Atlanta ShowGuide Fall 2014

Fall 2014

Greater Atlanta’s Performing Arts Magazine

Artistry of Master Photographer Atlanta Black Theatre Festival Josh Lamkin: The Invisible Honors Award Winning Broadway Photographer Producer, Spelman and Georgia Tech Grad Creative Process: Johns Creek Symphony Plans a Season of The Alliance Theatre Expanded Horizons Will Produce Steel Magnolias

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s New Season Features Three Premieres and Two Beautiful Classics

Atlanta Symphony Hall Hosts A Who’s Who List of World Renowned Artists

Synchronicity Theatre Opening New Midtown Performance Hub

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Atlanta Master Chorale: 30 Years of Preserving and Advancing Atlanta’s Spectacular Choral Tradition

True Colors Theatre, 2013 production, shakin the rafters, Photo by Josh Lamkin

From Rachmaninoff to Rock ‘n Roll: The Michael O’Neal Singers Do it All!

ShowGuide Spotlights Performance Guide September - October 2014 ShowGuide Venues

True Colors Theatre, 2013 production, shakin’ the rafters, Photo by Josh Lamkin

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Artistry of Master Photographer Josh Lamkin: The Invisible Photographer

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Creative Process: Johns Creek Symphony Plans a Season of Expanded Horizons

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Atlanta Symphony Hall Hosts A Who’s Who List of World Renowned Artists

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Atlanta Black Theatre Festival Honors Award Winning Broadway Producer, Spelman and Georgia Tech Grad

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The Alliance Theatre Will Produce Steel Magnolias

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Atlanta Master Chorale: 30 Years of Preserving and Advancing Atlanta’s Spectacular Choral Tradition

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Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s New Season Features Three Premieres and Two Beautiful Classics

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From Rachmaninoff to Rock ‘n Roll: The Michael O’Neal Singers Do it All!

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Synchronicity Theatre Opening New Midtown Performance Hub

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ShowGuide Spotlights

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ShowGuide Venues

Performance Guide September – October 2014

Theatrical Outfit Production, A Wrinkle In Time, Photo by Josh Lamkin

Performance guide courtesy of atlantaplanit.com

True Colors Theatre Production, Same Time Next Year, Featuring Kenny Leon & Phylicia Rashad, Photo by Josh Lamkin

ARTISTRY OF MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER Josh Lamkin:

The InvIsIble PhoTograPher

By Russell Currie

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ou don’t know who Josh Lamkin is, and that’s just fine. Lamkin has been quietly making a name for himself as a photographer in Atlanta’s theater scene for the last several years working with the likes of Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, and Horizon Theatre, among others.

These days having a persona and being the center of attention are a more dominant part of American culture than they’ve ever been. Reality tv and social media make it easy for people to be a celebrity — or at least pretend they’re one.

Lamkin puts it bluntly: “I don’t care about being a star. I don’t want your attention on me. If I am invisible in the process of making images, that’s how I want it. My subject is what’s important.

Capturing the moment is important. Making images that move people, images with lives of their own, that’s my goal. Don’t get me wrong, I want people to respond to my photography, and I love to work. I just don’t need people to celebrate me in my work.”

Lamkin’s photography work has included portraits, weddings, events, and commercial 4

projects, but the magic of the theatre has captured his imagination.

“Photography can be such a solo endeavor, so the opportunity to work with all these talented people, to be some part of putting a play together is just a wonderful, unexpected addition to my photography career. I mean, it’s kind of crazy — I get to actually be on stage running around taking pictures while scenes from a play are running. It surreal to be in the middle of a play while it’s happening but being sort of invisible at the same time. Actors amaze me, just their ability to transform themselves, to lose themselves in what they’re doing. Trying to capture those moments and that kind of energy in a photograph is such a great challenge and is so fun. I so hope to keep doing this work.”

Whether he stays invisible or not, Josh Lamkin’s love for what he does is easy to see.

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PLANS A SEASON OF EXPANDED HORIZONS

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professional musicians from the greater Atlanta area are hired, and there are no volunteers, community members, students or amateurs included.

This season’s offerings begin on December 20th at 8:00 pm with the “Christmas Gala and Holiday Pops Concert” featuring a variety of seasonal favorites and traditional classics. This annual concert always sells out, which brought the event to a larger venue at the John’s Creek United Methodist Church located at 11180 Medlock Bridge Road in John’s Creek, GA, 30097.

“Virtuoso Strings!” will feature the JCSO string musicians on March 9, 2015 at 8:00 pm with a program that includes repertoire “from Bach to Bartok to Tchaikovsky and Copland.”

This will be held at the John’s Creek High School Theatre, 5575 State Bridge Road, in John’s Creek.

