Atlanta ShowGuide Spring 2013

Spring 2013

Greater Atlanta’s Performing Arts Magazine

On the Cover: Back Stage Star by Ann B. Rhodes

Artistry of Master Painter Ann B. Rhodes

Atlanta Lyric’s Riveting ‘Ragtime and Jammin’ Joseph’ Brings 33rd Season of Musicals to a Close

Creative Process: Pearl Cleage: Searching for the Center that Brings Us All Together Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre

By Holley Calmes Recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award® Announces it’s The Alabama Shakespeare 2013/14 Season Festival: Filled with Ah-ha!

Moments By Michael Vigilant

A Change Comes to Serenbe Playhouse By Robyn Rebecca Young Showguide Profile: Leonard A. Altieri: Music Contractor/ Booking Agent/Manager

ShowGuide Spotlights • Performance Guide May - June 2013 • ShowGuide Venues

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Artistry of Master Painter Ann B. Rhodes

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CREATIVE PROCESS: Pearl Cleage: Searching for the Center that Brings Us All Together By Holley Calmes

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The Alabama Shakespeare Festival: Filled with Ah-ha! Moments By Michael Vigilant

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Atlanta Lyric’s Riveting ‘Ragtime and Jammin’ Joseph’ Brings 33rd Season of Musicals to a Close

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Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre Recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award® Announces it’s 2013/14 Season

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A Change Comes to Serenbe Playhouse By Robyn Rebecca Young

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Showguide Profile: Leonard A. Altieri: Music Contractor/Booking Agent/Manager

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Performance Guide May - June 2013

Light as Air by Ann B. Rhodes

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ARTISTRY OF MASTER PAINTER ANN B. RHODES native of Alabama, Rhodes has painted all her life. Settling in Atlanta after graduation from Queens College, she earned a Master’s Degree from Georgia State University and taught Art History at the Atlanta College of Art, Georgia State University, and DeKalb College. Devoting full time to painting since 1995, she has won awards in local and regional juried shows. In addition to several galleries around the southeast, her work may be seen at her studio in the Tula Art Center.

Artist Statement:

For me, nature is a timeless subject, an earthly paradise which we may tend or

Upper: Seize Life Bottom Left: Warm Lilies Right: Leap of Faith

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neglect or pave. What I want to evoke in my landscapes is the intensity of nature’s force, its power to recharge the physical environment, season after season, recycling abundant growth throughout the centuries. I’ve been told that the wind is always blowing in my paintings.

I hope that wind is the breath of the Spirit. I am fed by nature’s light and color, comforted by its underlying geometry, and awed by its muscularity. I like to show people in love with the natural world.

Red underpainting, layers of color and vigorous brushwork give life to the surface and represent the complexity of the universe.

Ann’s work can bee seen at Tula Art Center D-2, 75 Bennett Street, Atlanta and she can be reached at abrhodes@bellsouth.net or 404 401 1955.

Season Finale

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PEARL CLEAGE: SEARCHING FOR THE CENTER THAT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER

By Holley Calmes

Pearl with Alliance Artistic Director, Susan V. Booth

She enjoys working at home, surrounded by the comforts of “good luck talismans, a roaming cat, and WABE’s Lois Reitzes providing great music.” Home also allows husband Zaron Burnett, also a writer and a theatre director, to be close at hand. “I am a very disciplined writer. When I’m working on a project, I try to write from 10 a.m. until 5 daily. I find when I am writing every day, I can keep the stories and characters alive in my head.”

“I like the process of discovery that reveals the story to you if you work hard and concentrate!”

It is in these times of concentration where Cleage searches for “the center.” She says, “Writers all over the world are telling stories of war and peace, family, love, loss, hope and despair. Those stories might be different in their specifics, but there is, if we do it right, a center that reveals our common humanity. I am always looking for that center.”

This summer Cleage will once again participate in the Alliance Theatre’s Collision Project, a unique opportunity for young people to work with artists on “recreating” a classic text through exploring their own world and experiences. “I love the Collision Project!” says Cleage. “I know this sounds corny, but these young people are so bright and curious and committed, it is impossible to stay cynical when you encounter them.”

grew up in three great movements,” says Pearl Cleage, Atlanta-based novelist, playwright, and poet whose work has illuminated a generation filled with change, struggle, and victory. “The Civil Rights movement, the Anti-War Movement, and the Women’s Liberation Movement shaped my life and my work. I think being a part of a group of people trying to change the world for the better is what fueled my work then and now.”

Cleage has produced 8 novels, 2 books of poetry, 2 books or essays, 2 books of short stories, 10 plays and 2 full length performance pieces. Her work is widely embraced by international audiences, but to her, it is a continuous process, constantly moving forward.

“A friend told me a long time ago that the key to being a writer for life is not to try to make everything perfect, but to keep writing consistently so you produce a body of work upon which you can be judged. I like that, because it means you’re always getting better at the work you do and seeing it as part of one whole piece, not a bunch of little pieces.”

Cleage’s body of work includes novels, poetry and plays, each offering its author a distinctly different creative experience.

“I love writing plays,” she states. “Writing fiction is a solitary activity. You write alone. The reader experiences the work alone. You write a play alone, but when you go into rehearsal, you become part of a large collaborative effort with lots of other artists including directors, actors, stage managers, designers, etc. When you’re finally ready, you complete the collaboration by inviting the audience to share the experience. There is nothing in fiction writing to compare to an opening night!”

Collision X Director Patrick McColery & Pearl Photos by John Maley

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World Premiere Gospel Musical

by David H. Bell A touring gospel group formed by the four Davis Sisters struggle to make their way in the music industry - touring through the South in the era of the Jim Crow laws. Following the routes recommended by the Green Book, on the road they begin to build a name for themselves and become one of the most respected performing groups in the Nation, but, in their struggle for success, family rivalries, secrets and resentments erupt along the way.

