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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Breakin’ Convention Returns to Charlotte............................................ 4 Meet Some of the Stars of The Illusionists Coming in October............ 6 5 Reasons Not to Miss Opera Carolina's New Season ......................... 8 Celebrating Charlotte Ballet's Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux ......................12 A Little Cabaret Trivia Before the Show Hits the Belk Stage ...............14 Charlotte Symphony Committed to Education...................................16 CONNECT WITH US

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Breakin’ Convention Returns to Charlotte This Fall

he incredible international festival of hip-hop dance theater, Breakin' Convention, returns to the Queen City Sept. 30-Oct. 1. This celebration of hip-hop culture comes direct from Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, thanks to a sponsorship by Sprite in Charlotte.

It puts the best dance crews from around the globe and amazing local talent on the stage for two nights of innovative, interactive dance and art. Plus, free family-friendly activities will take place all week on the plaza at Levine Center for the Arts.

The international lineup brings innovative artists from different cultures to the Blumenthal stage. This year’s artists hail from Korea, South Africa, Canada and the United Kingdom. From Korea, the seven-member B-Boy group Just Dance fuses traditional Korean

movement with high-energy break dancing. Another artist interested in the fusion of culture and movement is Jane Sekonya from South Africa. Her “Afrofuze” pieces allow her to tell comedic stories through dance.

The two members of Canada’s Tentacle Tribe, Emmanuelle Lêphan and Elon Höglund, have worked together for over a decade, crafting pieces that draw on stories from nature and animals. While Pro-Motion’s performances are rooted in elements of the natural world, their futuristic street dancing draws on popping and animation dancers from Jonzi D the group’s U.K. home.

Jonzi D, artistic director of Breakin’ Convention, is also from the U.K. His talents extend far beyond hip-hop dance, leading to collaborations with artists like The Roots, Steve Williamson and Gangstarr.

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Meet Some of the Stars of The Illusionists Coming in October

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hink you can't be fooled? Think again. The mysterious, hypertalented performers of The Illusionists – coming direct from Broadway to Ovens Auditorium Oct. 21-23 – have all had dazzling careers, thanks to the many tricks up their sleeves.

Here’s a little information about some of the illusionists coming this fall.

THE TRICKSTER, aka Jeff Hobson Specialty: Probably the only man who can make you laugh as he clandestinely snatches your watch.

How you know him: He is best known for his hilarious hosting in Las Vegas and his own one-man shows. He has been featured on HBO, FOX Family's "Masters of Illusion," and NBC's "World's Greatest Magic."

THE INVENTOR, aka Kevin James Specialty: Amazing illusions infused with quirky humor.

How you know him: Starting in 2005, he was the headliner of "The World's Greatest Magic Show" in Las Vegas.

Previously, he had starred in a production at the Crazy Horse in Paris. He has performed for the Prince of Monaco, the Sultan of Dubai and recently President Barack Obama and family.

THE ESCAPOLOGIST, aka Andrew Basso Specialty: Death-defying escapes.

How you know him: With performances in famed arenas like

Sydney Opera House and London’s Hammersmith Apollo, the Italian escape artist has gained worldwide acclaim. His most lauded trick combines Houdini’s famed escape and the world’s first fullview water torture cell.

THE DEDUCTIONIST, aka Colin Cloud Specialty: Hyper-aware feats of mind reading.

How you know him: With a background in forensic science, he crafted a magic career through shows at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival Fringe. His ability to recall specifics about audience members has earned him praise from the likes of Simon Cowell and ITV’s Jonathan Ross, as well as the title “the real-life Sherlock Holmes.”

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5 Reasons Not to Miss Opera Carolina’s 2016/17 Season ... Even for Newcomers

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pera: Does the word bring to mind outsized singers with long braids and funny helmets belting out songs in a foreign language? Don’t be fooled. Opera is rooted in real life.

Whether you prefer jeans or cocktail attire – and either is appropriate – here are five reasons not to miss Opera Carolina’s 2016/17 season, made possible by Wells Fargo Private Bank’s sponsorship.