The season closes on May 9th at 8:00 pm with “Around the World in 80 Minutes!” Patrons will take a tour of the many musical offerings from countries such as Sweden, Russia, Spain, England, the South Pacific, and the USA. This concert will also be held at the John’s Creek High School Theatre.

For tickets and more information, visit johnscreeksymphony.tix.com or call 678-7485802.

ohn’s Creek Symphony views the 20142015 season as an opportunity for growth. Based in a suburb well known for its burgeoning population and affluent lifestyle, the organization has three programs planned between December 2014 and May, 2015. But their goals reach beyond performance.

A diligent planning process has led to significant goals: grow the patron base, increase attendance through a broadening of geographical reach, strive to attract a more varied audience, and focus on their signature educational outreach program “Meet the Orchestra!” After 8 years, it is time to reach beyond the organization’s own backyard.

JCSO was founded in 2007 by Maestro J. Wayne Baughman with a mission to bring the citizens of John’s Creek and surrounding communities the world’s greatest symphonic music performed at the highest possible artistic levels.

“We want the JCSO to be like a company that has a track record for steady, positive growth, and our product, ‘the world’s greatest symphonic music’ must continue to be presented to our audiences in the most professional and entertaining manner possible,” Baughman says.

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tlanta Symphony Hall is home to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and its many spectacular performances, but it also hosts performances by many world renowned artists. Past Atlanta Symphony Hall performers include: Chris Botti, Jackie Evancho, Tom Jones, Yes, Michael McDonald, Buddy Guy, Gregg Allman, and many more. The remainder of the 2014 lineup is equally as promising with many acts scheduled going into 2015. On September 17, Erasure will bring their synth pop sounds to Symphony Hall. On September 30, Ian Anderson will perform The Best of Jethro Tull. This will be a must see performance for prog rock fans. Then,on October 26, Susan Boyle will perform on the Symphony Hall stage, as part of her first ever US Tour. Boyle is known for her unassuming persona, yet angelic voice — plucked from obscurity into fame as a finalist of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009.

In November, Rufus Wainwright and Celtic Thunder will perform, and December is just as busy with performances by Diana Krall, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, and more to be announced. For a full lineup, please visit www.aso.org, or www.asopresents.com.

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tlanta, GA — August, new audiences for the play 2014 — The Olivier garnering the coveted Lawrence Award winning and Olivier Award for Best Revival of Tony Nominated Producer, Alia a Play. Her next Broadway turn Jones-Harvey will be honored was Tennessee Williams’ Street during a special tribute and Car Named Desire, directed gala celebration at this year’s

by Emily Mann with original Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. music by Terence Blanchard The awards ceremony portion and starring Blaire Underwood of this power packed event also and Nicole Ari Parker. “The includes a tribute to American world is celebrating what Theater Hall of Fame Hall Alia has done, now it’s time Inductee Woodie King, Jr. at the for Atlanta to celebrate her Alia Jones-Harvey Porter Sanford III Performing remarkable contributions to Recipient of the Arts Center at 3181 Rainbow theatre!” exclaims Toni Henson, Trailblazer Award for 2014 Drive in Decatur on Saturday, Executive Director and founder.

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Jones is dual degree graduate of Spelman Jones joined Front Row Productions eight College and Georgia Tech. She also completed years ago to bring classic works featuring actors her MBA in Finance and Marketing from NYU. of color to the Broadway stage. In her Broadway She is married to Phillip Harvey, a member of the debut, she co-produced the first African-American faculty at John Jay College if the City University of revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat New York. on a Hot Tin Roof, the biggest The Atlanta Black Theatre grossing play on Broadway in 2008 Festival is October 9 – 12, 2014. starring James Earl Jones, Phylicia The festival of 40 plays in 4 days Rashad, Terrance Howard and consists of over 300 artists and Anika Noni Rose with Debbie Allen theatre loving patrons from 24 states as the Director. and three countries. Plays and events Jones also produced the West at the Festival are scheduled from End transfer of Cat on a Hot Tin 11:00 a.m. to midnight daily and Roof in London for their 2009-2010 listed on the website in detail at season. The West End observed record Woodie King, Jr. www.AtlantaBTF.org.

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A musical performance by Melanie Hammett and Ben Holst

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THE ALLIANCE THEATRE WILL PRODUCE

