Tag: theater
The #HAM4HAM Hamilton ticket lottery is coming to Atlanta. Here’s how it works.
Want to see the 10-dollar founding father for only $10? Here's how to enter the Hamilton ticket lottery for the performances at Atlanta's Fox Theatre in late May and early June.
Say hello to The Santaland Diaries’ new Crumpet
Award-winning actor, playwright, and screenwriter Topher Payne talks about the “exhilarating and terrifying” opportunity to take over the candy cane tights from Harold M. Leaver, who played the role of curmudgeonly elf in Horizion Theatre's annual production for 18 years.
Lowbrow Shakespeare: Shakespeare on Draught
With only one rehearsal before each production of their five-show season, the classically trained actors have just as much fun as the audience, who are encouraged to participate. If anyone forgets a line, everyone drinks.
Kenny Leon on directing the Avengers-studded Our Town reading
On Monday night, Kenny Leon will direct Scarlett Johansson and her Avengers co-stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, and Maximiliano Hernández in the 1938 Thornton Wilder classic during a special one-night-only performance at the Fox Theatre.
Watch experimental theater or catch a Broadway show before it makes it big
Indie show? The next big thing? Metro Atlanta's theater scene has something for everyone.
Learn the history of the Fox Theatre—and of its ghosts
The iconic theater is perhaps most famous for the fact that it's still here—a successful 1974 campaign to save it from the wrecking ball led to its designation as a national historic landmark.
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: August 2–8
The 5th annual Cool Dads Rock Soapbox Derby takes over Historic Fourth Ward Park this weekend, and Cabaret opens at Serenbe Playhouse.
Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed tells the harrowing story of war in Liberia—from women’s point of view
In 2016, Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed became the first production to premiere on Broadway with an all-black, all-female creative team and cast. This month, Eclipsed makes its regional debut at Synchronicity Theatre.
See a nationally acclaimed theater company perform on a farm
Last year at the Serenbe Playhouse, a 6,000-pound helicopter landed on stage each night for Miss Saigon. This spring the playhouse’s founder built an entire drive-in theater.
A new Atlanta theater sets the stage for more LGBTQ shows
Out Front Theatre Company arrived last fall with an ambitious production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. This month the company closes its three-show season with Paul Rudnick’s Old Testament re-do: The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (April 27-May 14), in which Adam partners with Steve, not Eve.