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THE ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL:

FILLED WITH AH-HA! MOMENTS

By Michael Vigilant

Writers Project Festival of New Plays. Four concert readings take place in the theatre’s intimate Octagon, where writers, directors, dramaturgs, actors and patrons converge to experience the birth of a play. Plays from the recent past that achieved “ah ha!” status are Gee’s Bend, Bear Country, Rocket City , The Fall of the House and In the Book Of. All have gone on to success in other theatres throughout the country.

Hot musicals have been perfect for the air conditioned cool of the theatre during the Deep South’s summer months and ASF will wrap up its 2012-13 season with Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, July 11-August 4.

ASF features travel packages and can suggest plenty of eating options. One new culinary opportunity is ASF’s own Black Swan Bar & Bistro.

Dinner service is available before shows as are libations from the bar. The eye-catching décor is made up of actual set pieces from previous shows.

You can sit on a medieval throne, drink in hand, and take in a vista of the park.

Now there’s an “ah ha” moment.

For more information on ASF, visit www.asf. net or contact the box office at 1.800.841.4273.

re you looking for an “ah ha!” moment?

A Drive into the Blount Cultural Park in the geographic center of Montgomery, Alabama, turn a corner and there it stands, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; 100,000 square feet of beautiful castle-like arts complex. Visitors can’t help but drop their jaws. And what’s as appealing as the outside is what’s going on inside— outstanding professional theatre performed on two unique stages.

ASF has a full and varied schedule of plays this spring and summer in its 750-seat Festival and 263-seat Octagon theatres. Twelfth Night runs through May 9; Around the World in 80 Days, April 19-May 19; the Tony Award-winning comedy God of Carnage, April 18-May 19; and Macbeth, set in a post-apocalyptic world will be remounted for two performances May 10 and 18 as will To Kill a Mockingbird, May 12-18. For the theatre junkie, ASF has two “Extreme Weekends,” May 10-12 and 17-19. Patrons can see all five plays in one weekend.

What’s more, the May 10-12 weekend includes ASF’s nationally renowned Southern

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Featuring: Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble, GIWAYEN MATA & KanKouran West African Dance Company along with Soweto Street Beat, Manga African Dance, Uhuru Dancers & Many More!

Visit: www.DanceAfricaAtlanta.com Purchase Tickets at: www.giwayenmata.org events Like us on Facebook.com/DanceAfricaAtlanta Sponsored in part by: Fulton County Arts Council, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta University Center Consortium, Morehouse College

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ATLANTA LYRIC’S RIVETING ‘RAGTIME AND JAMMIN’ JOSEPH’ BRINGS 33rd SEASON OF MUSICALS TO A CLOSE

By Brandt Blocker

and dreams, struggles and triumphs, rhythm and rhyme–set to an epic, Tony Award-winning score

by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. Historic figures such as Henry Ford, Harry Houdini, and J.P. Morgan interact with fictional characters all united by their courage, compassion, and belief in the promise of the future.

The Biblical saga of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph, his father’s favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, Joseph endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged. He is purchased by Potiphar where thwarting advances from Potiphar’s wife lands him in jail. When news of Joseph’s gift to interpret dreams reaches the Pharaoh (wryly and riotously depicted as Elvis), Joseph is well on his way to becoming second in command. Eventually his brothers, having suffered greatly, unknowingly find themselves groveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed but no longer recognize. After testing their integrity, Joseph reveals himself leading to a heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel. Set to an engaging cornucopia of musical styles, from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ‘n’ roll, this Old Testament tale emerges both timely and timeless.

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ased on E.L. Doctorow’s award-winning book, Ragtime is a powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America with a rich score full of Joplin-esque music. The musical intertwines the stories of three extraordinary families–that of a stifled suburban mother, an inventive Jewish immigrant, and a daring young Harlem musician–as they confront history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America. Their compelling stories intertwine to form a rich tapestry of hopes

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ATLANTA’S ALLIANCE THEATRE RECIPIENT OF THE REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD® ANNOUNCES IT’S 2013/14 SEASON

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he 2013/14 Alliance Stage season opens September 6, 2013, with Harmony – A New Musical, by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. Harmony tells the story of The Comedian Harmonists, a close harmony ensemble of six young men in 1930s Germany, who took the world by storm until the group’s religious composition put them on a collision course with history.

Next on the Alliance Stage – the Off-Broadway hit By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, by PulitzerPrize winner Lynn Nottage, tells the story of an actress trying to break the mold of stereotypical African-American film roles of the 1930’s. The Alliance will also produce the world premiere The Geller Girls by Atlanta playwright Janece Shaffer, a romantic comedy about two Jewish sisters whose lives are forever changed by Atlanta’s Cotton Exposition of 1895. The Alliance Stage season closes with the musical Tappin’ Thru Life starring tap legend Maurice Hines who narrates his and brother Gregory’s life story.

The 2013/14 Hertz Stage season celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition with three plays written by past competition winners and the world premiere of the 2014 competition winner. The Hertz season begins with the American Premiere of Choir Boy, by Tarell Alvin McCraney, a coming of age story about a different kind of boy. Also on the Hertz — Warrior Class, a political thriller by Kenneth Lin, followed by the world premiere of The Tall Girls, a play about a girl’s basketball team in the depression-era Midwest. The winner of the 2014 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition is In Love and Warcraft, by Madhuri Shekar, which looks at relationships in our very digital age through the eyes of an avid gamer who feels safer in her online relationships than in real life.

The 2013/14 Youth and Families season consists of – The Grimm Lives of the Inbetweens, Shrek The Musical, based on the popular DreamWorks character, and the 24th Alliance production of A Christmas Carol.

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be continuing its Late Night Cabaret Series, offering our 2013 Serenbe Playhouse Summer Camp with a focus on Shakespeare, producing The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as the first ever Fall production, and reviving the holiday, traveling hit A Diva’s Christmas.

