Atlanta ShowGuide Winter 2014

Winter 2014

Greater Atlanta’s Performing Arts Magazine

Artistry of Master Photographer Stephen Poff Creative Process: Kenny Leon Works Magic When Artists and Patrons “Rub Up Against Each Other” From the Stage to the Boardroom, Atlanta Master Chorale Exemplifies Excellence Act3 Productions’ Original Musical, By Wheel and By Wing, Given Staged Reading in New York

by Broadway, Film and TV Actors Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater AM 1690 Celebrates 10 Years as Atlanta’s Voice of the Arts The 2013-14 Suzi Award Winners NBAF Welcomes New Leader Center for Civil And Human Rights From the Grounds to the Stage, It’s All in the Details for Alabama Shakespeare Festival On the Cover:

Nathan Hosner and Kelley Curran, Alabama Shakespeare Festival 2010 production Hamlet, Photo by Stephen Poff

ShowGuide Spotlights Performance Guide January – February 2015

Confetti Toss Alabama Shakespeare Festival Photo by Stephen Poff

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Artistry of Master Photographer Stephen Poff

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From the Stage to the Boardroom, Atlanta Master Chorale Exemplifies Excellence

Creative Process: Kenny Leon Works Magic When Artists and Patrons “Rub Up Against Each Other”

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Act3 Productions’ Original Musical, By Wheel and By Wing, Given Staged Reading in New York by Broadway, Film and TV Actors

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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The 2013-14 Suzi Award Winners

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AM 1690 Celebrates 10 Years as Atlanta’s Voice of the Arts

NBAF Welcomes New Leader Center for Civil And Human Rights From the Grounds to the Stage, It’s All in the Details for Alabama Shakespeare Festival ShowGuide Spotlights Performance Guide January – February 2015 ShowGuide Venues

39 Steps Alabama Shakespeare Festival Photo by Stephen Poff

Performance guide courtesy of atlantaplanit.com

ARTISTRY OF MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER Stephen poff

Alabama Shakespeare Festival 2011 PreProduction, Much Ado About Nothing, Photo

by Stephen Poff

From 365 Days Self-Portrait Project to Professional Photography and Filmmaking

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little more than five years ago, Stephen Poff was asked to work with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival to create some show art for their Southern Writers Project and it’s been a fruitful partnership ever since.

Stephen began his career as a musician, which involves quite a bit of self-promotion. During that time he developed an interest in every aspect of marketing, including video production, graphic arts and eventually photography. Every year he embarks on a creative project that will take a year to complete. Past projects include writing and directing a film, making an Alabama album on his iPhone and Shakespeare Festival 2011 this year he is writing and Production recording a song a week…

Flagmaker of Market Street, he’s currently on song 47.

Photo by But it was his project in Stephen Poff 2006 and then 2008 that attracted the marketing staff at ASF. In 2006 Stephen began what would be called the 365 Days Self-Portrait Project. He would take self-portrait a day for each day of the year. These weren’t “selfies” in the 4

365 Days Self-Portrait Photo by Stephen Poff

bathroom mirror, but rather very ambitious works of art, each having to be completed in just a couple of hours. The project gained lots of worldwide recognition and works from the project have ended up on the covers of novels and magazines.

Stephen currently is a staff photographer and filmmaker at the advertising agency Stamp, which is located in Montgomery Alabama. He enjoys lots of freedom to work on freelance projects, including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and is very proud of the work he’s done with the theater.

“I’ve gotten the opportunity to work with a world-class staff of artisans and actors and am excited every year to participate on the works that they do there. From works of William Shakespeare to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, it’s all very well staged and it gives me plenty to chew on photographically. I can’t wait to see what will be put in front of my lens for the new season!”

Stephen lives in Montgomery Alabama with his wife of 21 years and his 2 beautiful daughters.

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CREATIVE PROCESS:

KENNY LEON WORKS MAGIC WHEN ARTISTS AND PATRONS “RUB UP AGAINST EACH OTHER”

By Holley Calmes

Dem Blues” written and directed by Kevin Ramsey from July 7-August 2, 2015.

All the productions are held at the Southwest Arts Center. Leon is very emphatic about this location and about the City of Atlanta being a catalyst for positive change.

“We can change the ideas of what people think about the South,” he states. “Atlanta is the home of the Civil Rights Movement. And now we’ve grown enough to have an impact on the world.”

Having audiences of all ethnicities attend True Colors’ productions in Southwest Atlanta has specific meaning for Leon. “This part of Atlanta is the last bit of the Civil Rights Movement, and when white audiences come into the historical Civil Rights district, it’s like we are visiting each other’s homes.”

Embracing African-American classics, exploring how history affects the here and now, balancing “a nice mix of things” Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company provides opportunity for a plethora of ideas. Yet the social implications for growth and understanding, within the historical context of this City, are galvanizing for this artist.

“I want to be a part of Atlanta,” he says. “I want to be a part of its becoming what I know it can be.”

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e are not separate. Everyone is connected. We all rub up against each other,” states one of Atlanta’s most prominent gifts to the theatrical milieu.

Kenny Leon, the 58 year old actor, playwright and Tony Award winner believes the sparks that result from the rubbing ignite a world of creativity.

