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Andy Huntington Jones on a royal role that’s much more than charming

By Julie Bookman | Photos by Carol Rosegg

As Prince Topher, Andy Huntington Jones gets on his high horse as he searches for love.

The prince (Andy Huntington Jones) is indeed having a ball when he dances with the woman he believes is destined to be his wife.

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ay after day, in city after city, falling in love for the first time comes easily to Andy Huntington Jones.

Jones, who plays Prince Topher in the national tour of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, guesses that he’s waltzed, galloped and swooned some 400 times and counting.

On Broadway, Jones understudied Santino Fontana, who earned a 2013 Tony Award nomination for the role. During that nearly two-year run, Fontana was often called away to record and promote a little movie called Frozen, in which he voiced Prince Hans. That meant Jones went on dozens of times.

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“I got to play Prince Topher on the night when the Tony nominations had just been announced,” he recalls, “so all the important people connected with the show came back.” (R+H’s Cinderella got nine nominations, winning for William Ivey Long’s costumes.)

What makes it easy for Jones to sell his “I’m-so-totally-smitten” act to each new audience? The score, he says.

“Richard Rodgers’ music is so incredibly romantic, expansive and lush, it makes falling in love easy. We all know how it feels to see someone and have butterflies in your stomach.

“It’s made my life easier,” Andy Jones says, “to have this beautiful score supporting this great love story.”

The entire kingdom rejoices when it’s announced that there will be a royal ball.

Well, Richard Rodgers knew what that sounds like, and he wrote it into this show.”

Oscar Hammerstein II’s lyrics also nudge Jones in a lovey-dovey direction, especially in “Ten Minutes Ago,” the song he sings shortly after meeting Cinderella: Ten minutes ago I saw you / I looked up when you came through the door / My head started reeling, you gave me the feeling / The room had no ceiling or floor …

“It’s made my life easier,” he says, “to have this score supporting this great love story.”

AS SEEN ON TV

Depending on your age, your first exposure to Cinderella’s melodies likely came on television.

The show is, in fact, the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical specifically written for TV. On March 31, 1957, more than 107 million people tuned in to watch a 21-yearold Julie Andrews in the title role. Lesley Ann Warren played Cinderella in a 1965 TV version that aired for years; pop singer Brandy played the role in 1997, with Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother and Broadway’s Bernadette Peters as her evil stepmother. Jones, 26, reATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION 13

The company in “Stepsister’s Lament.”

members the Brandy version.

He grew up in a musical family in Swampscott, Mass., and earned a degree in musical theater from the University of Michigan. In college, he played Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods.

This new production of the R+H show introduces a book by Douglas Carter Beane that updates the story, language and sensibilities.

“It’s full of wit and humor,” Jones says, thankful that he’s no longer required to wear white tights. The prince “is no longer just charming, no longer just a stick-figure archetype; he’s a real and relatable guy who’s struggling to be a king. He’s desperately trying to figure out both how to do his job and what’s right for his country.”

Audience members expecting a “saccharine-sweet fairy tale” encounter, instead, “a story with a sense of humor that’s sardonic at times,” Jones says. “Beane’s script resonates, makes them sit up and want to listen.”

The actor-who-would-be-prince also likes that the script celebrates the idea that “through kindness, everything is possible. To me, there’s something so amazing about this huge production where the main grain of truth is: Be nice to people.”

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He also thinks the relationship between Topher and Ella, as Cinderella is called here, can inspire young people today. “They make each other better,” Jones says, “which is what true love should do.”

ROMANCE, ROMANCE

If it sounds like he knows a thing or two about romane, he does.

Jones recently proposed to Audrey Cardwell, who’s in the Cinderella ensemble. They met five years ago doing The Sound of Music; she played Cinderella to his Prince for several months.

“Before I proposed for real,” he says, “I had already proposed to her about a hundred times onstage. When I actually did do it, I went in the opposite direction of a princely proposal.

We were at her family’s house in Birmingham [Ala.], and I waited for us to be in pajamas, then I basically asked her if there might be any champagne in the house. I wasn’t nervous, but I was less smooth than I expected to be.”

The two, who have since married, spent much of the past year apart, doing different shows. To travel together now as part of the same company, this prince says, “is like a fairy tale come true.”

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CAST Ella................................................................................................................KAITLYN DAVIDSON Woodland Creature.................................................AUDREY CARDWELL, LAUREN SPRAGUE Topher..............................................................................................ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES Lord Pinkleton.............................................................................................. CHAUNCEY PACKER Sebastian......................................................................................................... BLAKE HAMMOND Marie.................................................................................................................... LIZ McCARTNEY Jean-Michel.............................................................................................................DAVID ANDINO Madame........................................................................................................................ BLAIR ROSS Gabrielle............................................................................................................ KIMBERLY FAURÉ Charlotte................................................................................................................ AYMEE GARCIA Fox.................................................................... RACHEL FAIRBANKS, TANNER RAY WILSON Raccoon............................................................................. CHIP ABBOTT, LAUREN LUCKACEK Footman.....................................................................................................TANNER RAY WILSON Driver.........................................................................................................................CHIP ABBOTT Lady of Ridicule............................................................................................. LAUREN LUKACEK Knights, Townspeople, Lords & Ladies of the Court, Peasants................................CHIP ABBOTT, ADRIAN BAIDOO, SUMMER BROYHILL, AUDREY CARDWELL, CODY DAVIS, RACHEL FAIRBANKS, ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER, LAUREN LUKACEK, SEAN SEYMOUR, LAUREN SPRAGUE, PAIGE WILLIAMS, TANNER RAY WILSON, THAD TURNER WILSON, JOHN YI

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UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance for Ella — AUDREY CARDWELL, RACHEL FAIRBANKS; for Woodland Creature — JORDANA GROLNICK; for Topher — SEAN SEYMOUR, JOHN YI; for Lord Pinkleton — THAD TURNER WILSON; for Sebastian — CODY DAVIS; CHAUNCEY PACKER; for Marie — LAUREN LUKACEK, LAUREN SPRAGUE; for Jean-Michel — THAD TURNER WILSON, JOHN YI; for Madame — LAUREN LUKACEK, PAIGE WILLIAMS; for Gabrielle — AUDREY CARDWELL, RACHEL FAIRBANKS; for Charlotte — SUMMER BROYHILL, ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER; for Fox — JORDANA GROLNICK, LAURA IRION, ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, BEN LANHAM; for Raccoon — JORDANA GROLNICK, LAURA IRION, ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, BEN LANHAM; for Footman — ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, BEN LANHAM; for Driver — ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON, BEN LANHAM; for Lady of Ridicule — JORDANA GROLNICK, LAURA IRION THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

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BLAIR ROSS

KIMBERLY FAURÉ

ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES

LIZ McCARTNEY

AYMEE GARCIA

DAVID ANDINO

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ADRIAN BAIDOO

SUMMER BROYHILL

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CODY DAVIS

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ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER

JORDANA GROLNICK

LAURA IRION

ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I Overture....................................................................................................................................................Orchestra Prologue Rocky Glen “Me, Who Am I?”...............................................................Topher, Sebastian, Lord Pinkleton, Knights, Pages Outside the Cottage “In My Own Little Corner”...........................................................................................................................Ella Throne Room of the Royal Palace Town Square “Now Is the Time”.......................................................................................................................... Jean-Michel “The Prince Is Giving a Ball”........ Lord Pinkleton, Townspeople, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle, Ella, Marie Inside the Cottage “Cinderella March”..............................................................................................................................Orchestra Outside the Cottage “In My Own Little Corner” (Reprise)/“Fol-De-Rol”........................................................................ Ella, Marie “Impossible”...................................................................................................................................... Marie, Ella Flight to the Castle “It’s Possible”.................................................................................................................................... Marie, Ella Ballroom “Gavotte”......Sebastian, Topher, Lord Pinkleton, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle, Lords & Ladies of the Court “Ten Minutes Ago”..........................................................................................................................Topher, Ella “Cinderella Waltz”...............................................................................................................................Orchestra “Ten Minutes Ago” (Reprise)........................................................... Topher, Ella, Lords & Ladies of the Court Palace Steps ACT II Entr’acte....................................................................................................................................................Orchestra Palace Steps “Stepsister’s Lament”.......................................................................................... Charlotte, Ladies of the Court Forest “The Pursuit”.................................. Topher, Lord Pinkleton, Lords of the Court, Pages, Ella, Footman, Driver Inside the Cottage “When You’re Driving Through the Moonlight”........................................Ella, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle “A Lovely Night”........................................................................................Ella, Madame, Charlotte, Gabrielle “A Lovely Night” (Reprise).........................................................................................................Ella, Gabrielle Forest “Loneliness of Evening”..................................................................................................................Topher, Ella Throughout the Kingdom “The Prince Is Giving a Ball” (Reprise)..................................... Sebastian, Lord Pinkleton, Heralds, Madame Inside the Cottage “There’s Music in You”..............................................................................................................................Marie Palace Steps “Now Is the Time” (Reprise).......................................................................................... Jean-Michel, Gabrielle “Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?”...................................................................................Topher, Ella Palace “Ten Minutes Ago” (Reprise).................................................................................. Topher, Ella, The Company Royal Gardens “Finale”............................................................................................................................. Marie, The Company ORCHESTRA Music Supervisor — DAVID CHASE Music Director/Conductor — VALERIE GEBERT Assistant Conductor/Keyboard — BRUCE BARNES Keyboard 1 — JESSE WARKENTIN Music copying — JOANN KANE MUSIC SERVICE/RUSSELL BARTMUS, MARK GRAHAM Orchestration reduction — JASON HOWLAND Music programming — MYSTL MUSIC AND HIRO IIDA Music coordinator — HOWARD JOINES Additional orchestrations by Bill Elliott, Doug Besterman and Larry Hochman Additional lyrics by Douglas Carter Beane and David Chase

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BIOS KAITLYN DAVIDSON (Ella). Broadway: Cinderella; Nice Work If You Can Get It (original cast/asst. dance captain). National tour: White Christmas (Judy Haynes).

Regional: Marriott Lincolnshire, Pioneer Theater Company, Maltz Jupiter, Pittsburgh CLO, MTWichita, KC Starlight and many more. Training: B.F.A. CCM. Thanks to Mark, Adam, DGRW, Mom, Dad and Alex. kaitlyn-davidson.com ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES (Topher).

Broadway: Cinderella (OBC), Bullets Over Broadway (OBC). International tour: West Side Story. Regional: The Muny, NSMT, Maltz Jupiter. TV: “Today Show,” “Late Night With David Letterman,” Tony Awards (2013, 2014).

Proud graduate of the University of Michigan.

Thanks to the whole Cinderella team. It’s possible! @ajonestweets

K I M B E R L Y F A U R É (G a b r i e l l e ).

Broadway: Cinderella, Bullets Over Broadway, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes, Bells Are Ringing. Regional: MTW. Film/TV: HBO’s “Show Me a Hero,” “Elementary,” “Step Up.” OCU grad. Thanks and endless love to my family, the Cinderella team, HCA, MTW and OCU. I love you, Danny Baer. @kimfoura AYMEE GARCIA (Charlotte). Credits: Shrek the Musical (Mama Bear/Gingy) Broadway/ tour; Avenue Q, Broadway; Les Misérables (Madame Thenardier), Broadway/tour. TV: Trixie on “Lazytown” and Smooch in “It’s a Big Big World.” Thanks to Adam Caldwell, Penny Leudtke, Cindy Tolan, Robyn Goodman.

Love to Jade and Ruby, this is for you.

BLAKE HAMMOND (Sebastian). Broadway: Living on Love; First Date; Sister Act; Elf; Billy Elliot; Hairspray; The Lion King; The Music Man; On the Town; Kiss Me, Kate. OffBroadway: 5. Tours: 7. Regional: Williamstown, Kennedy Center, Ahmanson, Coronet, Northlight. Many TV/film credits includ­ing Web series “Then We Got Help.” Awards: Carbonell, LA Critics, After Dark, Indy Soap.

LIZ McCARTNEY (Marie). Broadway: Annie, The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, Mamma Mia!, Taboo, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Dance of the Vampires, Les Misérables. National tours: The Little Mermaid, Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, The Rocky Horror Show.

Regional: Ever After, The Little Mermaid, CHAUNCEY PACKER (Lord Pinkleton, u/s Sweeney Todd, Working, Pirates, Souvenir.

Sebastian). National tours: The Gershwins’ BLAIR ROSS (Madame) was most recently Porgy and Bess directed by Diane Paulus. seen on Broadway in the revival of Side Show Chauncey has performed operatic roles in directed by Bill Condon. Other Broadway: Porgy & Bess, La Boheme and others in the Jekyll & Hyde, 42nd Street. Regional: La United States and abroad. Special thanks to Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe, Goodspeed, family and friends.

Walnut Street, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kennedy Center, Ford’s, etc. TV and lots of CHIP ABBOTT (Raccoon, Driver, Ensemble). commercials. Education: Vassar College.

Broadway: On the Town (OBC). Other: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (NYC), Joseph DAVID ANDINO (Jean-Michel, u/s Lord ... Dreamcoat (national tour). Teacher at Pinkleon) is #blessed to be working on Broadway Dance Center. OCU grad. Love to Cinderella! Previous credits include 50 Eric, Mom, Pops, Josh, Lee and MSA! Shades! off-Broadway, Cloned! The Musical and The Buddy Holly Story. He dedicates this ADRIAN BAIDOO (Ensemble). National show to his amazing family and friends. Hey, tour debut! Off-Broadway: Pirira. Regional: Mom! Look over here!

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BIOS SUMMER BROYHILL (Ensemble, u/s Charlotte). Broadway: Hairspray. N.Y.C.: The Independents, Killer Therapy. Regional: The Last Five Years (Cathy), Tarzan (Jane), Oklahoma! (Laurey/Dream Laurey). Love and thanks to casting, creatives and my miraculous family. summerbroyhill.com

and my loving friends and family. Go Blue! @misslaurai

ERIC ANTHONY JOHNSON (Swing/ Dance Captain). Tours: West Side Story, Evita, Elf, Miss Saigon. Regional: ART, Kennedy Center, Music Circus, KC Starlight.

Love and thanks to Josh, Lee, Adam, AUDREY CARDWELL (Ensemble, u/s Cinderella team, Chip and family. B.F.A. Ella, Gabrielle). Tours: Anything Goes (first Boston Conservatory. national), Elf. Regional highlights: Muny, NSMT, Houston TUTS. Proud graduate of BEN LANHAM (Swing): Dance graduate, Penn State, B.F.A. musical theater. Endless Oklahoma City University. Thrilled for his love to the Cinderella team, DGRW, family first national tour! International: West Side Story (European tour). Regional: MUNY, and Andy. @akatcard MTWichita, LyricOK. Thanks blocNYC, CODY DAVIS (Ensemble, u/s Sebastian). family and friends for unending support! @ Broadway/NYC: Cinderella, Lady, Be Good benlanham_NYC (Encores!). Tour: White Christmas. Regional: MTWichita, PA Shakes, Infinity Theatre LAUREN LUKACEK (Raccoon, Lady of Company. University of Michigan gradu- Ridicule, Ensemble, u/s Madame, u/s Marie). ate. Love to Cindy team, family and friends. International tour: My Fair Lady (u/s Eliza).

Regional: The Sound of Music (Maria), White Glory to God! Christmas (Betty), Beauty and the Beast RACHEL FAIRBANKS (Ensemble, u/s (Babette), NMST, Ogunquit. B.F.A. Boston Ella, u/s Gabrielle) is a Boston native. Conservatory. For my family and Tao. Favorites include Young Elise/Patton (First Wives Club), Cinderella (Into the Woods, SEAN SEYMOUR (Ensemble, u/s Topher).

PCS), Ariel u/s (The Little Mermaid, NSMT, National tour debut! Recent Michigan grad.

Favorite roles: Marius (Les Misérables, among others. For my family.

