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Dance 2008

Greater Atlanta’s Performing Arts Magazine

In this issue: The Artistry of Master Painter

L. Li THE CREATIVE PROCESS: Judith Jamison: You Do It Because You Love It

by Pamela Turner

ONE ON ONE WITH: The Underground Artist: Terrie Ajile Axam

by Pamela Turner

ShowGuide Profile: DanceFest, Inc., Events to Energize 5,000 Dancers in ’08 SPRING INTO DANCE An Invitation for the City of Atlanta to Jump into Contemporary Dance

FEBRUARY 2008 ~ MARCH 2008 PERFORMANCE GUIDE Spanish Dancers by L. Li

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The Artistry of Master Painter L. Li

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THE CREATIVE PROCESS: Judith Jamison: You Do It Because You Love It BY PAMELA TURNER

ONE ON ONE WITH: The Underground Artist: Terrie Ajile Axam BY PAMELA TURNER

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SHOWGUIDE PROFILE: DanceFest, Inc., Events to Energize 5,000 Dancers in ’08

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ATL is Jumping into Contemporary Dance

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February 2008 ~ March 2008 Performance Guide

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T H E A R T I S T RY O F M A S T E R PA I N T E R

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ovement and Music figure prominently in the paintings of L. Li, who uses strong color and gesture to capture musicians at play, dancing figures and galloping horses in oil and acrylic paint.

L. Li was born in Dalian, China and schooled in art by his father, an art professor, beginning at the age of seven. His studies were interrupted during the Cultural Revolution, when he was sent to the countryside to plant crops and build roads, but eventually he found

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himself back on the artistic path.

He studied at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, later becoming a professor of painting and sketching at the same school.

In 1992, he came to the United States as a visiting scholar at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. By the end of 1993, he was working at an artist's commune in Sacramento, California, marrying his Chinese techniques to a contemporary Western focus. Li's father and uncle both played musical instruments, and just as his uncle's family developed calluses on

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their fingers from the repeated playing of string instruments, so Li developed calluses from the pencil he carried constantly for sketching the forms that underlie his paintings and sculptures.

His works appear in museums and in private collections throughout the world. L. Li is a highly versatile artist, able to encompass abstract and traditional form, Western and Asian influences.

Visit the Li Gallery Atlanta at 75 Bennett Street, Suite J-2 Atlanta Ga. 30309 or call 404-351-3883. Visit their virtual gallery at www.ligalleryatlanta.com.

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CREATIVE PROCESS:

JUDITH JAMISON:

YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Camille A. Brown’s The Groove To Nobody’s Business. Photo: Eduardo Patino, NYC.

by Pamela Turner

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ven with a cold, Judith Jamison speaks with the deep, rich tones that match her renowned power as a dancer. Particularly in the roles created to showcase her extraordinary talent by the equally remarkable Alvin Ailey, Jamison has imprinted herself into the Golden Book of Greats. She evokes the kinds of breathless reminiscences expressed by Atlanta resident Elizabeth Vantine, who saw Jamison dance over twenty years ago. “To last that long in your memory, it has to be something that hit you right between the eyes…tall, she was all elbows and knees and strong bare feet flat on the floor…and it was beautiful, very stark, meant to enchant you like The Nutcracker but not with lollipops.” Yet when asked if she still dances, Jamison exclaims, ‘What for!’ and then laughs and says, “I have thirty people in front of me who are dancing and having as much fun as I did—I adore my dancers.” After performing for over twenty-five years, including stints with American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Broadway stage, and her own company (The Jamison Project), this early discovery of Agnes de Mille took over as Artistic Director for Ailey’s company in 1989. Ailey had pre-selected her to follow in his footsteps prior to his untimely death. Since then she has shared her gifts as a choreographer (including a commission for the Salt Lake City Olympics), writer (her autobiography is titled Dancing Spirit), and inspired leader of the artistic and educational programs of her mentor’s namesake.

Under Jamison’s care, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has traveled the globe to on-going acclaim and, since 2004, has graced its long-awaited permanent home in midtown Manhattan with ever expanding multicultural programming for all ages. Making it all meld into a glorious symphony of action is the woman whom Ailey entrusted in 1971 to perform his haunting new composition Cry as a birthday present for his beloved mother, and as a tribute to the “coherent relationship between the dancing body and the experience of living as 6

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At the Ailey camp, we want to spark that light in you. a black woman in America.” Her short explanation for all of this service is, “You do it because you love it.”

Although she is firmly tied to New York City, Jamison also considers Atlanta to be “a second artistic home—do we have a history with ya’ll or what.” Her response to how Atlanta is different from New York is, ‘Well, it’s the South, Honey!’ and then, “By the way, you know I know the mayor [Shirley Franklin]—we’ve known each other since we were little teeny girls in dance Judith Jamison, Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. school in Philadelphia.” In fact, she has known nearly all of Atlanta’s mayors.