True Colors, Leon’s “moveable feast” of a theatre, launches its new season on January 15-17, 2015 with a play that perfectly captures this philosophy. “Fried Chicken and Latkes,” by playwright Rain Pryor, is about “growing up Black and Jewish,” a splendid example of two cultures “rubbing up” together within one family.

“When I read this play, with the Jewish and the Black cultures together, I was curious as an artist. I like to present theatre that mixes it up, puts groups of people together,” Leon says.

The full True Colors season “mixes it up” as well as “rubs it together.”

Plays that relate to both the past and to “right now” have been selected by Leon who likes to consider how the past has impounded our world.

In addition to “Fried Chicken and Latkes” will be “Detroit ‘67” written by Dominque Morisseau from February 10-March 8, 2015 and “Chasin’ 6

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FRIDAY JULY 24

RESCHEDULED DATE – Tickets for original December 8 date honored at the door

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buy yOuR TICKETS nOw! Tickets for ASO Presents concerts available at • All Ticketmaster outlets • TickeTmAsTer.com • 1.800.745.3000 • Woodruff Arts center box office • Group sales (404) 733.4848 Concerts take place rain or shine. Artists and schedules are subject to change. All sales final. No exchanges or refunds.

Season Premiere: It’s Elemental, October 17, 2014, Photographer: Justin McGough

FROM THE STAGE TO THE BOARDROOM, ATLANTA MASTER CHORALE EXEMPLIFIES EXCELLENCE

By Jamie Clements

in the communities where they live,” announced Spring Taylor Lacy, Vice President, Corporate & Community Engagement, Prudential Financial, at the awards ceremony. “We are excited to support the Prudential Leadership Awards for the fourth year in a row, because we understand the value of exceptional board leadership, and we have seen that in action in our Award winners.”

Established by BoardSource in 2011, the Prudential Leadership Awards “recognize nonprofit boards that understand and embrace exceptional governance,” says Vernetta Walker, Vice President of Programs & Chief Governance Officer for BoardSource. “The Awards acknowledge the critical role that boards play in overseeing their organizations’ missions, finances, and strategic direction.”

The Chorale will use the Award’s national profile and cash grant to continue strategically building and engaging its board, and also to further “some exciting conversations …around mission delivery in Atlanta, and beyond,” says current board chair, Mary Slaughter.

You can catch the Atlanta Master Chorale on stage for the Faure Requiem on March 14 at 8:00pm in Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. 404-727-5050 or www.

AtlantaMasterChorale.org

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ne year after winning the 2013 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America, Atlanta Master Chorale is now the grand prize winner of the 2014 Prudential Leadership Award for Exceptional Nonprofit Boards from BoardSource. With thousands of nonprofit member organizations representing every area of the nonprofit sector, BoardSource is “dedicated to advancing the public good by building exceptional nonprofit boards and inspiring board service.” Past winners for the award include boards of nonprofits focused on legal aid, literacy, housing, arts, religion, education, health, and youth initiatives. Prudential and The Prudential Foundation provide support for the award.

With the top prize given to only one nonprofit board nationwide each year, the Award adds a seal of distinction to the organization that takes home the coveted plaque and $15,000 grant. “Prudential sees board service as a critical part of supporting communities, and growing and protecting community assets. We have championed strong governance in a variety of ways: through the Prudential Leadership Awards; through our support of the BoardSource Leadership Forum; and by supporting our employees as they serve on boards 8

Act3 Productions’ Original Musical,

By Wheel and By Wing, Given Staged Reading in New York by Broadway, Film and TV Actors

By Julie Herron Carson

The musical relates the true struggle of the Parnes family who lived on the Polish-Ukraine border at the outbreak of World War II. Through luck, coincidence and the family’s insistence on staying together, they found themselves traveling always eastward. Although the Jewish family remained only a few days ahead of the Nazi invasion, they were never caught or imprisoned, and survived, family intact, at the end of the war.

Several family members now live in Atlanta.

Just as the element of chance helped insure the family’s survival, chance played a role in the play’s creation. A few years ago, Jeannie Parnes Wechsler sat next to Patti Mactas on an airplane, and shared her family’s story. “I immediately thought we have to tell this story, and I was humbled and gratified when the family agreed to let Act3 Productions develop a musical based on their experiences and published memoir.”

When the musical premiered in Atlanta, nearly all of the surviving Parnes siblings, their spouses and adult children attended the performance. “It was a magical night,” remembers Mactas. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.”

Since then, Act3 secured funding to bring in a professional team to polish the book, music and lyrics. The goal of the New York performance is to generate additional support and take the play to the next stage.

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n early November, a stellar cast of Broadway, film and television actors came together under the direction of two-time Tony Nominee Jayne Atkinson to present a staged reading of By Wheel and By Wing, an original musical by Atlanta-based Act3 Productions. Staged at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the evening marked the musical’s first New York performance with an Equity cast since it premiered in Atlanta in 2012. Patti Mactas, artistic director of Act3 Productions (www.act3productions.org), produced the performance. Her daughter, Elyssa Mactas, reprised the role she originally played in Atlanta, as did Atlanta actor Connor Crank. Local actor Matt Alea, also performed.

