Energy of the Stage
In Atlanta, less than half of all inner-city students graduate high school. Throughout America, barely half of the students in the 50 biggest cities graduate. Ironically, the best solution cities have discovered is something that’s being eliminated from many public schools: arts education …
Read MoreThree Georgia-born Color Purple actors talk about being on tour with the show and how it feels to be coming home.
Read MoreSusan Booth, the Alliance Theatre’s artistic director, traveled to New York in 2005 for the Broadway premiere of The Color Purple. “I had this great experience,” Booth says. “This woman – who will go nameless – was there from Atlanta. In the lobby, she caught up with me and said, ‘We have to bring this to Atlanta.’
Read MoreEven though plans for Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park were made public only a year ago, the promise of it has lived in the imagination of symphony and civic leaders for years…
Read MoreThe castles that once lined Peachtree Street vanished long ago. So did the Loew’s Grand, where Gone With the Wind premiered. The Fox Theatre was scheduled for demolition in 1974, but an ardent civic campaign raised the funds to purchase the historic building and established Atlanta Landmarks Inc. to restore and manage the non-profit theater.
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Read MoreThe Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival kicks off at the Fox Theatre this month, bringing classic and contemporary films to the historic movie palace…
Read MoreAtlantans love to eat. And shop. And see shows at The Fox Theatre. Here’s a handy dining guide you can keep with you for reference when the mood strikes to indulge those passions.
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