Michigan), Mark (A Chorus Line, NCT), ALEXANDRA FROHLINGER (Ensemble, Eugene (Grease, MUNY). Thanks to Adam u/s Charlotte). Selected credits: Broadway: Caldwell, CTG and my amazing family.

Soul Doctor. National tours: West Side Story seanmatthewseymour.com.

(Anybodys). TV: “Triple Sensation” (CBC).

Training: B.F.A. Boston Conservatory, Royal LAUREN SPRAGUE (Ensemble, u/s Winnipeg Ballet. Gratitude to Cinderella Marie). Tours: Wizard of Oz, La Cage aux Folles. NYC: Castlewalk (Ginger Rogers). team and my family. For Baba.

Regional: Goodspeed, NSMT, PCLO, NCT, JORDANA GROLNICK (Swing). National Maltz-Jupiter, Cape Playhouse. CCM grad. tour debut! Jordana is a recent graduate of the Thanks to Cinderella team, DGRW, my famUniversity of Michigan musical theater pro- ily and husband Michael! gram. Regional: The Muny. Endless gratitude to my family, the Cinderella team and MT14. PAIGE WILLIAMS (Ensemble, u/s Madame). OCU dance grad. Regional credits: LAURA IRION (Assistant Dance Paper Mill Playhouse, Cape Playhouse and Captain, Swing). Broadway: Cinderella MTWichita. Tours: Mary Poppins (second (OBC). National tour: West Side Story (u/s national). Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Anybodys). Regional: Muny, NSMT. B.F.A. Rockette (N.Y.C. and Nashville). Love to University of Michigan. Gratitude to CTG Marva!

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BIOS TANNER RAY WILSON (Fox, Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of Cinderella! National tour: Elf the Musical. Other favorites include Mary Poppins and White Christmas. Love to: family, Elon and CESD. Instagram: @tannerizzle THAD TURNER WILSON (Ensemble, u/s Lord Pinkleton, u/s Jean-Michel).

Broadway/N.Y.C.: Billy Elliot, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Tour: Billy Elliot, The Producers. B.F.A.: CCM. Birmingham, Ala., native. Thanks to Adam Caldwell, love to family and my Michelangelo.

JOHN YI (Ensemble, u/s Topher, u/s JeanMichel). N.Y.C./international tour: Behind the Painting, KPOP, Oliver!, Miss Saigon.

Regional: Goodspeed, PCLO. B.F.A., Elon.

Proud TFA alum. Love and gratitude to God, family, friends, Harden-Curtis and the Cinderella family! @mrjohnyi RICHARD RODGERS + OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (Music, Lyrics & Original Book). After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer, 1902-79) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895-1960) joined forces in the early 1940s to create the most successful partnership in the American musical theater. Oklahoma!

(1943), the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was also the first of a new genre, the musical play, blending Rodgers’ sophisticated style of musical comedy (which he had perfected in a 25-year partnership with lyricist Lorenz Hart) with Hammerstein’s innovations in operetta (conceived in collaboration with such composers as Sigmund Romberg, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml and Jerome Kern). Over the next 16 years, R&H wrote eight more Broadway musicals: Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music. They wrote one movie musical, State Fair, subsequently adapted to the stage, and one for television, “Cinderella.” First broadcast live with Julie Andrews in 1957, remade with Lesley Ann Warren in 1965 and again with 28 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

Whitney Houston and Brandy (1997). R&H’s Cinderella made her Broadway debut in 2013.

DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE (New Book). Musicals: The Band Wagon (Encores), Cinderella (Tony nom, best book), Lysistrata Jones (Tony nom, best book), Sister Act (Tony nom, best book) and Xanadu (Tony nom, best book; Drama Desk best book; Outer Critics Circle best musical). Plays: Shows for Days (Lincoln Center), The Nance, The Little Dog Laughed (Tony, Olivier noms, GLAAD Media best play), As Bees in Honey Drown (Outer Critics Circle Award), Mr. & Mrs. Fitch, Music From a Sparkling Planet, The Country Club, Advice From a Caterpillar, The Cartells. Opera: Die Fledermaus (Met). Revues: White Lies, Mondo Drama. Screenplays: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; Advice From a Caterpillar. TV: “The Nance” (PBS).

Upcoming: Fairycakes, Robin Hood. Life: Husband Lewis Flinn, son Cooper, daughter Gabrielle.

MARK BROKAW (Director). Broadway: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Lyons, After Miss Julie, The Constant Wife, Reckless, Cry-Baby. New York premieres include works by Douglas Carter Beane, David Auburn, Lynda Barry, Eric Bogosian, Charles Busch, Julia Cho, Lisa Kron, Kenneth Lonergan, Craig Lucas, Nicky Silver, Paula Vogel and Wendy Wasserstein.

Regional includes Yale Rep, Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Center Theatre Group, Huntington, La Jolla, Steppenwolf, Sundance Theatre Lab, Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration and the O’Neill Theatre Conference. He has directed at London’s Donmar Warehouse and Menier Chocolate Factory, Dublin’s Gate Theatre and the Sydney Opera House.

Mark is the artistic director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre. Artistic associate: Roundabout Theatre.

JOSH RHODES (Choreographer).

Broadway credits include First Date and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Outer Critic Circle, Astaire Award and Drama Desk nominations). Other stage credits include Company starring Neil Patrick Harris, Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson

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BIOS and Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Concert for The New York Philharmonic and PBS. Steve Martin’s Bright Star (Old Globe). Broadway: Three Generations (Kennedy Center), On the Town (L.A. Philharmonic), Working (Old Globe, the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago and the Drama Desk Award-winning production at the Prospect Theater in New York).

LEE WILKINS (Associate Choreographer) was the associate choreographer on the Broadway productions of First Date and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella as well as Company starring Neil Patrick Harris and “Sondheim! The Birthday Concert” (Avery Fisher Hall and PBS), On the Town (Los Angeles Philharmonic) and, most recently, Bright Star (The Old Globe).

chairman of the American Theatre Wing in 2012. williamiveylong.com KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Design) has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theater credits. He designs extensively off-Broadway, and for resident theaters and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: Kinky Boots, Pippin, If/ Then, Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia-Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, Harvey and Wicked. He has received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and Obie awards.

NEVIN STEINBERG (Sound Design) was nominated for a Tony Award for his work on the Broadway production of Cinderella.

Recent Broadway: Mothers and Sons, The Performers and Magic/Bird at the Longacre Theatre. Audio consultant for Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium. More than 30 Broadway productions as a former founding principal of Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic Design) received at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair and In the Tony nominations for The Mystery of Edwin Heights.

Drood (2014), In the Heights (2008) and High Fidelity (2007). Broadway: Honeymoon PAUL HUNTLEY (Hair/Wig Design), a in Vegas, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s London native, has worked on hundreds Cinderella, The Performers, Irving Berlin’s of Broadway shows, including the original White Christmas, Avenue Q, Curtains, Baby productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Les It’s You!, All About Me, To Be or Not to Be, Misérables, The Producers and Hairspray.

Steel Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony. OffBroadway: Sons of the Prophet, Speech and A recipient of Drama Desk and Tony awards, Debate, Altar Boyz, tick, tick ... BOOM! his recent projects include The Mystery of Regional: Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Fly Edwin Drood, The Heiress and Nice Work If the Musical, It Shoulda Been You, Disney’s You Can Get It. Aladdin, Winnie the Pooh and The Perfect Day. Art direction: “Sex and the City” (HBO). DAVID CHASE (Music Adaptation, Supervision & Arrangements) has been music WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume director, supervisor and/or arranger for nearly Designer) won 2013 Outer Critics Circle, 30 Broadway productions (most recently: Drama Desk and Tony awards for Rodgers Nice Work, How to Succeed, Anything + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Seventy Goes, Billy Elliot, Evita). Music director/ Broadway shows, 13 Tony Award nomina- arranger for NBC’s live broadcasts of “The tions, six wins. Mr. Long was inducted into Sound of Music” and “Peter Pan.” Also: the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2006 and elected Guys and Dolls (West End), Boston Pops (Twelve Days of Christmas), Kennedy Center JENIFER FOOTE (Associate Director).