Cast members included actors from 13 the Musical, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, Grease the Musical, House of Cards, Louie, Matilda the Musical, Ragtime the Musical, Sesame Street, Shrek the Musical, Spring Awakening, WICKED the Musical and more. “Once we got the word out about this extraordinary play, we were thrilled at the response from New York’s acting community,” said Atkinson, an award-winning Broadway actress and cast member of Gossip Girl and House of Cards.

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Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra performs

Virtuoso Strings!

Featuring the JCSO string musicians.

This wide-ranging program features repertoire from Bach and Bartok to Tchaikovsky and Copland. Be prepared to be amazed!

MARCH 7, 2015 • 8:00PM

THEATER AT JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL 5575 State Bridge Road, Johns Creek GA 30022 For Tickets:

www.johnscreeksymphony.org phone: 678-748-5802

MUMMENSCHANZ “Dazzling and delightful! Things are seldom what they seem!” –The New York Times

Sunday, February 15

5 p.m.

Ferst Center at Georgia Tech

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ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

Members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with Artistic Director Robert Battle, Associate Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya, and Rehearsal Director & Guest Artist Matthew Rushing (center). Photo by Andrew Eccles

2015 SEASON LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROBERT BATTLE GRACES ATLANTA’S FOX THEATRE FROM FEBRARY 11 – 15, 2015

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performed for the first time in Atlanta are Hofesh Shechter’s acclaimed Uprising, an exhilarating work with seven men who bombard the stage with intensity to a percussive score by the choreographer himself; and Jacqulyn Buglisi’s Suspended Women, a mesmerizing ensemble piece which illuminates the challenges and strength of women across the ages.

For the first time, this year’s engagement kicks off with a Wednesday night Ailey Fan program. Atlantans can experience the Ailey magic with every single seat in the house priced at only $25! Ailey invites you to bring a loved one to the Valentine’s Day performance on Saturday, February 14 at 8 p.m. The Family Matinee program will be followed by a Q&A with the dancers Saturday, February 14 at 2 p.m. All tickets for the family matinee performance are buy one, get one 50% off.

Tickets for the Atlanta 2015 Season are currently available for purchase at The Fox Theatre box office, 660 Peachtree Street NE, www.alvinailey. org, www.foxtheatre.org or by calling 855-2858499. Prices start at $25. Groups of 10 or more save by calling 404-881-2000.

lvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theatre from February 11 through 15 for six performances, each ending with Revelations, Alvin Ailey’s timeless classic. There is much excitement surrounding the area premiere of ODETTA — a tribute to the singer known as the “voice of the Civil Rights movement,” as Atlanta played a unique leadership role in that part of our nation’s history.

“Alvin Ailey was a pioneer in creating an American modern dance repertory company and I am honored to continue his vision of celebrating the African-American cultural experience and the tenacity of the human spirit with ODETTA. I look forward to returning to the Fabulous Fox to share this season’s premieres, dynamic performances and the always inspiring artistry of Ailey’s extraordinary dancers,” stated Artistic Director, Robert Battle.

ODETTA, choreographed by Ailey’s Matthew Rushing, is in tribute to Odetta Holmes’ life as an activist, songwriter, actress, and singer anointed “the queen of American folk music,” by Martin Luther King, Jr. Two Company premieres being 12

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AM 1690 CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AS ATLANTA’S VOICE OF THE ARTS

By Jon Waterhouse

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represents some of the cityʼs best and brightest in the arts community. Musicians, educators, actors, journalists and many others can be found behind the stations microphones.

One of the latest programs on AM 1690 is “Never Worlds and Maybe Lands.”

It features Atlanta Radio Theatre Company performing its own original radio dramas.

It’s a mix of studio recordings and live performances with some stories standing alone and others spanning over several weeks.

Throughout the past 10 years and into the future, the scope of the Voice of the Arts continues to widen. As many media outlets cut back on arts coverage, AM 1690 increases it. Although the station explores timeless music from days gone by, it firmly plants itself in the 21st century by playing current indie rock and offering its own free iPod and Droid applications.

AM 1690 may be blowing out 10 candles, but it plans to light Atlanta’s radio fire for years to come.

f a baker was given the charge of creating a birthday cake for AM 1690 The Voice of Arts, it would undoubtedly be a confection packed with a myriad of flavors.

That would be the best way to reflect the most eclectic spot on Atlanta’s radio dial.

As AM 1690 celebrates its 10th anniversary, listeners can cut a slice of diversity by tuning in to this rule-breaking station.

The brainchild of owner Joe Weber, AM 1690 continues its mission of delivering the best in arts and entertainment, much of which corporate radio often overlooks.

“I was never a teacher, but I like sharing things with people who I think will enjoy them,” Weber says.

This means broadcasting a playlist of unprecedented variety and combining it with an amazing array of original programming.

You’ll hear music by composers ranging from Dylan to Debussy, and specialty shows and segments exploring roots music, jazz, classical and all points in between.

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Adapted by Bobby Box · Directed by Mira Hirsch

FEB 18 - MAR 8 This evocative retelling of Anne Frank’s remarkable story examines the hopes, dreams, and the inner strength that carried the young girl from day to day during Nazi oppression and persecution.

