Strange Dreamz With Kevin J Thornton Debuts At Atlanta Fringe Festival

Online, March 26, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Kevin J Thornton, stand-up comic musician, and storyteller debuts at the Atlanta Fringe Festival on Thursday, May 5 at 11 p.m. at The Mask Center, 1083 Austin Ave. NE, #008. Thornton takes you on a high energy ride with music, comedy and stories about love, sex and the meaning of life from a gay man in the 21st century. Tickets cost $10.00 online at www.atlantafringe.org.

Thornton is a road warrior and national Fringe Festival veteran who appeared in 10 festivals nationwide in 2011. This summer Thornton will become an international star as he travels to Canada in August for his debut at Edmonton, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba Fringe Festivals.

The self-proclaimed "gay male Oprah with a potty mouth" produces a weekly Podcast on Sunday evenings also called "Strange Dreamz." Each Sunday Thornton and occasionally a guest, discuss touring adventures, current events, music and issues affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community along with the meaning of life. Thornton's podcast is the highest rated program on the LGBT related online radio station "Click Click Expose" based in Miami, Florida and an incubator for his live show.

The 90 minute live show also features short stories from Thornton's 2012 paperback book "The Universe Sock Puppet." A large portion of Thornton's sophomore narrative was written while Kevin was staying in Atlanta while on tour and part of the story takes place in Hotlanta. The book is available on Amazon.com and through book retailers worldwide.

Thornton toiled at Nashville area coffee shops for many years chasing the elusive record deal with his band Thornton which later became Waves On Waves. His first musical effort entitled "Had A Sword" won the Nashville Scene Music Award for Best Experimental Rock. The Evansville, Ind. native was named a Los Angeles Times "Best Bet," has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and is a "New Faces Winner" at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. In 2011 Thornton was a guest lecturer at University of California, Berkeley where he spoke about the successful use of his podcast and social media in connection with his national touring act.

Thornton's social networking, podcast and one-person shows, including his 2009 hit debut "Sex, Dreams & Self Control," and 2011's "I Love You (We're F*#ked)" have garnered him a loyal following in Nashville and across the country. Thornton's 2012 show features brand new stories and humor but unlike the songwriter's previous performances, his new repertoire includes covers of Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark," Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream and a hilarious rendition of TLC's "No Scrubs."

Awards received on Thornton's 2011 15-city tour include the Audience Choice Award for Favorite Show and the Fringe Crush Award in Orlando as well as the League of Cincinnati Theatre Award for Best Writing and Performance. Matthew J. Palm, theater critic for the Orlando Sentinel, called Thornton "an enthusiastic musician, a quick-witted comic and a really funny storyteller" and Cincinnati's CityBeat said "he kept the audience in the palm of his hand during the sold out performance... he's a fast-talking, high-energy powerhouse of a performer."

Approx. Running Time: 90 minutes
The Mask Center
1083 Austin Ave. NE, #008 Atlanta, GA 30307
Thursday, May 10 at 11:00 p.m.
Friday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 12 at 2:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 13 at 6:30 p.m.

Other Resources
www.facebook.com/kevinjthornton
twitter.com/thekevthornton
www.youtube.com/kevinjthornton

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For more about Kevin J Thornton visit www.kevinjthornton.com
For information about the Atlanta Fringe Festival contact Brittany Harper at [email protected]