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The Temple’s commitment to LGBT, civil rights honored in play

Speaking out for social justice is part of the DNA of The Temple in Midtown. Commemorating it is an integral part of the 150th birthday celebrations happening this year, starting with “The Temple Bombing” — a p...

Atlanta stages bursting with holiday fare this season

The days when Christmas entertainment at theater companies meant “A Christmas Carol” and little else are long over. Almost every local venue has a show running during the holidays, including some goodies for LG...

Catching Up with ‘The Prom’ actor Brooks Ashmanskas [AUDIO]

Georgia Voice, in partnership with AM1690 The Voice of the Arts, present Catching Up, a monthly look at Atlanta’s LGBT arts scene. This month’s guest is Brooks Ashmanskas, a Tony-nominated actor who has starred...

Art imitates life in lesbian-themed ‘The Prom’ musical at the Alliance

It’s certainly the most prominent LGBT offering of the season – and one that could be ripped out of today’s headlines. In the Alliance Theatre world premiere musical “The Prom,” a young teenage girl decides to ...

Rentheads rejoice: Gay actor Anthony Rapp giving free talk in Atlanta

Spend your lunch hour with openly gay actor Anthony Rapp this Thursday, Aug. 11 as Broadway in Atlanta, the Alliance Theatre, Georgia Voice and Out On Film host a free conversation at the Hertz Stage at the All...

Broadway-bound musical ‘The Prom’ sets world premiere at the Alliance

It’s the most anticipated theatrical event of the 2016 - 2017 season, as well as the gayest. The Alliance Theatre presents the musical “The Prom” on August 18 and a number of events will lead up to the openin...

Gearing up for ‘Jar The Floor’ and ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’

Fall theater in the ATL brings with it options galore. Two plums are Alliance Theatre’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” adapted into a play by Dale Wasserman from Ken Kesey’s...

Gay composer Jake Heggie gets personal with opera ‘Three Decembers’

Every work by out composer and pianist Jake Heggie is meaningful to him, but his chamber opera, ‘Three Decembers,’ is especially personal. It bows this weekend in the ATL, closing out The Atlanta Opera’s 2014-2...

Pearl Cleage’s ‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’ brings Harlem Renaissance alive

For actor Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, “Blues for an Alabama Sky” has been one of the highlights of a lengthy acting career. The Alliance Theatre’s 20th anniversary production of the play, written by local legend...

Theater: Actor’s Express ‘Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet’ explores race, sexuality

Tarell Alvin McCraney has become one of the most talked-about playwrights around. His play “In the Red and Brown Water” was an award-winner at the Alliance Theatre in 2008, and his 2013 “Choir Boy” was another ...

‘C.A. Lyons Project’ tells story of black dance troupe’s loss of gay founder to AIDS

The Alliance Theatre’s “C.A. Lyons Project” takes place in the 1980s, telling the story of the founder of an African-American dance troupe who gets sick with a mysterious virus called GRID and his three lead da...

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

Non-Binary “They” Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Angelica Ross to Host LGBTQ Presidential Forum

Mike Pence Called Homosexuality “A Choice” in the ’90s

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Queer Eye’s Fab Five Makes Cameo in Big Mouth Season Three

LGBTQ TV Wins Big at 71st Creative Arts Emmys

Getting to Know the Creator of “For They Know Not What They Do”