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Understand pop culture. You know the music from The Barber of Seville, even if you don’t think you do. Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd sang comically to Rossini’s tunes in “The Rabbit of Seville.” Isn’t it time you saw the original, in which a busybody barber tries to help one man land the woman of his dreams?

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Get a history lesson. La Traviata is based on the tragic life of the famously gorgeous Parisian courtesan Marie Duplessis. By the time she was 16, men were paying for her company (literally). Her affair with Alexander Dumas, son of “The Three Musketeers” author, is the basis for Verdi’s opera, which, in turn, was the basis for “Pretty Woman” and “Moulin Rouge.” Don’t expect a happy

Hollywood ending; the real Traviata died of tuberculosis at 23.

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A feminist perspective. Puccini created a feminist heroine in The Girl of the West (La Fanciulla Del West). In the mountains of a lawless California Gold Rush town, an independent and beautiful, scripturequoting saloon owner tries to tame the hardliving miners.

When she falls for a bandit, the sheriff (who is head over heels for her) wants to string her man up. The hero in this original spaghetti Western doesn’t wear a white hat.

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The music. (Of course!)

There’s nothing else like it. In a 2014 Huffington Post essay, “Why I Love Opera and You Should, Too,” Henriette Lazaridis wrote, “Go to an actual opera house where you can enjoy the grandiosity of … the experience.”

“Opera is the grandest of all art forms,” said James Meena, Opera Carolina’s general director and principal conductor. “It’s based on real life, but it’s larger than life. And it’s all set to the most glorious music ever written.”

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Blumenthal Performing Arts presents

Broadway Musical BOOK BY

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

Austin Winsberg

Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner STARRING

Katerina Papacostas Paul Ianniello SCENIC DESIGN

Christine Peters

Matthew Schatz

Gretchen Wylder

COSTUME DESIGN

Leon Dobkowski

ORCHESTRATIONS

LIGHTING DESIGN

Jason Lyons

VOCAL & INCIDENTAL MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

August Eriksmoen

Kevin Zak

Dominick Amendum

SOUND DESIGN

John Emmett O’Brien PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Matthew Karr

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Rick Bertone

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CASTING BY

Megan Larche Dominick, CSA DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER

Dan Knechtges

Originally Produced on Broadway by: Junkyard Dog Productions Stem Productions Altar Identity Studios Alex and Katya Lukianov Susan and Jim Blair Linda and Bill Potter in association with Yasuhiro Kawana, Vijay and Sita Vanshee, Kevin and Lynn Foley, Jeff and Julie Goldstein Edward and Mimi, Kirsch and Denise Philips, Steve Reynolds and Paula Rosput Reynolds, Lane Line Productions Alhadoff Family Production/Sheri and Less Biller Pat Halloran/Laura Little Theatrical Productions Tony Meola/Remmel T. Dickinson and John Yonover ShadowCatcher Entertainment/Tom and Connie Walsh

FIRST DATE is presented through special arrangement with R&H Theatricals: www.rnh.com

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CAST (in order of appearance)

Man #2 (Gabe, Reggie, Casey’s Father, Stoner)...................................................KEVIN ZAK Woman #1 (Lauren, Allison, Grandma Ida, Google Girl, Aaron’s Mother)......... GRETCHEN WYLDER Man #1 (Waiter, British Artist, Aaron’s future son, Blaze).........................PAUL IANNIELLO Aaron...................................................................................................... MATTHEW SCHATZ Casey............................................................................................. KATERINA PAPACOSTAS

STANDBYS For Aaron, Man #1 & Man #2...............................................................NATHAN GARDNER For Casey & Woman #1.........................................................................................KARA GUY

THE BAND Conductor / Keyboard 1.................................................................................RICK BERTONE Associate Conductor / Keyboard 2............................................................ NOEL FREIDLINE Guitar 1.............................................................................................................. JOHN SHARP Guitar 2.................................................................................THOMAS JACKSON PETRINO Bass...............................................................................................................TOM HILDRETH Drums................................................................................................................ ADAM SNOW SETTING The present.