Associate director/choreographer credits: The Cradle Will Rock starring Patti LuPone (The Acting Company), Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson (Avery Fisher Hall, PBS), Rock of Ages (national tour), Elf (Paper Mill Playhouse). Broadway acting credits: Follies, Drood, Rock of Ages, A Chorus Line, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula and Annie Get Your Gun.

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BIOS Honors (Barbara Cook). Upcoming: Finding Neverland. Musical training: biology degree from Harvard University.

Time, Betrayal, Macbeth, The Performers, Lysistrata Jones, Relatively Speaking, That Championship Season, A View From the Bridge, All My Sons, Xanadu, Avenue Q, Medea, A Year With Frog and Toad. Film includes This Is Where I Leave You, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Blue Valentine, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Letters to Juliet, Sugar, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Darjeeling Limited, The Namesake, Sherrybaby, Kinsey, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Personal Velocity, Casa de Los Babys.

DANNY TROOB (Orchestrations). His career as a musician includes composing, orchestrating and conducting. Some early credits: Pacific Overtures, The Baker’s Wife (dance music), Big River (music supervision, Drama Desk Award winner). Orchestrated the animated features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas. More recently, Newsies, Aladdin and Dr. Zhivago on Broadway and The Little Mermaid worldwide. LARRY MORLEY (Technical Supervisor) is It is a thrill to have a Richard Rodgers score to pleased to have been a part of the Broadway community for more than 35 years. Broadway orchestrate. credits include Gentleman’s Guide to Love and VALERIE GEBERT (Music Director/ Murder, End of the Rainbow, Hair, Next to Conductor). National tours: Wicked, The Normal, Equus, Journey’s End, Driving Miss Addams Family, The Lion King and Lion King Daisy, Merchant of Venice. Larry also superLas Vegas, Cabaret, The Sound of Music, vises productions of the Radio City Christmas The Fantasticks, Joseph and the Amazing Spectacular both in NYC and on tour.

Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional: Berkeley Rep, California Music Theatre, St. Louis Rep & MUNY, North Shore Music Theatre, Paper SETH F. BARKER (Production Stage Manager) is grateful to be taking the first Mill Playhouse. national tour of Cinderella around North BRUCE BARNES (Assistant Conductor/ America. Previous tours include: first national Keyboard). Broadway: Peter Pan. Off- of War Horse, Blue Man Group, Hairspray, Broadway: Nunsense, Peter and the Wolf, Rent and Cirque du Soleil’s Big Top show Everything the Traffic Will Allow. National Corteo. Many thanks for the continued LOVE tours: Peter Pan; Camelot; Kiss Me, Kate; and support from his parents, Mike and Cabaret; Cats. International: West Side Story, Barbara.

Lincoln Center’s “Meet the Artist.” Regional: North Shore, The Cape, Paper Mill, Westport PAIGE GRANT (Stage Manager). Credits and Ogunquit playhouses. include Jersey Boys first national tour, War Horse North American tour. New York: To HOWARD JOINES (Music Coordinator). Be or Not to Be and From Up Here with Credits include Bullets Over Broadway; Aladdin; A Night With Janis Joplin; Matilda; Manhattan Theatre Club. Las Vegas: Jersey Scandalous; Chaplin; Ghost; How to Boys. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, California Succeed; Promises, Promises; Bye Bye Birdie; Shakespeare Theatre. B.F.A. Cincinnati Grease; The Times They Are a Changin’; College-Conservatory of Music. Love and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Bare; Now.Here. thanks to Mom in Washington and friends This. Conductor/percussionist: Matilda, Billy across the country.

Elliot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Never Gonna Dance, Flower Drum Song, The Full Monty, MARGOT WHITNEY (Assistant Stage Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, Les Manager). Credits include War Horse Misérables, Singin’ in the Rain, The King and national tour, Signature Theatre Company, I, Cleavage, Radio City. For Robin and Taylor.

NY Stage and Film, La Jolla Playhouse and Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Other: Virginia CINDY TOLAN & ADAM CALDWELL Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet.

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BIOS Conservatory of Music. Love and thanks to Fidelity, American Idiot and West Side Story.

Plays include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad family and friends.

Zoo, Metamorphoses, Red Light Winter, Steel DENNY DANIELLO (Company Manager). Magnolias and 50 productions as founder/ National tours: Anything Goes starring artistic director of Second Stage Theatre. She Rachel York, West Side Story, Grease with is the consultant and artistic producer of the Taylor Hicks, The Drowsy Chaperone with Underground Series at Roundabout Theatre Georgia Engel, Sweet Charity starring Molly Company and executive producer at the Ringwald, Little Women starring Maureen Bucks County Playhouse.

McGovern, Ann-Margret in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. For my amazing neph- JILL FURMAN (Producer) received a 2008 Tony Award for best musical for In the ews Dylan and Rocco!

Heights. Other Broadway credits include RICHARDS/CLIMAN, INC. (General Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Manager), founded in 1997 by David R. Heiress, Seminar, West Side Story, The Richards and Tamar Climan. Recent/current: Drowsy Chaperone, Sly Fox and Fortune’s You Can’t Take It With You, It’s Only a Play, Fool. Off-Broadway credits include On the Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Past Line and Adult Entertainment. Jill produces Broadway/tours: All the Way, Anything Goes, the hip-hop comedy group Freestyle Love August: Osage County, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, The Glass Menagerie, Twelve Angry Supreme, both a live show and a TV series airing on the Pivot Network. In 2011 Jill received Men, Annie. the Robert Whitehead Award for outstanding ALLIED LIVE (Marketing and Press) is a achievement in commercial theater producing. full-service marketing and advertising agency Member: National Board of Review of Motion representing Broadway shows, national tours, Pictures. performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities. Clients include Blue STEPHEN KOCIS (Producer) is vice presMan Group, The Book of Mormon, Rodgers + ident of Aged in Wood, LLC, a Broadway Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf, Kinky Boots, production company that has been involved Mamma Mia!, Motown the Musical, Once, Peter in such hits as Avenue Q and In the Heights and the Starcatcher and Irving Berlin’s White (both recipients of the Tony Award for best Christmas. musical). Other Broadway credits include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, American THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Direction) Idiot, Barefoot in the Park (assoc. prod.)

(TBG) is Broadway’s premiere booking and Steel Magnolias (assoc. prod.). Offagency representing more than 18 Tony Broadway: Altar Boyz; tick, tick ... BOOM! Award-winning best musicals and plays since General manager: The Performers. He is its inception in 1996. TBG has booked such also a producer at the historic Bucks County long-running tours such as the “best musical Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., celebrating its of the century” The Book of Mormon, the 75th anniversary season. most Tony Award-winning musical in history Mel Brooks’ The Producers, the worldwide EDWARD WALSON (Producer). With hit Mamma Mia!, and the groundbreaking a background in CATV ownership and musical Rent. TBG is committed to bringing programming, is now dedicating his time the best of Broadway to North America and to producing independent films and thebeyond. ater. Broadway credits include Relatively Speaking, Cinderella, Big Fish, Bullets ROBYN GOODMAN (Producer/Aged in Over Broadway and An American in Paris Wood) produced two Tony Award-winning (pre-production). Film credits: City Island, musicals, Avenue Q and In the Heights. Blue Jasmine, Magic in the Moonlight Also, Altar Boyz, tick, tick ... BOOM!, High and Time Out of Mind. He is also an active 32 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

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DEC 3 Thu: 8pm MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S Sinatra Centennial Celebration with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra DEC 4/5/6 Fri: 8pm/Sat: 2pm & 8pm Sun: 3pm CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE Holiday Spectacular

DEC 14 Sun: 7:30pm MICHAEL MCDONALD THIS CHRISTMAS – An Evening of Holiday and Hits DEC 17/19 Thu: 8pm/Sat: 2pm & 8pm A VERY MERRY HOLIDAY POPS! Michael Krajewski, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Morris Robinson, vocalist Marcus Terell, featured performer All-City High School Chorus

DEC 9 Wed: 8pm VIENNA BOYS CHOIR Christmas in Vienna

DEC 20 Sun: 8pm CELTIC WOMAN DEC 12/13 Home for Christmas Sat: 2pm & 8pm/Sun: 3pm — the Symphony Tour CHRISTMAS WITH THE ASO JAN 2/3 Norman Mackenzie, Sat: 8pm/Sun: 3pm conductor HOME ALONE Gwinnett Young Singers featuring Morehouse College complete film Glee Club Constantine ASO Chorus Kitsopolous, conductor

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BIOS supporter of EJAF, amfAR, T.J. Martell The History Boys, Spamalot, Fosse, War Horse. Co-founded investment firm Furman Foundation and law enforcement.

