‘Hairspray’s’ Matthew J. Kelly on Drag Bans, Broadway’s Evolving DEI and Coming Home to the Fox Theatre
Thanks to an arts supporting aunt, Matthew J. Kelly was first dazzled by the Broadway musical “Wicked” as a kid in the audience at the historic Fox Theatre. For Kelly, […]
‘I’m an activist who became an artist’: Remembering Harry Belafonte, 1927-2023
His sense of humor surprised me. You don’t expect living legends and civil rights icons to be funny. But yes, Harry Belafonte had jokes. Memories of my 2016 conversation with […]
From Paideia to Paris: A Q&A With ‘Moulin Rouge’ Swing Tamrin Goldberg
For Paideia School graduate and former Atlanta Ballet Center for Education student Tamrin Goldberg, her return to our city in “Moulin Rouge The Musical,” playing through Sunday at the Fox […]
Tennessee’s Drag Ban Is Far More Dangerous Than Anything I Ever Faced in the 1970s. Here’s Why. [Opinion]
By Mr. Charlie Brown Eldredge ATL guest columnist Way back in 1971 at start of my drag career at the Watch Your Hat and Coat Saloon in Nashville, we had […]
‘General Hospital’ Turns 60 and Why We Love Lucy: A Conversation With Lynn Herring
ABC’s “General Hospital” has come a long way from when Dr. Steve Hardy spent the entire 1963 inaugural episode of the soap reassuring a melodramatic teenager that her face — […]
Ann Nesby on Playing Grandma in ‘Tina,’ That ‘Queen Sugar’ finale and duetting with Sheryl Lee Ralph
With a singing and acting career now spanning 30 years, Fayetteville resident and reigning Queen of Inspirational Soul Ann Nesby is busier than ever. For starters, she’s in the middle […]
‘A Universal Story’: The Cast of ‘Kim’s Convenience’ on Bringing the Hit Play to Gwinnett’s Aurora Theatre
Since 1996, the Aurora Theatre in Gwinnett County has been offering family-favorite American musicals and its beloved annual Christmas Canteen holiday tradition for local theatre lovers who might not want […]
Actor Joseph Yang’s Life Comes Full Circle With His Role in Dolly Parton’s new Christmas Movie
Between takes on the shot-at-Dollywood holiday movie “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” last August, the film’s namesake herself took a moment to praise the work of her scene partner, Atlanta […]
Remastered and Expanded, Steve and Eydie’s ‘That Holiday Feeling!’ Swings Anew in 2022
For a generation of Americans, alongside yuletide LPs from Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme’s 1964 album “That Holiday Feeling!” represents an ingrained part of the […]
While the rest of us tried to figure out what to do with sourdough starter last year in the throes of a global pandemic, Eddie Muller was busy revising and expanding the definitive tome on film noir. In stores now, the new 2021 edition of Muller’s classic film book “Dark City: The Lost World of […]
While the rest of us tried to figure out what to do with sourdough starter last year in the throes of a global pandemic, Eddie Muller was busy revising and expanding the definitive tome on film noir. In stores now, the new 2021 edition of Muller’s classic film book “Dark City: The Lost World of […]
By Mr. Charlie Brown Eldredge ATL guest columnist Way back in 1971 at start of my drag career at the Watch Your Hat and Coat Saloon in Nashville, we had to enter and leave the club on Second Avenue with our drag concealed in a garbage bag. We were equally careful to enter the club […]
This in-depth and chronological selection takes the best of the best from Celestine Sibley’s days as a beat reporter: from her stint, beginning in 1932 at age fifteen, as a cub reporter at the Mobile Press, through her work with the Pensacola News-Journal, and the high points of her career at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
For historical perspective and behind-the-scenes interest, commentary from Sibley’s peers discussing her style and giving remembrances of various news stories accompany many of the articles. Sibley frequently recalled those interesting early assignments in her later columns and Richard L. Eldredge’s well-researched introductory material draws heavily on Sibley’s own words.