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Katerina Papacostas

Matthew Schatz

Kevin Zak

Paul Ianniello

Nathan Gardner

Gretchen Wylder

Kara Guy

SONG LIST "The One"............................................................. Woman 1, Man 1, Man 2, Aaron and Casey "First Impressions"..........................................................................................Aaron and Casey "Bailout Song #1"........................................................................................................... Reggie "The Girl for You"......... Grandma Ida, Casey’s Father, Aaron’s Future Son, Casey and Aaron "The Awkward Pause"..................................................................Man 1, Woman 1 and Man 2 "Allison’s Theme #1"......................................................................................................Allison "The World Wide Web is Forever"...........................................Google Girl, Man 1 and Man 2 "Can’t Help But Love Me"......................................................... British Artist and Stoner Guy "Bailout Song #2"........................................................................................................... Reggie "Safer"...............................................................................................................................Casey "I’d Order Love"..............................................................................................................Waiter "Allison’s Theme #2"..........................................................................Aaron, Allison and Gabe "The Things I Never Said"................................................................. Aaron and Aaron’s Mom "Bailout Song #3"........................................................................................................... Reggie "In Love With You".......................................................................................................... Aaron "The Check!"............................................................................... Woman 1, Man 1 and Waiter "First Impressions (Reprise)"........................................................................Waiter and Reggie "Something That Will Last"............................................................................ Casey and Aaron 704.372.1000 | BlumenthalArts.org

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST KATERINA PAPACOSTAS (Casey) is thrilled to be making her Blumenthal debut! She was most recently seen as Polly in Crazy For You at the Finger Lakes Music Theatre Festival. Other credits include a workshop of Tony-winning writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s new musical The Visitor, starring Mandy Patinkin at the Public Theatre, Eva Peron understudy (performed) and featured dancer on the Broadway national tour of Evita, Wendy in Mousical, directed by Julie Andrews with choreography by Chris Gattelli at Goodspeed Opera House, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at Theatre by the Sea and Judy in White Christmas at Northern Stage. Katerina has a Bachelor of Music from NYU Steinhardt. A huge thank you to Dan, Rick and Megan for this amazing opportunity. Filakia BMNZ&E. www.katerinapapacostas.com MATTHEW SCHATZ (Aaron) A Texas native now living in New York City, Matthew brings a certain Southern charm to every first date. Well ... that and a myriad of science-fiction movie and video game references. A self-prescribed nerd with a perchance for performance, Matthew is overjoyed to be playing Aaron here in Charlotte. Favorite theater and TV credits include Heathers (off-Broadway), Les Misérables, “Difficult People” (Hulu), “I Love You But I Lied” (Lifetime), and “Hostages” (CBS).

PAUL IANNIELLO (Man #1) has the first date jitters making his Blumenthal Performing Arts debut alongside this amazing cast. Things you’d learn about Paul on a first date: from Long Island, Nutella enthusiast, and loves dogs.

Favorite credits: ELF the Musical! tour (Buddy u/s), Falsettos (Marvin), and Where's Charley? (Charley). A dozen red roses to Dan, Megan, Matt, Cast and Crew for this anything-but-one-nightstand experience. Romantic candlelit serenade to CTG, WAM, Nagel, Don and 9C

Paudra. This and every performance is for his family. Paul's shy, make the first move: @paulianniello (instagram) and @paulthinks (twitter) GRETCHEN WYLDER (Woman #1) is very excited to be going on her First Date with Charlotte. Hello Charlotte, nice weather you're having. Yes, I also enjoy big hats and sweet tea. Oh Charlotte, you're so nice, I think I'll do a show for you for a while. Previous off-Broadway credits include: Clinton The Musical, Bedbugs!!!, and Til Divorce Do Us Part.