In its third season, “A Season of Dreams,” Alice in Wonderland left children of all ages inspired with imagination and wonder. Next in line, A Midsummer Night’s Dream set under the stars proved the then three year old theatre could in fact dream bigger as the show was a huge success, drawing in larger crowds than ever before.

Finally, the Regional World Premiere of the soulful musical Time Between Us concluded the season by leaving audiences engaged and introducing new work to the Atlanta stage. Serenbe Playhouse is proud to once again be named 2012’s “Best Place to See a Play” by Lifestyle Magazine and “Best of Atlanta: Emerging “Green” Room” by Atlanta Magazine.

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n the heels of a critically acclaimed third season, Serenbe Playhouse presents its fourth season, A Season of Change. The summer will begin with the world premiere adaptation of Margery Williams’ classic The Velveteen Rabbit (Friday, June 7 – Saturday, July 27), followed by Lee Blessing’s political drama A Walk in the Woods (Thursday, June 27 – Sunday, July 14) and conclude with the Broadway favorite Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (Thursday, July 25 – Sunday, August 11).

The season will kick off with our 4th annual Fundraiser, The Dali Gala, a theatrical, surreal experience complete with preview performances of the upcoming season. Next up will be our World Premiere adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit set amid the backdrop of post-Civil War Savannah, then the raw, political drama A Walk in the Woods and the Broadway hit HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. The Playhouse will also

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LEONARD A. ALTIERI MUSIC CONTRACTOR/BOOKING AGENT/MANAGER

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native of Joliet, Illinois and graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (BFA) and the University of Illinois (MS), Leonard has made his career and home in Atlanta, Georgia since graduating from college. He is a musician with over 40 years experience in symphony work, conducting, teaching, tour direction, pit and stage orchestra management, contracting, booking, recording and startup organization. He auditions and contracts musicians for touring Broadway shows, convention dates, regional symphony orchestras and other special events.

Leonard has been a violist with The Atlanta Symphony, The Atlanta Pops Orchestra and has been a performing musician with other regional orchestras and ensembles. Altieri & Associates Entertainment Services, Inc., a management and booking company since 1974 is owned by Leonard and his wife Dorothy, a professional violinist and music contractor. Leonard is continuously active in various parts of the top professional music life in the Atlanta area.

He is currently the President and General Manager of the Atlanta Pops Orchestra and CEO of an entertainment services company that maintains a booking department for conventions, event planners, Community Concert Series’ and a diverse array of attractions. Leonard is also a performer and contractor for celebrity artists for the past 30 years locally and on Regional and National tours.

He has organized international tours to China, Japan and Taiwan since 2000 and is currently working on future tours for the Atlanta Pops Orchestra. He is the founder and Conductor of The Youth Symphony of Metropolitan Atlanta, now The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Founder and Conductor of The Atlanta Sinfonietta, the first professional chamber orchestra in Atlanta. Both in 1972. Leonard continues a 29 year career as the only musical contractor for touring Broadway shows presented in Atlanta by the Broadway Series which was started in 1981. His first show was “The King and I” starring Yul Brenner at The Fox Theatre. As a former member of the Board of Directors of The Atlanta Federation of Musicians, Local 148-462 of The American Federation of Musicians of The United States and Canada, his responsibilities have included book committee work (establishing scales, policies and bylaws) as well as other committee appointments.

During his career Leonard has toured with many celebrity artists such as Tom Jones, Liberace, Dionne Warwicke, Johnny Mathis, Chet Atkins and Boots Randolph, The Spinners, Barry White, John Denver, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Donna Summer and many others. He estimates that he has contracted for over 100 Broadway touring productions adding up to over 1,000 performances. Leonard has been the musical contractor for the Fox Theatre since 2009.

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Alliance Theatre Presents ZORRO

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April 3 – May 5, 2013 From the old West comes the legend of Zorro, a fighter of corruption and lover of beautiful women. When Diego de la Vega comes home from Spain, he finds his father dead and his brother running Los Angeles...badly. Diego’s foppish exterior hides the soul of a desert fox—Zorro! A deliciously fun extravaganza that conquered audiences throughout Europe and London’s West End, this stunning flamenco musical features songs by The Gipsy Kings in a new American adaptation.

For tickets, visit www.alliancetheatre.org/zorro or call 404.733.5000.

Atlanta History Center Shines a Spotlight on Slavery Issues

On display through July 7, 2013, the Atlanta History Center hosts Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, a groundbreaking exhibition organized by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Through personal belongings, Jefferson’s records, oral histories, archaeology, and genealogy, this exhibition explores slavery and enslaved people in America through the lens of Jefferson’s Monticello plantation by providing a rare and detailed glimpse into the lives of six enslaved families, as well as the powerful stories of their descendants. Learn more about accompanying programs and Bank of America Free Admission Weekends at AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/ Monticello.

ASO Chastain Offers Spring Crowd Pleasers

Tony Bennett’s list of achievements includes 17 Grammys, Kennedy Center Honors and the Billboard Magazine Century Award for his outstanding contributions to music. His signature tunes such as “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” and “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” have become part of American culture.

He celebrated his 85th birthday with “Duets II” in September 2011, making him the oldest artist ever to have a #1 CD on the Billboard album charts. In October 2012, Bennett released “Viva Duets,” performing hits with Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan and Christina Aguilera.

Jackie Evancho first sang for the judges on NBC’s variety show “America’s Got Talent,” displaying her perfect soprano voice. In June 2011, Dream With Me, her first studio album was released. A mix of operatic arias, show tunes and pop standards, it debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #2. Jackie’s current album, Songs From The Silver Screen,

Atlanta Sacred Chorale Presents Season Finale

Treat yourself and a friend to an extraordinary evening of beautiful sound! On June 1st, experience the trademark blend of musical styles and vocal colors of Atlanta Sacred Chorale, in their Season Finale concert entitled “Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs.” Eric Nelson, winner of the American Prize in choral conducting, directs the Chorale in compositions familiar and new.

This nationally recognized chorale has been supported by individual donors since 1985 and now finds a performance “home” at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, where they present five concerts annually.

