http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/22/young-cast-exults-in-black-nativitys-praise-songs/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/22/young-cast-exults-in-black-nativitys-praise-songs/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:20:03 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11390 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/22/young-cast-exults-in-black-nativitys-praise-songs/feed/ 0 A sprawling young cast brings energy to True Colors Theatre's 'Black Nativity.' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/07/swimming-upstream-has-emotional-debut-after-obama-election/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/07/swimming-upstream-has-emotional-debut-after-obama-election/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:59:53 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8846 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/07/swimming-upstream-has-emotional-debut-after-obama-election/feed/ 0 A view from the emotional opening night of True Colors Theatre Company's 'Swimming Upstream,' a play about Hurricane Katrina, which debuted in Atlanta immediately after Barack Obama's election. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/august-wilson-man-of-the-century/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/august-wilson-man-of-the-century/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:10 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/august-wilson-man-of-the-century/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/august-wilson-man-of-the-century/feed/ 0 Which is worth more, a bucket of nails or a multimillion-dollar development project? Watch the two plays of the Alliance Theatre’s August Wilson Full Circle, a theatrical event more than 20 years in the making, and you’ll discover they have equal value: Each may be precisely worth the life of an African-American man. Full Circle stages [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/kenny-leon-directs-flashdance-the-musical/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/kenny-leon-directs-flashdance-the-musical/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:12:56 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/kenny-leon-directs-flashdance-the-musical/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/23/kenny-leon-directs-flashdance-the-musical/feed/ 1 I saw the Sunday matinee of True Colors Theatre Company’s The Amen Corner, but artistic director Kenny Leon was not there to introduce it with his typical effervescence. It had somehow escaped my attention that, Leon had been directing Flashdance: The Musical, which just opened at England’s Theatre Royal in Plymouth. After an esteemed stint as [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/raisin-rainn-among-emmy-nominees/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/raisin-rainn-among-emmy-nominees/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:46:58 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/raisin-rainn-among-emmy-nominees/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/raisin-rainn-among-emmy-nominees/feed/ 0 “A Raisin in the Sun,” the TV movie directed by Atlanta’s Kenny Leon, artistic director of True Colors Theatre, earned three Emmy Award nominations yesterday. Based on Leon’s 2004 Broadway staging of the Lorraine Hansberry stage play, “A Raisin in the Sun” won nominations for Best Made for Television Movie, Best Actress for Phylicia Rashad [...]