I had kind of forgot about our little gem of a theater Cyrano's!…read more To be completely honest the last time I went to a play here was when it was still downtown. I feel terrible I've neglected our wonderful little art house. The theater itself is so perfect and intimate, you feel absolutely immersed in the action when you're there. The volunteer staff is as friendly as could be, and amazingly helpful. The concession stand features LOCAL soda brewer Beach Tribe Sodas by Mike Jipping as well as Alaska made chocolates. They also have complimentary bottled water for patrons. The ticket prices are very reasonable. *pro tip- call them directly to purchase your tickets and skip the "booking fee" center ticks charges.

This is a terrific local theater with well curated shows and delightful acting. The theater is…read morequite small and probably sits somewhere in the vicinity of 75-100 people. This means there really isn't a bad seat in the house. I was introduced to Cyranos in December of 2022 when I came for The Twelfth Night. The ability of actors and actresses to perform Shakespeare is, to my understanding, the measuring stick of truly superb acting. And the performers were excellent. They applied well thought out subtext and demonstrated an excellent command of the original language. I was hooked and could not wait to return for more plays. Since then, I have returned for two additional plays: The Book Club and First Day, the Musical. In addition to great acting and singing, the stage designs show an attention to detail and lots of forethought. Each time, I feel like I am walking into a brand new setting. Add the excellent lighting and sound folks back stage, and it's a truly amazing experience. Every performance I have viewed also comes with a new and exciting art gallery on display. The artwork is always intriguing. Additionally, they have a box office with coffee, tea, locally made soda, and a few snacks. I highly recommend this theater. They are doing an excellent job. I will caution you on one thing: parking. It is sort of a nightmare. This is not the place to try and show up at the last minute. Come early and expect there to be some Tetris involved in finding a spot. In winter with large snowfall, the road where many park becomes even more difficult to navigate.

I like coming downtown for a show and making a night of it. By "night of it" I mean dinner…read morebeforehand, show, and rush home to be in bed by 10:30 PM. This is a great theatre to go to because of all the different shows that come through here; It's smaller than PAC, but is in the same building, just in a different side and entrance. I've come for a couple of shows here and most recently I came in for Arctic Entries, which is a very popular show that usually sells out. So popular that I bought tickets in the nose bleed section at 2:15PM the tickets went on sale at 2PM. Even though we were in so high up we had a great view of the stage. The seats are positioned so that no one in front of you will block your view. There is the usual beer and wine sold before the show and intermission. A savvy person would pre-order a beverage so that it would be waiting for them during intermission in order to maximize on sipping time and not wasting time standing in line. I would purchase tickets to an event here in the future.

I came here for "Arctic Entries". (highly recommended)…read more I'm no expert on theatres, but this seems to be a good one. Every seat in the house seems to have a pretty decent view due to the size and steepness of the space. Ushers are always helpful if you're lost AF. I love running over to Humpy's to pound a beer during the intermission. You can take the boy out of college but you can't...

What a cool little theater. I have been to a couple of shows here and each time it's been…read morefantastic. The show and the guest speaker is a real treat. I try to sit on the last row if I can to make it easier to see the projection. Would come again and recommend. I don't think I've paid more than $10/ticket so it's a cheap night out.

ANNIE AN ABSOLUTE FUN NIGHT!!!!…read more Last night I went to opening night for the musical ANNIE. There was so much laughter in the theater, along with pure enjoyment of the performance on stage. Opening night was full. The audience enjoyed every bit as did I. Sure it was community theater but much better than a night of TV or movie theater. Everyone who enjoys being entertained should make the effort to go. Not enough of Anchorage remembers what a gift we have in the PAC. It was built with oil money that rolled in during the late 80's. The PAC and the shows that are produced there are great gifts to our city. I cannot say enough about the young and experienced talent in this show. The artists that designed the sets used their talented skills to the highest level. They do so much with so little resources. The chorus talent was highly trained. They did not miss a beat. The amazing and talented Annie (a remarkable 13 year old) projected her voice right to us in the very back row. She led the production flawlessly while maintaining her A level grades. Please take the time and enjoy this show. You will get lost in the enjoyment of the play as time flies by and you emerge thoroughly relaxed, in a great mood and highly entertained.

I learned something. Something others should be made aware of…read more The Alaska performing arts has three separate theaters. If you're running late (like we were the last time) and you go in the main doors, you may find yourself being ushered in toward another set of doors adding to the already sinking feeling of being behind. A couple points to note: There are three theaters. The Sydney Laurence, the Atwood, and the Discovery theater. On several (but not all) doors there a list of what plays are where. The main doors lead to the Atwood. A side door around the side of the theater on 6th Avenue leads to the Laurence and Discovery theaters. Since I have now seen performances in all three theaters, I feel confident with all the remaining shows I plan to see. Just hope this helps everyone else.

