Atlanta ShowGuide Fall 2019

Fall 2019

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Kicks off its 75th Season with a Bang

Aurora Theatre’s Ann Carol Pence and Tony Rodriguez Fall for Decatur !

True Colors Completes Detroit Project Trilogy Single Tickets for Alliance Theatre are On Sale Now KSU College of the Arts 2019-2020 Season

The Arts are Booming in Buford City Springs Theatre Company 2019-2020 Season Dance Fashions Bringing the Finest Dance Wear to Atlanta Gladys Knight Headlines Stellar Lineup at Rialto Center for the Arts Putting Queer Theatre Center Stage

Growing Emerging Artists at Oglethorpe University Angela Harris and Dance Canvas Spark an Atlanta Dance Renaissance Atlanta ShowGuide Spotlights Performance Listings Sept. – Oct. 2019 Atlanta ShowGuide Venues & More

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CREATIVE PROCESS: Aurora Theatre’s Ann Carol Pence and Tony Rodriguez

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off its 75th Season with a Bang

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Fall for Decatur! Visit Decatur for Warm Welcomes and Good Times

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True Colors Completes Detroit Project Trilogy with Paradise Blue

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Single Tickets for Alliance Theatre’s 2019/20 Season are On Sale Now

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KSU College of the Arts Announces 2019-2020 Season

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The Arts are Booming in Buford City Springs Theatre Company 2019-2020 Season

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Bringing the Finest Dance Wear to the Thriving Atlanta Dance Community

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Rialto Center for the Arts: Gladys Knight Headlines a Stellar Lineup for the 2019-2020 Season!

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Putting Queer Theatre Center Stage

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Angela Harris and Dance Canvas Spark an Atlanta Dance Renaissance

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Growing Emerging Artists at Oglethorpe University

Atlanta ShowGuide Spotlights Performance Listings September – October 2019 Atlanta ShowGuide Venues & More

On the Cover: Sheku Kanneh-Mason with ASO, 2019, Photo by Jeff Roffman Visit us online at www.atlantashowguide.com Like us on facebook.com/ATLshowGuideMagazine Contact us at sales@atlantashowguide.com or 770-559-1591

CREATIVE PROCESS:

A Passionate Partnership: Aurora Theatre’s Ann Carol Pence and Tony Rodriguez

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chance meeting in Atlanta’s Manuel’s who you are, you are welcome here.” The Tavern led to the start of a beautiful sign is printed in three languages and is relationship when two creative indicative of the level of personal hospitality thinkers became “drinking buddies.” 24 years in all phases of the Aurora experience. later, Ann Carol Pence and Tony Rodriguez “I bring a background of side jobs from spearhead the second largest professional the Ritz-Carlton Hotel,” explains Tony. His theatre in the State of Georgia. father worked for the luxury hotel chain, and Creating Lawrenceville’s Aurora Theatre Tony started his working career in a variety of was a feat accomplished through balancing hotel positions: pool boy, gift shop manager, personal skills, a dedication to inclusion, and concierge desk. He learned the importance of holding each other to the highest personal customer service. and professional level in “Every aspect whatever they did. of the theatrical “We balance each experience is as other,” says Tony. “Our important as the work relationship worked we put on the stage,” from the beginning he says, “from calling because we weren’t for tickets to parking, competing. I’m an ‘out we empathize with our of the office’ guy. Ann audience members. We Carol takes a huge expect our staff to be lead in the theatre’s excellent. Our patrons management and dictate our success.” internal relationships.”

Ann Carol adds, Aurora’s success “How do we invite was supported by more people into our Lawrenceville, a city conversation? How Ann Carol Pence and Tony Rodriguez that is investing $31.2 can we speak in a way million in the arts. Aurora’s new addition folks will listen?” The answer is through this includes a 525-seat theatre ready for combination of performing arts quality and occupancy in mid-2020. In response to this attention to each individual theatre-goer’s commitment, a new Boutique Hilton Hotel experience. is coming in to help service the 80,000 A string of theatrical successes over the people attracted to Lawrenceville’s thriving year include In the Heights, Newsies, and Les downtown theatre scene. 40% of Aurora’s Miserables which was, according to Tony, “A ticket sales are from outside Gwinnett. joy to perform. An epic journey.”

Aurora’s success artistically is supported Ann Carol’s and Tony’s epic journey by an extraordinary attention to detail and continues, fueled by their passion for their art, personal attention to the audience members. their staff, their audiences, and each other.

A sign in the Aurora lobby reads, “No matter

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Make it a night — or an afternoon, or a morning! — at the new Alliance Theatre. Three world premieres, two Broadway-scale musicals, award-winning plays...and the return of Atlanta's A Christmas Carol to the Coca-Cola Stage. (Plus classes, camps and workshops for all ages!)

C OMING SOON on the COCA-COL A STAGE

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off its 75th Season with a Bang

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his season, the ASO will hit the roads of Atlanta to connect with Atlanta’s music lovers in a new series called ASO75 Around the A, presented by PNC. These free events range from full-orchestra concerts to more intimate chamber ensemble performances — featuring Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians, as well as members of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Talent Development Program. The inaugural ASO75 Around the A Performance will be held on Wednesday, September 25, at Centennial Olympic Park.

Members of the Talent Development Program will then take the stage at Friendship Baptist Church on Sunday, October 13.

The celebration continues as soul star

Soul Star Maxwell

Maxwell presents “A Night at the Symphony” at Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park on Friday, September 27. His first-ever symphonic show, Maxwell will perform with the ASO’s world-class musicians, along with veterans of his longtime band. When speaking about his upcoming performances with two distinguished orchestras this year, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the iconic musician claims, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think that what started when I was 16-years-old would take me to such a prestigious experience, performing with two of the best orchestras in the country. It’s my greatest joy to announce that I will be playing songs from my catalog, which I’m rearranging for your symphonic pleasure.”

The Orchestra will head north on Saturday, September 28, for the return of Star Wars and More: The Music of John Williams at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre.

This family-friendly symphonic evening will feature beloved scores from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jaws and more.

Pre-show activities will include pictures with some special guests from the big screen, face-painters and lots of family fun. Tickets start at just $19.50. For more information regarding these performances and all of the ASO75 activities, visit aso.org.