Other favorites: Kate/Lucy in Avenue Q (dir. Rick Lyon), Rent w/ Anthony Rapp in Edinburgh, Pennywise in Urinetown (NYC). Gretchen is also a UCB-trained improviser and sketch writer. To check out some of her original material, visit www.gretchenwylder.com or follow her @gretchenwylder. Special thanks to Dan, Megan, and 9Muse. Love to J for the best first date she's ever had.

KEVIN ZAK (Man #2) Off-Broadway: Clinton The Musical (Kenneth Starr, 2016 Lucille Lortel Nomination), Silence! The Musical (Buffalo Bill). NYC Workshops: Citizen Ruth, Good Times Roll, Pete The Cat, My Life is a Musical. Other credits: CATS 30th Anniversary Tour, Mamma Mia! at The Muny, and the Disney Fantasy.

Kevin is the creator/co-writer of Bloody Bloody Angela Lansbury: Murder, She Wrote Live! which premiered to a soldout crowd at Feinstein's/54 Below early this year. Many thanks to Dan Knetchges and Megan Larche Dominick for the opportunities! @KevinJZak NATHAN GARDNER (Standby for Aaron, Man #1, & Man #2) is a recent Chicago transplant to NYC, and is thrilled to be in Charlotte for the first time. He recently made his off-Broadway debut in Peter Mills and Cara Reichel’s Death for Five Voices. Upon moving to NYC late 704.372.1000 | BlumenthalArts.org

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST in 2015, Nathan played Timothy in the world premiere of Allan Knee and Andre Catrini’s Astonishing…Timothy Cratchit.

Regional/Chicago credits: The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio); Merry Go Round/ FLMTF, My Name is Asher Lev (Asher Lev); Palisades Players, Big Fish (Will) and Women on the Verge… (Carlos); Theater at the Center, Sweet Smell of Success (Dallas, Jeff nom.) and Assassins (Lee H. Oswald); Theater Wit, Camelot (Young Merlyn) and Les Misérables (Jean Prouvaire); Drury Lane. BFA, Penn State.

Love to Mom.

KARA GUY (Standby for Casey & Woman #1) is excited to be a part of First Date! She was last seen off­ -Broadway in Clinton the Musical (Ensemble, u.s.

Hilary & Monica). Some notable roles include: Hairspray (Penny), Crazy for You (Polly), Nunsense (Sister Amnesia), Oregon Trail the Musical (Natalie), and The Wedding Singer (Holly). She also was a part of the 10th anniversary national tour of Footloose playing Rusty.

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CREATIVE TEAM DAN KNECHTGES (Director/Choreographer) is a Tony Nominated director and choreographer. Dan’s Broadway credits include Lysistrata Jones (direction & choreography), Xanadu (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Sondheim on Sondheim , 110 in The Shade and The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee. Dan also choreographed the off-Broadway incarnation of The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee at Second Stage, which earned him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. Off-Broadway credits include directing the play Tail!

Spin! (starring Rachel Dratch), Clinton the Musical (starring Kerry Butler & Judy Gold ), Merrily We Roll Along for Encores! at City Center (directed by James Lapine), Vanities at Second Stage and Lysistrata Jones for the Transport Group. Regional Theatres he has worked at include the LaJolla Playhouse, 5th Avenue in Seattle, Drury Lane in Chicago, Signature in D.C., Playhouse Square Center in Cleveland, The Muny in St. Louis, Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre Festival and Dallas Theatre Festival. Dan’s choreography can be seen in the Todd Solondz's movie Palindromes, Dark Horse, "White Collar" on USA Network, The 2011 TV Land Awards with Liza Minnelli, and in Fatboy Slim's music 704.372.1000 | BlumenthalArts.org

video "It's a Wonderful Night," which reached No. 1 in the U.K. BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein College.

RICK BERTONE (Music Director) is excited to return to the Blumenthal where he last toured through with Next to Normal in 2011. Rick is currently the music director of Avenue Q at New World Stages in NYC. Broadway/first national tour keyboard and/ or conductor credits: Gotta Dance (preBroadway), If/Then, Porgy and Bess, Next To Normal, Spamalot, Avenue Q, Chicago, Mamma Mia, Disney’s On The Record.

