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Free ‘Aladdin’ tickets available for Hurricane Florence evacuees

Residents of the Carolinas and Virginia can claim tickets to Thursday’s matinee at Fox Theatre
Lissa deGuzman (Jasmine) and Clinton Greenspan (Aladdin) star in the Aladdin North American Tour, coming to the Fox Theatre Sept. 12-23. Photo by Deen van Meer.
Lissa deGuzman (Jasmine) and Clinton Greenspan (Aladdin) star in the Aladdin North American Tour, coming to the Fox Theatre Sept. 12-23. Photo by Deen van Meer.
By Melissa Ruggieri
Sept 12, 2018

As part of the #AtlantaKindness initiative, Broadway in Atlanta will offer free tickets to the 1 p.m. Thursday performance of “Aladdin” to Hurricane Florence evacuees.

The offer is valid for residents of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia (must have a valid I.D.); there is a maximum of four tickets per family to attend the show at the Fox Theatre.

Tickets can be claimed starting at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Fox Theatre box office (660 Peachtree St.) while supplies last.

The hit Broadway musical debuts tonight and will run through Sept. 23. Check out our preview interview with "Aladdin" composer Alan Menken. 

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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