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Thanks to an arts supporting aunt, Matthew J. Kelly was first dazzled by the Broadway musical “Wicked” as a kid in the audience at the historic Fox Theatre. For Kelly, who grew up in Columbus, Georgia and across the bridge in Phenix City, Alabama, the experience changed his life. “I immediately knew I wanted to […]
His sense of humor surprised me. You don’t expect living legends and civil rights icons to be funny. But yes, Harry Belafonte had jokes. Memories of my 2016 conversation with the activist, actor and singer came flooding back Tuesday morning as my phone screen filled with news alerts reporting Harry Belafonte’s death at age 96. […]
For Paideia School graduate and former Atlanta Ballet Center for Education student Tamrin Goldberg, her return to our city in “Moulin Rouge The Musical,” playing through Sunday at the Fox Theatre, represents a homecoming. As a dance student 15 years ago, Goldberg performed in the Atlanta Ballet’s “Nutcracker” on the historic stage. “We got to […]
Thanks to an arts supporting aunt, Matthew J. Kelly was first dazzled by the Broadway musical “Wicked” as a kid in the audience at the historic Fox Theatre. For Kelly, who grew up in Columbus, Georgia and across the bridge in Phenix City, Alabama, the experience changed his life. “I immediately knew I wanted to […]
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On November 22, Atlanta singer-songwriter Doria Roberts grabbed her acoustic guitar and treated a packed audience to her rendition of Odetta’s Christmas song “Beautiful Star” at the Alliance Theatre’s black box stage for the pilot recording of “Kudzu,” a new podcast series created by playwright Topher Payne. When she finished, Roberts’ wife, Atlanta chef and […]
With lengthy stints at both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta magazine, Richard L. Eldredge has been covering Atlanta’s arts, entertainment, political, dining and charitable fundraising scenes since 1990. In 2015, he launched Eldredge ATL, a daily digital magazine dedicated to the city’s ever-evolving arts, entertainment, cuisine and cultural landscapes. Since 2011, he has worked as senior editor at VOX Teen Communications, supporting Atlanta’s next generation of journalists. In recognition of this work, Eldredge received the Atlanta Press Club Impact Award in 2015.
Thanks to an arts supporting aunt, Matthew J. Kelly was first dazzled by the Broadway musical “Wicked” as a kid in the audience at the historic Fox Theatre. For Kelly, who grew up in Columbus, Georgia and across the bridge in Phenix City, Alabama, the experience changed his life. “I immediately knew I wanted to […]
His sense of humor surprised me. You don’t expect living legends and civil rights icons to be funny. But yes, Harry Belafonte had jokes. Memories of my 2016 conversation with the activist, actor and singer came flooding back Tuesday morning as my phone screen filled with news alerts reporting Harry Belafonte’s death at age 96. […]
For Paideia School graduate and former Atlanta Ballet Center for Education student Tamrin Goldberg, her return to our city in “Moulin Rouge The Musical,” playing through Sunday at the Fox Theatre, represents a homecoming. As a dance student 15 years ago, Goldberg performed in the Atlanta Ballet’s “Nutcracker” on the historic stage. “We got to […]
By Mr. Charlie Brown Eldredge ATL guest columnist Way back in 1971 at start of my drag career at the Watch Your Hat and Coat Saloon in Nashville, we had to enter and leave the club on Second Avenue with our drag concealed in a garbage bag. We were equally careful to enter the club […]
ABC’s “General Hospital” has come a long way from when Dr. Steve Hardy spent the entire 1963 inaugural episode of the soap reassuring a melodramatic teenager that her face — reconfigured in a car crash by her boozing boyfriend — would heal. As television’s longest running daytime drama prepares to celebrate its milestone 60th anniversary […]
With a singing and acting career now spanning 30 years, Fayetteville resident and reigning Queen of Inspirational Soul Ann Nesby is busier than ever. For starters, she’s in the middle of a 30-city tour playing Anna-Mae Bullock’s Gran Georgeanna in the national tour of the Broadway hit “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” at Atlanta’s Fox […]
Since 1996, the Aurora Theatre in Gwinnett County has been offering family-favorite American musicals and its beloved annual Christmas Canteen holiday tradition for local theatre lovers who might not want to idle in their cars 30 minutes south on I-85 to see a show in Atlanta. So, the Aurora production of playwright Ins Choi’s “Kim’s […]
Between takes on the shot-at-Dollywood holiday movie “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” last August, the film’s namesake herself took a moment to praise the work of her scene partner, Atlanta actor Joseph Yang, who plays harried production assistant Woody in the family film. In response, Yang told the amusement park’s owner, “It’s great to be […]
For a generation of Americans, alongside yuletide LPs from Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme’s 1964 album “That Holiday Feeling!” represents an ingrained part of the Christmas season. Although Gorme died in 2013 at age 84 and Lawrence, now 87, retired from public life following an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2019, their […]
“Which Hogwarts House are you?” I’ll admit the question — posed by a member of the 360 Media PR team sitting at the entrance of Harry Potter The Exhibition on press day — caught me completely off guard. “He feels like a member of Ravenclaw,” said Paolo, our Eldredge ATL website wizard (and in-house “Harry […]
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‘Hairspray’s’ Matthew J. Kelly on Drag Bans, Broadway’s Evolving DEI and Coming Home to the Fox Theatre