STEEL MAGNOLIAS DIRECTED BY JUDITH IVEY AND FEATURING ANNIE POTTS, OCTOBER 22 – NOVEMBER 9, 2014

By Kathleen Covington

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he Alliance Theatre is pleased to announce its production of Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS. The quintessential story of family and friendship, this moving Southern classic tells the story of six complex women sharing life’s ups and downs in the safe-haven created in a home beauty salon. The STEEL MAGNOLIAS creative team is led by Director Judith Ivey. Ivey, a two-time Tony Award winning actress, directed sold-out staged readings of STEEL MAGNOLIAS in New York and Los Angeles in 2012 to celebrate its 25th anniversary, benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The six dynamic women in STEEL MAGNOLIAS will be depicted by Becky Ann Baker (Broadway: Good People, TV: Girls) playing the cheerful, straightforward Clairee, Mary Pat Gleason (TV: The Guiding Light) playing the delightfully cantankerous Ouiser, Deirdre Lovejoy (Broadway: Lucky Guy, TV: The Wire) playing salon owner Truvy, Annie Potts (Broadway: Pippin, TV: Designing Women) playing the steady M’Lynn, Sarah Stiles (Broadway: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) playing Truvy’s newest beautician and new girl in town Annelle, and Zoe Winters (Off-Broadway: 4000 Miles, Much Ado About Nothing) playing the glowing newlywed Shelby, M’Lynn’s daughter. Stiles and Potts

were both part of Ivey’s 2012 New York STEEL MAGNOLIAS benefit, with Stiles reading as Annelle and Potts reading as Truvy. “This community of women is such a delightful and touching story to tell. It truly is an ensemble play for if we didn’t have one of the six there would definitely be something and someone missing in the story,” said Director Judith Ivey. “Their histories deepen this story beyond its surface of humor and teasing. The intelligence of that humor is based on those histories and relationships. It really is a love story celebrating the woman as well as the human being.” STEEL MAGNOLIAS runs at the Alliance Theatre October 22 – November 9, 2014. For tickets and information, visit www.alliancetheatre.org/steelmagnolias or call 404.733.5000.

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ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE: 30 YEARS OF PRESERVING AND ADVANCING ATLANTA’S SPECTACULAR CHORAL TRADITION

By Jamie Clements

excellence and its shimmering choral artistry.

It has been an amazing transformation, born of vision, effort, and, most importantly, a shared commitment to performing artful music for a deserving and supportive Atlanta audience.

Winning the prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America in 2013, Atlanta Master Chorale is using its 2014-15, 30th Anniversary season as a springboard into a fresh decade of expanding Atlanta’s choral legacy.

Atlanta Master Chorale singers combine from day-jobs in law, business, education, science, medicine, music, government, and many more, for what artistic director, Eric Nelson, describes as the choral experience: “shoulder to shoulder, voice to voice, one voice lost in another, each agreeing upon something beyond themselves.” This is the Atlanta Master Chorale experience — an art form that is uniquely reliant upon the combination of disparate voices. In the chaotic reality of the world today, there has never been a better time for all of Atlanta to experience the choral art again, or, for the very first time.

Go online to www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org for more information on this exciting anniversary season.

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ew choral musicians across the world would object to Atlanta being hailed as a stalwart home of choral greatness in the 20th century. For many years, that greatness has been synonymous with one name: Robert Shaw. Mr. Shaw, conductor and music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus from 1967-1988, created a world-wide legacy second to none in the realm of choral music. Hundreds of Atlanta-area singers have Mr. Shaw to thank for their addiction to joining voices together in both rapturous harmonies and simplistic unison; all toward the common goal of choral artistry.

Atlanta Master Chorale, now in its 30th season, has evolved to both respect and advance the excellent gift of choral art that Mr. Shaw, and so many others, have given to Atlanta over the last 50 years.

Since its inception in the spring of 1985, Atlanta MasterChorale (Gwinnett Festival Singers ’85-’00, Atlanta Sacred Chorale ’00-’13) has grown from an enthusiastic volunteer choir to a nationally-recognized ensemble of auditioned singers that is known equally for its technical 14

GWINNETT BALLET THEATRE’S

NEW SEASON FEATURES THREE PREMIERES AND TWO BEAUTIFUL CLASSICS

By Holley Calmes

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he coming season of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre presents its young artists in a season that is fresh, diverse and original,” states GBT’s Artistic Director Wade Walthall. The season begins on October 4th and 5th at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center with a production titled “19-2021,” a name that represents dances performed to music from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The concept is indicative of the company’s direction under the artistic directorship of Wade Walthall: excellent classical ballet technique, innovative contemporary choreography and exciting collaboration with emerging artists.

“19-20-21” will begin with the beautiful “Kingdom of the Shades” scene from Petipa’s “La Baydere.” “Kingdom of the Shades” is considered one of the most beautiful pieces in all of classical ballet, offering demanding corp de ballet, pas de deux and Photos by Richard Calmes variation performances.

Next on the October program, and representing the 20th century, will be a premiere: GBT teacher and Atlanta Ballet alumnus David Blumenfeld has set a new neoclassical piece on the dancers titled “Time” using music by Phillip Glass.

For the 21st century, Walthall has been inspired by an exciting young Atlanta artist, Mac Stewart.

Stewart is a part of Atlanta’s Living Walls this year, painting a large mural at 156 Forsyth Street. His art is described as utilizing bold lines, geometric shapes, and detailed patterns.

