'big' on stage
If you missed the Atlanta Ballet world premiere production of big, a collaboration between the ballet and Big Boi of Outkast, that played the Fox Theatre earlier this year, don’t fret…
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If you missed the Atlanta Ballet world premiere production of big, a collaboration between the ballet and Big Boi of Outkast, that played the Fox Theatre earlier this year, don’t fret…
Read MoreOprah Winfrey presents this new musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, and the moving film by Steven Spielberg. A soul-stirring new musical and landmark Broadway …
Read MoreThree Georgia-born Color Purple actors talk about being on tour with the show and how it feels to be coming home.
Read MoreBy Koye Berry Norb Joerder, director of Theater of the Stars’ (TOTS) production of Oklahoma!, wants audiences to experience the show as if it were the first time. The audience …
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.
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.
Read MoreLive shows often move audiences to levels of exuberance that screen versions, no matter how well acted, rarely achieve. When Mamma Mia! the movie opens on the big screen this summer, some moviegoers may leave the theater humming the seductive, familiar tunes from the ’70s pop group ABBA that inspired the popular Broadway musical, but it’s doubtful they’ll be dancing out to the parking lot.
Read MoreWhen the time came to cast the Broadway production of Sweeney Todd, people literally wheeled into the audition room with shopping carts full of musical instruments. The earlier 2004 London revival, re-orchestrated by Sarah Travis and directed by John Doyle, had turned the 1979 Sondheim musical on its head, creating an orchestra from the actors on stage. So when the musical transitioned to Broadway, the entire show had to be recast, so orchestral assignments were up for grabs. Auditioning actors carted in whatever instruments they could play, hoping versatility would give them a better chance of being cast.
Read MoreDid the priests forbid it? Did the Irish do it to trick British soldier/spies? Or were traveling Irish dance teachers too lazy to teach students anything other than fancy footwork? The true reason will forever remain shrouded in history, but the fact remains: Irish dancers haven’t much use for their hands…
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