Selz. Now vice chairman, Jefferies LLC; vice VENETIAN GLASS PRODUCTIONS chairman, Lincoln Center for the Performing (Producer). Double Gemini Productions: Carl Arts; and chairman emeritus, the Film Moellenberg (six Tony awards, 35 shows) Society of Lincoln Center. and Wendy Federman (three Tony awards, 34 shows); Sharon A. Carr (Time Stands Still, PETER MAY (Producer) is president of Scottsboro Boys, Bullets, Trip to Bountiful, Trian Partners and an avid Broadway fan Pippin, AP Bucks County Playhouse); Ricardo and investor. Productions include Grace and Hornos (Broadway: Evita, The Heiress, Fortune’s Fool (producer), Sweet Smell of Argentina: Steady Rain, Good People); Jamie Success (assoc. producer), Book of Mormon, deRoy (three Tony Awards: Gentleman’s Guide, Annie, Evita, West Side Story and many othVanya and Sonia ..., Norman Conquests, 30-plus ers. shows); Richard Winkler (four Tony awards: Norman Conquests, La Cage aux Folles, SANFORD ROBERTSON (Producer) is a Memphis, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and San Franciscan who debuted as a producer in Spike); Broadway Consortium: Van Dean (one 2011–12 with three productions (Evita, Nice Tony Award/five nominations, 10 shows); Dan Work If You Can Get It and The Heiress). His Frishwasser (three Tony awards, 14 shows, six past interest has been in sponsoring musifilms). cal theater at two universities, Michigan and Northwestern.

THE ARACA GROUP (Producer).

Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, JAMES SPRY (Producer). Broadway proMichael Rego and Hank Unger, the Araca ductions include Cinderella (Tony nominaGroup produces and merchandises live enter- tion), The Heiress, Seminar (co-producer), tainment and theatrical events on Broadway Jerusalem, War Horse, Priscilla Queen of and around the world. For more information, the Desert, Next Fall (Tony nomination), 33 please visit araca.com.

Variations. Film: Sumi (executive producer).

Other: President of Loralee Foundation.

CAIOLA PRODUCTIONS (Producers).

Caiola Productions LLC also owns B&L BLANKET FORT PRODUCTIONS MGMT, a family-owned Manhattan real (Producer), founded in 1983, is beginning its estate firm. Broadway: Godspell, The fourth decade of off-the-wall entertainment. Past Heiress, Glengarry Glen Ross, Who’s Afraid productions include Legally Blonde on Broadway of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Award), All the Way as well as regional productions of My Fair Lady, (Tony Award). This season: It’s Only a Play, The Phantom Tollbooth and The Pushcart Wars.

The Elephant Man. Rose is artistic director While working to bring elephant polo, Dairy of Manhattan Movement & Arts Center. Off- Queen and cinema to the shores of Megunticook, Broadway: co-author/producer, Freckleface we’re thrilled to be involved with this production.

Strawberry the Musical. Thanks to Bettina and the late Benny Caiola for making every- CHARLES SALAMENO (Associate thing possible.

Producer) studied at Boston University and went on to work with venture capital firm ROY FURMAN (Producer). Recent/cur- Penny Black LLC, before pursuing theater rently on Broadway: The Book of Mormon, production. As he continues with Penny Cinderella, It’s Only a Play, This Is Our Black, he works to combine his two passions: Youth, The Last Ship, A Delicate Balance, finance and the arts.

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STAFF PRODUCTION STAFF FOR CINDERELLA GENERAL MANAGEMENT RICHARDS/CLIMAN, INC. David R. Richards Tamar Climan Heather Allen Joe Christopher Aaron DiFrancia Joe Kane Amanda Nelson Emily Zeck COMPANY MANAGER Denny Daniello Assistant Company Manager Jose Solivan PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Larry Morley TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING ALLIED LIVE Laura Matalon Marya Peters Sarah Dahlberg Jacqueline Smith

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Associate Sound Designer..................... Jason Crystal Assistant Sound Designer....................... Janie Bullard Production Sound Engineer....................Jake Scudder Production Properties Supervisor......... Emiliano Pares Associate Wig & Hair Designer..... Giovanna Calabretta Head Carpenter............................. David “Pfish” Terry Assistant Carpenter............................... Sarah Walker Flyman...................................................Chris Weber Head Electrician........................................ Billy Paton Assistant Electrician/Moving Lights....... Wade Acevedo Assistant Electrician/FOH.......... Patrick Medlock-Turek Head Sound Engineer..........................Mackenzie Ellis Assistant Sound Engineer..................... Emery Roth III Head Properties......................................Glenn Belfer Assistant Properties........................... Sara A. Schultz Wardrobe Head.................................... Eugene Lauze Assistant Wardrobe............................. Virginia Phillips Hair Supervisor..........................Jason Michael Torres “Ella” Dresser.............................Kaitlin May Saltzman Production Assistants....................... Jenny Ainsworth, Genevieve Kersh, Amy Steinman Orchestration Reduction......................Jason Howland Music Programming............. Mystl Music and Hiro Iida Music Copyists....................Joann Kane Music Service Russell Bartmus, Mark Graham Advertising....................................................SpotCo Drew Hodges, Jim Edwards, Tom Greewald, Stephen Santore, Ilene Rosen, Corey Schwitz Marketing and Promotions..........SpotCo/Nick Pramik, Kristen Rathbun, Julie Wechsler Interactive Marketing....................Situation Interactive Damian Bazadona, John Lanasa, Chris Powers, Joaquin Esteva, Mollie Shapiro Banking............................................. Signature Bank Mary Ann Fanelli, Margaret Monigan Insurance..................................... DeWitt Stern Group Peter Shoemaker, Anthony Pittari Accountants.......................Fried & Kowgios CPAs LLP Comptroller.......Galbraith & Company/Sarah Galbraith Travel Agency...............Tzell Travel/Andi & Alan Henig Housing/Ground Transportation................. Road Rebel Jennifer Barthell, Laura Gonzalez, Jenevive Mendoza Merchandise Managers......Catherine Leib, April Gaupp Physical Therapy.. NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc. Medical Doctor............................. Thomas Myers, MD Legal Counsel..................... Levin Plotkin & Menin LLP Loren Plotkin, Conrad Rippy, Susan Mindell, Daniel Watkins, Hailey Ferber Payroll............................... Checks and Balances, Inc. Production Photographer.......................Carol Rosegg Video Production................. HMS Media/Matt Hoffman

STAFF AGED IN WOOD, LLC Producer..........................................Robyn Goodman Producer.............................................Stephen Kocis Director of Creative Development............. Josh Fiedler CREDITS Scenery built by Hudson Scenic Studio. Automation by Hudson Scenic Studio. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting. Sound equipment from PRG Audio. Carriage, horses and pumpkin by Costume Armor. Flying by Foy. Costumes by Euro Co Costumes Inc., Jennifer Love Costumes, Parsons-Meares Ltd., Prince Armory, Tricorne Inc, Dallas Theater Center Costume Shop, Deanna Rowe, Katrina Patterns. Millinery by Rodney Gordon Millinery. Dance shoes by TO Dey, LaDuca, World Tone.

Undergarmets and hoisery by Bra*Tenders. Custom painting by Jeff Fender Studio. Custom jewelry by Lawrence Vrba. Special thanks to David Kaley. Props by Prop n Spoon and BrentBri Properties. Emergen-C by Alacer Corp.

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The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

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

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

The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

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

The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE THEATRE A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with 4,665 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private corporate events.