Visit www.AtlantaSacredChorale.org or call 404.915.4541 for information about tickets and recordings.

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE spotlights Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern Goes to Denmark

South Park, The Book of Mormon will play a limited two-week engagement. The season will also feature fan favorites GHOST The Musical, Once, Green Day’s American Idiot, Evita and returning to Atlanta, Disney’s The Lion King. Audiences are in for a treat as a number of Broadway’s premier shows make their Atlanta debuts at the Fox Theatre. Packages start at $199. Call 1-800278-4447 or visit BroadwayInAtlanta.com

The Shakespeare Tavern goes to Denmark…and stays there! Join the Atlanta Shakespeare Company as it dives deep into all aspects of Hamlet, from Shakespeare’s masterpiece to Stoppard’s hilarious existential perspective of two of Hamlet’s minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. In July Lee Blessing’s Fortinbras takes up where Hamlet left off and offers a third viewpoint on life, truth and the nature of authority. Three incredibly powerful, moving and funny plays. We guarantee you’ll want TO BE there (Yeah, we know….groan).

DanceAfrica Atlanta 2013

Celebrating her 20th Anniversary, GIWAYEN MATA, the award winning all sistah dance, percussion and vocal ensemble, in collaboration with Atlanta University Center Consortium presents DanceAfrica Atlanta!

June 13–16, 2013, a weekend of African drum and dance festival events to include workshops, symposium, local artists, market place, and more! Concerts at Morehouse College’s King Chapel feature the Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble, GIWAYEN MATA and Assane Konte’s Kankouran West African Dance Company. Honor community leaders and national artists at the DAA Elephant Leaders Awards Gala featuring performance by Nimbaya!

Women Drum & Dance Company of Guinea, West Africa. Visit www.DanceAfricaAtlanta.com and www.giwayenmata.org for festival and ticket information.

Atlanta Vocal Project Brings Joy Through A Cappella

The Atlanta Vocal Project is one of the premier men’s a cappella choruses in the world delivering tight harmonies and fun-filled performances several times a year in Atlanta and around the country.

On Saturday, May 18, AVP presents a Spring Show and Silent Auction at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Roswell, GA featuring A Mighty Wind, the # 3 Barbershop Quartet globally, and special guests.

In addition to beautiful music, AVP will provide plenty of laughs, snacks, beer, wine, and a silent auction featuring exotic trips, art, gift cards, sports memorabilia, themed baskets and more.

Get Tickets at AtlantaVocalProject.com or 404-919-SING(7464).

The Michael O’Neal Singers

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 24th concert season. Comprised of a symphonic chorus of 130 auditioned voices and the Kaleidoscope

Broadway in Atlanta 2013/2014 Season

Announcing the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2013/2014 season! Theater fans will have the opportunity to experience some of the most acclaimed shows offered on Broadway without leaving Atlanta. From the creators of 20

vocal ensemble of 30, MOS provides a unique opportunity to the north metropolitan Atlanta community to experience choral presentations of artistic excellence and programmatic variety.

The capstone to our 2012-2013 season is A Beatles Tribute featuring The Return Beatles tribute band. Visit www.mosingers.com for more information about The Michael O’Neal Singers.

rights. Who is the swiftest? The strongest? The smartest? Brains beat brawn when Brer Bear, Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and Sister Mud Turtle find themselves in a briar patch of trouble. So, join the whole gang for this fun-filled Southern romp.

Rule 3 Presents Persephone’s Fall

Persephone’s Fall is the tale of a transformative personal journey through the Underworld. Ancient and contemporary forms intersect as dancers create and inhabit a dark, visionary landscape of shifting identities and emotional snares. Choreographer Kristyn McGeehan draws no hard lines, instead allowing the performers to flow from character to scenic element to visual chorus. Unlike the traditional kidnapping tale, this is an exploration of the heroine’s passionate quest for personal agency and selfhood in the face of comforting but stifling love. Artist Jason Gray’s expressive masks and the haunting live music of The Ghosts Project set the otherworldly scene.

Project 7 Contemporary Dance Company

Project 7 is a oneof-a-kind professional contemporary dance company that brings an energized sense of contemporary dance to Atlanta. Directed by Cherrise Wakeham, the 11-member company has been busy this season guest performing at Skwhirlhaus, Legacy of Love, Company 23 Winter Showcase, and Project S.A.F.E. in Athens.

Keep an eye out for details about our upcoming new summer show, SHE at the Balzer Theater in Atlanta this July. In addition, Project 7’s 5-member show, EquiLIFTrium will be touring throughout the south in 2014! Look for it at a theatre near you! Visit www.project7dance. com or contact mlisajanus09@bellsouth.net for booking. Photo by Roman Naumov, Mary Frances Doss is the dancer.

Serenbe Playhouse

With an incredible lineup, this summer is sure to intrigue as Serenbe Playhouse presents A Season of Change. Opening with the World Premiere adaptation of the Margery Williams’ classic The Velveteen Rabbit by Atlanta playwright Rachel Teagle (June 7 - July 27), followed by the political drama A Walk in the Woods (June 27 - July 14), and concluding with the Broadway hit, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (July 25 - August 11). Visit www. serenbeplayhouse.com or call 770.463.1110 for tickets and more information!

Center for Puppetry Arts presents Brer Rabbit & Friends

April 11 – May 26 Live music and delightful stories about Brer Rabbit and his friends fill the stage.

The fun begins as the gang gathers to sing an early morning ditty.

But competition gets the best of them when the characters begin a battle for bragging

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE spotlights SO Real Productions presents “A Raisin in the Sun”

Theatre of the Stars Presents and All-Star Line-up

A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959, portrays the Youngers, an African-American family living on the south side of Chicago. When the play opens, the Youngers are about to receive an insurance check for $10,000. This money comes from the deceased Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. The matriarch of the family, Mama, wants to buy a house to fulfill a dream she shared with her husband.