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Decatur Craft Beer Festival

Decatur Book Fest

Fall for Decatur! Visit Decatur for Warm Welcomes and Good Times

Decatur Oakhurst Porchfest

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ust east of the BeltLine, the city of Decatur is four square miles packed with more than 200 great reasons to visit: “indie” boutiques, galleries, and salons, acclaimed restaurants and pubs. Make the after-hours scene here for live music, comedy, handcrafted cocktails and small plates.

for The West Ponce Music Stroll Sept. 28 at participating businesses, free. Decatur Porchfest returns Oct. 13 with 150 bands playing on 150 porches in the Oakhurst neighborhood from noon to 6 p.m., free. decaturporchfest.org.

Books, Beer, Wine, and Art: We Have a Festival for That!

The AJC Decatur Book Festival returns Labor Day Weekend with favorite authors and illustrators, and a literary street market. decaturbookfestival.com. The Book As Art show at the Decatur Library features artist books from around the US and beyond that will amaze and intrigue. bookasart.com. The YEA! Event features a student artists market and musicians in Oakhurst’s Harmony Park on Sept. 22, free. The Decatur Craft Beer Festival is Oct. 19, but pounce on your tickets Sept. 2 at decaturbeerfestival.com because they sell out fast! Decatur Wine Festival is Nov. 9 on the downtown square.

Tickets at decaturwinefestival.org.

Get here! Hop on MARTA to the Decatur station at our downtown square.

Get the delightful details at visitdecaturga. com. Or stop by the Visitors Center for friendly tips and pocket-size guides to all of the best that Decatur has to offer.

We Have Art and Music Everywhere Check out a new landmark mural called “Monuments: Our Immigrant Mothers” by Yehimi Cabron in the Old Depot District, known locally as ODD, at East Howard and N. Candler Streets. Stroll and enjoy our Artway public art series, with five sculptures installed around downtown and five on view in Oakhurst Village south of the square. Check out “Something We Had to Go Through,” a can’t-miss sculpture on Church Street (#decaturga for your Insta).

Downtown, buskers bring music, magic, dancing and fun to our bustling streets.

In September make your way to the community bandstand two Wednesdays at noon for Blue Sky Concerts, and every Saturday evening at 7 p.m. for Concerts on the Square for soul, bluegrass, jazz, Americana and more. Check out the lineup at DecaturDBA.com. Free! Patios and parking lots become live music venues

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True Colors Completes Detroit Project Trilogy with Production of Paradise Blue

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or his first season as the elements she provides Artistic Director at synthesize into a satisfying Kenny Leon’s True whole. I’m excited to work Colors Theatre Company, with her words, paired with Jamil Jude has chosen to a powerful cast of Atlantacelebrate voices that often based actors, to fully realize go unheard in American Dominique’s world and to theatre. The season, conclude her Detroit Project themed She Griots seeks trilogy.” to respond to a gap in the Paradise Blue, set in American theatre where Detroit’s Black Bottom in women are woefully 1949, explores a time when underrepresented, with the new mayor of Detroit Black women making up an Enoch King and Tonia Jackson is working to get rid of the in “Skeleton Crew” in 2019. even smaller percentage. blight of the city — and Photo by Greg Mooney The three productions of moving Black people out True Colors’ 17th season focus on Black of Detroit’s Black Bottom. Blue, a gifted women playwrights, storytellers, historians trumpeter and tortured soul, considers and leaders of various generations. selling his once thriving family jazz club, The first play in True Colors’ She leaving his beloved Pumpkin and her Griots season is Dominique Morisseau’s dreams behind. As Blue fights personal Paradise Blue. The dynamic and musicallydemons to better his life and maintain his infused Paradise Blue is True Colors’ third sanity, his fellow band members, Corn and installment of Morisseau’s Detroit Project P-Sam, are stuck wondering where they fit trilogy; True Colors is proud to be the first into the plan to benefit from the changes in theatre company to produce all three plays their neighborhood. Silver, a sultry woman in the trilogy (Detroit ’67 produced in 2015; with a mysterious past, enters the scene Skeleton Crew produced in 2019). with her own agenda, turning everyone’s “Dominique’s way with words and lives upside down. the way she builds complex characters are For more information about truly a director’s dream,” remarked Jude.

True Colors’ She Griots season visit “She gives you so much to play with — all of truecolorstheatre.org

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Single Tickets for Every Show in the Alliance Theatre’s 2019/20 Season are On Sale Now

The cast and creative team in rehearsal for the Alliance Theatre’s world premiere musical, BECOMING NANCY. Photo by Tricia Baron

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tlanta’s nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre is pleased to announce that single tickets for every production of the Theatre’s 51st anniversary season are now available. Alliance’s 2019/20 season lineup includes three world premieres, two Broadway-scale musicals, award-winning new plays, three productions for youth and families, three productions for the Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young, and the 30th anniversary of the Alliance’s holiday classic, A Christmas Carol.

The 2019/20 Alliance Series marks the first full season on its brand new performance space, the Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre. Productions include Becoming Nancy, a huge-hearted new musical about family, first loves, and finding your own spotlight directed by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Hairspray); Maybe Happy Ending, an award-winning new musical about what makes us human directed by two-time Tony nominee Michael Arden (Once on This Island, Spring Awakening); and Sweat, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama about the present and poignant outcome of America’s economic decline.

The 2019/20 Hertz Series includes Small Mouth Sounds, an Off-Broadway hit

comedy and 2016 Critics’ Pick (The New York Times, New York Magazine, Time Out New York) that follows six strangers in search of serenity at a silent wellness retreat; Courtenay’s Cabaret: Home for the Holidays, a night filled with music, stories, and holiday cheer with Atlanta performer Courtenay Collins; Seize the King, a propulsive and timely modern reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Richard III; and 53% Of, winner of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition.

The Alliance will also produce two productions for Youth and Families including, Ghost, the Alliance’s fall production for middle & high school audiences based on the popular YA novel that was a National Book Award finalist for young people’s literature; and NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED: THE ROCK EXPERIENCE, a tail-shaking, empowering message of individuality, with classic Mo Willems humor for all ages.

Single tickets for all productions of the Alliance’s 2019/20 season are on sale now. Season tickets for the 51st anniversary season are also on sale now and offer the best rates for multiple shows.

For more information, visit www.alliancetheatre.org/season

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KSU College of the Arts Announces 2019-2020 Season

New this year is ArtsKSU Presents: a professional artist season Charlotte Ballet, Johan Inger’s Walking Mad, Photo by Taylor Jones

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he College of the Arts at Kennesaw State University announced its 20192020 season today, featuring over 100 events in art and design, dance, music, and theatre and performance studies.