Photo by Andrew Eccles Another part of her relationship with Atlanta comes through an early memory of dancing at The Fabulous Fox theatre. Saying how much she loved dancing there (“Thank God that theatre makes people look larger than life because the thing is so big”), she describes one performance where they incorporated the ceiling, stars and all, into their ballet. Jamison talks about another kind of magic when she explains the power of Alvin Ailey’s work over the years. Feeling a deep responsibility to carry on his message that “the most important thing was to bring dance to the community”, she goes on to say that his “next most important thing is that you don’t do it in a vacuum; in other words, bringing dance to people means that you are changing their minds—you’re lighting up a side of them and becoming a reflection of them”. Her personal observation is “That light we have inside us the day we are born, you know, it gets smothered, and to try to get through the world with that light [intact] is difficult.” This is where the AileyCamp comes in, a program for youth that began in 1986, with the first camp in Kansas City, Missouri. Atlanta has been blessed to be the ninth in the development cycle, with Jamison’s note that “At the Ailey camp, we want to spark that light in you” and a further description of the camp as a place where underserved 6th through 8th graders can build self-esteem, selfdiscipline, and creative expression. The students work with members of the Alvin Ailey company, who do it “because they love it.” She sums it up with, “Isn’t it amazing! These are the things that Mr. Ailey thought about back in the day…” before anyone else had realized the positive impact of such programs. While they are in residence at the Fabulous Fox (coming up February 28 - March 2), the company also does a “mini performance” for children that includes the full version of one of their Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry. signature Classical African-American pieces, Revelations, excerpts from Photo by R. Faligant other ballets, and some demonstrations of lights and costumes— “Basically how the inside works and how the outside works.” With all these and others in the long list of educational programs, Jamison reflects on how “I love being a director because I see generation after generation of dancers” and “I can pass along the information that Mr. Ailey left—his passion— while reinforcing how important his contribution to the fabric of dance has been.” Her impact can be no less amazing. AileyCamp Atlanta will be held June 2-30. For NBAF’s 20th more information call (404) 881-2086 or email Anniversary Diane.Sales@FoxTheatre.org. For info about the Alvin Celebration July 18-27, 2008 Ailey American Dance Theater, go to www.alvinailey.org SAVE THE DATE! Playwright Pamela Turner is a regional rep for the Dramatists Guild of America and the Artistic Director of multiShades.atlanta. Contact her at pamelanne@att.net.

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ONE ON ONE WITH:

THE UNDERGROUND ARTIST: TERRIE AJILE AXAM

by Pamela Turner

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errie Ajile Axam is the last person you’d think of as an underground artist because she has been at the forefront of so many innovations in dance. A true pioneer with an irresistibly musical name (the middle part is pronounced ehgee-lay), Axam is Founding Artistic Director of Total Dance/Dancical Productions, Inc. The company, which offers a series of unique dance classes and workshops, is also a producing performance group. Axam describes her company as a “spiritual manifestation” of her work and emphasizes that their studio instruction focuses on the “total person”.

One of the living examples of that philosophy is Axam’s daughter, Aquila Kikora Franklin, a dance professor at Penn State University who trained at Total Dance Theatre, then went on to study both law and dance, becoming what Axam calls “the new wave of future artists who will strive to be multi-dimensional—like President Clinton who was also a jazz musician.” Axam has three children, whom she says are “definitely my greatest creation on this earth,” and all of whom were conceived while she was in college, starting with her junior year at Princeton—“They had just started letting women into the program, and here I came, not only a woman, but an AfricanAmerican woman who was expecting.” In addition to her children, Axam’s whole family has been involved in the mission of Total Dance/Dancical Productions, starting with a mother who told her that “When you do your best, you are a winner, no matter what” to a father who gave her a work ethic that allowed her to take advantage of every opportunity, from working as Cultural Arts Director in New Jersey, to studying with Alvin Ailey, to teaching in Kingston, Jamaica. Her sister Dawn and various cousins and nieces have all been involved with her work, and have helped to spread the magic of the unique system of dance she has developed for the past twenty-two years called “Mojah”. This Swahili word means “one” as in finding oneself or being in the center of one’s own creative act. It is this particular approach to dance that pervades the Total Dance/Dancical Productions studio. As she describes the ways of Mojah, she also reflects on her personal philosophy that “We have a purpose here on this earth and if we do our work, we can actually come [finally] to meet ourselves.” Fittingly, Axam conceived of the name of her system before she knew the word already existed. Because her unusual brand of movement is a combination of Modern, Jazz, and African dance, she had begun to call it Mojaaf, based on the first two letters of each of the three types and leaving the “f” silent. Regardless of all the ingredients that are melded in to it (including ballet), the Mojah system is the single vision of a woman who “took a stand’ whenever (often) she was challenged and found that many groups wanted to make use 10