Together, Walthall and Stewart are creating “Pictures,” a contemporary ballet inspired by Stewart’s work. The young artist will be designing and painting set pieces and collaborating on costume concepts.

GBT continues its season with their annual production of “The Nutcracker” with 11 public and 5 outreach shows from December 5-21. Eight of the public performances are accompanied by the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Predrag Gosta,Conductor.

March 28th and 29th will welcome another premiere. Walthall’s “Journey,” a 3 act contemporary story ballet, will be performed for the first time in Georgia. Walthall says, “’Journey” is an everyman fairy tale of the stars which follows a young man through various stages of his life. He is led by the stars to choose either love or familiarity. It is a story of universal experience but unique to each individual.”

All GBT performances are held at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center in Duluth, GA. For more information, visit the web site at www.gwinnettballet.org or call 770-237-0046.

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FROM RACHMANINOFF TO ROCK ‘N ROLL:

THE MICHAEL O’NEAL SINGERS DO IT ALL!

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takes place on October 17, at 8 p.m., at Roswell United Methodist Church.

Since its inception in 1989, The Michael O’Neal Singers organization has established itself as one of the premier symphonic choruses in the Southeastern United States. MOS provides a unique opportunity to the north metropolitan Atlanta community to experience choral presentations of artistic excellence and programmatic variety, otherwise available only by commuting into the city of Atlanta.

Through a variety of choral programming which includes classical masterworks with orchestral accompaniment, sacred and secular music of the Western European tradition, music from other cultures around the globe, and choruses from opera, Broadway, and movies, The Michael O’Neal Singers offers a spectrum of music to appeal to a diverse audience of all ages and musical tastes. The full chorus now has 15 recordings to its credit, including The Beatles: A Choral Tribute and A Classy, Brassy Christmas, due out this fall. Visit MOS on the web at www.mosingers.com or call 770.594.7974 to learn more about these CDs and the MOS 2014-2015 season.

he Michael O’Neal Singers organization, based in Roswell, is pleased to announce its 26th Concert Season. The 150-member symphonic chorus, known for its agility and variety, will open its season with a concert of opera choruses and vignettes, team with the Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet for A John Rutter Christmas, perform the ethereal and beautiful Rachmaninoff Vespers, then break out the rock and roll in a tribute to American Bandstand!

The season opener, Fantasy of the Opera, will feature professional opera soloists Megan Mashburn, Marisan Corsino, Joseph Michael Brent, Brent Davis, and John LaForge. These five, along with the full MOS chorus, will take the listener on a tour of favorite and familiar opera choruses, ensembles and arias that will highlight the elaborate story lines and powerful emotions of love, betrayal, and joy, typical of the world of grand opera. Wellknown pieces from Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s Il trovatore, Aida, and La traviata, Donizetti’s Lucia de Lammermoor, Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, and many more will be included. Fantasy of the Opera 18

A new book of breathtaking dance photography by Richard Calmes.

Four years after the publication of his first book, “Dance Magic,” Richard Calmes has produced a third work of stunning visual art. 136 full color, full page images are printed on premium gloss paper. The book is organized as a series of 2 page spreads, containing one image which focuses on a dancer’s “Lines” and an image that is a “Leap.”

Images are paired so that there is a common relationship and beauty between the two.

Preview the book by visiting: www.blurb.com/books/5253167-lines-and-leaps Order “LINES and Leaps”: www.blurb.com/b/5253167-lines-and-leaps “The Dance Magic of Richard Calmes” is currently on view as a solo exhibition at The National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, NY.

SYNCHRONICITY THEATRE OPENING NEW MIDTOWN PERFORMANCE HUB

By Caitlin Thomas White ATLANTA, GA — Synchronicity Theatre will move into a new permanent theatre venue this season at Peachtree Pointe in Midtown Atlanta. The local theatre has contracted with Emery & Associates to renovate the space and will open its 2014-2015 season on September 26th with the world premiere of Lasso of Truth. The rest of the season includes Family Series shows Lyle the Crocodile and StinkyKids the Musical and a staged reading of Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project, a new play by local playwright Lee Nowell. This is the first permanent theatre space for Synchronicity in its sixteen-year history, and is supported in part by the Dewberry Foundation.

“Having our own home is a dream come true,” says Producing Artistic Director Rachel

Synchronicity Theatre’s new space will also provide a home for numerous performing arts organizations with no permanent venue. Affordable rental spaces for performances and rehearsals have become increasingly scarce in Atlanta since Dad’s Garage became a temporary resident at 7 Stages, Academy Theatre moved to Stockbridge, and the Woodruff Arts Center sold 14th Street Playhouse in January. Having rented performance space itself until this year, Synchronicity will now manage an affordable space for small arts companies, providing a solution to the rental quandary and a new, vibrant, multi-faceted hub for in-town performances.