New this year is special research in the arts lectures open to the public as well as ArtsKSU Presents, an exciting professional series featuring internationally renowned artists and companies.

Dr. Ivan Pulinkala, dean of the College of the Arts, said, “We are committed to preparing our students for the professional practices in the arts as both scholars and artists, through engagement with our outstanding faculty and visiting artists. ArtsKSU will present world-renowned performers and artists across all four academic units, enriching the arts ecology of Atlanta.”

Highlights for the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies include Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary, Marissa Chibas and The Q Brothers presenting a new way to experience Shakespeare with Othello, The Remix, retold through lively and engaging rap and hip-hop. The Department of Dance is

bringing Charlotte Ballet’s Walking Mad to Atlanta audiences, highlighting amazing athleticism, breathtaking beauty, and boundless energy.

GRAMMY-nominated clarinetistsaxophonist Anat Cohen will also bring boundless energy along with her Tentet (rhythm section, horns, vibraphone, cello and accordion) as they take the stage of the Bailey Performance Center in the School of Music to play their music, some of which is influenced from Brazilian music and African grooves to vintage swing and touching ballads. The School of Art and Design’s Zuckerman Museum of Art will kick off the fall 2019 with the exhibition Painting Who? that focuses on paintings that serve multiple roles. Not quite sculpture, this work stretches — but does not break — the traditional boundaries of painting.

For a complete listing of the College of the Arts 2019-2020 events, please visit arts.kennesaw.edu; to buy tickets, please visit ticketing.kennesaw.edu or call the box office at 470-578-6650. Tickets go on sale July 20, 2019, and discounted subscription packages are available.

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The Arts are Booming in Buford

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et to begin its seventh season, the Buford Community Center and Sylvia Beard Theatre continue to grow and promote performing arts in northern Gwinnett County. From plays and musicals to large outdoor concerts, the City of Buford’s Buford Community Center showcases national acts as well as local artists, providing entertainment options for everyone.

The 280 seat Sylvia Beard Theater is the jewel of the Buford Community Center complex. Having previously presented artists such as The Annie Moses Band, Emmy Award Winner Keith David, Grammy Award Winner Mike Farris, Morgan James, and GA Music Hall of Famer Francine Reed, the Sylvia Beard Theatre’s concert lineup this year includes The Stray Cats’ Lee Rocker, Chloe Agnew, The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra, and The Black Market Trust.

The Sylvia Beard Theatre is also proud to continue its partnership with Theatre Buford as its theatre company in residence.

Artistic directors Julie Skrzypek and Justin Walker have quickly established Theatre Buford as an integral part of the Buford community. “We are thrilled to be the resident theatre at the Buford Community Center, Justin and I share the city’s desire to create high-quality, professional

productions. The Atlanta area is home to a thriving community of talented professional artists, and we look forward to bringing those artists to the Sylvia Beard Theatre and building a home in Buford,” states Julie Skrzypek. Theatre Buford’s 2019/2020 season includes The 39 Steps, A Christmas Carol, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Grease!

The outdoor concert series held in the Buford Community Center Amphitheater and Town Lawn continues to draw thousands of attendees to the community every year. Local artists such as Mother’s Finest, Drivin N Cryin, and Wet Willie have graced the stage of the amphitheater while our town lawn concerts have showcased classic rock bands .38 Special and The Doobie Brothers to chart-topping country artists Big & Rich, Chase Rice, Michael Ray and LOCASH. “It is exciting to see the number of amazing performances that we have been able to present and produce over the last seven years. The future of performing arts in our community is very bright,” states Todd Cleveland, Buford Community Center Director.

For show and event information, visit www.bufordcommunitycenter.com or contact the box office at (770) 904-2740.

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City Springs Theatre Company 2019-2020 Season

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he second season kicks off with the practically-perfect musical version of the beloved 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins. Based on both the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney screenplay, the story of the Banks family and their magical nanny comes to life in a colorful, sweeping new musical. Mary Poppins The Broadway Musical received nominations for nine Olivier and seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn tells the story of a song-and-dance man who leaves the bright lights of show business to settle down on a Connecticut farmhouse. When he meets a spirited schoolteacher with talent to spare, they turn the farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday. Based on the classic film, this joyous musical features laugh-out-loud comedy and a parade of hit Irving Berlin songs!

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder was the surprise hit of the 2014 Broadway season and

Hairspray, Photo by Ben Rose the winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. This murderous and hilarious story about the heir to a family fortune who sets out to speed up the line of succession by using a great deal of charm — and a dash of murder — is filled with unforgettable music and non-stop laughs.

Sister Act is the feel-good musicalcomedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that had Broadway and London audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by Tony winner and eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken, this uplifting musical was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Lovingly ripped-off from the classic 1975 comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they are charged by God on a quest to Hairspray, Photo by Ben Rose find the elusive Holy Grail. This 2005 Tony Award winner for Best Musical features a memorable array of musical numbers and gut-busting laughs.

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he 2019 Summer Dance Camps and intensives created wonderful opportunities for dancers all across Atlanta. Dancers traveled to Europe, Russia, New York, California and many other parts of the world to further their dance education and share new experiences. I salute the Atlanta dancers whose hard work and commitment to the art never stops.

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Ailey II’s Amarachi Valentina Korie, Kyle H. Martin. Photo by Kyle Froman

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Rialto Center for the Arts: Gladys Knight Headlines a Stellar Lineup of International Artists for the 2019-2020 Season!

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he Rialto Center has an exciting 20192020 Rialto Series season planned with an incomparable lineup of international artists! Known for presenting the very best in jazz, dance and international music, the Rialto has a few surprises in store this season. “The 2019-2020 Rialto Series season is eclectic, it’s captivating, it’s one of a kind and it’s the best the world has to offer,” said Jennifer Moore, Interim Executive Director of the Rialto.

The season opens with Bollywood funk party band, Red Baraat led by dhol player Sunny Jain and continues with performances

by Ailey II: The Next Generation of Dance, led

by Artistic Director Troy Powell, and Argentina’s all-male gaucho virtuosic dance troupe, Ché Malambo — sure to set the stage afire.

There will be a double helping of comedy this season featuring two great comedy troupes: The political comedy of fan favorites the Capitol Steps return with fresh, new and always topical material and the legendary sketch and Improv comedy of The Second City with a must-see show, Greatest Hits (vol 59). The Second City has spawned such

greats as Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Keegan Michael Key of Key and Peele, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and many more.