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of her talents, including actor/director Avery Brooks who invited her to choreograph several of his theatre productions. It was during a trip to Jamaica that she “found herself” by discovering the Swahili spelling and meaning of “her” word. In the midst of all her other contributions, one of Axam’s most enduring multidimensional dance theatre pieces, titled Women Hold Up Half the Sky, was created as a thesis piece while she was in graduate school at Rutgers University. This tribute to living African-American women who have “contributed back to their community” was later honored through an official proclamation by Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson. Axam began the piece as a way to balance the emotions she felt while reading slave narratives. “Incorporating poetry and inter-laid with the different arts,” this piece has toured extensively, providing some of the capital used to open her studio, and it has received numerous other accolades as it soon became her “signature piece”. Axam is now renewing Women Hold Up Half the Sky for an invitational performance March 2 at Penn State University, and is also planning a performance/reception around the piece in Atlanta (Adamsville Recreation Center) on March 20, the date of Jackson’s proclamation. A mini concert of the piece will be held at the downtown public library on March 29. Although she has danced continuously “since my mother began to teach me at age 3 and I started formal lessons at age 4”, Axam is adamant that she won’t stop performing until it’s impossible to do so. Before her mother passed away in 1999, she told her daughter to “never stop moving”. Apparently, there were two reasons for the advice: the first “because she knew I loved to dance and the second because I love to eat.” It is hard to imagine Axam ever ceasing to move (or getting over-sized) and even though she describes herself as having gone “underground” since her mother died, moving to live outside of Atlanta “deep into the community in a kind of hibernation”, it is clear that just like a fire burning in the core of the earth, she will continue to spark with life-giving creativity. For more info, go to www.dancical.net.

Playwright Pamela Turner is a regional rep for the Dramatists Guild of America and the Artistic Director of multiShades.atlanta. Contact her at pamelanne@att.net.

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SHOWGUIDE PROFILES:

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EVENTS TO ENERGIZE 5,000 DANCERS IN ’08

by Lorraine Knight

arcus Alford and his wife Annie Day have always been considered movers and shakers in the dance world. With their production company DanceFest, Inc. gearing up for its busy season, the couple is in perpetual motion and busy shaking things up for dancers from metro Atlanta to Germany!

DanceFest, Inc. presents both “JAZZ ON TAP” (the Atlanta Jazz and Tap Dance Festival) and “BalletFest Atlanta 2008” in March and “Jazz On Tap On Tour Summer Dance Intensives” in July. Between the 3 events, 5000 dancers, company directors and audience members will celebrate their art form through master Photo by classes, attending performances and intensive summer study.

Mike Barfield Mr. Alford’s roots began with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. He branched Dancentre South out to author Jazz Danceology, an instructional text on Jazz Dance, teach and Company: Ricky Stone perform throughout the US and Europe and choreograph award winning works on companies large and small. He founded and directed the highly acclaimed Jazz Dance Theatre South that toured the US and Europe from 1987-2002. Ms. Day holds a BA in dance from Butler University, serves as Artistic Director of Dancentre South Studio and teaches for major dance organizations around the country.

This dynamic husband and wife team created DanceFest, Inc. in 1987 to open doors.

Patti Rutland Jazz: Photo by Donnie Bowling Through their events, Marcus and Annie encourage dancers of all ages to grow as artists and technicians through master classes with renowned professionals and participation in concert level performances where competition is not the focus.

Audiences are enriched as they enjoy the high energy generated only from live dance performance.

This year’s 21st annual “JAZZ ON TAP” will feature 5 different shows. “It’s hard to believe the festival began 21 years ago with 8 dance companies and through the support and enthusiasm of dancers and audiences alike has grown to one of the nation’s largest annual dance events”, remarks Alford.

The festival began in the hopes of bringing the fire and excitement of jazz and tap dance to the public and over the 21 years dancers have traveled from 20 states and from far away as Germany to provide that spark. Guest artists and choreographers have included Savion Glover, Lane Alexander, Jay Fagan, and Tommy Sutton. This year’s featured company is Patti Rutland Jazz whose members have worked 14

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with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, The Backstreet Boys, Keith Sweat, on the weekly television series American Dreams, and The MTV Movie Awards. Dance Magazine wrote of their award winning piece “A.M.”, “…volatile and full of uncontrollable energy.”

Marcus discovered a need for a similar festival for the ballet world and founded “BalletFest Atlanta” in 2004. His experience on the faculties of SERBA (Southeast Regional Ballet Association), the International Tanz Werkstatt (Germany) and the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi immersed Alford in several large, regional, national and international festivals. He states,”Atlanta deserved its own ballet festival, presenting a wealth of quality dance right here in our own metro area. Audiences will love the variety of ballets presented this season and will be thoroughly entertained with everything from Bach to the Beatles!” “BalletFest Atlanta”, in its 5th year, will showcase 29 companies in 3 concerts. Both festivals offer workshop classes featuring a world class faculty and open to the public and festival participants.

“Jazz On Tap On Tour Summer Dance Intensives” were created in 2007. The 4 day events have a congenial, up-beat atmosphere where students further their training and nurture their love of dance while teachers refresh and recharge through updates on choreography, teaching, music and more. Last summer’s workshops welcomed over 300 dancers in Branson, MO, Detroit, MI and Atlanta, GA. Alford and Day pride themselves on promoting a lively atmosphere of community and sharing at their dance events. The non-competitive nature of their projects encourages artistic growth and expression and sets them apart in the dance world. These two are movers and shakers with a mission!

Call Southern Polytechnic State University 770-516-7229 for information.