As May put it, the sixteen-year-old theatre “will have a space that is uniquely Synchronicity, and can use our years of experience to create a vibrant center for innovative arts experiences from across the entire arts community.”

Park Krausen, Artistic Director of itinerant French language theatre company Théâtre du Rêve, expressed enthusiasm about Synchronicity’s new theatre, saying, “This city has a growing number of itinerant theater companies and fewer theater spaces....Affordable artist-driven performance, rehearsal and workshop spaces are a gift to our community!”

To learn more, visit www.synchrotheatre.com venue.

May, “For many years we’ve looked for the perfect time and the perfect location to put down roots.

Peachtree Pointe is a great spot — with a restaurant right next door and many amenities.”

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE

Atlanta Black Theatre Festival 2014, 40 plays in Four days!

begin our season in September wooing you with the rarely produced Shakespeare Romance Pericles. Part Odyssey, part Tempest, you’ll be taken on an incredibly rich theatrical journey, featuring master Story-Teller Andy Offut Irwin.

In October we’ll scare the pants off you with Macbeth. Artistic Director Jeff Watkins will reprise his role as the ambitious yet paranoid general who ascends the ranks with the help of some very suspicious Witches and his supportive yet insistent wife. Never a dull moment. And don’t forget: we’ve got beer!

Whether you love musicals, a classic drama,or urban contemporary theatre, there is sure to be something for you to enjoy at the third annual Atlanta Black Theatre Festival of 40 plays in four days. We’ve searched the globe to bring you the best theatre selections performed by over 200 artists from 18 states and three countries. Special events include workshops, Senior and Family Days and a free African music festival. There’s a HUGE celebration of theatre and it’s all happening at the magnificent Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center in Decatur! Visit www.AtlantaBTF.org for a full schedule of events.

Broadway In Atlanta, Three Show Package

We’re excited to announce the Three Show Packages as part of our Fifth Third Bank 2014-2015 Broadway In Atlanta Series!

These new package options allow you more flexibility than traditional season tickets by allowing you to choose your seats and priority access to reserve your seats before single tickets go on sale to the public later this year!

Three Show Packages start at $100. For more information on the Three Show Packages, visit www.BroadwayInAtlanta.com

30th Anniversary of Atlanta Master Chorale

Atlanta Master Chorale celebrates its 30th Anniversary season with choral music of pomp & circumstance, subtlety and brilliance! Don’t miss the Season Premiere: It’s Elemental, songs of Earth, Water, Fire & Wind, on October 12th, or Christmas with Atlanta Master Chorale, which continues a tradition for more than 1,400 Atlantans who have made this concert integral to their Holiday season! Atlanta Master Chorale hosts the Atlanta Community Choral Festival on January 24thand the sweeping Fauré Requiem on March 14th.

Season Finale: Magnifical & Mighty, songs of Great Britain, closes the anniversary year on May 16th. More information at www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org

Life Sentence

Life Sentence is a powerful album by musicians Melanie Hammett and Ben Holst, which tells the true story of Clarence Harrison, the first wrongfully convicted person to be freed from prison thanks to the efforts of the Georgia Innocence Project. Hammett and Holst will perform music from the album on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Buckhead. Harrison will share his inspirational journey from wrongful incarceration to freedom. The evening is a fundraiser for the Georgia Innocence Project and a $15 donation per person is suggested.

Experience A Rare Performance by The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse this Fall

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Rockapella, there’s something for everyone to enjoy this fall.

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Dreams of France: Old and New Fine Arts Show Sept. 20-28 in Sandy Springs

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre presents “19-20-21”

Cynthia Perryman, Jessie Mackay, Wanda Hopkins, Jane Scott, Jane Casnellie and Kelly Ayers Sheehan will present Dreams of France: Old and New Sept. 20-28 at The Art School in Sandy Springs, 330 Sandy Springs Circle, 30328 (www.theartschoolinsandysprings.com).

In addition to the professional paintings and photos, pieces by adults who recently studied in France with Perryman and Mackay will be included, along with a selection of antique French paintings offered by Marie Mealor. The show opens Saturday, Sept. 20 from 4-7 p.m. and will continue through Sunday, Sept. 28 from 1-7 p.m. each day. For more information, visit www.cynthiaperrymanart.com.

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre presents “19-20-21” on October 4th and 5th at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center.

The production features dances set to music of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Opening with the classical “Kingdom of the Shades” from Act II of “La Bayadere,” the show continues with a premiere work by David Blumenfeld and ends with a unique collaboration. Atlanta visual artist Mac Stewart and GBT Artistic Director Wade Walthall combine their talents for “Pictures,” another premiere of a new contemporary piece.

Sets and costume ideas for “Pictures” are by Stewart with choreography by Walthall. For more information contact 770-237-0046.

