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Audio: Catching Up with ‘Angels in America’ director Freddie Ashley

Freddie Ashley, artistic director of Actor's Express, talks with Georgia Voice Editor Patrick Saunders about the theater company's production of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning two-part ep...

‘Grindr The Opera,’ Frenchie Davis, Leslie Jordan coming to Out Front Theatre by year’s end

If you’re looking for a comedic pick-me-up to 2017, you’re in luck. Tim Evanicki Productions presents a strong lineup of boisterous, often poignant shows through the end of the year at Out Front Theatre Company...

Topher Payne's new play 'Morningside' at Georgia Ensemble Theatre

Topher Payne on new play ‘Morningside,’ taking over ‘Santaland Diaries’ role

For someone used to being busy, Topher Payne may even be outdoing himself this season. His new play “Morningside” just opened at Georgia Ensemble Theatre, then he steps into the lead role of “The Santaland Diar...

The Rocky Horror Show at Out Front Theatre Company.

‘The Rocky Horror Show’ gender-bends into Atlanta

When Out Front Theatre Company kicks off its version of “The Rocky Horror Show” next week, it will use a variety of local drag queens and performers with famous drag personas to play its infamous narrator. S...

‘Boy’ tackles gender identity at Theatrical Outfit

For a theater company that rarely stages LGBT fare, Theatrical Outfit has two plays dealing with gay issues and gender identity in its new season. Besides Topher Payne’s “Perfect Arrangement” next spring, the c...

Fall Arts Preview: LGBT themes, actors, more on Atlanta stages this season

Fall is here – already! – and with it brings a new crop of theatrical offerings, much of it with a LGBT theme or angle. Some are premieres and others are popular staples. Here are some of the prime offerings. ...

Ricardo Aponte, director of 'Once On This Island'

‘Once On This Island’ musical highlights importance of love

For the last few decades, openly gay theater artist Ricardo Aponte has been working constantly throughout Atlanta, but lately he’s perhaps busier than he’s every been. His latest project is the musical “Once On...

‘The Penis Talk Show’ dropping trou at 7 Stages

Over the last few decades, openly gay playwright, actor and director Ronnie Larsen has carved out a niche for himself with his gay-themed, often sexually frank shows. Just as his production of “Happy Endings” c...

Iconic, gay-themed ‘Cabaret’ arrives at Serenbe Playhouse

As he was putting together Serenbe Playhouse's 2017 season, Artistic Director Brian Clowdus locked in one show that led the way for all others: the iconic gay-themed "Cabaret." Serenbe's outdoor version of the ...

Juan Carlos Unzueta in the Actor's Express production of 'Little Shop of Horrors.'

Listen: Catching Up with ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ actor Juan Carlos Unzueta

Juan Carlos Unzueta stars in the Actor's Express production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” a take on the off-Broadway musical about a hapless florist shop worker named Seymour who raises a plant that feeds on hum...

Actor’s Express announces receipt of $72,500 in grants for 30th anniversary season

Local government and state organizations showed their commitment to the arts this month by awarding Actor’s Express a total of $72,500. This is the highest level of government support the theater company has...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Transgender Woman Deported from US Murdered in El Salvador

LGBT Democrats Play Visible Role at DNC Winter Meeting in DC

Trans Man Wins $120,000 Discrimination Suit Against Iowa Prison in “Cutting-Edge Victory”

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Actor Don Cheadle Sports Pro-Trans T-shirt on Saturday Night Live

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic

The Myth of Sisyphus: Grappling Suicide with Absurdity