SoReal Productions and Director Chris Scott is bringing A Raisin in the Sun to metro Atlanta. SoReal Productions (SRP) is dedicated to creating family-friendly productions that will inspire and show God’s love through the art of theater.

Theater of the Stars 20132014 season lineup includes Theater of the Stars’ production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, the family favorite musical Cats, the classic Broadway musical Anything Goes and Dreamgirls starring Jennifer Holliday! This season offers shows that families and patrons of all ages will enjoy. For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit www.theaterofthestars. com or call 404.252.8960!

Since

1953

Atlanta’s Choice for Family Entertainment!

In partnership with

True Colors Theatre is “Shakin’ the Rafters:

World Premiere Gospel Musical by David H. Bell A touring gospel group formed by the four Davis Sisters struggle to make their way in the music industry — touring through the South in the era of the Jim Crow laws. Following the routes recommended by the Green Book, on the road they begin to build a name for themselves and become one of the most respected performing groups in the Nation, but, in their struggle for success, family rivalries, secrets and resentments erupt along the way.

July 9 - August 4, 2013 at 14th Street Playhouse, Tickets: 1.877.725.8849 or www. truecolorstheatre.org

The art of award winning Dance Photographer

Richard Calmes is available in his first book

Greater Atlanta’s Performing Arts magazine, in print and online! www.atlantashowguide.com

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A Summer of Dance for ages 4-18 at Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Nurturing Young Dancers Since 1977 Wade Walthall, Artistic Director

Young dancers will grow as artists during our Summer Intensives for Intermediate and Advanced level students the weeks of: June 10, June 17, July 8 and July 15 Guest teachers: 6/10: Robert Dekkers of Post:Ballet, San Francisco 6/17: Marcial Ibarra, National Ballet of Cuba Plus GBT’s outstanding staff of teachers under the direction of Wade Walthall Classical ballet technique, variations, pas de deux, modern, jazz, improvisation and choreography.

SUMMER INTENSIVE FOR BEGINNER BALLET! July 22-26

Focus on technique basics, conditioning, ballet etiquette Photo by Richard Calmes

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre • 1800 McLeod Drive Lawrenceville

770-237-0046 www.gwinnettballet.org • email gbt78@bellsouth.net

NOW & NEXT:

© Center for Puppetry Arts

Brer Rabbit & Friends Adapted by Jon Ludwig, Directed by Spencer G. Stephens Live music and delightful stories about Brer Rabbit and his friends fill the stage. Brains beat brawn when the characters battle for bragging rights in this fun-filled, Southern romp.

Ages 4 and up

The True Story of the Little Pigs By A. Wolf

Paul Mesner Puppets

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Now through May 26

By Paul Mesner Puppets of Kansas City, MO (used with the permission of Jon Scieszka) He only wanted a cup of sugar! Mr. A. Wolf explains what really happened to those houses made of straw, sticks, and bricks, and the three pigs who lived in them.

May 28 - June 9

Ages 4 and up

Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat Based on the book by Dr. Seuss Play originally produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain

A mischievous Cat in a tall red and white hat brings adventure and chaos in this Dr. Seuss classic.

Dr. Seuss text, characters and images TM and © 2009 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P.

Ages 4 and up

Supported in part by:

June 13 - July 28

404.873.3391 www.puppet.org 1404 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 Limited FREE Parking • MARTA Accessible

Season supported in part by: Fulton County Arts Council, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Georgia Council for the Arts.

ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE dance April Theatre broAdWAy in AtlAntA’s 2013/2014 seAson 11/2013 - 06/2014 Prices: Season Packages start at $199 Fifth Third Bank Broadway In Atlanta, The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE tiX: 800-278-4447 www.broadwayinAtlanta.com eQUUs 3/20/2013 - 4/21/2013 Price: single ticket prices from $22 - $45 Actor’s Express King Plow Arts Center 887 W. Marietta St., Suite J-107 tiX: 404-607-7469 www.actors-express.com good morning mUrder 1/10/2013 - 4/24/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $65 $68.50 (includes dinner) Agatha’s-A Taste of Mystery 161 Peachtree Center Ave. tiX: 404-584-2255 www.agathas.com JUliUs CAesAr 4/4/2013 4/28/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $15 - $36 Atlanta Shakespeare Company, New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 404-874-5299 www.shakespearetavern.com AssistAnCe 4/10/2013 - 5/4/2013 Prices: $25; seniors: $20; students: $15 Pinch ‘n’ Ouch Theatre 1085 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE tiX: 1-800-838-3006 www.pnotheatre.org moby-diCk 4/10/2013 - 5/12/2013 Prices: $25 adv, $30 at door SAÏAH and The Goat Farm Outlands Program, The Lifecycle Building Center 1116 Murphy Ave. tiX: www.saiah.org georgiA renAissAnCe FestivAl 4/13/2013 - 6/2/2013 Prices: Adults: $6.95 - $16.95; Children (5 and under): Free!

Georgia Renaissance Festival 6905 Virlyn B. Smith Rd., Fairburn tiX: 770-964-8575 www.georgiarenaissancefestival.com/ AroUnd the World in 80 dAys 04/19 & 05/19 Prices: $35-$60 Alabama Shakespeare Festival 1 Festival Dr., Montgomery, AL tiX: 1.800.841.4273 www.asf.net

god oF CArnAge 04/18 & 05/19 Prices: $35-$60 Alabama Shakespeare Festival 1 Festival Dr., Montgomery, AL tiX: 1.800.841.4273 www.asf.net voiCes & vibes teen FestivAl 4/26/2013 only Prices: Free!