Georgia Symphony Orchestra

Gilbert & Sullivan, Music, Dance Set for Ferst Center this Fall

Vanquished knights, puppets that come to life, and much more await you! This is an exciting year at the GSO, highlighted by performances of Russian classics, big band favorites from GSO Jazz, and Holiday Pops!

Enjoy Stravinsky’s timeless Petrushka and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with the GSO and the GSO Chorus Oct. 18th. Be amazed at the talent of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra students Oct. 26th. Enjoy an unforgettable evening of Big Band Jazz with GSO Jazz on Nov. 22nd, and join us for a holiday classic with GSO Holiday Pops Dec. 6th.

For tickets and information, see www.GeorgiaSymphony.org or call 770-429-2390.

Vibrant, engaging and diverse, the new Ferst Center Presents season is filled with great performances.

The outstanding New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players return with HMS Pinafore in September.

You’ll also find artists new to the Ferst stage: Robert Glasper Experiment, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Allen Toussaint, National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, and dance company Kyle Abraham/Abraham.

In.Motion, all at the Ferst Center for the Arts in the heart of the Georgia Tech campus.

From pianist David Benoit to a capella group

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your seat. The storybook tale revolves around the bumbling, awkward schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, the coquettish Katrina, and Ichabod’s brutish rival, Brom Bones. In this innovative experiential version, you will find yourself being guided by roving minstrel story tellers, while the Headless Horseman rushes about on live horseback! Keep your wits about you or you might be his next victim!

America’s Premier Musical Theatre Dance Program Ranked among the top 10 schools for dance performance in the U.S., the Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management at Oklahoma City University offers 10 levels of instruction in each technique of tap, jazz, and ballet in one of the world’s finest collegiate dance facilities. Graduates perform on Broadway, as Rockettes, and in productions around the globe. Under the direction of Jo Rowan, the school graduates well-educated, superbly-trained professionals to work in all aspects of the entertainment industry — from performance, teaching, and choreography to arts management. To learn more, go to www. okcu.edu/dance_amgt or call 405-208- 5644.

Enjoy Michael O’Neal Singers and their Symphonic Chorus

The Michael O’Neal Singers (MOS) organization has established itself as one of the premier community choruses in the Southeastern United States and is now celebrating its 26th concert season. Comprised of a symphonic chorus of 150 auditioned voices and the Kaleidoscope vocal ensemble of 32, MOS provides a unique opportunity to the north metropolitan Atlanta community to experience choral presentations of artistic excellence and programmatic variety.

We open our 2014-2015 season with Fantasy of the Opera, featuring MOS and five professional opera soloists performing favorite solos, duets and choruses. Visit www.mosingers.com for more information about The Michael O’Neal Singers.

Serenbe Playhouse presents Atlanta’s newest Halloween tradition, The Sleepy Hollow Experience!

Join us, after a sold out run last season, in the Serenbe Stables for this classic spooky story with all the thrills, chills and laughs that keep you on the edge of

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE THEATRE CHAINZ BROKEN Now thru 9/14/2014, Prices: $20-25 Rising Sage Theatre Company Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center 3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur TIX: 404-500-7243, www.risingsagetheatre.com DETROIT 9/19/2014-10/19/2014 General Adm: $20 to $40 Horizon Theatre 1083 Austin Ave. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-584-7450, horizontheatre.com PERICLES 9/11/2014-10/5/2014, Prices: $15-$40 The Atlanta Shakespeare Company The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, 499 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-874-5299, www.ShakespeareTavern.com WHOOPI GOLDBERG 9/20/2014, Price: $62 to $122 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852, cobbenergycentre.com JULIAN SANDS: A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER Gen Adm: $20, 9/22/2014 Arts at Emory Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050, arts.emory.edu HENRY V 10/2/2014, Price: $14.02 to $32.71 Georgia Shakespeare Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-504-1473, gashakespeare.org LEWIS GRIZZARD: IN HIS OWN WORDS 10/2-5/2014, Price: $20 to $25 The Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square, Marietta TIX: 770-293-0080, earlsmithstrand.org

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HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED 10/7/-11/2/2014, Price: $20 to $50 True Colors Theatre Company Southwest Arts Center, 915 New Hope Rd. SW, Atlanta TIX: 404-532-1901, truecolorstheatre.org THE SLEEPY HOLLOW EXPERIENCE 10/9/2014-11/1/2014, Gen Adm: $20 Serenbe Playhouse, 9110 Selborne Lane, Chattahoochee Hills TIX: 770-463-1110, serenbeplayhouse.com ATLANTA BLACK THEATRE FESTIVAL 10/9/2014-10/12/2014, Price: $5-$75 Micah 68 Media Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center, 3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur TIX: :470-251-ABTF(2283) at www.AtlantaBTF.org MACBETH 10/10/2014-11/2/2014, Prices: $15-$40 The Atlanta Shakespeare Company The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, 499 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-874-5299, www.ShakespeareTavern.com THE SUNSHINE BOYS 10/10/2014-10/19/2014, Price: $15 to $18 The Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square, Marietta TIX: 770-293-0080, earlsmithstrand.org STEEL MAGNOLIAS 10/22/2014-11/9/2014, Price: $25 to $68 Alliance Theatre’s Main Stage, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, alliancetheatre.org JIM GAFFIGAN 10/24/2014, Price: $47 to $73 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852, cobbenergycentre.com ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2014-2015 SEASON 11/23/2014-7/19/2015, Prices (range): $30-$65 Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117 TIX: 800.841.4273, www.asf.net