For the first time ever on the Rialto stage Ms. Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul, headlines a stellar lineup of Grammywinning greats this season! Jazz-lovers are in for a treat with performances by NEA Jazz Master and Tony-winning vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater, acclaimed trumpeter/composer, Terence Blanchard, and saxophonist Tom Scott in concert with the Georgia State University Jazz Band. The Johnny Mercer Tribute, presented by The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the Georgia State University Library, returns with jazz trumpeter and vocalist Joe Gransden with a special guest. Peru’s most celebrated musical artist, Eva Ayllón, Queen of Afro-Peruvian Soul, will close out the Rialto season on a high note!

A Rialto Series subscription of four or more shows is the best and most economical way to experience the season.

Tickets are on sale now at the Rialto Box Office, by phone at (404) 413-9849 and online at rialto.gsu.edu.

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BROOKHAVEN’S PREMIER ARTS DESTINATION Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University is home to the university’s acclaimed theatre and music programs and hosts top Atlanta arts organizations, including the Alliance Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Capitol City Opera, and more.

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Putting Queer Theatre Center Stage

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ince opening its doors in 2016, Out Front Theatre Company has unapologetically (and in the face of some strong opposition from outside forces) presented an array of productions highlighting multiple facets of the queer community.

Now entering its fourth season, Out Front is embarking on its most ambitious year of programming yet.

“It can sometimes be a challenge for us to find poductions to produce because we are 100% committed to our mission,” says Founder and Producing Artistic Director Paul Conroy. “There are countless beautiful pieces of theatre in the world, but finding the right balance of shows from the LGBTQIA+ cannon can be tricky. We know audiences want a mix of musicals, comedies, dramas, new works… So, with only five productions a season, we try to fit in as much as we can! The amazing news is that there are dozens of exciting new playwrights and works becoming available all of the time, so there isn’t a doubt that we will be here for a long time showcasing stories of our community as best we can!”

This season Out Front kicks things

off (in high heels no less) with the multi Tony Award winning musical La Cage aux Folles. Most audience members may be more familiar with the non-musical movie adaptation — The Birdcage. Following closely on those high heels, and just in time for the holidays, is Christmas with the Crawfords; a hilarious musical spoof taking place in the Hollywood mansion of the one and only Joan Crawford. Expect a cavalcade of guest stars (Judy Garland, Ethel Merman and Gloria Swanson just to name a few) to drop by for some eggnog and carols!

The start of 2020 will bring a coproduction with Georgia State University to honor the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Southeastern Premiere of Bull in a China Shop by Byrna Turner.

Another Southeastern Premiere, warplay

by Kevin Glaccum, is a poetic and funny reimagining of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus. Wrapping up the season is the recent Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Play, one of the first hit queer pieces of theatre, The Boys in the Band.

For more information, visit us at outfronttheatre.com.

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tep through the gates on Peachtree and discover Oglethorpe University’s thriving arts community! At Oglethorpe, it’s all about the experience — for our students and our audiences.

Take a seat in our premier venue, the Conant Performing Arts Center, for student theatre productions and music performances, plus a line-up of professional guest performances throughout the year.

The star of the fall arts season is Oglethorpe Theatre’s production of the rock musical Spring Awakening, on-stage for two weekends in October. Just how good are our student actors? Three Oglethorpe students were cast in Alliance Theatre’s 2017-18 season opener, Shakespeare in Love, staged on Oglethorpe’s campus. And each fall, you can catch our theatre students in character at Oakland Cemetery’s popular Catch the Spirit Ghostly Tours.

It’s a new era for music on campus.

In 2017, Oglethorpe welcomed Dr. Timothy Powell, a decorated composer, whose works have premiered at Carnegie Hall and who was a semifinalist for the 2016 Grammy Music Educator Award. Powell directs the Oglethorpe University Singers, who recently returned from China, where

they were one of only three U.S. groups invited to perform in the Xi’an International Choral Festival and on the Great Wall in Beijing. On Nov. 1, it’s your chance to see the Oglethorpe University Singers and Chorale in a free concert on the Conant stage.

The university’s second annual Georgia Choral Festival, featuring high school students together with the Oglethorpe Singers, will close with a free concert (Oct. 29), open to all.

Across campus, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art will host a series of chamber concerts. Enjoy Atlanta Concert Opera’s Le Nozze de Figaro (Oct. 6) and Harps Sounds of Atlanta (Nov. 3), while surrounded by the fall exhibition “A Route Campagne: Impressionist Works from the Melamed Family”.

Two of our newest acts, the Oglethorpe Symphonic Players (Nov. 20) and the Jazzy Petrels (Nov. 21), will liven it up with their first concerts of the season onstage in Lupton Auditorium.

View Oglethorpe University’s full calendar of performing arts events, plus museum exhibitions, lectures, book and poetry readings and more, at connect. oglethorpe.edu.

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Angela Harris and Dance Canvas Spark an Atlanta Dance Renaissance

2018 Angela Harris Dance Canvas, Photo by Richard Calmes

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welve years ago, emerging choreographers had to be associated with Atlanta’s several major dance companies to see their work performed. Angela Harris, originally from New York City and Dance Theatre of Harlem, saw the need for a performing platform for the numerous dancers and choreographers flocking to the city, and she began working towards a solution.

That solution was Dance Canvas.

Between 2008 and 2019, Dance Canvas has featured the works of 55+ emerging choreographers in an annual Spring performance, most recently at the Ferst Center. This annual event showcases new choreography and employs artists of numerous dance styles.

Notably, it has been a catalyst for dance, and new dance companies are springing up in and around Atlanta’s neighborhoods.

City Gate was created by two Dance Canvas choreographers: Robert Mason and Jennifer Davis. “When we launched City Gate in 2012, our mission was to create a more artistic atmosphere in Atlanta,” says Davis. “We wanted to be inclusive, thought provoking and unifying.”

City Gate Dance Theater will be featured with “Art on the Beltline” October 18th, 2019, presenting two new works including “Dreamers, Mothers of Sons,” and “Golden.”

Atlanta Dance Collective was founded in 2015 by Sarah Stokes. Their first official

performance was with the Dance Canvas event in 2016. Their next performance will be at Emory January 31 and February 1, 2020.

Stokes believes the Atlanta film industry helped jump start Atlanta’s dance boom. She states, “I have been here for six years, and the dance community has changed drastically.

Many people in the dance industry are seeking to create and collaborate.”