PUPPET.ORG · 404.873.3391 1404 SPRING STREET NW, ATLANTA, GA 30309 Season supported in part by: Fulton County Board of Commissioners; the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs; and Georgia Council for the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Anne Frank: Within & Without presented in cooperation with the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, sponsor of the Anne Frank Center USA’s exhibit Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945.

Photos and text courtesy of the Anne Frank Center USA-New York; the Anne Frank House Amsterdam; and the Anne Frank - Fonds, Basel.

RUTHIE FOSTER Celebrate Roswell ROOTS with two-time Grammy nominee Ruthie Foster sharing her blend of soul, blues, rock, folk, and gospel. Foster excels at richlytextured music painted in blues and has been compared to Bonnie Raitt, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.

ROSWELL CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Producer’s Circle:

Saturday, February 7, 2015 - 8pm For tickets and info:

www.RoswellCAC.com (770) 594-6232 *Special discounts for Seniors and Students!

ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE 2013-14 SUZI AWARD WINNERS 2013-2014 Suzi Bass Award Winners

Center for Puppetry Arts, 2014 Production 1001 Nights: A Love Story about Loving Stories Photo by Nelson Hicks

Outstanding Performance – Theatre for Young Audiences 1001 Nights: A Love Story about Loving Stories – Center for Puppetry Arts 2014 Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Season Actor’s Express

Outstanding Production of a Play Choir Boy - Alliance Theatre Outstanding Director of a Play Trip Cullman for Choir Boy - Alliance Theatre Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Natasha Drena for End of the Rainbow - Actor’s Express Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (tie) Andrew Benator for Race - True Colors Theatre Company Neal A. Ghant for Race - True Colors Theatre Company Outstanding Ensemble of a Play Choir Boy - Alliance Theatre with Nicholas L. Ashe, Joshua Boone, Caleb Eberhardt, Jeremy Pope, Scott Robertson, John Stewart, and Charles E. Wallace Outstanding Production of a Musical Harmony - Alliance Theatre Outstanding Director of a Musical Tony Speciale for Harmony - Alliance Theatre Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical Galen Crawley for Mary Poppins - Aurora Theatre Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical Andy Meeks for Mary Poppins - Aurora Theatre Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Austin Tijerina for Oklahoma! - Serenbe Playhouse Outstanding Ensemble of a Musical Harmony - Alliance Theatre Outstanding Production – Theatre for Young Audiences 1001 Nights: A Love Story about Loving Stories – Center for Puppetry Arts Outstanding Direction – Theatre for Young Audiences And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank – Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Director – Peter Hardy Outstanding Design – Theatre for Young Audiences Shrek the Musical – Alliance Theatre Scenic Designer – Kat Conley, Costume Designer – Sydney Roberts. Lighting Designer – Pete Shinn, and Sound Designer – Clay Benning

Breakdown by Theatre (Suzis and TYA Suzis)

• Alliance Theatre – 11 [Harmony – 5, Choir Boy – 3, The Geller Girls - 2, Shrek the Musical - 1 ] • Aurora Theatre – 6 [Mary Poppins – 6] • 7 Stages – 2 [The Navigator – 2] • Actor’s Express – 2 [End of the Rainbow – 1, Pluto – 1] • Center for Puppetry Arts – 2 [1001 Nights: A Love Story about Loving Stories - 2] • Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company – 2 [Race] • Atlanta Lyric Theatre – 1 [Annie] • Georgia Ensemble Theatre – 1 [And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank] • Georgia Shakespeare – 1 [One Man, Two Guvnors] • Horizon Theatre – 1 [Elemeno Pea] • Serenbe Playhouse – 1 [Oklahoma!]

• Theatrical Outfit – 1 [Best of Enemies] For further information on the awards process,or becoming a Member of the Suzi Bass Awards, please go to www.SuziAwards.org or email info@suziawards.org.

Tony Yazbeck, Will Taylor, Douglas Williams, Shayne Kennon, Chris Dwan, and Will Blum in the Alliance Theatre’s 2013/14 production of Harmony – A New Musical.

September 6 – October 6, 2013. Photo by Greg Mooney.

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Playing in January 2015

The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Learn from experts, swap seeds and meet fellow gardners. This free event is presented in partnership with the City of Decatur, Pak Pride and Slow Food Atlanta.

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NBAF WELCOMES NEW LEADER

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he National Black Arts lectured extensively about African Festival — a nonprofit Diaspora art and culture and about organization with a twentyissues facing nonprofit cultural six year legacy of providing stellar organizations. artistic and educational programs NBAF’s annual festival is framed in music, dance, film, visual arts, around world-class performances, theater and the literary arts to commissioned works, education broad and diverse local, national programs, visual arts presentations, and international audiences — public events and activities for all Grace C. Stanislaus, NBAF Executive Director is delighted to welcome Grace ages and generations. During its Stanislaus as its new 2014 season from July through Executive Director.