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SPRING INTO DANCE:

AN INVITATION FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTA TO JUMP INTO CONTEMPORARY DANCE Five Arts Groups, Eight Shows, Sixteen Performances to Give Atlanta a Taste of Contemporary Dance for $45 Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Arts received a grant from the Charles Loridans Foundation to help put Atlanta on the map for contemporary dance. The Rialto has partnered with the Ferst Center for the Arts, Emory Bardo - is Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - Feb 9 - Rialto Dance, Several Dancers Core, and the Atlanta Ballet to put together a promotion called Spring Into Dance, where new dance audiences can choose 3 dance events from a collection of contemporary dance programs throughout the city in the spring. The eight different shows include Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza (Jan. 22), Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Feb. 9), Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (Feb. 23), Core Performance Company (Feb. 24), Garth Fagan Dance (Mar. 8), Atlanta Ballet (Mar. 13-16), and David Dorfman Dance (Mar. 20-22, 29). Shows are located throughout the metro area, from the Rialto downtown to the new Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The promotion allows patrons to purchase 3 tickets for $45 as part of the Spring Into Dance package. Complete details can be found at www.rialtocenter.org/springintodance.html or by calling 404-413-9TIX (9849).

“Our hope is to draw new audiences in to experience the excitement of contemporary dance,” says Leslie Gordon, director of the Rialto Center for the Arts. “We hope to eventually generate demand in Atlanta for these extraordinary companies that put a city on the cultural map.”

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dance February

Cirque-Works Birdhouse Factory FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS · FEB 16 ONLY Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta - All Other Atlanta 404-894-9600 · Prices: $32.00 - $42.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00

Theatre A Flea in Her Ear

· FEB 12 ~ FEB 23 Hosch Theatre Brenau University 429 Academy St, Gainesville 770-718-3624 · Prices: $10.00 - $18.00 GAINESVILLE THEATRE ALLIANCE

Times: Tu-Sa @ 7:30; Su @ 2:30

Come Blow Your Horn ACT1 THEATER · FEB 29 ~ MAR 16 180 Academy Street, Alpharetta 770-663-8989 · Prices: $12.00 - $15.00 Times: Fr-Sa @ 7:30; Su @ 2:00

Afeni Shakur: In Her Defense

e TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR CENTER FOR THE ARTS · FEB 22 ~ MAR 1

Devine Discontent

5616 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain 404-298-4222 · Prices: $10.00 - $15.00

LIONHEART THEATRE COMPANY

Times: Fr-Sa @ 7:30

Angela's Mixtape

· FEB 14 Norcross Cultural Arts Center 10 Britt Avenue, Norcross 770-806-0935 · Prices: $12.00 - $15.00

~ FEB 16

Times: Th-Fr @ 7:30; Sa @ 3:00 & 7:30

SYNCHRONICITY PERFORMANCE GROUP · FEB 15 ~ MAR 16

7 Stages Mainstage 1105 Euclid Ave, Atlanta 404-523-7647 · Prices: $15.00 - $20.00

Doubt

· FEB 15 ~ MAR 1 Legion Theatre 114 Main Street, Cartersville 770-387-2610 · Prices: $15.00 · Times: Fr-Sa @ 8:00 THE PUMPHOUSE PLAYERS

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 7:00

Anne Frank: Within and Without CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS · JAN 22 ~ 1404 Spring Street NW, Atlanta 404-873-3391 · Prices: $18.00 - $22.00

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:30

FEB 17

Hard Love

· JAN 30 Morris & Rae Frank Theatre 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody 770-395-2654 · Prices: $18.00 - $30.00 JEWISH THEATRE OF THE SOUTH

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Ask Dr. Frapples Times: We-Th @ 8:00; Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 3:00 (No Fri. show) DAD'S GARAGE · DEC 7 ~ FEB 22 280 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta Improv Revolution 404-523-3141 · Prices: $10.00 - $12.00 · Times: Fr @ 10:30 DAD'S GARAGE · YEAR-ROUND 280 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta Bathhouse The Musical 404-523-3141 · Prices: $10.00 - $12.00 THEATRE DECATUR · FEB 14 ~ MAR 16 Times: Th @ 10:30 430 West Trinity Place, Decatur 404-373-5311 * Prices: $20.00 - $42.00 Improv: A to L Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:00 LAUGHING MATTERS · FEB 16 Academy Theatre Blue Door 21 North Avondale Plaza, Avondale Estates THEATRE IN THE SQUARE · FEB 17 ~ MAR 16 404-252-4111 · Prices: $15.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00 11 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta 770-422-8369 · Prices: $15.00 - $20.00 In the Red and Brown Water Times: Tu-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:30 ALLIANCE THEATRE · FEB 1 ~ FEB 24 Hertz Studio Theatre Breaking Legs Woodruff Arts Center STAGE DOOR PLAYERS · JAN 25 ~ FEB 17 1280 Peachtree St, Atlanta North DeKalb Cultural Center 404-733-5000 · Prices: $25.00 - $30.00 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody Times: Tu-Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:30 & 8:00; Su @ 2:30 & 7:30 770-396-1726 · Prices: $24.00 Times: Fr-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:30

