December Best Bets

December 13, 7:30pm, through December 15

Alliance Theatre

Winner of the 21st annual Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition,  “Business Ideas” is a comedy about getting rich. In a too-cute café, a desperate mother and daughter brainstorm get-rich-quick schemes to pay for college (or maybe to make ends meet?), while their hapless server tries to network with a revolving cast of customers. Inspired by playwright Milo Cramer’s own experiences with his enterprising mom, the play is an award-winning comedy about getting rich (or not?), and whether money really buys happiness – one cup of coffee at a time.

December 13, 8pm

Atlanta Symphony Hall

Leslie Odom, Jr. visits the Atlanta Symphony tonight for his Christmas tour. Odom, Jr. is a multifaceted Tony and Grammy Award-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated vocalist, songwriter, actor, and New York Times bestselling author. With a career that spans all performance genres, Odom has received recognition for his excellence and achievements in Broadway, television, film, and music.

December 14, 10am to 7pm

Charis Books and More

Join Charis for an all-day party to help you get in the spirit and get your holiday shopping done. A free gift-wrapping station will be set up for self-wrapping. Holiday music, cookies, and hot drinks will be set up outside. At 3:30pm, cookbook author Virginia Willis will read from and sign “Bon Appétit, Y’All: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking,” featuring new recipes and photographs. This revised and updated edition of Virginia Willis’s best-selling culinary classic also features new variations and commentary on the original recipes plus options using healthier ingredients.

December 14, 8pm, through December 22

Out Front Theatre Company

In “Murder on the Polar Express,” the world’s foremost drag detective Shirley Holmes boards the world’s most elegant train with her sidekick Dr. Jody Watley and 10 other unsavory characters, all en route to the North Pole for a much-needed Christmas vacation. But not so fast: there’s a psycho killer onboard! Holiday mystery ensues on an excursion filled with greed, deception, eggnog, and festive bloodshed.

December 14, 8pm

Actor’s Express

Olive & Agatha’s “A Gay in a Manger” is not your Sunday school nativity play. Can you imagine two drag queens spending the night in a manger? Where would the wigs sleep? This evening of campy fun includes an irreverent retelling of the Nativity, brilliant improvisation, rousing musical numbers, and an audience game to find out who’s been “Naughty” and who’s been “Nice.”

December 15, 2:30pm

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

The PFLAG support group for parents and families of LGBTQIA+ children meet in person today.

December 15, 8pm, through December 22

OnStage Atlanta

Cathe Hall Payne directs “She Loves Me.”

December 16, 7pm for youth, 8pm for adults

Charis Books and More

Trans and Friends is a youth-focused group for trans people, people questioning their own gender and aspiring allies, providing a facilitated space to discuss gender, relevant resources and activism around social issues.

December 18, 6pm

Out Front Theatre Company

Celebrate LGBTQ excellence at the OUT Georgia Business Alliance 2024 Community Honors. Find out who is named the winners in a number of categories.

December 19, 7pm

Location TBD

Out On Film’s last Queer Film Alliance & Writer’s Group meeting of the year is tonight. It’s a potluck-style gathering, so please bring a dish/snack you’d like to share (if able).

December 20 and 21, 8pm

City Winery Atlanta

City Winery Atlanta and KISS 104.1 presents CeCe Peniston live. CeCe Peniston is an American singer and former beauty queen. In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song “Finally” reached the number 5 spot on the Hot 100 and number 2 in the UK Top 75.

December 20, 8pm, December 21, 2pm

The Cathedral of St. Philip

The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus is back with its 44th annual holiday concert. This holiday show at the Cathedral of St. Philip is an Atlanta tradition that is not to be missed. This year’s show will be joined by a jazz combo to bring you holiday favorites and the combination of beauty, camp, power, and joy that only the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus can.

December 21, 7pm

Church at Ponce and Highland

Atlanta Freedom Bands celebrates the holidays with a joyous concert, “To Kids from One to 92”, marking the 20th anniversary of AFB’s Concert Band.  The program evokes happy holiday memories of our youth, recalling the fun, joy, and wonder that accompanies this special time of year. Atlanta’s favorite comedy drag duo will join the 75-member Concert Band for the evening. Olive d’ Nightlife and Agatha Boogie are returning to host the show, guaranteeing high spirits throughout. They will also host a special story time for kids of all ages in the audience.

December 21, 9:30pm

My Sister’s Room

King Time is an all-drag king show, hosted by Mr. Elle Aye with special guests Damien Grey, Hannibal Montannibal, and Aries ALXNDR.

January 7, 7:30pm, through January 12

Fox Theatre

Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” the hilarious new musical “& Juliet”  flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. “& Juliet” asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way. Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including “Since U Been Gone‚” “Roar,” “Baby One More Time,” “Larger Than Life‚” “That’s The Way It Is,“ and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”, opening tonight.