This Friday, Adirondack Theatre Festival is holding its annual winter benefit. Yes, it is a fundraiser, but attendees are promised a great party with Broadway entertainment by Avenue Q’s Howie Michael Smith and Gary Adler (both very funny and very talented), food and beverages from area restaurants and a very unique charity auction (more on that below).
Since 1995 ATF has made significant contributions to our shared community and the American theatre scene through its summer season of professional theatre. The shows produced each June and July attract thousands of people to downtown Glens Falls from both far and wide. These arts patrons not only see the shows, but frequent the restaurants, shops and hotels in our community contributing to the local economy. More than that, many of these premiere productions go on to be produced in cities across the country. ATF and our audiences are generating work and supporting emerging artists in a way usually reserved to much larger metropolitan areas. (more…)