How is the Fox Theater in Atlanta?

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:47am

I'm trying to get a ticket to a show there and I was wondering how is the theater? If I get a ticket for the first couple of rows (AA-DD), would I be able to see everything or is the stage really high? Would I have to strain my neck to see?

[jaybrrd]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 4:09am

You'll be fine. The first few rows are set back a little anyway, and the stage is fairly low. The theatre is a huge, enormous cavern though.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 8:00am

The Fox is actually reversed. The double letter rows are actually behind the single letter ones, if you are in the orchestra. So AA-DD is actually rows 27-30. If you are in the balcony, the double letters are in the front. Very confusing. But since you're talking about looking up at the stage I'm assuming you're in the orchestra, which means you are BEHIND rows A-Z. The Fox is a CAVERN. It's huge. But even AA-DD should be fine, depending on what show you are seeing.

Updated On: 6/12/06 at 08:00 AM

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 11:09am

If you like to see the faces then you need to try to get seats closer up. From what I understand, the single letter rows are good. I know that the front balcany is great.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 11:56am

Oh, I didn't know that ashley0139, thanks. Yeah, I'm trying to get my ticket for Brooklyn. I was just wondering. I'm going by myself, so I'm gonna splurge and get a good seat.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:04pm

Every show I've seen has been at the Fox, and every one has been awesome! I was in the fourth row for "Wicked" and had a great view (no neck straining) and I was in the front row of the "nosebleed" seats for "Phantom," but the view was still amazing. if you can afford it, get the best seats you can. If you aran't sure about the show you are seeing and don't want to put too much money into something you might not enjoy, then get a balcony/loge seat. No matter where you sit at the Fox, you can see the whole stage and there really are no obstructed-view seats. Any seat is a good seat.

BTW: The place is huge! Over 4,000 seats (exact number somewhere on www.foxtheatre.org) and a great sound system. You'll love it.

Updated On: 6/12/06 at 12:04 PM

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:19pm

I think it's 4700. Crazy large.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:27pm

Also: make sure you do all your souvenier stuff before the show! The lines can get crazy during intermission (hence the video camera at the edge of the balcony and TV screens in the conscession room just in case you are late). And make sure that (even if you don't need to use it) you look at the bathrooms. They're awesome!

And if you like to visit the stage door: Exit the theatre house left. If you are sitting Orchestra, go down the aisle to the edge of the stage and go left through the big curtan thingy you'll see. Go out the double doors and the stage door is right there on your right behind a stone staircase. If you are not Orch, exit through the house left door on your level and go down the stairs. Can't miss it. If you exit through the front of the theatre, take a right around the theatre and walk down its side until you see the door.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:29pm

Thanks. I'm excited. I'm traveling over two hours to get there. Is it a hard theater to find? I know it has a large marquee, so that should be pretty easy to find. Is it downtown like by the Coca-Cola factory or is it out a little ways like by the mall?

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:39pm

Very easy to see. Light up marquee. Although there are some trees to hide it. It's in midtown. Near the Varsity. It's really very simple to get to, at least coming from 75. Have fun! I am probably going to try to see Brooklyn there too. The theatre really is very beautiful. The bathrooms are very cool, especially the downstairs one. Also, be sure to look up when in the seats. The Fox is a beautiful and fun place to spend an evening.

[dutch46mill2]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:24pm

I heard the place is absolutely gorgeous reminds me of the Milan Opera house except the size of Radio City Music Hall. Its very ornate like Versailles.There is a website with a few pictures somewhere google I guess. I read somewhere it was a Historical Shrine or something like that.

Updated On: 6/12/06 at 01:24 PM

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 5:27pm

I think it was originally built as a mosque or something.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 8:38pm

I wish our theaters around here had more "history." Everything here is very 70s and tacky. They need to remodel.

[matjomae]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 9:02pm

I love the Fox, however I would advise you to stay clear of the rear orchestra seats, simply because you are SO far away.

The Fox brings back so many memories of my earliest theater experiences including Marie Osmond in The Sound of Music. Not to mention that both my Junior and Senior Proms were held in the Egyptian Ballroom at the Fox. Such a beautiful venue!

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 10:45pm

Everything you wanted to know about the Fox...just a Google away.



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Updated On: 6/12/06 at 10:45 PM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 10:56pm

I wanted to hear it from other posters. They're a lot more insightful and honest than any website.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 11:07pm

I LOVE the Fox. And not that it matters, but it makes me happy to say this....Raúl Esparza says that the Fabulous Fox Theatre is GLORIOUS.

[JimVukovich]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 5:32am

All of the Fox theatres are HUGE. Hairspray played The Fox in Atlanta and the place is enormous. Even from the conductor podium, it felt far from the stage. I'd buy tickets as close to the 1st row as possible. Compared to most theatres, it will be like having "house seats" and you will NOT feel too close to the stage.

If you like soul food/home style cooking, go to Gladys and Ron's "chicken and waffle" restaurant before the show. Gladys Knight is one of the owners. It's a few blocks from the theatre on Peachtree Street and it's really good!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:06am

Chrysanthemum- when did he say that? That's so cool.

Also, right across the street from the Fox Theatre is a diner called the Broadway diner. It's fun. It has a huge mural of Times Square and a bunch of Broadway posters and windowcards. Very large portions and great desserts. Plus, cheap.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 6/23/06 at 7:41pm

"I think it was originally built as a mosque or something."

LOL!!! Sory, I had to laugh. The Fox was originally a "movie palace." That's just a fancy way of saying big movie theatre.

Also: LOVE the Broadway Diner! Awesome place!

[clarkstallings]

Posted: 6/23/06 at 7:48pm

Haha. It wasn't built as a movie palace or a mosque (moreso a mosque than a movie palace actually.) The Fox was built to be the headquarters/meeting hall for the Shriners organization. I believe they call such halls mosques actually. The original name of the Fox was the Yarab Temple. At anyrate, it was leased to a man named William (I think that's his first name) Fox who made use of the meeting hall as a movie palace. He leased it a couple months after it opened and it became the Fox Theatre.
Updated On: 6/23/06 at 07:48 PM

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 6/23/06 at 7:50pm

"LOVE the Broadway Diner! Awesome place!"


There is a broadway diner? you mean I have lived here in Atlanta all my life and didnt know there was a broadway diner?

[zoran912]

Posted: 6/23/06 at 7:56pm

It's my favorite theatre, aside from the Apollo-Victoria in London.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/23/06 at 8:30pm

Jersey- there is a Broadway diner, and it's right near the Fox.

The Fox was built to be the headquarters/meeting hall for the Shriners organization. I believe they call such halls mosques actually.
That's what I meant. But I wasn't actually that far off.

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 6/23/06 at 8:57pm

The fox was a movie house when it opened and they still do play movies in the summer.