Dad’s Garage’s new play, The Wrath of Con, uses a series of related sketches to meander through the lifecycle of a fan-run convention. For those who don’t know what a fan-run convention is, think “comic book convention.” The play takes the audience from preparation and excited arrival through to the closing of the con […]
My father asked my mother to marry him during a traffic jam in the Holland Tunnel, and they were married on Easter Morning, 1942. My father was on a Weekend Pass from Fort Indiantown Gap in the Poconos. I grew up hearing stories of NY Radio during the days before television, and as young child […]
In the 1960s, there were no holiday specials. There was L.B.J., a war in Southeast Asia, riots in the streets of Detroit and Newark, campus protests, and Christmas specials. America had new color TVs using a technology called “Solid State” and it had “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” And, Rudolph was not going to save […]
The Cobb Energy Center welcomed the Big League Productions production of “My Fair Lady” with a packed house and thunderous applause. Based on the George Bernard Shaw play “Pigmalion,” this Lerner and Loewe musical is arguably the brightest spot in 20th Century musical theater and certainly one of the most familiar musicals among theater […]
Reporters for The Backstage Beat recently had the pleasure of attending a performance of The Ghastly Dreadfuls, and were astounded by the beautiful mixture of live music and dance combined with incredible elaborate puppet shorts. From the set design to the choreography, this production proved to be one of the most cleverly crafted and executed […]
Ange gets to catch up with friend of The Backstage Beat, Dragon*Con media relations master, Dan Carroll!
AnachroCon is a celebration of history both real and imagined. It is a place where those who have a love for yesterday’s future mix and mingle with those who chronicle the past and present. AnachroCon is the place in the South for Steampunk, History, Alternate History, Sciences, Music, Classic Sci-Fi Literature and the most amazing […]
It is not often that you see a couple that “makes it” for twenty-five years. Nowadays that is nearly unheard of. People give up when the going gets tough and never get to experience the numerous phases that come with being with someone for decades. The good, the bad, and the ugly no doubt, but […]
Mechanical Masquerade Tonight At the Academy Theater Atlanta (November, 6, 2011) The Artifice Club of Atlanta is hosting a steampunk party tonight at the Academy Theater in Avondale Estates. Known as the Mechanical Masquerade, the shindig is expected to be a wonderful and whirling evening of jazz, dancing, and steampunk costuming. With a new venue, […]