PRIVATE ROOMS The Fox Theatre has three private rental spaces, with accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. Our Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up to your specifications. The Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. To book your “Fabulous Fox” evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

TICKET OFFICE The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is located in the arcade entrance to the theatre. The Ticket Office is open for walk up ticket sales Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Saturday,10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is not open on Sundays unless there is a performance. On event days, the Ticket Office opens two hours prior to show time. Doors to the Fox open one hour prior to show time.

Tickets for all performances at the Fox may be purchased online at www.FoxTheatre.org, all Ticket Alternative outlets and all Atlanta-area Whole Foods Markets, by calling 855-285-8499, or by visiting the Fox Theatre Ticket Office in person during regular Box Office hours.

GROUP SALES The Fox Theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to Groups for most Broadway shows. The Group Sales office is open Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call 404 881-2000 or email foxgroup@foxtheatre.org.

CONCESSIONS Concession stands are located in the Spanish Room, main lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level.

RESTROOMS Restrooms are located off the Main Lobby (downstairs), Mezzanine Lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible restroom facilities are located in the Spanish Room and Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the Office door in the main lobby.

GIFT SHOP The Fox Theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theatre-related merchandise. The gift shop is located in the Spanish Room.

TOURS Fox Theatre Tours are conducted Mondays and Thursdays at 10 AM, 11 AM, noon and 1 PM. Saturday tours are offered at 10 AM and 11 AM. Fox Theatre Tours are guided by Fox employees well-versed in the Fox’s history, current events, awards, and upcoming shows.

Tickets for Fox Theatre Tours are available at the Fox Theatre Ticket Office or online at www.foxtheatre.org.

Special Tours can range from backstage to architectural to a school or college group. Please contact the Fox Theatre by calling 404.881.2100 to schedule your group tour.

LOST AND FOUND Lost and found items are turned in to the Event Staff’s office.

To check on lost items, please call 404-881-2119. Lost and found items will be retained for 30 days.

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EMERGENCY INFORMATION In the event of an emergency, and for your safety, please follow the directions provided by the Fox Theatre staff.

SMOKING In accordance with the Fulton County Clean Air Ordinance, the Fox Theatre is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas.

ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY The Fox Theatre strives to make events accessible to all guests.

If you require assistance during your visit to the Fox Theatre please seek out or ask for one of our Accessible Ambassadors.

These staff members are attired in the traditional Fox Theatre uniform however also have gold braid and white gloves to make them easier to see. The Fox Theatre offers the use of wheelchairs, listening devices and booster seats at no additional charge. Our Ambassadors will assist you to special restroom accommodations.

Note: Steep Steps lead to all seats on the upper levels. For assistance needed or additional information on programs, please contact the Event Staff’s office at: 404-881-2119.

TICKETS To purchase accessible seating at the Fox Theatre please call: 404-881-2016 Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM or on Saturday, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. A Fox Theatre Ticket Office Associate will be happy to help you. Ticket buyers may also visit the ticketing site at www.foxtheatre.org.

PROGRAMS PROVIDED Opened Captioning Performance Sponsored in partnership through TDF (Theatre Development Fund).

ELEVATORS Elevators are located at the north end of each lobby. The elevators are available during all performances and make it possible to access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs.

PARKING Parking is available within a four-block radius in all directions of the Fox Theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for sale at the Fox Ticket Office or by calling 855-285-8499. The Fox Theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox Theatre district.

PERFORMANCE NOTES All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the theatre. Not all events are suitable for children.

Infants will not be admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management, in conjunction with the wishes of the producers.

Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance.

Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.

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

ETIQUETTE 1. Please arrive early. Latecomers may not be seated until intermission.

2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water or restroom) before the performance begins.

3. Please silence or turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms. We encourage you to share your experience at the Fox via social media, but please refrain from doing so or texting during performances; the glow from your device is distracting.

4. Most shows do not allow photography of any kind.

Flash photography inside the theatre is never allowed as it is a distraction to those around you and a danger to the performers.

5. The overture is part of the performance. Please cease talking at this point.

6. Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your heads together, you block the view of the people behind you. Please consider the people that will be seated behind you when choosing whether or not to wear a hat or what hair style you choose.

7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or singing along with the show, except when encouraged to do so by the artist or show.

8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to dig something out of your pocket or bag.

9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne, many people are highly allergic.

10. If you need assistance during the show, please go to your nearest volunteer usher. If additional assistance is needed the usher will get the appropriate person to further help you.

11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress or before the actors have taken their final bows is discourteous. Wait until it is over and then exit with the rest of the audience.

THE FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 404.881.2100 • www.foxtheatre.org

STAFF Allan C. Vella. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President & C.E.O. Adina Alford Erwin. . . . Vice President & General Manager Jeff Quesenberry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President & C.F.O. Jamie Vosmeier. . . . . Senior Director, Sales and Marketing Jay Forrester. . . Director of Concessions & Merchandising Elton Howze. . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Systems Carmie McDonald . . . . . . . . Director, Fox Theatre Institute Joe Quillian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Special Events Shelly Kleppsattel. . . . . . . . . . Booking & Contract Manager Rick Robbins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Rachel Bomeli. . . . . . . . . Manager Ticket Sales and Service Jon Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest Services Manager Shelby Moody . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Group Sales Manager Dan Goldberger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-Commerce and Social Media Manager Laura Zimbrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Partnership Premium Seating Manager Amy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Gary Hardaway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter Larry Watson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman Scott Hardin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Master Ray T. Haynie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Cary Oldknow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Electrician Rodney Amos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Sound Engineer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Edward L. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman Keith O Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chairman Clara Axam, Robyn Barkin, Beauchamp Carr, Renee Dye, Sheffield Hale, John Holder, Edward Hutchison, Walt Huntley, Craig Jones, Jay Myers, Glen Romm

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It’s snowing amid the light and happy faces at Atlantic Station’s annual tree lighting, this year on Nov. 21.

Let it Glow, Let it Glow,

Let It Glow We sing now of holiday light shows — from downtown Atlanta to Lake Lanier

hich is more frightful: the weather outside or the prospect of being cooped up indoors during the holidays?

We have an antidote for either — extravagant, complex and spirit-lifting light displays that run the gamut from bulbs amid the pines to choreographed, multimedia presentations.

Whether free or ticketed, these shows often include on-site food-and-beverage vendors, costumed mascots, gift shops and diversions like ice skating rinks to keep you and your credit/ debit cards as busy as Santa’s elves on Christmas

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Eve. Before you venture out, take our tour, arranged alphabetically:

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Garden Lights, Holiday Nights. USA Today and Forbes magazine have praised this show, now in its fifth year, as one of the Top 10 in the nation.

What’s new: “Tunnel of Light,” a 100-footlong, 8-foot-tall arc that ushers visitors toward the glittering Cascades Garden of ferns and the connecting Canopy Bridge. Many favorite displays return, too. Adult beverages available at the Outdoor Kitchen, where guests can dance

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to whatever a DJ spins and scorch s’mores over an open fire pit. Plus pony rides, face-painting, model train and race car exhibits, and photo booths.

If you go: Nov. 14-Jan. 9. $17-$26 plus tax. 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E. 404.876.5859.

Details at atlantabg.org/events-classes/events/ garden-lights.

ATLANTIC STATION

Holidays All the Way. At this live-work-playshop complex near Georgia Tech, you can plow through a field of faux snowflakes at Central Park or take part in a Christmas Eve prayer vigil for all faiths at the Midtown Bridge Church.

Atlantic Station lights its holiday tree, overlooking a 10,000-sq. ft. ice rink, on Nov. 21. Photo ops with Santa end Christmas Eve. If you go: Nov. 21-Dec. 24. Free. 1800 Atlantic Drive. 404.733.1221. Details at atlanticstation.com.

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Fantasy in Lights. One hour. Seven miles. Eight million lights. Stay in your car or ride the free Jolly Trolley for a light show big enough to stretch from North Georgia to the Maryland shore. Bright and bold bulbs mold into such shape-shifting scenes as “The 12 Days of Christmas” and “Santa’s Workshop,” accompanied by recorded music and narration. A bonus: a free detour onto neighboring Robin Lake Beach to see 10-minute depictions of “The Nativity” and “Twas the Night Before Christmas” in sound-sequenced light displays.