In my Frommer's 2010 Alaska Cruises & Ports of Call guidebook, this theater is listed as being…read morefree. For our relatively short day in Anchorage, we jumped at it based on that fact. But it's not even close to free anymore, if it ever was. We ended up buying a combination ticket (one of the two 30-minute shows plus the 15-minute show about th 1964 earthquake) for $11.95 each. That sounded pretty steep for 45 minutes of edutainment, but we figured that it was worth it to get some exposure to some of the Alaskan sights that we didn't get to see from our cruise excursions. But the quality of the films was mediocre. Of the two thirty-minute films, we chose the Journey to Alaska and Northern Lights Adventure double feature, but in retrospect we should have chosen Alaska Wild! since we were interested in animals. Our film played like a 15-minute infomercial for the Alaska Tourist Bureau (I swear, "Come to Alaska" was uttered at least a dozen times in various forms) followed by a 15-minute docu-mercial about/for some photographer who specializes in shooting the aurora borealis. Don't get me wrong--the footage in both films was beautiful; it's just that the narrative content was superficial and uninteresting. And kind of awkwardly commercial. I enjoyed the earthquake film better, although it is extremely dated. However, the content was interesting and I felt that they did the subject justice in the short time frame. A seismographer explained the physics of earthquakes and the geologic situation in south-central Alaska; several eyewitnesses related unique accounts of their experiences; and original footage and photography illustrated the terror and destruction of the event. The gimmick here is that the small grandstand lurches and shakes for half a minute or so during the show, to mimic the earthquake experience. It was fun, but it didn't add much, and I was kind of annoyed that the noise of the mechanism completely drowned out the film narration during that time. The earthquake-related displays that they have in the lobby help to flesh out the story of the event and are good for killing time until your show. The people are nice and they have a small snack/gift shop...but there are probably better and/or cheaper things to do with 45 minutes in Anchorage.

My husband and I had a great experience watching the aurora/northern lights recorded footages. It…read morefelt like we were there with the videographer, Todd. For us, it was great to see the lights in a big screen for a small fee.

We LOVE ACBA! My daughter has been attending this school since she was 3, she's about to turn 7! My…read moredaughter has a little bit of a speech delay and they've always been amazing with her and she's always excited to go. She started with Bitty Bear Ballet and now takes Pre-ballet and Hop&Pop! Highly recommend. Marjorie M.

I love taking my daughter to classes at ACBA. The staff are kind and professional. My young…read moredaughter has learned ballet skills while having fun with her friends. She loves her costumes and recitals that her class performs at the end of the session.

My girls have been going to CDT for about 4 years. The staff are friendly and the kids have fun…read more My tapper loves going here it is not stressful and this studio understands what it means to teach kids that dance should be fun. There is just enough discipline in the classes to make the students learn without huge pressure.

Definitely my daughters favorite place in the world! Great teachers who love working with children…read moreand helping them to grow and learn to express themselves. Very positive environment!

I wouldn't say it's a festival It's Greek food Greek dinner…read morewith live music Treated as a once, your opportunity to have some great Greek food and live Greek music Or just get your food to go Great music. Good food. Lots of deserts. Didn't get stuffed gape leaves. They were out 30 minutes into the first day ? Bummer. My favorite. The raffle used to be for a car now it's for 25% of the cash We were in and out in 45 minutes and saw everything that there was You should treat us as a place to go have a meal and listen to some music as opposed to a festival Think of it as Greek dinner with music while it lasts And you'll have a great time

I'll admit that I have a bias in favor of church and charity fundraisers... I totally want to give…read morethem 5 stars. So it pains me to be so negative. I honestly feel bad; but man, it is what it is. Not great. There was a big buildup and a lot of anticipation for me since I've been wanting to go to this festival for years because it falls on a busy weekend. We finally made it and... well... MEH. To call it a festival is a huge overstatement. There's no activities (religious, cultural, carnival or otherwise) other than one tiny TINY bouncy house and sporadic live Greek music and dancing. This event really is all about food. Which ok, I'm down with food. I love me some fucking Greek food. But the food was, in a word, MEH. I mean if you plan an event based around food, you'd expect it would kill. But nope. Dry lamb, dry pastisio, dry moussaka, dry pita. Tzaziki that had so much garlic even I, lover of garlic, was reeling. The dolmathes were 3 for a dollar and tasted like they were the kind out of a can. Good, but damn, I coulda bought the can at Sam's myself for a much better value. The souvlaki and gyro portions were really small and the line was a half hour long- totally not worth it. The desserts were just ok. And the prices on ALL the food, except the spanakopita, were way out of line. Again, since it's a fundraiser, I was expecting that, but I was also expecting the food to be memorable. But 60 bucks for a mediocre meal just pisses me off. Parking and traffic was a huge hassle, waiting in seperate lines for each food item was a hassle. I'd like two hours of my life back, please. Defintely won't go back. I'm super bummed.