mary Rodgers and popular Disney Movies. Safe for ages 10 and up. Horizon is starting this year off wonderfully and if you have not purchased season tickets, shame on you. What are you waiting for!!! When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the two hit Disney…
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The Ballad of Klook and Vinette – Horizon Theatre
2017 Horizon Theatre had a great year of plays and 2018 will be no different. I laughed, cried and was in some intense thought leaving many of the plays. Great writers, production, set design and everything in between. See below how to get your season tickets. Coming this week to the Horizon Theatre, Klook is a drifter who’s tired of drifting. Vinette is on the run but she doesn’t know what’s chasing her. Together, they make a tentative stab at love and reach for hope until the past catches up to the future and smacks it in the face. Tough, tender, funny, poignant, The Ballad of Klook and Vinette will…
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Blackberry Daze At The Horizon Theatre
Blackberry Daze At The Horizon Theatre After a successful world premiere at MetroStage in Washington D.C., the exciting and bluesy new musical Blackberry Daze whirls onto Horizon’s stage in Atlanta this summer beginning July 14th. Nominated for a Helen Hayes award for the most outstanding adaptation of a play or musical, Thomas W. Jones II returns for his 13th season to direct this compelling and romantic journey to the heart of the south. A whirlwind whodunit of family secrets and passions, Blackberry Daze inspires with original blues, jazz and gospel music by William Knowles. Adapted from Ruth P. Watson’s 2012 novel Blackberry Days of Summer, don’t miss this musical mystery-romance in the key of the blues! It is the end of The Great…
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Constellations: Horizon Theatre Atlanta
I was able to attend for the first time a Sneak Peek of a play that is going to be at the Horizon Theatre in Little 5 Points in Atlanta, Georgia. The play is going to be wonderful and below is a little snippet of what it is about, but what I was most interested in was the behind the scenes which is what the attendees received at the sneak peek. Seeing how all of the departments from music, set design, lighting, etc comes together to make something so spectacular once it is done. Constellations: Horizon Theatre Atlanta Kicking off Horizon’s 2017 season is the smash hit from Broadway and…
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Theatre Review: ‘da Kink Recap and Afterparty
Opening night was a success and every night/showing since, so you want to get in to see this awesome play before it leaves Atlanta. The play showing at the Horizon Theatre in Little Five Points, is called ‘da Kink. The play is written by Trey Anthony who has done quite a bit of work in Canada and is also known for her work as a writer on the Chris Rock Show. You know she has got to be funny if she worked on the Chris Rock Show. If you want to Know a Woman, Touch her hair is one of the main sayings in the play and it is so…
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da Kink in My Hair at Horizon Theatre Atlanta
What a title?!! ‘da Kink in My Hair and Lord knows I have a lot of kinks in my 4b hair, but you know God gave it to me and I chose to love it anyway. Now where do most people, women and men, share their most juiciest of the juiciest? If you said the hair salon or the barber shop you are absolutely correct. This new play that has won 4 NAACP Awards is headed to the great, Horizon Theatre and yes again, I am looking forward to this one. It is bound to make you laugh and cry like one tends to do in the hair salon anyway:)…
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The City of Conversation Recap and Afterparty
Not much talking these days in the political arena. It is more yelling an accusations and lies, not a good old fashioned conversation where people listen to each other and then spoke. Where the different sides of the political divide might have opposed each other persay in public, but afterwards sought to have a discussion over dinner and drinks. Main character, matriarch Hester was the hostess with the mostess. She was one who hosted parties and had different sides there to discuss politics and many a vote or thought were changed due to the behind the scenes conversation. Until then her life seemed to go a bit smoothly until her…
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The City of Conversation: Horizon Theatre Atlanta
The City of Conversation: Horizon Theatre Atlanta Just in time for the elections this year, here comes another great play at the Horizon Theatre that centers around decades of a political family. Now with the internet and cell phones that are computers most conversations are had over the internet, however in this bound to be controversal and hilarious, there are a lot of face to face conversations that are guaranteed to be heated. Washington DC was once a place where people actually talked to each other… savvy maven Hester Ferris opens her home for political foes to lay down arms and raise a glass. But that is all about the…