September, NBAF presented Grace is a seasoned 3 new commissioned works arts administrator who has including a hip hop theater held executive leadership program for young audiences and management that was presented as a positions at several school program as well as prestigious organizations to the public, a series of jazz across the country. Before performances curated by assuming her position Wynton Marsalis, a one-day at the helm of NBAF, she film festival highlighting the was the former Executive power of music by filmmakers Director of the Museum across the African Diaspora, of the African Diaspora free master classes with (MoAD) in San Francisco, students by the artists that President & CEO of performed on NBAF stages the Romare Bearden and the Brave New Voices Foundation in New York, 2-week poetry writing Executive Director of the intensive workshop for teens L-R, Sonya M. Halpern, NBAF Board Chair and Grace C. Stanislaus Bronx Museum of the that culminated in a public Arts and the Museum presentation of their work. for African Art, and curator at the Studio Please go to NBAF.org for more Museum in Harlem. She has written and information.

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A new book of breathtaking dance photography by Richard Calmes.

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

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

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

CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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Since opening in June 2014, The Center has welcomed tens of thousands of visitors from folks who experienced the Civil Rights Movement firsthand, to school studentsfor whom the Center brings the Civil Rights Movement to life, to international guests who find inspiration in the story of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Every visit to the Center for Civil and Human Rights isfilled with surprises, including Platon’s striking photographic mural which honors activists from Egypt and Burma, Ross Rossin’s remarkable photo-realistic paintings of Human Rights champions like Argentina’s Estela Barnes de Carlotto, who was recently reunited with her grandson after a 36-year quest, and designer Paula Scher’s vibrant sunburst lobby mural which unites global protests through the years beneath a single upraised hand.

Conveniently located next to the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium at Pemberton Place, the Center for Civil and Human Rights is the new must-do destination in Atlanta.

For more details, hours, and ticket information visit www.civilandhumanrights.org.

Get social on Facebook and Twitter (@Ctr4CHR).

he Center for Civil and Human Rights is an engaging cultural attraction in downtown Atlanta that connects the American Civil Rights Movement to modern Global Human Rights Movements. The New York Times called The Center the “main event” in downtown Atlanta’s renaissance, in part due to its singular architecturaldesign by worldrenowned architect Phil Freelon.

The Center fulfills its mission — to empower people totake the protection of every human’s rights personally — through its awardwinning exhibits. The interactive surround-sound lunch counter allows you to place your palms onto the counter and experience the threats the heroic sit-in protestors braved in Greensboro.

The “Who Like Me” responsive mirrors allow you to stand face-to-face with a Human Rights champion from around the world who will tell you their story.

The Center also displays personal papers, artifacts, anditems that belonged to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as the exclusive public venue for the Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection. Take an up close and personal look at Dr. King and understand how an individual can make a difference and impact our world.

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The Largest African American Art, History & Culture Museum in the Southeast

340 Walnut Street Macon, Georgia 478.743.8544

tubmanmuseum.com

9th Annual

A Neiman Marcus Presentation to Benefit the National Black Arts Festival

Thursday, March 19, 2015 . 6:00pM – 9:00pM Fine Art + Fashion raises funds to support the National Black Arts Festival’s multidisciplinary arts, education and public programs. Neiman Marcus invites guests to experience the Art of Fashion on the runway.

Don’t miss this exciting event that brings lovers of art and fashion together with award recipients, emerging talent, visual artists and the designer extraordinaire.

www.NBaF.org Early reservations are encouraged as Fine Art + Fashion is sure to be a sold-out event. For reservations, contact Judy Hanenkrat at 404.730.6369 (office), 404.372.4572 (cell), email her at jhanenkrat@nbaf.org. jhanenkrat@nbaf.org FAF15_Showguide_Ad.indd 1

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FROM THE GROUNDS TO THE STAGE, IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS FOR ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

Alice Sherman & Bret Shurford, 2014 Alabama Shakespeare Festival, production Disney’s Mary Poppins, Photo by Stephen Poff

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the madcap As You Like It and Shakespeare’s grand epic masterpiece, King Lear. The season culminates in July with a musical extravaganza: Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

The magic that makes all these productions possible can be experienced up close and personal through ASF’s backstage tours, an insider look at the scene, prop and costume shops where sets are built, costumes are stitched and wigs are woven hair by hair by a team of talented and dedicated artisans.

Planning a visit to Montgomery? Coming from Atlanta, the drive is an easy 2.5 hours on I-85 to Exit 6 in Montgomery.

Parking at the theatre is plentiful and free, and there are onsite-dining options by reservation at the theatre as well as at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (free admission.) There is also a thriving, walkable restaurant district in charming and historic downtown Montgomery just 10 minutes away from the theatre, in addition to many important museums and Civil Rights attractions. Don’t miss out! Plan your visit to ASF, and experience World-Class Theatre in the Heart of the South.

labama and Shakespeare go together like pecans and pie. If you have been to the marvelous performing arts complex in Montgomery, Alabama, known as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF), you have no cause to doubt the veracity of that statement. Nestled in a gorgeous 300-acre park that it shares with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the complex includes three performance venues, the 792-seat Festival Theatre, the 262-seat Octagon Stage, and a 200seat outdoor amphitheater surrounded by an exquisite Shakespeare Garden.