Souvenir shopping and dining available in the Christmas Village.

If you go: Nov. 13-Jan. 2. Shows start at 6 p.m. $9.50-$28. Packages available if you stay at the resort. 17800 U.S. 27, Pine Mountain.

800.852.3810. Details atcallawaygardens.com/ events/signature/fantasy-in-lights.

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Holiday in Lights. This 21-acre oasis in downtown Atlanta features an ice rink where revelers of all ages scoot around a tented oval to the sounds of holiday and pop music. Strolling beneath the park’s starry-light decorations is free. Skaters can bring their own blades or rent them. Bring patience, too, lines can be long.

On-site vendors sell refreshments.

If you go: Nov. 21-Jan. 10. Park closes at 11 p.m. Free. 265 Park Ave. West. 404.222.7275.

ABOVE: An aerial view of the carnival at Lake Lanier Islands’ “Magical Nights of Lights.” BELOW: Callaway Gardens decked out for the occasion.

Details at centennialpark.com/index.php/ plan-your-visit/event-calendar/winter-events/ ice-rink.

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Magical Nights of Lights. This northeast Georgia retreat hosts an annual, slow-roll trip that can be pretty pricey. Drive through such vividly lit vignettes as a live-action Nativity scene, with actors surrounded by real camels and other manger livestock. This trek entails a thin, oval, up-and-back route along Santa Claus Lane with static light-and-sound displays — perfect for vehicles with up to nine people to converse or ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION 43

Trees as tall as 60 feet glow from tip to trunk in the annual “Lights of Life” show at Life University in Marietta.

LIFE UNIVERSITY

Lights of Life. Since 1989, this college of chiropractic has been adjusting a light display that twists and turns 1.5 miles around the campus.

Trees as tall as 60 feet glow from tip to trunk in breathtaking groupings. Hanukkah is observed with a towering menorah and surround sound that explains its significance. Another highlight: ”Santa and His Sleigh,” a colossal display spanning 65 feet. Also available on-site: a petting zoo, pony and trains, concessions.

If you go: Nov. 26-Dec. 31. 6-10 p.m. $10 per car. 1269 Barclay Circle, Marietta.

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770.426.2600. Details at marietta.com/christmas-and-holiday-lights-at-life-university.

STONE MOUNTAIN PARK

Stone Mountain Christmas. The marvels of more than 2 million lights flow down and illuminate the base of the popular rock formation.

The display includes five interactive shows, including the “Holly Jolly Cabaret,” “The Gift Train” and “Toyrific!” Visitors stroll the park’s Wonderland Walkway accompanied by holiday music, and finish with the “Snow Palace” spectacle of light and fireworks at Memorial Hall. Other attractions: a nightly Christmas parade, story time with Mrs. Claus, photo ops with Santa, gift shops and on-site food vendors.

Inner-tubing on Snow Mountain and staged shows cost extra.

If you go: Nov. 7-Jan. 3. Park entry is $15 per day, $40 per year per vehicle. Admission is free with an Adventure Pass per person ($19.95-$24.95 plus tax). 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd., Stone Mountain. 800.401.2407.

Details at stonemountainpark.com/events/ Stone-Mountain-Christmas.aspx.

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coax youngsters into sleep. Viewers will pass scenes like “The 12 Days of Christmas,” bridges blanketed by snow or homemade quilts, and flamingos posing under palm trees, and are then invited to shop, dine, roast marshmallows, frolic with ponies or take carnival rides (all have additional fees).

If you go: Nov. 20-Jan. 3. 5-10 nightly. $10-$28. 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford.

770.945.8787 or 800.840.5253. Details at lakelanier.com/magical-night-of-lights/.

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makeshift audience trickles into the Decatur-based CORE dance studio to watch a loose rehearsal of the company’s summer intensive. Longtime fans confidently pull up chairs. A girl who’d been brunching around the corner spotted the event on Facebook and sauntered in for a bit of spontaneous afternoon culture.

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Innocent, won’t be seen in Atlanta until fall 2016, but it’s in the beginning stages and is the sort of work that CORE Perf ormance Company, CORE’s professional contemporary dance ensemble, welcomes audiences to look in on.

They do this sort of thing regularly. The company, celebrating its 30th season in metro Atlanta (and its 35th in Houston, where it is dual-based), holds a semi-monthly Lunchtime in the Studio series

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30 seasons in, the Decatur contemporary dance company is as original as ever. By Hally Joseph

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that invites anyone well-behaved to watch the dancers at work and enjoy a free lunch.

It’s interesting for a contemporary dance company to be turning 30. As Sue Schroeder, CORE founder and artistic director, puts it: “How do you stay new and fresh and contemporary when you’re 35 years old?”

One way is to take risks. Although after three decades CORE is a local institution, many Atlantans don’t realize it’s a professional company. Dance is a full-time job for its five-person staff and six dancers. They are constantly creating and debuting innovative work and performing internationally.

Which brings us back to Life Interrupted, commissioned by the

University of Central Arkansas.

It’s designed as a richly layered evening-length performance of contemporary dance, art and music, and has been created to honor and remember the U.S. citizens of Japanese descent who were interned on American soil during World War II. The piece, which will be retitled Gaman for its Atlanta premiere, has been a history lesson for its creators. “None of us lived there,” says Schroeder. “How do you make a historical event inform a contemporary work of art?”

First they gathered a team from many artistic backgrounds: dancers, a dramaturg, a composer, an architect, a visual artist — what Schroeder likes to call a “dance laboratory.”

Then they did research and began to put their ideas into motion, the dancers building moments and scenes in solos, duets and groups, with lights and music and art in play around them. The intensive mixed work and play, creating a palette of understanding that assists Schroeder in creating the final work. The dancers aren’t taught moves, rather, they inspire them, invent them and improve on them. The key to all things CORE is creative collaboration.

“Each of these performers is a dance artist,” says Schroeder of her company members. “Each of these people is an art-maker. So what they bring to the work is very different than a repertory company where dancers are hired for skill and technique and not for creative contribution.”

This anniversary season also brings projects with the High Museum of Art, including a series of site-specific dance works inspired by two of the High’s exhibits – Habsburg Splendor: Masterpieces From Vienna’s Imperial Collection and Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion.

“Each of

these people is an art-maker.

So what they bring to the work is very different than a repertory company where dancers are hired for skill and technique and not for creative contribution.”

Sue Schroeder

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IN PERFORMANCE March 4-5, 2016: Edge in Unexpected Spaces, 6:30 p.m. In partnership with the Rialto Center for the Arts and Off the Edge Contemporary Dance Festival.

May 6 &13, 2016: Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion. 7 and 8:30 p.m.

High Museum.

COME FOR LUNCH Lunchtime in the Studio takes place in the CORE studio, 133 Sycamore St., on the Decatur Square. Upcoming dates:

ABOVE: Kristin D’Addario (from left), Anna Bracewell and Erik Thurmond. BOTTOM: Erik Thurmond and Kristin D’Addario; RIGHT: Kristin D’Addario.

CORE dancers will showcase new works both inside the museum and on the grounds, and guest choreographers will perform a commissioned work, Museum as Space, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the High’s building addition.

But that’s not all. Besides it professional dance company, CORE offers classes, workshops, summer camps, teacher training and Dynamic X-Change, a program that provides safe, creative outlets for people in need of building self-awareness, communication skills, healthy body awareness and movement appreciation.

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Schroeder believes history has served CORE well and that its mission as an artist-focused organization is stronger than ever. But she doesn’t want to stop and reflect on the past for long. CORE is all about what’s new and what’s next.

“It’s is a group committed to taking risks,” says Schroeder.

“That’s very exciting to me.”

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• Nov. 19: Dance-Making as a Catalyst for Social Change • Feb. 25: Dance the Unexpected • April 14: CORE in the Community

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nal sin and only for amateurs, right?

If that’s you, then by all means stop reading, take out your Mont Blanc and move on to The New York Times crossword puzzle because, apparently, you’ve got time to kill before you depart.

The rest of us, however, are still trying to close our overstuffed bags while praying to the goddess of luggage weight limits that we won’t be humiliated at the check-in counter.

