August Osage County

EW.Com has reported that the Tracy Letts play August Osage County will be turned into a major motion picture staring Julia Robers and Meryl Streep.

Before you see it on the big screen go to the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta to see it on stage. August Osage is one of the best piece of American Theatre I have seen in a long time. Every character is so brilliantly written, it is truly a masterpiece. Now, take this amazing script and add a flawless cast you and you have theatre gold. Alliance Theatre Artistic Director Susan Booth has assembled one of the most amazing cast that Atlanta has seen. We have seen these actors together on stage before, but never like this. All of them seemed to be playing against type and yet their roles fit them like a glove.

I encourage everyone to run no really run to the Alliance to see this amazing show featuring Atlanta actors and heavy hitter Brenda Bynum, Jill Jane Clements, Tess Malis Kinkad,Chris Kayser, Del Hamilton, Richard Garner, Courtney Patterson, Carolyn Cook, Bart Hansard, Joe Knezevich, Bethany Anne Lind and Diany Rodriguez.

There are so some shows were you can say oh well it was good and this person was amazing, but every person who stepped foot on that stage brought pure magic. The set was another major player in this tour de force. A two story house that lived and breathed helped ad to the tension and the comedy of this amazing work.

Now I won't spoil anything for those who have never seen the show but at the end of each act I found my self speechless. This show reminds me why I love theatre and has reengaged me in the Atlanta theatre community. Thank you Susan and the cast of August Osage County for making me fall in love with theatre all over again.

Let's take this mess to Broadway!

Normally this blog is looking at movies being recently filmed in and around Atlanta.  Today we could not help but pause and talk about a film that has been turned into a stage play, in fact three movies that have been turned into one stage play.  Bring it On: The Musical at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA.

I have had the pleasure of seeing this show more than once and each time it get's better and better. Our sister blog The 4 O' Clock Dance Break did a review during it's previews.  We have had a chance to see it since it has opened and there have been some major changes.  Scenes being moved around, lines getting a tweek here and there, but the magic is still there. The cast is cheering harder and flying higher then ever.  It's truly amazing to see actors and dancers become cheerleaders and vise verse. Going to the theatre last night was an experience.  I can not tell you how much fun we had, it was ridiculous. The actors in the show really do Bring it On.  The character of Skylar the bitch Truman cheerleader is played to perfection. Twig, the super cool but kinda nerdy guy who falls for the chunky girl Bridget pure insanity and I mean that in the best possible way.  I loved them both. So if you have not see Bring it On: The musical what are waiting for. Parents grab your kids, squads get on out there and cheer, dance crews move!  You only have until Feb 20 to see the show before they take that this mess to Broadway!

The cast of Bring it On: The Musical