Although the facility is marvelous, it is the magic going on inside the theatres that make any visit truly worthwhile. This January on the Festival Stage ASF presents Always…Patsy Cline with 2013 BroadwayWorld Best Actress Jacqueline Petroccia, who CBS Radio said “as Patsy Cline is the closest to the real thing as you will ever hear.”

In February, a whimsical production of Alice in Wonderland plays on the Octagon Stage while Oscar Wilde’s deliriously funny The Importance of Being Earnest plays in the Festival Theatre. In March and April ASF celebrates Shakespeare with 22

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE

Alliance Theatre Presents TUCK EVERLASTING

critics alike calling it “A MUSICAL WORTH SINGING ABOUT!” (The New York Times) Filled with one heart-pounding number after another, it’s a high-energy explosion of song and dance you just don’t want to miss.

A young girl dreaming of adventure meets a family with a fabulous secret. Their chance encounter will change them all forever. Take an exhilarating journey you’ll never forget in this new musical about everlasting love, never-ending life, and discovering what it means to truly feel alive. Based on the beloved, best-selling, award-winning novel by Natalie Babbitt, TUCK EVERLASTING comes to life on stage in a wholly original production, directed and choreographed by Tony Award® winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spamalot), featuring a book by Tony Award® nominee Claudia

Center For Civil And Human Rights History Comes Alive

The Center for Civil and Human Rights is an engaging cultural attraction in downtown Atlanta (adjacent to the World of Coca-Cola and Georgia Aquarium) that connects the American Civil Rights Movement to modern Global Human Rights Movements. Sit-in at an interactive lunch counter and experience what heroic protestors braved; stand face-to-face with Human Rights champions; and witness items that changed history: Dr. King’s personal papers. Find out for yourself why The New York Times called The Center the “main event” in downtown Atlanta’s renaissance. For more details, hours, and ticket information visit www.civilandhumanrights.org. Get social on Facebook and Twitter (@Ctr4CHR).

The Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern

Love is a many splendid thing, unless you’re Sir John Falstaff.

In January, The Shakespeare Tavern becomes the playground for the lecherous drunk who tries to swindle two of Windsor’s clever and mischievous wives.

With a jealous husband hot on his trail, things cannot end well for Falstaff, but you’re certain to guffaw at the shenanigans. In February, we get back to the kind of love and romance we’re used to: two teenagers of opposing households, fall in love, get married, get separated and well, you know the rest. Now that we think about it…maybe love is a many splintered thing, instead.

From Arlo Guthrie to Mummenschanz at the Ferst

The air sparkles with arts activity on the campus of Georgia Tech this winter! In January join Arlo Guthrie for a 50th anniversary celebration of his famous “Alice’s Restaurant” and greet the return of the inimitable jazz vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur.

In February choreographer Jonah Bokaer and his New York dance troupe perform an evening that includes “Why Patterns,” a dance piece featuring thousands of ping pong balls!

From Germany comes the return of Mummenschanz, a physical theatre troupe presenting an evening filled with surprises. And the stage warms up with master fiddlers Natalie

Newsies Hits Atlanta

They delivered the papers, until they made the headlines…Direct from Broadway comes NEWSIES, the smash-hit, crowd-pleasing new musical from Disney. Winner of the 2012 Tony Awards® for Best Score and Best Choreography, NEWSIES has audiences and 23

ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE spotlights Anacondas, howler monkeys, and sloths—oh my!

MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, performing a whirlwind of Celtic music, dance, and song.

The TechArts Festival, running February 18 to March 7, celebrates the creative spirit and is designed as an annual showcase for the music, dance, theatre, literary arts and visual/digital media arts that not only flourish in the midst of the technological university, but also inspire and reflect both research and education. For a complete list of festival presentations please see www.arts.gatech.edu.

It’s a jungle out there in the Center for Puppetry Arts’ production of Rainforest Adventures.

In this entertaining and enlightening peek at the amazing Amazonian rainforest, you’ll experience a day in the life of more than 30 exotic plants and animals that live in this vital ecosystem. After the show, families can make their very own Electric Eel Ultraviolet Puppets to take home and can tour our museum exhibits! Rainforest Adventures plays January 29 to March 15 at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Details and tickets at www. puppet.org.

March 7, 2015, Saturday at 8:00 PM: Virtuoso Strings! Our Super Sensational Strings!

We are bringing back our feature spotlighting the JCSO string musicians, in an exceptional display of skill and technique, not to mention outstanding musicianship. This wide-ranging program features repertoire from Bach and Bartok to Tchaikovsky and Copland.

Be prepared to be amazed! Theater at Johns Creek High School, 5575 State Bridge Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022.

Ruthie Foster LIVE! In Roswell, February 7, 2015

The Roswell Cultural Arts Center will celebrate Roswell ROOTS with twotime Grammy nominee Ruthie Foster sharing her blend of soul, blues, rock, folk, and gospel. With a strong, clear and impossibly soulful voice, Foster excels at richly-textured music painted in blues and has been compared to Bonnie Raitt, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin. She has received five trophies from the Blues Music Awards and her last two albums, The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, and Let It Burn, were nominated for Grammy Awards as Best Blues Albums. Foster’s newest release, Promise of a Brand New Day, was produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, and is sure to receive her third Grammy nomination.