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It’s often been said that there are two kinds of travelers: those who pack light and right, and those who wish they had. Choose your category and read on.

First, here’s a new mantra for you: Pack with intent. The key is knowing what you’ll be doing on your trip so you can focus your travel wardrobe around that itinerary. This is usually easier for business trips because you can create several outfits from one suit by varying the shirts, tops and accessories.

Even on pleasure trips, though, you should follow the “rule of three” — pack only three tops and three bottoms, making sure they’re all color compatible in neutrals. Once that’s covered, feel free to throw in one additional outfit (space permitting) for that ‘“just in case” event.

You may have noticed that much of this advice is coming in threes. Let’s review: Three categories of travel needs: soft goods (clothing), hard goods (shoes/electronics/toiletries) and medications

Three words: Light and right Three more words: Pack with intent Three times two: three tops, three bottoms Can’t lift it? Don’t take it. We all know we’ll end up schlepping our bags from where the taxi dumps us to where we need to be. And despite hours spent shopping for luggage with nifty spinner wheels, all that walking gets old. You’ll not only be walking in and out of airports, hotels, convention centers and on cobblestone streets with that chic suitcase, you’ve probably got your computer bag/backpack plus a large purse, tote, shopping bag and who knows what else. Remember, light and right.

Here are a few more tips gleaned from road warriors who’ve logged plenty of miles: • Roll clothes and/or fold two or more garments together using tissue paper or dry-cleaning bags between layers. Both methods help prevent wrinkles and creasing.

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• On longer journeys, pack for only half the trip and do laundry at the midway point.

• Ship all dirties home to make room for souvenirs. Most snail-mail postage is still cheaper than unexpected airport baggage fees. Some travelers actually toss out used underwear and/or donate clothes they’re not attached to at their location.

• Keep all paperwork bundled together in one place, preferably a carry-on.

• Be realistic about what reading material you take. Unless you have an electronic reading device, limit yourself to one book and consider donating it along the journey.

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• Make sure labels on your medication(s) show the actual prescription or that you carry the information with you separately.

These are the hardest things to replace while on the road and could be the thing you need most. Vitamins now come in convenient travel packs.

• Don’t bring your entire beauty routine. Use hotel shampoo. Get travel sizes for your cosmetics.

• Don’t take things that can only be worn once.

Our final tip is to stay travel ready at all times. Keep a bag of absolute necessities (toiletries, pajamas, electronic plugs, etc.) together to grab and go as needed. Spontaneous travel, which comes with its own anxieties, is becoming more the norm. Act like a Scout and be prepared.

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• Invest in see-through plastic packing cubes for grouped items like underwear and scarves. Carry extra zipper-lock bags for wet bathing suits or sweaty workout clothes.

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DINING GUIDE

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT? Try one of these

local restaurants before or after the show. For dinner-and-show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers.

LIVINGSTON RESTAURANT AND BAR — It’s hard to beat the location (across from the Fox Theatre in the Georgian Terrace), and diners get complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable, and the al fresco seating area. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 404.897.5000, livingstonatlanta.com. M LOBBY — The menu at this sophisticated American restaurant focuses on seasonal fare. In the lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17th St. N.E., 404.961.7370, lobbyattwelve.com, M THE MELTING POT — A premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations. 754 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.389.0099, meltingpot.com. M MURPHY’S — This restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great people-watching and contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave N.E., 404.872.0904, murphysvh.com, VH 54 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

ONE. MIDTOWN KITCHEN — Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Road, 404.892.4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M PACES & VINE — The team behind intown Murphy’s expands to Vinings Jubilee with classic American comfort food crafted from locally sourced ingredients. Shared plates, fish, steaks.

Wine-centric bar with craft cocktails. Weekday lunch, weekend brunch and dinner menus by celebrated Atlanta chef Ian Winslade (Murphy’s, W hotels, Bluepointe). 4300 Paces Ferry Rd, 404.205.8255, pacesandvine.com. V

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DINING GUIDE SOHO — American style bistro offers fish and seafood, beef, game and poultry, with gluten-free lunch and dinner options, plus their specially-priced Cobb Energy Centre theater menu will get you in and out with plenty of time to make the performance; just show your tickets to your server. Different weekly “wine and tapas” flights debut each Wednesday night. Vinings Jubilee, 4300 Paces Ferry Rd., 770.801.0069, sohoatlanta.com. V TWO URBAN LICKS — “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout.

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RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE — A favorite local steakhouse with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hot spots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Four locations: Alpharetta, 11655 Haynes Bridge Road, 770.777.1500; Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.365.0660; Centennial

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GORDON BIERSCH — Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox Theatre.

Two locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.870.0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.264.0253, gordonbiersch.com. M, B

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DINING GUIDE TAP — A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.347.2220, tapat1180.com. M

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COPELAND’S OF NEW ORLEANS — Bayou fare, plus steak, chicken, pasta and sandwiches.

Fresh desserts and pastries from the Cheesecake Bakery. Live Jazz Sunday brunch buffet. A favorite gathering spot for Saints fans. Libations include the “Pontchartrain Beach” martini. Lunch, brunch, dinner. Take-out available. 3101 Cobb Parkway, 770.612.3311, copelandsatlanta.com. V PARISH — New Orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar. A N’awlins-inspired brunch is served on weekends. Downstairs, a takeaway market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 North Highland Ave. N.E., 404.681.4434, parishatl.com. OFW SOHO’s tempura calamari with a ginger-soy glaze (left). Falcons QB Matt Ryan is an eat-out kind of guy. You’ll often find him at Davio’s (above).

LA TAVOLA — Neighborhood hub for classic Italian comfort food has a cozy, exposed-brick interior & a back patio. 992 Virginia Avenue N.E., 404.873.5430, latavolatrattoria.com. M

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ALMA — A refreshing approach to contemporary Mexican cuisine. Bright, fresh ingredients and traditional regional influences come together with other Latin American flavors in vibrant dishes that feel familiar and new all at once. 191 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.968.9662, alma-atlanta.com. D

ECCO — Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a best new restaurant in America. It’s received raves for its wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 7th St. N.E., 404.347.9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M

EL TACO — An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and tasty margaritas. 1186 North Highland Ave. N.E., 404.873.4656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

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FOX FUN FACTS CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH A SHOW OR TOUR

• Cirque Dreams Holidaze. Nov. 25 + 27. A Cirque-style holiday extravaganza.

a screening of the classic 1947 feature film Miracle on 34th Street. Outside, snow will fall from the marquee; inside, the Fox will accept donations of new, packaged socks for Project Live Love’s THREE-OH-WE-GO! program, designed to help homeless men and women stay warm. Details at www.

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• Elf: The Musical. Dec. 2-6. The Broadway show based on the 2003 feature film with Will Ferrell.

• Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker. The Rat King and Sugar Plum Fairies return Dec. 11-27.

• Hip-Hop Nutcracker with Kurtis Blow. Nov. 28. Rapper Blow plays MC to a dozen dancers, a DJ and a violinist.

• Keith and Kristyn Getty. Dec. 21. The modern hymn writers, among today’s most popular Christian music acts, blend traditional and contemporary gospel with classical and Celtic influences.

• 10th annual Mighty Mo & More Holiday Event. Nov. 29. Doors open at 3 p.m.

Program begins at 4 p.m. This free event, sponsored by Georgia Natural Gas, includes a Christmas carol sing-along and

• Holiday tours. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays through December. An intimate, hourlong walk-through more than 10 locations within the theater. Includes warm cider or hot cocoa.

TOP: COURTESY OF THE FOX THEATRE, BOTTOM: COURTESY OF HIP HOP NUTCRACKER

The holidays are a very special time at the Fox Theatre, going back to Christmas Day in 1929 when the doors first opened.

Those sold-out audiences saw a live performance from dancing girls, Disney’s original “Steamboat Willie” carton, the Mighty Mo organ and Salute, a feature film about the Army-Navy football rivalry.

An early Atlanta Journal review described the Fox as having a “picturesque and almost disturbing grandeur beyond imagination.”

To celebrate this holiday season, the Fox invites you and yours to make magical memories with any number of special events:

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