The Woodruff Arts Center 1280 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 404-733-4200 www.woodruffcenter.org the AdventUres oF Alvin sPUtnik: deeP seA eXPlorer 4/26/2013 - 4/28/2013 Prices: single ticket price: $25 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St. NW tiX: 404-873-3391 www.puppet.org

Dance dAnCe ChAnCe AtlAntA 3/2/2013 - 6/1/2013 Prices: suggested donation: $5 WonderRoot Atlanta Ballet’s Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre 1695 Marietta Blvd. NW tiX: 404-254-5955 www.wonderroot.org dAnCeAFriCA AtlAntA 2013 dAnCe series FeAtUring ron broWn April 21, 2013; 3 pm GIWAYEN MATA, Dance 411, 475 Moreland Ave, NE, Atl, GA tel: 404-604-9364 www.giwayenmata.org A night oF ChoreogrAPhy With JUel d. lAne And Friends 4/26/2013 only! Prices: $20 Fulton County Arts Council Southwest Arts Center 915 New Hope Rd. SW tiX: 404-613-3220 www.fultonarts.org/index.php/art-centers/ southwest-arts-center stUdent dAnCe ConCert 4/26/2013 - 4/27/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $12 - $20 Kennesaw State University, Stillwell Theater 1000 Chastain Rd. #3103 Kennesaw tiX: 770-423-6650 www.kennesaw.edu inFormAl stUdio ConCert 4/29/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Kennesaw State University, Chastain Pointe Studio 1000 Chastain Rd. Chastain Pointe, Suite 306 Kennesaw tiX: 770-423-6650 www.kennesaw.edu

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE dance Music Theatre

the itAliAn girl in Algiers 4/27/2013 - 5/5/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $21.70 - $122.64 The Atlanta Opera Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy. tiX: 404-881-8801 www.atlantaopera.org

the FAbUloUs liPitones 3/27/2013 - 4/21/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $15 - $22 Theatrical Outfit Theatrical Outfit at Balzer Theater at Herren’s 84 Luckie St. NW tiX: 678-528-1500 www.theatricaloutfit.org

Concerts

zorro 4/3/2013 - /5/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $30 - $70 Alliance Theatre 1280 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 404-733-5000 www.alliancetheatre.org

WednesdAys in WoodrUFF 4/3/2013 - 5/29/2013 Prices: Free!

Woodruff Park Auburn Ave. NE and Peachtree St. NE tiX: 404-215-9600 www.woodruffpark.com

hello, dolly!

4/11/2013 - 4/28/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $25 - $36 Georgia Ensemble Theatre Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forest St. Roswell tiX: 770-641-1260 www.get.org/

WednesdAy WinddoWn 4/3/2013 - 9/25/2013 Prices: Free!

Centennial Olympic Park 265 Centennial Olympic Park Dr. tiX: 404-223-4412 www.centennialpark.com

Jekyll And hyde the mUsiCAl 4/12/2013 - 4/27/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $15 - $28 Act 3 Playhouse 6285-R Roswell Rd. NE tiX: 770-241-1905 www.act3productions.org

AtlAntA JAzz PArty 4/19/2013 - 4/21/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $55 $60; Weekend pass: $250 to $325 Atlanta Jazz Preservation Society, Inc. The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North 7 Concourse Pkwy. NE tiX: 770-645-6844 www.atlantajazzparty.com

rAgtime 4/12/2013- 4/28/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $25 - $50 Atlanta Lyric Theatre The Strand Theatre 117 North Park Square Marietta tiX: 404-377-9948 www.atlantalyrictheatre.com

eArth dAy: A ChorAl CelebrAtion 4/21/2013 only! Prices:Adults: $10 at door; seniors/students: $5 at door Just Voices Covenant Presbyterian Church 2461 Peachtree Rd. NE eArth dAy: A ChorAl CelebrAtion 4/22/2013 only! Prices: Adults: $10 at door; seniors/students: $5 at door Just Voices Virginia-Highland Church Atlanta tiX: 404-875-3266 www.justvoices.org

the tUrn oF the sCreW 4/19/2013 - 4/21/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $20.28 - $54.84 Georgia State University School of Music Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St. NW tiX: 404-413-9849 www.music.gsu.edu sister ACt 4/23/2013 - 4/28/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $30 - $70 Broadway in Atlanta The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 1-800-745-3000 www.broadwayinatlanta.com

AtlAntA’s yoUng Artists 4/21/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Michael C. Carlos Museum 571 South Kilgo Circle Atlanta tiX: 404-727-4282 www.carlos.emory.edu

lAdy lAy 4/25/2013 - 5/19/2013 Prices:: $20.37 7 Stages Theatre 1105 Euclid Ave. NE tiX: 404-523-7647 www.7stages.org

tAlent develoPment ProgrAm AnnUAl reCitAl #1 4/21/2013 only Prices: Free!

Atlanta Symphony Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center 3181 Rainbow Dr. Decatur tiX: 404-733-5000 www.atlantasymphony.org

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Atlanta Chamber Winds 4/22/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Georgia State University School of Music Kopleff Recital Hall at GSU 10 Peachtree Center Ave. NE TIX: 404-413-5901 www.music.gsu.edu Emory Big Band 4/23/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Jazz on the Green 4/25/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Emory Wind Ensemble 4/25/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Emory Concert Choir 4/27/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Arts at Emory Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd. TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu University Band and Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble 4/23/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Wind Orchestra 4/25/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Georgia State University School of Music Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St. NW TIX: 404-413-9849 www.music.gsu.edu

The Greens 4/29/2013 only! Prices: Free!

529 529 529 Flat Shoals Ave. TIX: 404-228-6769 www.529atl.com

Galleries & Museums Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down 02/1 – 07/7/2013 Prices: $11.00- $16.50, and FREE for children 3 and under and Atlanta History Center members.

Atlanta History Center 130 W Paces Ferry Rd. NW TIX: 404-814-4000 www.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/Monticello

Kids Shows Sleeping Beauty 4/19/2013- 4/28/2013 Prices: $10 adv, $12 at door Elm Street Cultural Arts Village 8534 Main St. Woodstock TIX: 678-494-4251 www.elmstreetarts.org Seussical the Musical 4/28/2013 - 5/5/2013 Prices: $15; Students/Children: $12 Company J at the MJCCA Morris and Rae Frank Theatre 5342 Tilly Mill Rd. Dunwoody TIX: 678-812-4002 www.companyjatl.org

Spring Concert 4/26/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Oglethorpe University Conant Performing Arts Center 4484 Peachtree Rd. NE TIX: 404-504-1473 www.oglethorpe.edu

Brer Rabbit and Friends 4/9/2013 - 5/26/2013 Prices: $16.50; Children (under 2): Free!

Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St. NW TIX: 404-873-3391 www.puppet.org

Tiempo Libre 4/27/2013 only! Prices: Single ticket prices from $44.04 - $72.12 Rialto Center for the Arts Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St. NW TIX: 404-413-9849 www.rialtocenter.org

May

Spring Concert 4/28/2013 only! Prices: Free!

The Georgia Festival Chorus Westminster Presbyterian Church 1438 Sheridan Rd. Atlanta TIX: 404-234-3581 www.tgafc.org Perlman Commands 4/25/2013 - 4/28/2013 Prices: Single ticket prices from $32 - $84 Atlanta Symphony Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.atlantasymphony.org

Theatre Shakespeare in the Park: Much Ado About Nothing 5/1/2013 - 5/5/2013 Prices: $10; Reserved: $20 to $30 Georgia Shakespeare Piedmont Park 1071 Piedmont Ave. TIX: 404-504-3406 www.gashakespeare.org Hamlet 5/2/2013 - 6/23/2013 Prices: Single ticket prices range from $15 to $36 Atlanta Shakespeare Company New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St. NE TIX: 404-874-5299 www.shakespearetavern.com

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE dance lArry the CAble gUy And bill engvAll 5/4/2013 only! Prices: single ticket price: $50.50 The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta tiX: 1-800-745-3000 www.foxtheatre.org mACbeth 05/10 & 05/18 Prices: $35-$60 Alabama Shakespeare Festival 1 Festival Dr., Montgomery, AL tiX: 1.800.841.4273 www.asf.net to kill A moCkingbird 05/12 - 05/18 Prices: $35-$60 Alabama Shakespeare Festival 1 Festival Dr., Montgomery, AL tiX: 1.800.841.4273 www.asf.net A rAisin in the sUn 05/12 Prices:$35 SoReal Productions, Inc., 4th Street Playhouse 14th Street NE tiX: 404-733-5000 www.sorealproductions.org sPAnk! the FiFty shAdes PArody 5/14/2013 - 5/19/2013 Prices: general Admission: $49.45 $55.60 The Buckhead Theatre 3110 Roswell Rd. tiX: 404-891-6168 thebuckheadtheatre.com stories on the sQUAre 5/14/2013 - 6/11/2013 Prices: Free!

Stories on the Square Famous Pub 2947 N Druid Hills Rd. NE tiX: 404-626-4453 www.stories-on-the-square.com the book ClUb PlAy 5/16/2013 - 6/23/2013 Prices: $25 Horizon Theatre Horizon Theatre 1083 Austin Ave. NE tiX: 404-584-7450 www.horizontheatre.com the dAli gAlA 5/18/2013 only! Prices: $125; viP: $150 Serenbe Playhouse at Serenbe Community 9110 Selborne Lane, Palmetto tiX: 770-463-1110 www.serenbeplayhouse.com rosenCrAntz And gUildenstern Are deAd 5/23/2013 - 6/22/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $15 - $36 Atlanta Shakespeare Company, New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 404-874-5299 www.shakespearetavern.com

Dance betWeen Worlds 5/2/2013 only! Prices: Adults: $5 -$10 at door; Children (3 and under): Free!

Moving in the Spirit Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St. NW tiX: 404-624-5295 movinginthespirit.org love stories 5/10/2013 - 5/12/2013 Prices: single ticket prices range from $20 to $120 Atlanta Ballet Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy. tiX: 770-916-2852 www.atlantaballet.com PersePhone’s FAll 05/30 - 06/1 Prices: $12-20 Rule of 3 Productions, Kristyn McGeehan, 7 Stages Mainstage 1105 Euclid Avenue NE tiX: 678.956.1163 www.ruleof3.net/persephone

Music Theatre hinton bAttle’s 5/9/2013 - 5/12/2013 Prices: single ticket prices range from $45.50 to $52.50 The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 1-800-745-3000 www.foxtheatre.org A tony evening 5/18/2013 only! Prices: tickets tbd Alliance Theatre Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage 1280 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 404-733-5000 www.alliancetheatre.org

Concerts hAil to the emPeror 5/4/2013 only! Prices: single ticket prices from $10 - $25 Georgia Philharmonic Conant Performing Arts Center 4484 Peachtree Rd. NE tiX: 770-664-7255 www.georgiaphilharmonic.org

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20th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Benefit Concert 5/4/2013 only! Prices: Single ticket price: $60 Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University - Harkness Hall Quadrangle 223 James P. Brawley Dr. TIX: 404-880-8136 www.cau.edu

Finale 5/12/ only! Prices: Single ticket price: $10 Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.atlantasymphony.org

Fiesta Atlanta 5/5/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Lanza Group 265 Centennial Olympic Park Dr. TIX: 404-223-4412 www.centennialpark.com

Friday Jazz 3/15/2013 - 5/17/2013 Prices: Adults: $12.00- $19.50; Children (5 and under): Free!

High Museum of Art 1280 Peachtree St. NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.high.org

The Old and the New 5/5/2013 only! Prices: Free!