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Same Time, Next Year

· FEB 29 Norcross Cultural Arts Center 10 Britt Avenue, Norcross 770-806-0935 · Prices: $12.00 - $15.00 LIONHEART THEATRE COMPANY

~ MAR 15

MAIN STREET PLAYERS * FEB 7 ~ FEB 17

115 North Hill Street, Griffin 770-229-9916 · Prices: $20.00 Times: Th-Sa @ 7:30; Su @ 3:00

Times: Fr @ 7:30; Sa @ 3:00 & 7:30; Su @ 2:00

Lily's Purple Plastic Purse KUDZU PLAYHOUSE · FEB 2 ~ MAR 2 608 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Roswell 770-594-1020 · Prices: $8.00

Southern Comforts THEATRICAL OUTFIT · FEB 6 ~ FEB 17 Balzer Theatre ~ Theatrical Outfit 84 Luckie Street, Atlanta - Downtown, Midtown 678-528-1500 · Prices: $25.00

Times: Sa @ 2:00; Sa 2/23 & 3/1 @ 2:00 & 7:30

Times: We-Sa @ 7:30; Su @ 2:30

Love Letters

· FEB 8 ~ FEB 16 4857 North Main Street, Acworth 770.565.3995 · Prices: $10.00 - $14.00

The Lady with All the Answers ART STATION · FEB 21 ~ MAR 9 5384 Manor Dr, Stone Mountain 770-469-1105 · Prices: $20.00 - $27.00

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 3:00

Octopus

TheatreSports DAD'S GARAGE · YEAR-ROUND 280 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta 404-523-3141 · Prices: $15.00 · Times: Sa @ 10:30

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THEATRE ON MAIN

· JAN 24 ~ FEB 23 King Plow Arts Center 887 W Marietta St, Suite J-107, Atlanta 404-607-SHOW · Prices: $22.00 - $27.00 ACTOR'S EXPRESS

Dance

Times: We-Sa @ 8:00; Su 2/17 @ 5:00

Poker Night at the White House DAD'S GARAGE · FEB 1 ~ FEB 23 280 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta 404-523-3141 · Prices: $12.00 - $22.00 Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater DANCE · FEB 28 ~ MAR 2 The Fox Theatre Fox Theatre, The 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta

Resurrection

404-817-8700 • Prices: $25.00 - $55.00 Times: Th @ 7:30; Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:00 & 8:00; Su @ 3:00

· FEB 14th Street Playhouse - Mainstage 173 14th Street NE, Atlanta 404-733-4117 · Prices: $25.00 TRUE COLORS THEATRE COMPANY

2 ~ FEB 17

Arias from Messiah

· FEB 24 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center 980 Briarcliff Road, N.E., Atlanta Prices: $15.00 - $25.00 · Times: Su @ 3:00 SEVERAL DANCERS CORE

Times: We-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:30

Romeo and Juliet THE NEW AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE TAVERN

· FEB 7 ~ MAR 9

Bill T. Jones and the Arnie Zane Dance Company FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS · FEB 23 Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta 404-894-9600 · Prices: $32.00 - $42.00

499 Peachtree Street, Atlanta 404-874-5299 · Prices: $15.00 - $85.00 Times: Th-Sa @ 7:30; Su @ 6:30

Room Service

· JAN 13 11 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta THEATRE IN THE SQUARE

Times: Sa @ 8:00 ~ FEB 24

Cinderella

770-422-8369 * Prices: $18.00 - $33.00 Times: Tu-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:30 & 7:00

· FEB 16 ~ FEB 17 The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 404-817-8700 · Prices: $10.00 - $43.00 ATLANTA BALLET

Times: Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:00

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ATLANTA BALLET

· FEB 7 ~ FEB 16 The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta

HENRY PLAYERS

404-817-8700 * Prices: $15.00 - $85.00 Times: Th-Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:00 & 8:00

Times: Th-Sa @ 7:30; Su @ 2:00

· FEB 21 ~ FEB 24 Henry County Performing Arts Center 37 Lemon Street, McDonough 770.914.1474 · Prices: $10.00 - $12.00

The McCoy Tyner Trio with Savion Glover FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS · FEB 15 ONLY Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta 404-894-9600 · Prices: $40.00 - $50.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:00

Wolfy

Music Theatre

Concert

4th Annual Gala, with a Taste of Historic Lawrenceville GWINNETT CHORAL GUILD · FEB 16 ONLY Aurora Theatre 128 Pike St, Lawrenceville 770-476-7926 · Prices: $25.00 - $35.00

Mardi Gras Celebration with special guests The Side Street Strutters with the ASO ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · FEB 15 ~ FEB 16 Prices: $25.00 - $58.00 · Times: Fr-Sa @ 8:00 Peter and the Wolf ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · FEB 17 Prices: $15.00 - $20.00 · Times: Su @ 1:30 & 3:30 ASO Classical: Ravel's Mother Goose and Knussen's Where The Wild Things Are ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · FEB 22 ~ FEB 24 Prices: $16.00 - $70.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:00; Su @ 3:00 Pictures At An Exhibition ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · FEB 28 ~ FEB 29 Prices: $10.00 - $70.00 · Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00 Atlanta Symphony Hall ~ Woodruff Arts Center 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta

· FEB 14 ~ FEB 17 430 West Trinity Place, Decatur 404-373-5311 · Prices: $10.00 - $15.00 THEATRE DECATUR

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Clayton State Opera SPIVEY HALL · FEB 22 ~ FEB 23 2000 Clayton State Blvd, Morrow 678-466-4200 · Prices: $10.00 Times: Fr @ 7:30; Sa @ 2:00

God's Trombone

CONYERS ROCKDALE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS · FEB 15 ~ FEB 16

The Rockdale Auditorium 903 Main St, Conyers 770-922-3143 · Prices: $10.00 - $20.00 · Times: Fr-Sa @ 8:00 Into the Woods

· FEB 8 ~ MAR 3378 Canton Road, Marietta 678-213-3311 · Prices: $14.00 - $16.00 THE BLACKWELL PLAYHOUSE

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Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein THE LEGACY THEATRE · JAN 25 ~ FEB 17 1175 Senoia Road, Tyrone 404-895-1473 · Prices: $25.00 Times: Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 3:00 & 8:00; Su @ 3:00

The Rocky Horror Picture Show LIPS DOWN ON DIXIE · YEAR-ROUND Lefont Plaza Theater 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave, Atlanta Prices: $7.00 · Times: Fr @ 11:55

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Janice Wong, piano, Emory Faculty Recital Feb 22 · Times: Fr @ 8:00 Emory Community Choral Festival Feb 23 · Times: Sa @ 8:00 David Oliver, organ Feb 24 ~ Feb 24 · Times: Su @ 4:00 Emory Wind Ensemble Feb 27 only · Times: We @ 8:00 Arts At Emory Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 1700 N. Decatur Rd. Emory University, Atlanta Prices: Free

Eun Sun Lee, violin ARTS AT EMORY · FEB 15 ONLY Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall Emory University 571 S. Kilgo Circle Prices: Free · Times: Fr @ 12:00

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dance Gil & Orli Shaham SPIVEY HALL · FEB 16 ONLY Prices: $50.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:15 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus SPIVEY HALL · FEB 29 ONLY Prices: $30.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:15 2000 Clayton State Blvd, Morrow

Symphonic Wind Ensemble GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

· FEB

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Kids Shows

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Duke Ellington's Cat

World Saxaphone Quartet

· JAN 10 1404 Spring Street NW, Atlanta 404-873-3391 · Prices: $16.00

· FEB 23 ONLY 80 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta 404-413-9849 · Prices: $32.00 - $56.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00

Times: Tu-Fr @ 10:00 & 11:30; Sa @ 11:00, 1:00 & 3:00 (thru 2/17); Sa @ 12:00 & 2:00 (after 2/17); Su @ 1:00 & 3:00 (thru 2/17); Su @ 2:00 (after 2/17)

RIALTO CENTER FOR THE ARTS

· FEB

16 ONLY

CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS

Prices: $32.00 - $56.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00 RIALTO CENTER FOR THE ARTS

~ MAR 16

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business SYNCHRONICITY PERFORMANCE GROUP · FEB 23 ~ MAR 16 7 Stages Mainstage 1105 Euclid Ave, Atlanta 404-523-7647 · Prices: $15.00 - $20.00 · Times: Tu-Th @

LSU A Capella Choir CONCERT · FEB 28 Dunwoody United Methodist Church 1548 Mt Vernon Rd, Dunwoody 770-394-0675 · Prices: Free · Times: Th @ 7:00

10:30; Sa @ 1:00 & 3:00; Su @ 2:00 & 4:00

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Snow White

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

THE BLACKWELL PLAYHOUSE

· FEB 16 ~ MAR 8 3378 Canton Road, Marietta 678-213-3311 · Prices: $8.00 · Times: Sa @ 11:00 & 3:00

Feb 15 only · Prices: Free · Times: Fr @ 7:30

Recital Hall Encore Celebration

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

· FEB

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neoPhonia New Music Ensemble

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

· FEB

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· FEB

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Prices: Free · Times: We @ 7:30

neoPhonia New Music Ensemble GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Prices: Free · Times: Sa @ 8:00

University Symphony Orchestra GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

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The Emperor's New Clothes KUDZU PLAYHOUSE · FEB 14 ~ MAR 1 608 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Roswell 770-594-1020 · Prices: $6.00 · Times: Th-Sa @ 11:00 There's a Dinosaur in the Closet CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS · FEB 19 ~ MAR 2 1404 Spring Street NW, Atlanta 404-873-3391 · Prices: $16.00 · Times: Tu-Fr @ 11:30 &

12:00; Sa @ 11:00, 1:00 & 3:00; Su @ 1:00 & 3:00

Prices: Free · Times: Su @ 3:00

Faculty Recital: Lara Dahl, oboe GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

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University Singers CONCERT · FEB 26 ONLY Prices: Free · Times: Tu @ 7:30 Men's Chorus & Women's Chorus