Sarah Hillmer founded ImmerseATL in 2017. A native Atlantan and former Ballet Master at Atlanta Ballet, she says, “Atlanta has my heart, and I believe it’s ripe for the growth happening here.” ImmerseATL’s next performance will be in November and will reveal the new ImmerseATL dancers.

Sarah Emery moved Watershed Dance Theatre from Charlotte to Atlanta in 2018.

She was a featured choreographer at Dance Canvas’ 2019 show. Currently in Roswell, Watershed will soon announce a new partnership and residency with a school in Atlanta. Their next performance will be in October, details to come. Emery says, “There seem to be a lot of great dancers who are hungry for opportunities in Atlanta. Dancers are drawn to where the work is.”

For performance and other details visit: Dancecanvas.com; www.immerseatl.com; citygatedance.org; atlantadancecollective.org; and watersheddance.org

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE SPOTLIGHTS Alliance Announces Its Upcoming Production Becoming Nancy

year promises even more as the ASO celebrates its 75th Anniversary. This momentous season begins with a classic blend of star power and orchestral fireworks, as superstar violinist Joshua Bell joins Music Director Robert Spano and the Orchestra for three performances on September 20, 21 and 22, at Atlanta Symphony Hall. For tickets and more information, visit aso.org.

Smarts, talent, and great taste in music may not be enough to get David Starr through 12th grade, where, to his great surprise, he’s just been given the female lead in the school play. The unconventional casting sends shock-waves through David’s small town. Before long, it seems like everybody has an opinion on whether he should go on with the show.

Becoming Nancy is the huge-hearted new musical from director Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots) that weaves a story of family bonds, first loves, and the courage it takes to find your own spotlight. See it on the Coca-Cola Stage, September 6 – October 6. Learn more at www.alliancetheatre.org/nancy

40 Plays in Four Days Each year the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival presents a curated selection of world-class theatre. We present heart warming stories of Afro-centric culture from across the diaspora. Popularly known as the festival of “40 plays in four days”, the ABTF hosts over 300 artists from around the corner and around the globe. The event schedule is packed with a marathon of productions, staged readings, parties, art gallery, workshops, panels, an Afro-Expo market, food trucks and more!

Please visit AtlantaBTF.org for details.

Woman and Scarecrow Arís presents Woman and Scarecrow by award-winning contemporary Irish playwright Marina Carr. In bed, a woman is dying before her time, her mind and body worn out. In the wardrobe, something lurks. In the face of her death she threshes out her life’s truths, sparring with a ridiculous aunt, a cheating husband, and a slippery alter ego. Directed by renowned Atlanta actor and director John Ammerman, and featuring Elisa Carlson, Kelly O’Neal, Robert Shaw-Smith, and Amanda Taylor Brooks.

Sam Marlow of the London Times calls this play “An extraordinary brew, bittersweet and totally intoxicating.”

Tickets and info at www.aristheatre.org

Uniquely Shakespearean The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse is a unique theatre experience. It is a place out of time; a place of live music, hand-crafted period costumes, outrageous sword fights with the entire experience centered on the passion and poetry of the spoken word.

With a Ready To Eat Café-Style Menu and a broad selection of ales and premium brews available before each performance, the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse is a place to eat, drink, and nourish the soul.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company is a

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 75 Years The Atlanta Symphony Orchestras Opening Weekend is always special and this

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE SPOTLIGHTS City Springs Theatre Company Promises a Spectacular 2019-2020 Season

bright and talented group of professionals who interpret, direct, produce and perform the works of William Shakespeare.

ShakespeareTavern.com

City Springs Theatre Company (CSTC) was formed in 2017 in response to the desires for high quality musical theatre, produced locally and highlighting regional talent.

CSTC is committed to artistic excellence, community engagement, and educational initiatives for all ages. In our first year, CSTC produced five full-scale, Broadway musicals chosen to entertain and inspire audiences, while creating a sense of place through the experience of live theatrical production.

The 2019-2020 season promises to be just as spectacular! City Springs Theatre Company is also producing arts education programming and community enrichment activities, serving students and educators Pre-K through College. www.

CitySpringsTheatre.com

Innovative Productions to Wrap up the Season This fall Alabama Shakespeare Festival presents three innovative productions to wrap up its current season and one to kick off 20192020. Georgia native and Emmy Awardwinning actor Carrie Preston directs Buzz, the story of Mary Ann “Buzz” Goodbody, the first female director at the Royal Shakespeare Company. On the Octagon Stage, theatre company Bedlam performs nontraditional productions of Hamlet and Saint Joan with a cast of four actors. In October, ASF partners with Equal Justice Initiative to stage Dominique Morisseau’s Pipeline, a powerful play that explores the education minefield of today’s society. For more information, visit ASF.net.

Oglethorpe University is Brookhaven’s Destination for the Arts

Theatre Buford Brings a Classic Mystery

Visit Oglethorpe’s small, historic campus for theatre, concerts, and visual arts on a different scale. Oglethorpe’s intimate 550-seat Conant Performing Arts Center is home to productions by the university’s acclaimed music and theatre programs, plus guest lecturers and local artist exhibitions. Top Atlanta arts organizations also grace the stage throughout the year, including Capitol City Opera and Georgia Ensemble Theatre. Student-led performances are offered by theatre group Rehearsal Room C and improv troupe mOUthing off. A teaching museum with a growing permanent collection, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art hosts world-class exhibitions, lectures, and concerts. More information at oglethorpe.edu/arts.

In their second year as the resident theatre company at the Sylvia Beard Theatre, Theatre Buford brings John Buchan’s The 39 Steps to the stage. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre!

This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award Winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a talented cast of four), handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance! Tickets are available at www. bufordcommunitycenter.com or by calling the box office at 770-904-2740.

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Decatur Keeps it Cool with Music and Art Everywhere Enjoy free outdoor evening concerts throughout September: Saturdays downtown, and Thursdays at the Solarium in Oakhurst. The West Ponce Music Stroll begins at noon on Sept. 28.

Plan your listening strategy for Porchfest with 150 musical groups on 150 Oakhurst neighborhood porches all afternoon on Oct. 12. Stroll Decatur anytime and enjoy the latest Artway sculptures, Secret Doors, and #lookupdecatur signs posted high on lampposts. Buskers bring music, art, magic and fun to the streets. Grab an outside table at Café Alsace, Brush Sushi Izakaya, Chai Pani and The Imperial to savor warm specialties on cool evenings. It’s all just minutes away via MARTA. Stop by the Visitors Center at 113 Clairemont Ave. for local tips and pocketsize guides.

