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 […]
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 […]
Legendary Atlanta drag performer Charlie Brown can sum up his feelings about his much-anticipated March 4 return to the stage in three words: “I’m antsy, I’m excited and I’m nervous.” Hold up, the city’s most famous female impersonator who’s been gracing Atlanta stages for 44 years, the star of Backstreet’s iconic Charlie Brown’s Cabaret and […]