March Theatre Daphnis et Chloé

Florence Kopleff Recital Hall 10 Peachtree Center Ave, Atlanta, Downtown, Midtown

· MAR 27 ~ MAR 29 Atlanta Symphony Hall ~ Woodruff Arts Center 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 404-733-5000 · Prices: $10.00 - $70.00

404-413-5900

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

· FEB 28

Prices: Free · Times: Th @ 7:30

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Waiting for Oprah THEATRE DECATUR · MAR 6 ~ MAR 30 430 West Trinity Place, Decatur 404-373-5311 · Prices: $18.00 - $24.00

· MAR 14 ~ APR 13 Hertz Studio Theatre · Woodruff Arts Center 1280 Peachtree St, Atlanta 404-733-5000 · Prices: $25.00 - $30.00 ALLIANCE THEATRE

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:00

Times: Tu-Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:30 & 8:00; Su @ 2:30 & 7:30

When Something Wonderful Ends ACTOR'S EXPRESS · MAR 13 ~ APR 12 King Plow Arts Center 887 W Marietta St, Suite J-107, Atlanta 404-607-SHOW · Prices: $22.00 - $27.00

Improv @ the Academy Theatre LAUGHING MATTERS · MAR 15 ONLY Academy Theatre 21 North Avondale Plaza, Avondale Estates 404-252-4111 · Prices: $15.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00

Times: We-Sa @ 8:00; Su 3/16 @ 5:00; Su 3/30 @ 2:00

Indulgences

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· MAR 21 ~ APR 12 280 Elizabeth Street, Atlanta 404-523-3141 · Prices: $12.00 - $22.00 DAD'S GARAGE

Coppelia

Of Mice and Men

· MAR 21 ~ MAR Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest Street, Roswell 404-438-3028 · Prices: $10.00-$16.50

THE NEW AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE TAVERN · MAR 13 ~ APR 6

Times: Fr @ 7:30; Sa @ 2:00 & 7:30

ATLANTA DANCE THEATRE

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00

499 Peachtree Street, Atlanta 404-874-5299 · Prices: $12.00 - $35.00

David Dorfman Dance Company DANCE · MAR 29 ONLY Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta 404-413-9849 · Prices: $32.00 - $56.00

Times: Th-Sa @ 7:30; Su @ 6:30

Pure Confidence

· MAR 5 ~ MAR Balzer Theatre 84 Luckie Street, Atlanta 678-528-1500 · Prices: $25.00 THEATRICAL OUTFIT

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Garth Fagan Dance DANCE · MAR 8 ONLY Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta 404-413-9849 · Prices: $32.00 - $56.00

Times: We-Fr @ 7:30; Sa @ 2:30 & 7:30; Su @ 2:30

Seussical the Musical ALLIANCE THEATRE · MAR 1 ~ MAR 23 Alliance Theatre Stage · Woodruff Arts Center 1280 Peachtree St,, Atlanta 404-733-5000 · Prices: $25.00 - $30.00

Times: Sa @ 8:00

La Sylphide

· MAR 8 ~ MAR 9 Cobb County Civic Center 548 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta 770-528-0881 · Prices: $25.00 - $32.00

Times: Sa-Su @ 1:00 & 3:30; Sa 3/1 @ 1:00 & 4:00

THE GEORGIA BALLET

St. Mark's Gospel LIVE MAIN STREET PLAYERS · MAR 7 ONLY 115 North Hill Street, Griffin 770-229-9916 · Prices: Free * Times: Fr @ 7:30

Times: Sa @ 2:00 & 7:00; Su @ 2:00

Modern Atlanta Dance Festival FULL RADIUS DANCE · MAR 1 ONLY Morris & Rae Frank Theatre 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody 770-395-2654 · Prices: Free · Times: Sa @ 8:30

The Belle of Amherst

· MAR 9 ~ APR 20 11 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta 770-422-8369 · Prices: $18.00 - $27.00 · Times: Tu @ THEATRE IN THE SQUARE

8:00; We @ 2:30 & 8:00; Th-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:30 & 7:00

Noche Flamenca DANCE · MAR 15 ONLY Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta 404-413-9849 · Prices: $36.00 - $62.00

The Little Dog Laughed

· MAR 30 ~ APR 11 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta 770-422-8369 · Prices: $15.00 - $20.00 THEATRE IN THE SQUARE

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dance Shorts III DANCE · APR 4 ~ APR 5 brooks & company dance The Defoor Centre 1710 Defoor Avenue NW, Atlanta Prices: $0.00 - $10.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:00 & 8:00

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SPECTRUM: a choreography project THE GEORGIA BALLET · MAR 29 ~ MAR 30 1255 Field Parkway, Marietta 770-528-0881 · Prices: $18.00 - $22.00

Jesus Christ Superstar

Times: Sa @ 7:00; Su @ 2:00

770-916-2800 * Prices: $20.00 - $53.00 Times: Tu-Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:00 & 8:00; Su @ 1:00 & 6:30

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BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA - ATLANTA · MAR 25 ~ MAR 30

The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 404-817-8700 · Prices: Call for Pricing Times: Tu-Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:00 & 8:00; Su @ 1:00 & 6:30

BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA - ATLANTA · MAR 4 ~ MAR 9

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta

Music Theatre

The Merry Widow MUSIC THEATRE · MAR 23 ONLY The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 404-817-8700 · Prices: $45.00 - $65.00 · Times: Su @ 8:00

Atlanta Passion Play MUSIC THEATRE · MAR 8 ~ MAR 16 Atlanta Civic Center 395 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta 404-658-7159 · Prices: $10.00 - $25.00

Times: Fr @ 7:30; Sa @ 2:00 & 7:30; Su @ 3:00

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dance The World Goes Round - A Musical Revue STAGE DOOR PLAYERS · MAR 14 ~ APR 13 North DeKalb Cultural Center 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody 770-396-1726 · Prices: $24.00

Kate Royal, soprano SPIVEY HALL · MAR 28 ONLY Prices: $35.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:15 Ana Vidovic, guitar SPIVEY HALL · MAR 29 ~ MAR 29 Prices: $30.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:15 Southern Crescent Chorale SPIVEY HALL · MAR 30 ONLY 2000 Clayton State Blvd, Morrow Prices: $15.00 · Times: Su @ 3:00 * 678-466-4200

Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00; Su @ 2:30

Concert Angélique Kidjo RIALTO CENTER FOR THE ARTS * MAR 1 ONLY

80 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta 404-413-9849 · Prices: $36.00 - $62.00

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards & Band of the Coldstream Guards CONCERT · MAR 10 ONLY The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 404-817-8700 · Prices: $27.00 - $38.00 · Times: Mo @ 8:00

Times: Sa @ 8:00

Bach: St. John Passion NEW TRINITY BAROQUE · MAR 1 ONLY St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church 1790 LaVista Rd, Atlanta 404-894-9600 · Prices: $29.00 - $39.00

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

· MAR

6 ~ MAR 8

Prices: $10.00 - $70.00 · Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00

Times: Sa @ 8:00

Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano SPIVEY HALL · MAR 1 ONLY Prices: $35.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:15 SFJAZZ Collective SPIVEY HALL · MAR 2 ONLY

The Magic of Motown with special guests Spectrum with the ASO ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · MAR 14 ~ MAR Prices: $25.00 - $58.00 · Times: Fr-Sa @ 8:00 ASYO Winter Concert ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · MAR 16 ONLY Prices: $12.00 · Times: Su @ 3:00 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · MAR 20 ~ MAR Prices: $10.00 - $65.00 · Times: Th-Sa @ 8:00 Woodruff Arts Center Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta

Prices: $50.00 Times: Su @ 3:00

404-733-5000

Divas & Dilemmas: Opera OUR Way CONCERT · MAR 29 ONLY Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 404-249-6400 · Prices: $15.00 - $45.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00

Imogen Cooper, piano SPIVEY HALL · MAR 9 ONLY Prices: $40.00 · Times: Su @ 3:00 Brentano Quartet SPIVEY HALL · MAR 8 ONLY Prices: $35.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:15 Classical Now SPIVEY HALL · MAR 11 ONLY Prices: Free · Times: Tu @ 7:30 Lúnasa CONCERT · MAR 14 ONLY Prices: $35.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:15 Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet SPIVEY HALL · MAR 15 ONLY Prices: $35.00 · Times: Sa @ 3:00 Southern Crescent Symphony SPIVEY HALL · MAR 16 ~ MAR 16 Prices: $12.00 · Times: Su @ 3:00

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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling THE MICHAEL O'NEAL SINGERS * MAR 14 ONLY

Roswell United Methodist Church 814 Mimosa Boulevard, Roswell 770-594-7974 · Prices: $15.00 - $20.00 Times: Fr @ 8:00

Wind Ensemble with the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC · MAR 31 ONLY Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta 404-413-9849 · Prices: Free · Times: Mo @ 7:30

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Prices: $30.00 - $40.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:00

Mindi Abair FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS

· MAR

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Prices: $26.00 - $36.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00

Paula Poundstone FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS

· MAR

28 ONLY

Prices: $27.00 - $37.00 · Times: Fr @ 8:00

An Evening with Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS · MAR 29 ONLY Prices: $27.00 - $37.00 · Times: Sa @ 8:00 Audra McDonald FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS · MAR 30 ONLY Prices: $40.00 - $50.00 · Times: Su @ 5:00 Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta 404-894-9600

Kids Shows The Dinosaur Musical AURORA THEATRE · MAR 13 ~ APR 6 128 Pike St, Lawrenceville 770-476-7926 · Prices: $22.00 - $25.00 Times: Th-Fr @ 8:00; Sa @ 2:30 & 8:00; Su @ 2:30

The Lion, The Mouse, & Other Aesop's Fables CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS · MAR 4 ~ MAR 22 1404 Spring Street NW, Atlanta 404-873-3391 · Prices: $16.00 · Times: Tu-Fr @ 1:30 & 12:00 (thru 3/16); Tu-Fr 10:00 & 11:30 (after 3/16); Sa @ 11:00 & 1:00; Su @ 1:00 & 3:00

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