Special discounts for youth and senior citizens are available. For tickets: www.roswellcac. com (770) 594-6232

National Tour of Menopause The Musical® Plays Marietta

January 13-18, 2015 for 7 performances!

GFour Productions, winners of 54 Drama Desk and 44 Tony Awards are proudly bringing the international hit show Menopause The Musical® to Marietta and will play the Earl Smith Strand Theatre for seven performances January 13-18, 2015. Menopause The Musical® is a groundbreaking celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived “The Change.” Tickets are currently on sale, and can be purchased at www.earlsmithstrand.org or by calling 770.293.0080. Group discounts for 10+ are also available by calling 888-686-8587.

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True Colors Theatre Company and MJCCA present Rain Pryor: Fried Chicken and Latkes

In the awardwinning Fried Chicken and Latkes, Rain Pryor shares growing up the daughter of famed comic Richard Pryor and Shelley R. Bonis, a Jewish go-go dancer. She hilariously discusses racial tensions in Beverly Hills during the 1960s and 70s, explaining how she learned to embrace her African-American roots, her Jewish ancestry, and her father’s unique style of parenting.

Audiences are treated to a bevy of impressions, songs and jaw-dropping monologues, featuring Pryor and a three-piece jazz band. Expect plenty of laughs, great music and an intimate performance by the supremely talented artist. Pryor is best known for her role in the hit 80’s series Head of the Class.

January 15 - 17, 2015 at the Southwest Arts Center. Tickets: www.truecolorstheatre.org

GSO AND FRIENDS February 28, 3:00pm Marietta Performing Arts Center Georgia Symphony Orchestra Vega Quartet • Will Ransom, piano Introduction and Allegro, Sir Edward Elgar Romanze for Viola and Orchestra, Max Bruch Por Una Cbeza, Carlos Gardel Symphony #7 Movement II, Beethoven PMS coated 7417

AN AMERICAN TAPESTRY March 14, 8:00pm Marietta Performing Arts Center GSO Chorus and Georgia Symphony Chamber Orchestra

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Experience Music in our Sacred Space

Throughout the year, Covenant Presbyterian Church presents concerts by choral groups, vocalists and musicians in our historic sanctuary. And, our inspirational choir and organ music are integral to our 11 a.m. Sunday morning worship service. Please join us!

At Pace Academy, we create prepared, confident citizens of the world who THINK BIG. Let us introduce our family to yours. www.paceacademy.org/admissions

www.covenantpresbyterian.us 2461 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30305 1160-ad.qxp

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDEWINTER THEATRE THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR 1/1/2015 - 2/1/2015, Price: $15 - $40 New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St. NE , Atlanta TIX:404-874-5299 shakespearetavern.com ALWAYS PATSY CLINE 1/13/15 – 2/8/15 Price: $30 to $60 Alabama Shakespeare Festival, One Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL TIX: 800-841-4273 www.asf.net

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 2/27/15 – 5/9/15, Price: $30 - $60 Alabama Shakespeare Festival, One Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL TIX: 800-841-4273 www.asf.net

MUSICAL THEATRE MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 1/13/2015 1/18/2015 Price: $39 to $49 The Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square, Marietta TIX: 770-293-0080 earlsmithstrand.org

RAIN PRYOR: FRIED CHICKEN & LATKES 1/15/2015 - 1/17/2015 Price: $20 to $100 True Colors Theatre Company, Southwest Arts Center 915 New Hope Rd. SW, Atlanta TIX: 404-532-1901 truecolorstheatre.org

NEWSIES 1/20/2015 1/25/2015 Price: $25 to $95 Broadway in Atlanta, The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX:855-285-8499 broadwayinatlanta.com

TUCK EVERLASTING 1/21/2015 1/31/2015 Price: $21 to $60 Alliance Theatre’s Main Stage, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX:404-733-5000 alliancetheatre.org

IN THE MOOD 2/1/2015 Price: $22 to $62 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852 cobbenergycentre.com

ALICE IN WONDERLAND 1/24/15 – 2/15/15, Price: $20 to $30 Alabama Shakespeare Festival, One Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL TIX: 800-841-4273 www.asf.net

DETROIT ‘67 2/10/2015 3/8/2015 Price: $20 True Colors Theatre Company, Southwest Arts Center 915 New Hope Rd. SW, Atlanta TIX: 404-532-1901 truecolorstheatre.org

JAMES GREGORY: FUNNIEST MAN IN AMERICA 1/30/2015 1/30/2015 Price: $28 to $40 The Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square, Marietta TIX: 770-293-0080 earlsmithstrand.org

WICKED 2/18/2015 3/8/2015 Price: $45 to $175 Broadway in Atlanta, The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 855-285-8499 broadwayinatlanta.com

ROMEO AND JULIET 2/5/2015 - 3/1/2015 Price $15-$40 New American Shakespeare Tavern, 499 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-874-5299 shakespearetavern.com

RIGOLETTO 2/28/2015 3/8/2015 Price: $26 to $140 The Atlanta Opera., Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 404-881-8885 atlantaopera.org

JERRY SEINFELD 2/6/2015 Price: $47 to $147 The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 1-855-285-8499 foxtheatre.org

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WINTERATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE DANCE SHEN YUN PERFORMING ARTS 1/2/2015 1/4/2015 Price: $67.45 to $221.70 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852 cobbenergycentre.com JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT’S ROMEO ET JULIETTE 2/6/2015 2/14/2015 Price: $23 to $124 Atlanta Ballet, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 404-892-3303 atlantaballet.com ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER 2/11/2015 -2/15/ 2015 Prices: $25-$70 Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree Street, NE Tix:: 855-285-8499, Foxtheatre.Org

ATLANTA BALLET FELLOWSHIP ENSEMBLE PRESENTS SNOW WHITE 2/14/2015 2/15/2015 Price: $10 to $45 Atlanta Ballet, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy.