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MUSICAL THEATRE

MAMMA MIA! 9/23/2014-9/28/2014, Price: $30 to $90 Broadway In Atlanta The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 1-855-285-8499, broadwayinatlanta.com

BULL DURHAM 9/3/2014-10/5/2014, Price: $30 to $75 Alliance Theatre’s Main Stage, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, alliancetheatre.org

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 10/22/2014-11/2/2014, Price: $30 to $150 Broadway In Atlanta The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 1-855-285-8499, broadwayinatlanta.com

THE MERRY WIDOW 9/5/2014-9/7/2014, Gen Adm: $30 to $40 Capitol City Opera Company Conant Performing Arts Center Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta TIX: 678-301-8013, ccityopera.org

WEST SIDE STORY 10/23-11/9, Price: $15-$30 Fabrefaction Theatre Conservatory 999 Brady Ave. Atlanta TIX: #: 404-876-9468, www.fabrefaction.org

H.M.S. PINAFORE 9/12/2014, Price: $22 to $46 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-894-9600, ferstcenter.gatech.edu

CHICAGO 10/24/2014-11/9/2014, Price: $30 to $50 Atlanta Lyric Theatre Jennie T. Anderson Theatre Cobb County Civic Center Complex, 548 South Marietta Pkwy., Marietta TIX: 404-377-9948, atlantalyrictheatre.com

CONCERTS MONTANA SKIES 9/11/2014, Free!

Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-894-9600, ferstcenter.gatech.edu THE PROTÉGÉ: THE JASON MARSALIS QUARTET 9/11/2014, Gen Adm: $20 National Black Arts Festival Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-524-7354, variety-playhouse.com

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CHORAL SILVER CELEBRATION 9/12/2014-9/14/2014, Price: $40 The Atlanta Opera Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050, atlantaopera.org

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TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND 9/12/2014, Price: $39.50 to $79.50 Chastain Park Amphitheatre, 4469 Stella Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5012, classicchastain.com DINNER AND A DIVA SERIES: MERRY MOZART 9/16/2014, Gen Adm: $55 Capitol City Opera Company Petite Auberge, 2935 North Druid Hills Rd., Atlanta TIX: 678-301-8013, ccityopera.org ERASURE 9/17/2014, Price: $35.50 to $95.50 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org THE PEER: THE MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO CELEBRATES MONK AND TRANE 9/18/2014, Price: $15 to $42.50 National Black Arts Festival Center Stage Atlanta, 1374 West Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-885-1365, centerstage-atlanta.com

CONCERTS IN THE GARDEN: KEB’ MO’ AND MAVIS STAPLES 9/19/2014, Gen Adm: $51.50 Atlanta Botanical Garden,1345 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-876-5859, atlantabotanicalgarden.org MUSIC MIDTOWN 2014 9/19/2014-9/20/2014, Gen Adm: $125 to $500 Music Midtown Piedmont Park, 1071 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta TIX: musicmidtown.com OPENING NIGHT WITH JEREMY DENK 9/25/2014-9/28/2014, Prices: $24 to $109 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

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FALL ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL PERFORMED BY IAN ANDERSON FEATURING NEW ALBUM HOMO ERRATICUS 9/30/2014, Price: $49.50 to $99.50 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIENCE 9/26/2014, Price: $26 to $51 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-894-9600, ferstcenter.gatech.edu GARRICK OHLSSON, PIANO 9/26/2014, Price: $55 Arts at Emory Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050, arts.emory.edu

DONALD RUNNICLES CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN’S NINTH 10/2/2014-10/5/2014, Prices: $24 to $109 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS 9/27/2014,Gen Adm: $18 to $20 Variety Playhouse 1099 Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-524-7354, variety-playhouse.com

SYBARITE5 10/9/2014, Free!

Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-894-9600, ferstcenter.gatech.edu

THE HEAD AND THE HEART 9/28/2014, Price: $24 to $37 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852, cobbenergycentre.com

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NICOLA BENEDETTI MAKES HER ASO DEBUT PLAYING BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN CONCERTO 10/9/2014-10/11/2014, Prices: $24 to $109 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org LIFE SENTENCE 10/9/2014, 7 p.m., Prices: $15/ donation suggested Featuring Musicians Melanie Hammett and Ben Holst, with Clarence Harrison Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2461 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-237-0363, www.covenantpresbyterian.us, www.lifesentencealbum.com, www.georgiainnocenceproject.org VIDEO GAMES LIVE 10/11/2014, Price: $26 to $86 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852, cobbenergycentre.com

FANTASY OF THE OPERA 10/17/2014, GenAdm: $12 to $22 The Michael O’Neal Singers Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell TIX: 770-594-7974, mosingers.com RUSSIAN CLASSICS, PART 1 10/18/2014, Price: $10 to $30 Georgia Symphony Orchestra Marietta Performing Arts Center, 1171 Whitlock Ave., Marietta TIX: 770-429-7016, georgiasymphony.org JASON ALEXANDER WITH THE ASO 10/24/2014-10/25/2014, Prices: $24 to $109 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK 10/11/2014, Price: $59 to $76 Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-413-9849, rialtocenter.org

SUSAN BOYLE 10/26/2014, Price: $49.50 to $125.50 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

SEASON PREMIERE: IT’S ELEMENTAL 10/12/2014 4:00 pm, Prices: $10.00-$20.00 Atlanta Master Chorale Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050, www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org

GEORGIA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 10/26/2014,Price: $8 Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra Kennesaw State University, Bailey Performance Center,1000 Chastain Rd., Kennesaw TIX: 770-429-7016, georgiasymphony.org

LANG LANG PLAYS MOZART 10/15/2014, Prices: $24 to $109 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

TIM BURTON FILMS WITH MUSIC OF DANNY ELFMAN 10/31/2014-11/1/2014, Prices: $24 to $109 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

ROBERT SPANO LEADS ASO PREMIERE OF SPICES, PERFUMES, TOXINS! 10/16/2014-10/18/2014, Prices: $24 to $109 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

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KIDS SHOW

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: AMALUNA 10/3/2014-11/2/2014, Price: $60 to $275 Cirque du Soleil Atlantic Station, 171 17th St., Atlanta TIX: 1-800-450-1480, cirquedusoleil.com

SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER WITH MOTHER GOOSE 8/19/2014-9/21/2014, Gen Adm: $16.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391, puppet.org

10-20-21 10/4@ 2:30 & 7:30, 10/5 @ 2:30, Prices (range): $16-20 Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Gwinnett Performing Arts Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097 TIX: 770-813-7600, www.gwinnettballet.org

SESAME STREET LIVE: MAKE A NEW FRIEND 9/12/2014-9/14/2014, Price: $5 to $37 The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 1-855-285-8499, foxtheatre.org THE OLD MAN AND THE MONKEYS AND OTHER CHINESE TALES 9/24/2014-10/5/2014, Gen Adm: $16.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391, puppet.org

DANCE CHANCE ATLANTA 10/4/2014,Gen Adm: $5 WonderRoot Atlanta Ballet’s Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre,1695 Marietta Blvd. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-254-5955, wonderroot.org

THE WIZARD OF OZ 10/8/2014-10/26/2014, Gen Adm: $16.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391, puppet.org

DANCE CHANCE ATLANTA 10/4/2014, Gen Adm: $5 WonderRoot Atlanta Ballet’s Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre, 1695 Marietta Blvd. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-254-5955, wonderroot.org

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR 10/25/2014, Price: TBA Atlanta Symphony, Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000, atlantasymphony.org

NATIONAL ACROBATS OF CHINA 10/12/2014, Price: $22 to $47 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-894-9600, ferstcenter.gatech.edu

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN OF SLEEPY SILLY HOLLOW 10/28/2014-11/9/2014, Gen Adm: $16.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391, puppet.org

VERTIGO 10/18/2014, Prices: $39 to $65 Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-413-9849, rialtocenter.org

DANCE WABI SABI: COCKTAILS IN THE GARDEN 9/18/2014, Gen Adm: $18.95 Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Botanical Garden,1345 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-5811, atlantaballet.com

MUSEUMS & GALLERIES DREAMS OF FRANCE: OLD & NEW 9/20/2014-9/28/2014, Free to attend, art for sale Works by professional fine arts painters and students, and antique French paintings The Art School in Sandy Springs, 330 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs TIX: 404-216-7468, www.cynthiaperrymanart.com

DOXOLOGY RING SHOUT: A PRAISE DANCE FOR THE DOXY 9/13/2014-9/14/2014, Gen Adm: $5 to $15 National Black Arts Festival Spelman College, Baldwin Burroughs Theatre, 350 Spelman Lane SW,.

TIX: 404-270-5471, spelman.edu

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Tula Gallery Whole World Theater High Museum of Art Judy Jacobs Gallery Fabrefaction Theater Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center Southwest Arts Center Explore Gwinnett/ GCVB

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