Fox Theatre

Was to see Jerry Seinfield. Wonderful old theatre. Did you know that a man was given his own private apartment in the theatre and has lived there since the 70’s. He was instrumental in saving the theatre from burning down back then. I imagine him getting to see everything from his own private balcony!

get season tickets; some of the shows are crap and some are absolute gold!

Awesome building, in a cool location. Unfortunatly the Fox was built for movies and not for stage productions.

It’s a cool building. It’s fun to visit and you almost feel “glamorous” when you enter the place but…..

The acoustics are poor and so are the sightlines.

There is almost no rake making it more difficult to see the stage from the orchestra seats.

If at all possible, avoid seats under the balcony. And if you’re in the balcony, don’t bother with anything beyond the first 5 rows. Why? The acoustics suck.

The stage is huge. So huge that it often dwarfs the productions on it.

Frankly the Fox is vastly overrated. Atlanta seriously needs a good theatre (on the order of the Alliance but a bit larger) for Opera, Ballet and touring plays, musicals and concerts.

Were it not for the “cool” factor of the Fox, I’d say don’t bother. But then you pretty much have to bother if you really want to see a particlar Opera, Play or Concert…

My last visit to the Fox was to see the Atlanta Opera, before they moved to the Civic Center. Too bad they moved; the Fox was a gorgeous setting for a night at the opera, not to mention a very unique place.

Since I knew it would be my last opera at the Fox, I made sure to enjoy every moment of it. The interior is so beautiful, both in the theater and in the lobby. Even the bathrooms are gorgeous, with beautiful touches restored from its glamorous early days.

I’m going back this summer for the summer movie series. Where else can an average middle class girl see such glamour for so little money? :)

I fell in love with showtunes here. I’ve seen so many on Sunday afternoons during my childhood. Fiddler on the Roof, Annie, Mamma Mia, The King and I, Sunset Blvd, you name it, I’ve seen it. The last show I saw here was Wicked last year, and it was more amazing than I ever thought it would be. If you go, be sure to sit in the orchestra section; the balcony doesn’t exactly provide optimal vision and under the balcony doesn’t provide optimal acoustics.