Off-Broadway: Avenue Q, Newsical The Musical, Romantic Poetry (MTC) and Naked Boys Singing. Select others: Shrek, Tarzan (Muny-John Tartaglia director), The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors (BTG) and The Midtown Men. Rick is originally from the Chicagoland area and has a Bachelor of Music from NYU. CHRISTINE PETERS (Scenic Designer) Design Credits: 2012/ 2016 Elf Tour, Mickey & Minnie’s Doorway to Magic. Broadway (associate designer): Paramour, Les Misérables, Testament of Mary, Jekyll & Hyde, The Book of Mormon, Newsies, The Addams Family, Elf, Bonnie and Clyde, The House 9D

CREATIVE TEAM of Blue Leaves, Elling, Enron, Mary Stuart, The American Plan, Cyrano de Bergerac, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life. National tours (associate designer): Waterfall, Aladdin, Newsies, Dirty Dancing, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Wizard of Oz, The Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll and Hyde, Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast. Regional theater (designer): Mary Poppins, Legally Blonde, Cinderella, Cats (Zoni Award, Set Design) Miss Saigon, The Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady (Zoni Award), The Music Man. Midtown International Theater Festival (designer): Tallish Tales: A Cautionary Fable for Children and Adults (MITF Award, Set Design).

LEON DOBKOWSKI (Costume Designer) Seussical (St. Louis Theater Circle Award), Tarzan (Judy Award), The Wizard of Oz, Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Spamalot (Muny); South Pacific (Asolo Repertory), The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde (Music Theatre of Wichita); The Wiz (Maltz Jupiter), Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic (Feld Entertainment), A Christmas Story, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Papermill); Peter and the Starcatcher (Weston Playhouse), George M. (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Yale Repertory Theater), The Weir, Sea Marks (Irish Rep); The Leopard and the Fox (Alter Ego, NYIT Award Nomination); Claudio Quest (New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2015 Outstanding Design). MFA Yale School of Drama. LeonDobkowski.com JASON LYONS (Lighting Designer) has designed the Broadway productions of Hand to God, On the Town, Bronx Bombers, Let It Be, Bring It On: The Musical, Rock of Ages (as well as the Vegas, Toronto, Australia, London, and national tours), The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park, and Good Vibrations. Recent credits include Macbeth and Love Labors Lost (The Old Globe), Born For This (Arena 9E

Stage), Dry Powder, Barbecue (The Public Theatre), Himself & Nora (Minetta Lane) La Cage and West Side Story (Signature), Smart People, Murder for Two (2nd Stage), Heathers: The Musical (New World Stages), The Commons of Pensacola (Manhattan Theatre Club), All in the Timing (Primary Stages). Jason recently won the 2016 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design. jasonlyonsdesign.com JOHN EMMETT O’BRIEN (Sound Designer) Upcoming credits include: Merrily We Roll Along (NYU New School on Broadway), My Fair Lady (Gulfshore Playhouse). Select designs include: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Ogunquit Playhouse), The Golden Bride (Folksbiene), 1776 (NYU New School), Happy End (The New School); Skippyjon Jones Snow What (Theatreworks USA), An Inconvenient Poop (NYIFF), Motherf*cker With The Hat (NYU Tisch), Hands Up! (National Black Theatre), Tail! Spin! (Lynne Redgrave Theater), Gods And Kings (The Other Mirror Theatre), When We Met (CAP21), Subverted (2014 NYIT nomination), Jericho (NJ Rep/The Directors Company), and Poetic License (The Directors Company). Proud member of USA Local 829.

