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25 ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION OF LES MISERABLES AT THE FOX APRIL 24-29

CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S
NEW 25 ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST-RUNNING MUSICAL
BOUBLIL AND SCHÖNBERG’S
 
LES MISÉRABLES
 
TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 5 
 
ATLANTA PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT AT THE FOX THEATRE
APRIL 24-29
 
Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh’s new 25 anniversary production ofLes Misérableswill go on saleSunday, February 5for the premiere Atlanta engagement at The Fox Theatre, as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2011-12 season. The all new production of

“AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’” SWINGS ONTO THE STRAND STAGE


D. Woods Headlines Atlanta Lyric’s All-Star Cast
              Atlanta Lyric Theatretoday announced the casting for one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals – the irresistible, toe-tapping, finger-snapping, Tony Award-winning revue“Ain’t Misbehavin’.” The Fats Waller Musical Show opensFebruary 17, 2012atThe Strand Theatre on the Marietta Square. The company will host twelve performances that play throughMarch 4, 2012.
                Directed by Lyric Artistic Director

BROADWAY IN ATLANTA RASIES CURTAIN ON YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORKING EVENT WITH SMASH HIT MEMPHIS ON FEBRUARY 2


Guests Enjoy Musical Mingling as Rocking Show Rolls into Town
One of the city’s most treasured entertainment institutions,Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlantarolls out a new way for theatre friends to experience the best Broadway has to offer. On Thursday, February 2, the series hosts itsYoung Professionalsnetworking event with Tony Award-winning musicalMEMPHIS. Broadway in Atlanta has partnered with JEZEBEL Magazine and Livingston Restaurant + Bar to provide guests dinner, drinks and an opportunity to hobnob with other young professionals before enjoying one of Broadway’s best shows.

Weekend Events + 2012 Dinner Nights

Goodbye 2011, hello 2012! If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get out more & start trying new things, we have you covered, starting with tonight!  And if one of your resolutions is to lose weight, sorry, we can’t help so much with that, with so many fun new restaurant concepts!
 
Head over to theAtlanta Contemporary Art Centerafter work today and joingloATLas they present a free-to-the public, interpretative dance performance.  gloATL performs as an in-process work responding to the architecture of art center.

Georgia Shakespeare Exceeds Emergency Campaign Goal

Finances Stabilized
Company Seeks Transformative 2012
 
 
Georgia Shakespeare announces that the Company has met and exceeded the $500,000 emergency fundraising campaign goal set for the end of 2011.  More than 2,000 supporters have contributed more than $515,000 to the “Save Georgia Shakespeare” campaign thus far, with additional donations still arriving.
 
On September 9, the company issued a public plea for support, seeking to raise $150,000 in two weeks to keep its doors open, with an additional $350,000 needed by year’s end to restore financial stability.

FIFTH THIRD BANK BROADWAY IN ATLANTA INTRODUCES MINI-SEASON PACKAGES JUST IN TIME FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING


Series highlights 2011-2012 offerings with mini-package program
 
Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta announces the launch of2011-2012 Mini Holiday Season Packages.  The 2011-2012 Mini Holiday Season Packages offer Atlanta ticket buyers the opportunity to build their own season packages by selecting their favorite shows from the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta series at The Fox Theatre.  Sample the best of Broadway at the Fox Theatre with your mini-package, which includes tickets to

Ansley Park Playhouse is thrilled to announce Peachtree Battle extended and Tea Party is a hit!




The Ansley Park Playhouse is thrilled to announce that Atlanta's longest running comedy
Peachtree Battlehas been extended until February 24th.Peachtree Battle, starring the original Deborah Childs and Anna House as Trudy Habersham and Azela Wieuca, tells the story of a blue-blood Buckhead family and what happens when the youngest, favorite son comes home engaged to a Hooters waitress. Add in a cheating husband, illegal maid, the oldest gay son, a carb counting daughter and you truly have aPeachtree Battle

Georgia Ensemble Theatre Receives Major Support from The Thoresen Foundation


Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), North Fulton’s only professional theatre company, announced today that it has received major support from The Thoresen Foundation in the form of a $260,000 grant award.  The grant was announced Monday morning, October 24, during a reception for friends, supporters of the Theatre, and press representatives at the Theatre’s home in the Roswell Cultural Arts Center.

GET Artistic Director Robert J. Farley is honored that Mr. Michael Thoresen and

Georgia Shakespeare is pleased to announce Richard Garner’s selection as Finalist for The Zelda Fichandler Award

Georgia Shakespeare
is pleased to announce
Richard Garner’s selection as Finalist for
The Zelda Fichandler Award
by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation
 
Blanka Zizka
of Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater
WINNER
 
Joseph Haj, and D. Lynn Meyers also named Finalists
HOWARD SHALWITZ, DISTINGUISHED FINALIST
 
 
 
Richard Garnerwas chosen as one of five finalists for the The Zelda Fichandler Award recognizing an outstanding director or choreographer transforming the regional arts landscape.

The Second City brings new show to the Alliance Theatre November 11-Decmber 18, 2011


 
The Alliance Theatre welcomes back The Second City, Chicago’s legendary comedy theatre, with its new hit SEX AND THE SECOND CITY: A ROMANTIC DOT COMEDY.
 
For the past three seasons, The Second City has produced Atlanta-centric holiday shows with Too Busy to Hate…Too Hard to CommutePeach Drop, Stop and Roll and Miracle on 1280 Peachtree Street. Back for the fourth year, The Second City will bring an entirely new concept.  This year’s play focuses on relationships in the age of social networking.