TIX: 404-892-3303 atlantaballet.com MUMMENSCHANZ 2/15/2015 2/15/2015 Price: $22 to $42 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIX:404-894-9600 ferstcenter.gatech.edu JONAH BOKAER PERFORMANCE 2/20/2015 Price: $28 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta TIX:404-894-9600 ferstcenter.gatech.edu

Visit gallowayschool.org to learn more.

At The Galloway School, students age 3 through grade 12 are encouraged to embrace their individuality through a rich curriculum that includes dance, theater, visual arts, and music.

Admissions tours begin in October. Come see what The Galloway School has to offer!

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DANCE CLASSES & WORKSHOPS WINTER AND SPRING 2015 CLASSES AT GWINNETT BALLET THEATRE/OPEN HOUSE Classes -2/ 5/ 2015. OPEN HOUSE - 1/11/ 2015, 2-4 pm Prices: OPEN HOUSE / free. Classes range by age and level.

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre School, GBT Studios, 1800 Macleod Drive, Lawrenceville TIX:: 770-237-0046, www.gwinnettballet.org

CONCERTS ASHER FISCH CONDUCTS LISZT AND STRAUSS; DANIIL TRIFONOV MAKES ASO DEBUT 1/8/2015 1/10/2015 Price: $24 to $99 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org

CONDUCTOR MARIN ALSOP RETURNS TO THE ASO 1/15/2015 1/17/2015 Price: $24 to $99 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX:404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org ATLANTA COMMUNITY CHORAL FESTIVAL 1/24/2015 1/24/2015 Free!

Atlanta Master Chorale Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX:404-915-4541 atlantamasterchorale.org CAMERON CARPENTER BRINGS INTERNATIONAL TOURING ORGAN TO SYMPHONY HALL 1/29/2015 2/1/2015 Price: $24 to $99 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX:404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org

WINTERATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE DIANE SCHUUR 1/30/2015 1/30/2015 Price: $26 to $51 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta TIX:404-894-9600 ferstcenter.gatech.edu

GSO AND FRIENDS 2/28/2015 Price: $10 to $30 Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Marietta Performing Arts Center, 1171 Whitlock Ave., Marietta TIX:770-429-7016 georgiasymphony.org

ARLO GUTHRIE 1/31/2015 Price: $39 to $49 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIX:404-894-9600 ferstcenter.gatech.edu

VIRTUOSO STRINGS! March 7, 2015 , Prices $30-$15 Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra, Theater at Johns Creek High School, 5575 State Bridge Road, Johns Creek TIX:678-748-5802 www.johnscreeksymphony.org

CONCERTMASTER DAVID COUCHERON PLAYS BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTO 2/5/2015 2/7/2015 Price: $24 to $99 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX:404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org

KIDS SHOWS THE STINKY CHEESE MAN 12/30/2014 1/11/2015 Gen Adm: $16.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX:404-873-3391 puppet.org

IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA 2/7/2015 Price: $50 Arts at Emory, Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX:404-727-5050 arts.emory.edu

THE LIZARD & EL SOL 1/12/2015 1/31/2015 Gen Adm: $10 Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX:404-733-5000 alliancetheatre.org

RUTHIE FOSTER LIVE! IN ROSWELL 2/7/2015 8pm, Gen Adm: $25-$40 Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forest St., Roswell TIX:770-594-6232 roswellcac.com

THE BIG BAD, LITTLE RED, PIG SHOW 1/13/2015 1/25/2015 Gen Adm: $16.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX:404-873-3391 puppet.org

THE WORLD AROUND US 2/8/2015 Gen Adm: $10 The Michael O’Neal Singers, Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, 180 Academy St., Alpharetta TIX:770-594-7974 mosingers.com

RAINFOREST ADVENTURES 1/29/2015 3/15/2015 Gen Adm: $16.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX:404-873-3391 puppet.org

GYSO CONCERT #2 2/15/2015 Price: $8 Georgia Symphony Youth Orchestra, Kennesaw State University, Bailey Performance Center, 1000 Chastain Rd., Kennesaw TIX:770-429-7016 georgiasymphony.org PIANO BATTLE 2/17/2015 Price: $39.72 to $65.64 Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. NW TIX:404-413-9849 rialtocenter.org

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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 Center for Puppetry Arts

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

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L-R: Chris Dwan, Tony Yazbeck, Will Blum, Shayne Kennon, Will Taylor, and Douglas Williams in the Alliance Theatre’s 2013/14 production of Harmony – A New Musical.

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