KENNESAW, Ga. | May 12, 2017

Danny Crowe of Marietta dreamt of a life on stage since he was 4 or 5 years old. "I always knew I wanted to perform. One of my earliest memories is watching Freddie Mercury from Queen and Paul Stanley from KISS," he told Patch in a phone interview Wednesday. "I remember Paul Stanley shooting fireworks out of his guitar and everyone went crazy. I said I wanted to do that."

Crowe graduated from Kennesaw State University Wednesday and will exit stage left -- to Tennessee, where he's landed a professional acting job with Playhouse on the Square, a theater company.

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