MATTHEW KARR (Production Stage Manager) is excited to be working with the amazing cast and crew of First Date and everyone at Blumenthal PAC. Proud Michigan native and “adopted” New Yorker, Matt has called Charlotte home for the past 15 months. Previous credits include: Circumcise Me (off-Broadway), ‘S Wonderful (1st and 2nd national tours), Spamalot (Gateway Playhouse), The Barber of Seville (Virginia Opera), and countless Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS productions and fundraisers. He would like to thank his always-supportive parents and husband Tommy, to whom he dedicates all of his achievements. GO GREEN! Proud member of AEA. @mattaboutit 704.372.1000 | BlumenthalArts.org

CREATIVE TEAM LAURA RICE (Assistant Stage Manager) is a recent transplant from Minneapolis, Minnesota. There, she freelanced as a stage manager with such theater companies as Mu Performing Arts, Mixed Blood Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Stage Theatre Company and the History Theatre.

Life outside of the theatre includes visiting local dog bars, trivia nights, Pokemon Go, and going on adventures with her family.

Laura is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association. Love to her wife, Rachel, dogs, George Lucas and Milton, and their small herd of cats.

MEGAN LARCHE DOMINICK, CSA (Executive Producer / Casting Director) is thrilled to be producing for Charlotte audiences! Having worked on more than 25 productions at The Muny, America’s premiere outdoor musical theater, she is entering her fourth season as a producing associate and sixth as casting director (2016 Artios Award nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Casting). She has also cast for an extensive catalogue of Broadway shows including the revivals of A Chorus Line and Grease, and served as the children’s casting director for the Broadway and all touring companies of Disney’s The Lion King. Film: True Grit, It’s Complicated, Diary of a Wimpy

Kid, and Hairspray. Favorite associate producing credits include Bring It On: The Musical (B’way & nat’l tour), Grace staring Paul Rudd (B’way), TRACES (New York and nat’l tour) and Legally Blonde the Musical (nat’l tour). She also produced The Two Lives of Napoleon Beasley and Pvt. Wars while serving as the artistic director of the Incumbo Theater Company. She can be seen at work in the documentary Every Little Step. To date, Megan’s proudest production, together with her husband Brian, is their daughter, Olive.

SPECIAL THANKS

Willie Porter, Tracy Utzmyers, Karl Mansfield and Mert's Heart & Soul.

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Inc., an independent national labor union.

United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.

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Katerina Papacostas, left, as Casey, and Matthew Schatz as Aaron in First Date.

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PRODUCER'S CIRCLE $25,000+ Peg and Jay Adamczyk Mark Bernstein* Barbara and David Goodman* $7,500+ Mr. William K. Diehl, Jr. Belinda and Timothy Gunter

$10,000+ Dr. Milton and Arlene Berkman Philanthropic Fund Victoria and Porter Durham

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Blumenthal Performing Arts recognizes with gratitude the dedication and generosity of the following supporters.

2016-2017 Broadway Lights

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Blumenthal Performing Arts recognizes with gratitude the dedication and generosity of the following supporters.

LEADERSHIP GRANTS The Arts & Science Council Supports Blumenthal Performing Arts’ 2016 Fiscal Year budget with a Basic Operating Grant in the amount of $150,000.

Blumenthal Performing Arts receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

CORPORATE PARTNERS $7,500+ Directing Partners Ernst & Young LLP

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Celebrating Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux

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ith a celebrated performance career, masterful choreographic works and visionary leadership of Charlotte Ballet, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux has made a lasting impact on the ballet world and the Charlotte community. The 2016/2017 Season is Bonnefoux’s final season as president and artistic director of Charlotte Ballet, a position he came to in 1996, just a few years after Charlotte Ballet (then North Carolina Dance Theatre) moved to Charlotte from Winston-Salem.

Charlotte Ballet’s 2016/2017 Season is in celebration of Bonnefoux. He selected the ballets that honor his past 20 years and look forward to the future of the company.

Following is what Bonnefoux has planned this season:

INNOVATIVE WORKS Jan. 27-Feb. 18 • Patricia McBride & Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance Passion, intensity, movement …

Bonnefoux created Innovative Works in 1997 to present contemporary ballet in an intimate venue. Twenty years later, Innovative Works is one of Charlotte Ballet’s most popular performances.

