“The Preacher’s Wife’ A Night Of Enjoyment

Sunday will be your last opportunity (unless they extend it, and they should) to see the Alliance Theatre’s World Premiere of the musical “The Preacher’s Wife” (Ends June 16) which is based on the popular movie starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington is just as good as anything you will currently see on Broadway. When it comes to grade A theater, the production checks all of the right boxes from acting to music to directing to set design. Basically, it’s an Alliance homerun.& The musical stars Amber Riley (Julia) as the Preacher’s wife; Alan H. Green (Joe Hamilton, the developer) and Donald Webber, Jr. (Dudley) as the angel sent down to help the Preacher to save his church and his marriage.& Speaking of Broadway, the production could very well make its debut there but there is no official word that the musical is being workshopped for The Great White Way according to cast member and Georgia resident Brad Raymond (Deacon Johnson). Raymond, a Chicago native who happily calls Atlanta home, now took a few minutes to talk about the production and his successful theater career in Georgia just before he headed to the Alliance for that night’s production. This is...