Three colors: Turquoise PMS 326, Red-orange PMS 173, Purple PMS 242

The Intersection of Art, Science and Technology The 20192020 Arts@Tech season brings people together at the intersection of art, science and technology. Explore, share and connect with engaging works by artists from across the globe who incorporate innovative technologies in their creative explorations. Themes of disability/ mobility design, interconnectivity, LGBTQ living, cultural celebration, and more all take their place amidst breathtaking artistry. Performances take place in the recently renovated Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, 349 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332. Tickets online at arts. gatech.edu, over the phone at 404.894.9600, and in person at the Ferst Center Box Office. All programs are subject to change.

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) Announces its 27th Professional Theatre Season Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) announces its 27th professional theatre season with a collection of inspiring, fun and even scary productions.

The Roswell-based company opens on September 12 with the classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, directed by James Donadio. Late October brings the chills and thrills of the Halloween-perfect tale of Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams, directed

by Shannon Eubanks. For December, GET goes back to the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University to bring the hilarity of A Tuna Christmas to the stage, directed by Topher Payne. The concert experience of She Rocks, Tara Vaughan’s Women of Rock, a rockin’ ride through the 60s, 70s, and 80s hits of the world’s greatest female rockers takes the Roswell stage in January; while February sees the laugh-outloud farce Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig, again directed by Donadio. GET will end the season in April 2020 with the fresh from Broadway musical from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — Bright Star. Justin Anderson will direct with musical direction by Chris Damiano. Tickets at get.org.

Out Front Keeps Breaking Barriers After twenty years of un-wedded bliss Georges and Albin, two men partnered for better-or-worse get a bit of both when Georges’ son (fathered during a one-night fling) announces his impending marriage to the daughter of a bigoted, right-wing politician. Further complicating the situation is the ‘family business’: Albin and Georges run a drag nightclub in St. Tropez, where Albin is the “star” performer ‘Zaza’. Georges

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE SPOTLIGHTS Atlanta Master Chorale presents All Creatures Great and Small October 4 & 5

reluctantly agrees to masquerade as “normal” when he meets the family of the bride-to-be. But Albin has other plans, with hilarious results. This multi Tony Award winning musical celebrates all the fabulous things in life; love, family and drag queens! outfronttheatre.com

The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University The Rialto Center opens its 2019-2020 Rialto Series season this fall with a bang — of the dhol, that is — featuring Bollyfunk party band Red Baraat! Ms. Gladys Knight headlines the season, which includes performances

by Ailey II: The Next Generation of Dance and Argentinian gaucho dance troupe Ché Malambo; jazz performances by NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, composer/ trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and saxophonist Tom Scott; and comedy of legendary sketch and Improv troupe, The Second City and the Capitol Steps’ political satire. Queen of Afro-Peruvian Soul, Eva Ayllón closes the season next spring! For more information and tickets visit rialto.gsu.edu.

Join the Atlanta Master Chorale for the opening concert of the 2019-2020 season, All Creatures Great and Small, on Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5.

The concert is an exploration of music about birds, animals, and all manner of assorted fauna. No matter if they be tiny or large, choral song is filled with references of the animal kingdom. You might be surprised to discover how much music has been written about these creatures and what they might teach us about ourselves.

Advance tickets are now available; $30-adults, $25-senior/groups/Emory staff and $10–students; Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Use Promo Code CREATURES for a $5 discount off the regular ticket price. For more information: www. atlantamasterchorale.org.

Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary” ONE NIGHT ONLY, September 7.

Written and performed by Marissa Chibas and directed by Travis Preston.

This solo tour de force tells an astonishing tale centered on three towering figures in the life of protean performer Marissa Chibas: her father, Raul Chibas, who co-wrote the manifesto for the Cuban revolution with Fidel Castro; her uncle, Eddy Chibas, who was the frontrunner for the Cuban presidency in 1951 before committing suicide during a live radio broadcast; and her mother, Dalia Chibas, Miss Cuba runnerup in 1959. Zigzagging through her own stories and key episodes in the history of her illustrious family, Chibas gives an impassioned, live-wire performance that is propelled by her near-death experience in the Venezuelan Amazonia. KSUTheatre.com.

Blue’s Paradise: The Third Installment of the Detroit Trilogy Blue’s Paradise jazz club is threatened by gentrification, as the city is forcing Black residents from their homes and businesses. As Blue considers selling his once thriving family jazz club, Silver, a sultry woman with a mysterious past, enters the scene with her own agenda, turning everyone’s lives upside down. The dynamic and musically-infused Paradise Blue is True Colors’ third installment of Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit Project trilogy (Detroit ’67, Skeleton Crew). Tickets and more information at www.truecolorstheatre.org.

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE FALL Performance guide courtesy of atlantaplanit.com

KIDS SHOWS ANIMAL AMIGOS – BILINGUAL 9/4-9/15 Price: $19.50 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391 puppet.org

HALLOWEEN MAGIC SHOW 1019/2019 Price: $7 Aurora Theatre, 128 E Pike St, Lawrenceville TIX: 678.226.6222

MUSICAL THEATRE

SPACE! 9/17-10/20 Price: $19.50 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391 puppet.org

DISNEY’S MARY POPPINS 9/13-9/22/2019 Price: $30-$65 (Boxes $85) City Springs Theatre Company, Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, Byers Theatre 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs TIX: 404-477-4365 CitySpringsTheatre.com

SING, DREAM, LEAD LIKE A PRINCESS 9/21/2019 Price: $7 Aurora Theatre, 128 E Pike St, Lawrenceville TIX: 678.226.6222 https://www.auroratheatre.com/ productions-and-programs/view/sing-dream-leadlike-a-princess/

FAMILY BONDED 9/20-9/21/2019 Price: $20 3D Complex 2244 Panola Rd, Lithonia TIX: 678-34-6131 the3dchurch.org/3dcomplex/

THE SLEEPY HOLLOW EXPERIENCE 9/25-11/3/2019 Price: $30-$60 Serenbe Playhouse, The Horsemen’s Meadow 10950 Hutchesons Ferry Road Chattahoochee Hills TIX: 770.463.1110 serenbeplayhosue.com

FRIDA 10/5, 9, 11, 13,/2019 Price: $28-$58 The Atlanta Opera Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center 1 Galambos Way Sandy Springs TIX: 404-881-8885 atlantaopera.org