FALL WORKS Oct. 20-22 • Knight Theater at Levine Center for the Arts Bonnefoux brings the extraordinary Ohad Naharin to Charlotte Ballet. Naharin’s Minus 16 uses improvisation and his signature “Gaga” method to craft a unique experience. Resident Choreographer Dwight Rhoden, who Bonnefoux first invited to work with Charlotte Ballet in 2002, returns to present his ballet The Groove.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS April 27-29 • Knight Theater at Levine Center for the Arts Called “king of the pas de deux,” Associate Artistic Director Sasha Janes is premiering his Wuthering Heights ballet. Bonnefoux’s final season comes to an end similar to where he began. Wuthering Heights opens with a performance of contemporary choreographer Alonzo King’s MAP, the first ballet Bonnefoux commissioned for the company 20 years ago.

NUTCRACKER Dec. 3-23 • Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Thanks to a generous gift from the McColl family in honor of Jane Spratt McColl, Bonnefoux is collaborating with a world-renowned design team to reimagine his Nutcracker production with all new sets and costumes.

SLEEPING BEAUTY March 10-19 • Knight Theater at Levine Center for the Arts Sleeping Beauty is a treasured ballet classic and childhood favorite. Bonnefoux is joined by Associate Artistic Director Patricia McBride to stage this opulent production.

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Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s Sleeping Beauty.

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illkommen to 50 years at the Cabaret! Leave your troubles outside – life is beautiful at Cabaret, John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff’s Tony®-winning musical about following your heart while the world loses its way.

Since its premier five decades ago, Cabaret has pushed the envelope of mainstream Broadway musicals. Come hear some of the most memorable songs in theater history, including “Cabaret,” “Willkommen” and “Maybe This Time.”

Roundabout Theatre Company’s sultry revival takes the stage at Belk Theater Nov. 8-13.

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The 2016 National Touring cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Cabaret.

Cabaret Trivia Before the curtain opens, test your knowledge with Cabaret trivia.

1. In what year did the show debut on Broadway? a) 1970 b) 1966 c) 1987 d) 2001 2. Where is the musical set? a) London b) Paris c) New York d) Berlin 3. True/False: Cabaret is based on Christopher Isherwood’s “The Berlin Stories.”

4. Which of these famed actresses has not portrayed the role of Sally Bowles on stage? a) Idina Menzel b) Emma Stone c) Brooke Shields d) Molly Ringwald 5. True/False: The cast members are quadruple-threats, serving as actors, singers, dancers and the orchestra in this production.

ANSWERS: 1:b, 2: d, 3: True, 4: a, 5: True

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A Commitment to Education

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or 85 years, the Charlotte Symphony has filled the city with music. Debuting in 1932, the organization has grown to a full-time professional orchestra led by internationally acclaimed Music Director Christopher Warren-Green.

But the Charlotte Symphony is not just about performances in the concert hall.

The Symphony serves the community by inspiring and teaching tomorrow’s music makers. The Symphony’s wide range of educational initiatives cultivate the musical interests and talents of youths, contributing to their academic achievement and unifying diverse areas of the community.

Last season, the Symphony provided music education experiences for over 30,000 local children, and the musicians taught nearly 700 hours of music in classrooms across the community, including in high-need public schools.

The Winterfield Youth Orchestra program at Winterfield Elementary – an ethnically diverse school serving a high-poverty area in east Charlotte – engages more than 80 students in a free after-school program.

The El Sistema USA member program brings together Winterfield students, teachers, parents, Charlotte Symphony musicians and the community through performances that feature the students and special guest artists.

At the end of the 2015-2016 school year, five students from the Winterfield program were admitted into Northwest School of the Arts – the Charlotte area's only middle and high school public arts magnet – where the Symphony’s musicians coach nearly 200 students in band, orchestra and piano classes.

This program is just one way the Charlotte Symphony continues to work to ensure the future of music appreciation in the community. Here’s to the next 85 years.

Over 80 Winterfield Elementary students participate in the Symphony’s after-school orchestra program.

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