“Number of the Beast” transformed into a musical

from eworldwire on June 13, 2006 @ 10:34

A live heavy metal band featuring members of Atlanta’s rock underground provides the soundtrack as actors bring the music to life. Some scenes include where the audience will be taken into the seedy operations of a brothel during “22 Acacia Avenue.” They will witness a hanging during the epic “Hallowed Be Thy Name.”

“It’s never been done before,” says Thompson. “People who grew up with heavy metal and love it don’t get to go see it in the clubs anymore. This puts a twist on it, and hopefully turns it into something new and exciting.”

“666: A Tribute To The Devil and Heavy Metal” starts at 8 p.m. on June 6, on June 9-10, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $10. 7 Stages Theatre is located on 1105 Euclid Ave. in Atlanta. For tickets call 404-523-7647 or visit www.7stages.org

3 Comments

Anonymous said:

luck, I'm jealous!.....what a thrill it will be, it'd be nice making the trip to Atlanta for it, if of course one could find the money....I would like to see something like this by Maiden one day, or a concept album based to bruce's litterature, with a little book inside with the story /poems, fully designed by Riggs and other artists, what a dreamer !...but I 'm not the only one, there are other four!_____no5

#11788, June 13, 2006 @ 18:48

Anonymous said:

That has got to be the funniest thing I have read all day. When I first read this, the first thing that came into my mind when I saw 'Iron Maiden' and 'musical' was 'Spamalot'. We can only wish.... ;)
~Silky

#11794, June 14, 2006 @ 11:01

Anonymous said:

Liam is my brother. I believe he is looking to do this again, but maybe in a different venue. You can go to his myspace site at
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=32248452&MyToken=daee066d-1d30-4e3b-9526-e12d3c87f7c1
or at
http://www.myspace.com/tittydick (but that changes often)

#11836, June 20, 2006 @ 18:56