Arts at Emory Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd. TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu Hamelin Plays Beethoven 5/2/2013 only! Prices: Single ticket prices from $24 - $75 Runnicles Debuts, Spano Solos 5/9/2013 - 5/11/2013 Prices: Single ticket prices from $24 - $75 Poignant Beauty 5/16/2013 - 5/18/2013 Prices: Single ticket prices from $24 - $75 Michael Feinstein 5/24/2013 - 5/25/2013 Prices: Single ticket prices from $29 - $65 Atlanta Symphony Woodruff Arts Center - Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.atlantasymphony.org Chamber Music at the Tavern 5/7/2013 only! Prices:Single ticket prices range from $15 to $24 Atlanta Chamber Players New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St. NE TIX: 404-874-5299 www.atlantachamberplayers.com The Atlanta Song Festival 5/10/2013 - 5/12/2013 Prices: Single ticket prices from $15 - $30 The Atlanta Vocal Arts Society, Inc. Kopleff Recital Hall at Georgia State University 10 Peachtree Center Ave. NE TIX: 404-647-1185 www.atlvocal.org Skylight Gallery Concert Series 2/17/2013 - 5/12/2013 Prices: $10 Oglethorpe University Museum of Art 4484 Peachtree Rd. NE TIX: 404-364-8555 museum.oglethorpe.edu Atlanta Vocal Project Spring Show and Silent Auction Saturday, May 18 - Auction 6 PM, Show 7 PM Prices: $15 for Adults, $10 for Students and Adults over 60 Atlanta Vocal Project, Jeffords Hall, St. David Episcopal, 1015 Old Roswell Rd, Roswell, GA TEL: 404-419-SING (7464) www.AtlantaVocalProject.com

The Avett Brothers 5/17 only! Single ticket prices from $38.50 - $49.50 adv Tony Bennett with very special guest Jackie Evancho with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 05/31 only Prices: $125.00 - $29.00 All Reserved Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park 2200 Encore Pkwy. Alpharetta TIX: 404-733-5013 www.vzwamp.com/ A Beatles Tribute 5/17/2013 only! Prices: Adults: $20 adv, $22 at door; Seniors/ Students: $15 adv, $17 at door; VIP: $50 The Michael O’Neal Singers Roswell United Methodist Church 814 Mimosa Blvd. Roswell TIX: 770-594-7974 www.mosingers.com

Kids Shows Froggie Went A’ Courtin’ 5/11/2013 - 5/26/2013 Prices: Single ticket price: $12 at door The Dancing Goat Theatre and The Kudzu Players 10700 State Bridge Rd. Suite 6 Johns Creek TIX: www.thekudzuplayers.com

June Theatre Bill Cosby 6/28/2013 only! Prices: Single ticket price: $59.75 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2852 www.cobbenergycentre.com

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE dance Concerts

metAmorPhoses 6/20/2013 - 7/21/2013 Prices: tickets from $14.95 - $44.86 Georgia Shakespeare Conant Performing Arts Center Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd. NE tiX: 404-504-3406 www.gashakespeare.org

PsAlms, hymns And sPiritUAl songs 06/1 only Prices: $15-$20 Atlanta Sacred Chorale, Emory University Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Road tiX: 404-727-5050 www.AtlantasacredChorale.org

the velveteen rAbbit June 7 – July 27 (every Friday & saturday at 11Am) The Grange Creek in Serenbe, Chattahoochee Hills, GA tickets: $10-$15

strAight no ChAser 06/28 only Prices: $69 - 29 ASO Presents Delta Classic Chastain Park Amphitheater 4469 Stella Dr. Northwest 404-733-5012 www.classicchastain.com

A WAlk in the Woods June 27 – July 14 (every thursday – sunday at 8:30Pm) The Farmer’s Market Clearing in Serenbe, Chattahoochee Hills, GA tickets: $20 - $25

July

Dance

Dance

sUmmer intensive For intermediAte And AdvAnCed stUdents. FeAtUring gUest teAChers robert dekkers oF Post: bAllet, sAn FrAnCisCo And mArCiAl ibArrA, nAtionAl bAllet oF CUbA 06/10 - 06/21 Prices: Call for pricing. scholarships available for male dancers.

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre,Gwinnett Ballet Theatre School 800 Macleod Dr., Lawrenceville tiX: 770-237-0043 www.gwinnettballet.org

she 07/19 & 07/20 Prices: $22/ticket Project 7 Contemporary Dance Company, The Balzer Theater at Herren’s tiX: 877.725.8849 www.project7dance.com

Music Theatre bUddy, the bUddy holly story 07/9 - 07/14 Prices: $30-$65 Theater of the Stars, The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St. NE tiX: 404-252-8960 wwwtheaterofthestars.com

dAnCeAFriCA AtlAntA ConCert / $25 - $35.00 June 14 & 15, 2013; 7:30 pm Giwayen Mata, M.L. King Chapel at Morehouse College 830 Westview Dr SW; Atl, GA 30314-3773 tel: 404-604-9364 www.danceAfricaAtlanta.com www.giwayenmata.org

shAkin’ the rAFters by dAvid h. bell 7/9 - 8/4 Prices: $15 -$ 60 True Colors Theatre Company 14th Street Playhouse 173 14th Street tiX: 1.877.725.8849 www.truecolorstheatre.org

elePhAnt leAders AWArds gAlA / $125 - $200 June 16, 2013; 7:00 pm GIWAYENMATA featuring Nimbaya!, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel 165 Courtland Street N.E., Atl, GA 30303 tel: 404-604-9364 www.danceAfricaAtlanta.com www.giwayenmata.org

Festivals 2013 nAtionAl blACk Arts FestivAl 7/11-21, 2013. Prices vary by date & venues tiX 404-730-7315 or www,nbaf.org

Music Theatre JosePh And the AmAzing teChniColor dreAmCoAt 6/7/2013 - 6/23/2013 Prices: single ticket prices from $25 - $50 Atlanta Lyric Theatre The Strand Theatre 117 North Park Square Marietta tiX: 404-377-9948 www.atlantalyrictheatre.com

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE VENUES AND MORE The Fox Theatre Cobb Energy Centre Actor’s Express 7Stages Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall Robert Ferst Center Rialto Theater Theatrical Outfit Alliance Theater 14th Street Playhouse

Center for Puppetry Arts Horizon Theatre Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern The Strand Theater, Marietta Square Roswell Cultural Arts Center Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Emory University Serenbe Playhouse Georgia Shakespeare Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau Fabrefaction Theater

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