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Burkhart’s closes as bar’s former entertainers line up Atlanta benefit shows

LGBTQ Midtown bar Burkhart's has apparently closed its doors permanently just weeks after the owner's racist social media posts surfaced. Co-owner Mary Marsh posted about the closing on Facebook on Feb. 12, wri...

‘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...

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...

Out On Film: Love and wrestling collide in ‘Signature Move’

Fawzia Mirza was getting frustrated. The actor was going out on auditions and found there were a lot of limitations on the casting process and on the kinds of stories being told.“Being someone who identifie...

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. ...

World premiere reboot of ‘Zanna, Don’t!’ lands at Out Front Theatre Company

It ran for well over a decade, starting with its off-Broadway development gig in 2002 and then landing productions all across the United States and throughout the world. Yet Tim Acito’s musical comedy “Zanna, D...

Georgia Voice 2017 Best of Atlanta winners: Arts and Entertainment

ActorRobert RayOne of LGBT Atlanta's acting treasures was brought to light in the past year, as Broadway veteran Robert Ray (robertrayproductions.com) ended a 10-year hiatus from the stage to own the le...

Summer Arts: Out Front Theatre’s new musical, Serenbe takes on Shakespeare and more

It's a robust time at local theater companies this season. With musicals in every corner of the city and more dramatic fare popping up, here are some of the best offerings — many gay-themed — taking the stage t...

LGBT Atlanta theater group under fire for gay versions of Bible stories

An anti-gay group has orchestrated a massive hate campaign against Atlanta-based Out Front Theatre Company over an upcoming production that portrays gay versions of Bible stories. A petition created by the grou...

A ‘Fabulous’ new take on the Bible at Out Front

As if openly gay actors Ty Autry and Brian Jordan didn’t see each other enough during the day, now they are sharing a stage together in Out Front Theatre Company’s new “The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.” Roomm...

Catching Up … with Out Front Theatre Company Artistic Director Paul Conroy [AUDIO]

Paul Conroy is the founder and producing artistic director of Out Front Theatre Company, dedicated to telling the stories of the LGBT community to the greater Atlanta area. In our monthly Catching Up segment on...

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

Human Rights Campaign Close to Naming Next President: Sources

ICE Has Been Placing LGBTQ Immigrants in Solitary Confinement

Taiwanese LGBTQ Couples Celebrate Marriage Equality with Mass Same-Sex Wedding

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Real Housewife Lisa Vanderpump Apologizes for Transphobic Joke about Erica Jayne

Farmers Market Jitters

“The Cake” Takes the Atlanta Stage