JOJO SIWA 9/26/2019 Price: $39.50-$69.50 Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com

SING, MARIAN, SING (OPERA) BY SHARON J. WILLIS 10/6/2019 Price: Free Admission Americolor Opera, Sister’s Chapel, Spelman College, 350 Spelman Lane SW, Atlanta TIX: www.americocloropera.org

DARCI LYNNE AND FRIENDS 9/28/2019 Price: $26.75-$46.75 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

THE GHASTLY DREADFULS 10/9-10/26/2019 Price: $20-$35 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391 puppet.org

HANSEL & GRETEL 10/11/2019 Price: $10 The Atlanta Opera Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest Street, Roswell TIX: 770-594-6232 RoswellCAC.com

SPRING AWAKENING, A ROCK MUSICAL 10/18,19, 25, 26 @ 8PM; 10/27 @ 2PM Price: $10 Oglethorpe University Theatre , Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd., N.E., Brookhaven TIX: 404.504.1074 oglethor.pe/ConantPAC

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE FALL JEKYLL & HYDE 10/18-11/3/2019 Price: $43-$68 Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Jennie T. Anderson Theatre 548 S. Marietta Pkwy SE, Marietta TIX: 404-377-9948 www.atlantalyric.com

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 9/12-9/29/2019 Price: $24-38 Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St, Roswell TIX: 770-641-1260 get.org

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES 10/24-11/9/2019 Price: $15-$25 Out Front Theatre Company 999 Brady Ave NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-448-2755 outfronttheatre.com

SAINT JOAN 9/12-10/5/2019 Price: $26-$58 Alabama Shakespeare Festival – Octagon Stage 1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL TIX: 800.841.4273 asf.net JIM JEFFERIES 9/14/2019 Price: $42.50-$52.50 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

THEATRE BUZZ 9/4-9/15/19 Price: $50 Alabama Shakespeare Festival – Scene Shop 1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL TIX: 800.841.4273 asf.net

GREG GUTFELD 9/15/2019 Price: $40.50-$195 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

HAMLET 9/5-10/6/2019 Price: $26 – $58 Alabama Shakespeare Festival – Octagon Stage 1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL TIX: 800.841.4273 asf.net

SKINTIGHT 9/18-10/13/2019 Price (range): $20-$50 Actor’s Express 887 West Marietta St NW, Suite J-107, Atlanta TIX: 404-607-SHOW actorsexpress.com

DAUGHTER OF A CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY 9/5-9/7/19 Thurs, 7:30 pm; Fri-Sat, 8 pm Prices: $12 to $20 Stillwell Theater 471 Bartow Avenue, Kennesaw TIX: 470-578-6650 ksutheatre.com

THE ROOMMATE 9/19-10/20/2019 Price: from $20 Aurora Theatre, 128 E Pike St, Lawrenceville TIX: 678.226.6222 https://www.auroratheatre.com/ productions-and-programs/view/the-roommate/

BECOMING NANCY 9/6-10/6/2019 Price: $10-$85 Alliance Theatre, Black Box Theatre 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 alliancetheatre.org

“WOMAN AND SCARECROW” BY MARINA CARR 9/19-10/6/2019 Price: $10-$25 Arís, 7 Stages Theatre Back Stage 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-692-0053 www.aristheatre.org

THE THREE MUSKETEERS 9/7-9/29/2019 Price: $15-$20 The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse 499 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-874-5299 shakespearetavern.com

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME 9/20-10 27/2019 Price: $35+ Horizon Theatre Company, 1083 Austin Avenue, Atlanta TIX: (404) 584-7450 www.horizontheatre.com

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PARADISE BLUE 9/24-10/20 Prices (range): $15-$50 Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company Southwest Arts Center 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta TIX: 888.479.6300 www.truecolorstheatre.org 45 PLAYS FOR 45 PRESIDENTS 9/24-9/29/19 Tues-Thurs, 7:30 pm; Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Sat-Sun, 2 pm Prices: $5 to $12 Onyx Theater, 462 Prillaman Way NW, Kennesaw TIX: 470-578-6650 ksutheatre.com KEVIN JAMES 9/26/2019 Price: $42-$82 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com JO KOY 10/4-10/6/2019 Price: $40-$50 Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS 10/4-10/27/2019 Alliance Theatre, Hertz Stage 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 alliancetheatre.org

2019-2020 performance series Artists from around the world share their explorations of art and technology

DÖKK BY FUSE*

Friday, October 4, 8 pm Aerial performer immersed in 3D lighting design.

FOUR SEASONS DOUBLE CONCERTO Friday, November 15, 8 pm Sunday, November 17, 3 pm

Contemporary vocal, dance and instrumental artists take the stage with the GT Symphony Orchestra in a musical and visual feast.

KINETIC LIGHT: DESCENT Saturday, November 23, 8 pm Exploring dance, beauty, and disability.

KID KOALA’S SATELLITE

JULIUS CEASAR 10/5-10/27/2019 The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse 499 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta GA TIX: 404-874-5299 shakespearetavern.com

Saturday, February 15, 7 & 9:30 pm

PENN & TELLER 10/10/2019 Price: $38-$78 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

The magical interplay of dance and animation.

THE 39 STEPS 10/11-27/2019 Price: $30-$35 Theatre Buford, Sylvia Beard Theatre 2200 Buford Hwy, Buford TIX: 770-904-2740 www.bufordcommunitycenter.com

Play a mini-turntable with DJ Kid Koala in this musical experience.

ENRA: DREAMS

Saturday, March 28, 8 pm

SCRAP ARTS MUSIC: CHILDREN OF METROPOLIS

Friday, April 17, 8 pm Innovative instruments played with breathtaking percussive drive.

404-894-9600 order tickets now

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE FALL CONCERTS

ANJELAH JOHNSON 10/11/2019 Price: $36-$56 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

A NIGHT ON BROADWAY 9/14/2019 @ 7PM Price: FREE Mu Phi Epsilon music fraternity /Alpha Psi Omega theatre fraternity Lupton Auditorium, Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd., N.E., Brookhaven TIX: connect.oglethorpe.edu

BURN: THE POETIC STAGE PLAY 10/13/2019 Price: $30.50 to $42 Infinite Energy Center 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com

BLACK MUSIC HONORS 9/5/2019 Price: $25-$80 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

PIPELINE 10/17-27/2019 Price: $29 – $64 Alabama Shakespeare Festival – Octagon Stage 1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL TIX: 334.271.5353 ASF.net

PAUL ANKA SINGS SINATRA 9/10/2019 Price: $49.50-$149.50 Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org

RICKEY SMILEY’S COMEDY EXPLOSION 10/19/2019 Price: $40-$80 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

BUDDY GUY WITH TOM HAMBRIDGE 9/11/2019 Price: $38.50-$275 Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON 10/22/2019 Price: $46-$96 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

FEED YOUR SENSES 9/18/2019 Price: Free!

Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

NIGHT MUST FALL 10/24-11/10/2019 Price: $25-38 Georgia Ensemble Theatre Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest St, Roswell TIX: 770-641-1260 get.org

PEPE AGUILAR 9/20/2019 Price: $64.50-$164.50 Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com

GHOST 10/26-11/9/19 Prices (range): $0-32 Alliance Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center 1280 Peachtree Street NE. Atlanta TIX: 404.733.4650 https://alliancetheatre.org/production/2019-20/ghost

JULIO IGLESIAS 9/22/2019 Price: $71-$154 Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com ADAM ANT: FRIEND OR FOE 9/27/2019 Price: $39-$69 Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org

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PHIL COLLINS 9/28/2019 Price: $54-$279 Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com

THE OKEE DOKEE BROTHERS 10/5/2019 Price: $10 Roswell Cultural Arts Center , 950 Forrest Street TIX: 770-594-6232 RoswellCAC.com

A NIGHT OF GEORGIA MUSIC 9/29/2019 Price: $39-$129 Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org

PSYCHO IN CONCERT 10/12/2019 Price: $39-$69.50 Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org

KING CRIMSON 9/29/2019 Price: $49-$120 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30339 TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

RED BARAAT 10/12/2019 Price: $41-$69 Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL 10/4 & 5/2019 @8 PM Price:-$30 Adult/$25Senior/$10-Student/$25 Groups of 10+ Atlanta Master Chorale, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts (Emory University Campus) 1700 N Decatur Road, Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050 www.AtlantaMasterChorale.org ARTSKSU PRESENTS: ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 10/4/19, 8:00 pm Prices: $25-$55 Morgan Concert Hall, 488 Prillaman Way NW, Kennesaw TIX: 470-578-6650 musicksu.com ARTSKSU PRESENTS: ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 10/4/19, 8:00 pm Prices: $15-$20 Morgan Concert Hall, 488 Prillaman Way NW, Kennesaw TIX: 470-578-6650 musicksu.com MOUTHING OFF IMPROV SHOW 10/5/2019 @ 7PM Prices : FREE mOUthing off Improv Troupe, student group Lupton Auditorium, Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd., N.E., Brookhaven TIX: connect.oglethorpe.edu GLORIA TREVI 10/5/2019 Price: $39.50-$349.50 Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com

ICONIC LADIES OF JAZZ AND SOUL 10/12/2019 Price: $30 Myrna Clayton, Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest Street TIX: 770-594-6232 RoswellCAC.com MAGGIE ROGERS 10/14/2019 Price: $29.50-$45 Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 855-285-8499 foxtheatre.org LEDISI 10/18/2019 Price: $30.50-$250 Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org MARISELA Y AMANDA MIGUEL 10/20/2019 Price: $57-$162 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com INCOGNITO 10/21/2019 Price: $31-$61 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN IN CONCERT 10/25-10/27/2019 Price: $59.50-$120 Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 Atlantasymphony.org

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE FALL MANÁ 10/27/2019 Price: $29.50-$179.50 Infinite Energy Center 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com

AILEY II: THE NEXT GENERATION OF DANCE 10/26/2019 Price: $46-$74 Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30303 TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 10/31/2019 @ 9 p.m. Price: FREE Rehearsal Room C, student group Turner Lynch Campus Center, Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd., N.E., Brookhaven TIX: connect.oglethorpe.edu

SLANG: KSU DANCE COMPANY 11/15 & 11/16, 8:00 p.m. Prices: $15-$20 KSU Dance Theater, Marietta Campus 860 Rossbacher Way, Marietta TIX: 470-578-6650 danceksu.com

FESTIVALS

DANCE

ATLANTA BLACK THEATRE FESTIVAL 10/2-10/5/19 Prices (range): Free-$40 Micah 6-8 Media, LLC. Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center 3181 Rainbow Dr., Decatur TIX: ABTF.eventbrite.com AtlantaBTF.org

LOVE FEAR LOSS 9/20-9/22/2019 Price: $20-$130 Atlanta Ballet Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com FROZEN HEART & PAQUITA 9/14/2019 Price: $16-$21 Infinite Energy Center 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-626-2464 infiniteenergycenter.com

DECATUR HAS THE ART, MUSIC AND FALL FUN! The Book As Art, “Wonders,” juried exhibition Aug. 9 through Sept. 27, free Decatur Book Festival, Labor Day weekend, free Oakhurst Jazz Nights, Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, 7 pm, free Concerts on the Square, Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28, 7 pm, free Blue Sky Concerts, Sept. 11, 25 at noon, free YEA! event for young emerging artists, Sept. 22, 2-6 pm, free West Ponce Music Stroll, Sept. 28, noon, free Oakhurst Porchfest, Oct. 12, noon to 7 pm, free Decatur Craft Beer Festival, Oct. 19, noon to 5 pm, tickets on sale Sept. 2 Decatur Wine Festival, Nov. 9, 12:30 to 4 pm, tickets on sale in September Exhibits: Arts Alliance Gallery shows, Different Trains Galleries 1 and 2, Galleria Regina, Aimée Jewelry and Fine Art, Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College.

Ongoing: #lookupdecatur street art, secretdoorsdecatur.com, buskers, new mural in the Old Depot District, Decatur Artway outdoor sculptures City of Decatur Visitors Center /Arts Alliance Gallery, 113 Clairemont Ave., Decatur INFO: 678-615-0915 VisitDecaturGeorgia.com

SLEEPY HOLLOW WITH CARMEN 9/20-22/2019 Price$11-$33 Jennie T. Anderson Theatre 548 South Marietta Pkwy, Marietta, GA 30060 TIX: 770-528-8490 andersontheatre.org WALKING MAD: CHARLOTTE BALLET 9/27 & 9/28, 8:00 p.m. Prices: $15-$5 KSU Dance Theater, Marietta Campus 860 Rossbacher Way, Marietta TIX: 470-578-6650 danceksu.com DÖKK BY FUSE* 10/4/2019 Price: $15-$25 fuse* Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, TIX: 404.894.9600 arts.gatech.edu

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