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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

News: Atlanta Lyric Theatre artistic director Brandt Blocker resigns to move to Hong Kong by Scott Freeman

Brandt Blocker, the long-time Atlanta Lyric Theatre managing artistic director, has resigned his position and plans to move to Hong Kong in January.

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:40PM
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Preview: Project Love ATL benefit draws Atlanta’s best talent for a one-night-only show by Scott Freeman

Project Love ATL returns for its second annual benefit performance Monday night at Park Tavern, gathering together some of Atlanta’s premier dancers, musicians, actors and spoken word arti…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:01AM
Thursday, August 18, 2016

News: Dad’s Garage “Hart of America” web series selected for New York TV Fest by Scott Freeman

An original comedy/thriller conceived by Dad’s Garage is one of 63 projects selected for a national competition that will result in at least one development deal with a network or televisi…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:01PM
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Preview: Broadway and film star Anthony Rapp does free Q&A session Thursday by Scott Freeman

Actor Anthony Rapp, star of both the film and stage versions of Rent, will do a free public question-and-answer session Thursday at noon at the Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage. Rapp’s app…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:01PM
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Preview: Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi returns with premiere of new work by Sean Hilton by Scott Freeman

Choreographing dance for an outdoor venue can present its own unique challenges, which Sean Hilton discovered as he created a piece that will make its world premiere Saturday when Atlanta Ba…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:31PM
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Breaking news: The Atlanta Opera receives $600,000 Molly Blank Fund grant by Scott Freeman

The Atlanta Opera’s Tomer Zvulun has talked often about his mantra: increase the company’s artistic risk and lower the financial risk. One of Zvulun’s new initatives to lift the compan…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:01PM
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Changing of the Guard: Q&A with new Atlanta Ballet artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin by Scott Freeman

San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Gennadi Nedvigin begins his new job as Atlanta Ballet’s artistic director on August 1 as just the fourth leader the ballet has had since its inception…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:01PM
Thursday, April 21, 2016

News: Atlanta Ballet 2016-17 season introduces the vision of new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin by Scott Freeman

Atlanta Ballet will have one foot in the past and one foot in the future for the 2016-17 season, the first under new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin. Nedvigin, who fills the shoes of the…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:46PM
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Preview: With “20/20,” Atlanta Ballet goes modern with one world premiere and two old favorites by Scott Freeman

Atlanta Ballet’s third show in the final season of artistic director John McFall, 20/20 will feature three contemporary works commissioned by the ballet — two

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AM
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

News: The Alliance releases design of its new home; plans to spend 2017-18 season on the go by Scott Freeman

The Alliance Theatre has released the final design specs for the $22 million renovation that will mark the first major work on the theater since

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 06:59AM
Friday, October 23, 2015

Preview: Project Love brings together a potpourri of performers for victims of domestic violence by Scott Freeman

The genesis of Project Love — the fundraiser to help domestic violence victims put together by Atlanta Ballet company dancer Alessa Rogers — goes back

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:52PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Preview: Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi troupe taps into an Atlanta music icon to settle the score by Scott Freeman

When Dede Vogt hung up her “working musician” shoes a few years ago, she didn’t leave behind her chops — she simply became more involved

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:45PM
Monday, June 15, 2015

Preview: Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi “Trips the Light Fantastic” at Atlanta Botanical Garden by Scott Freeman

For a professional ballet dancer, dancing on a grass lawn presents certain challenges. On the plus side, just as with a professional athlete, grass is

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:05PM
Friday, March 20, 2015

News: Atlanta Ballet celebrates McFall; brings back Twyla Tharp, “Moulin Rouge” for 2015–16 by Scott Freeman

Atlanta Ballet will restage three productions for its 2015–16 season, including legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin and Moulin Rouge — The

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:28PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Preview: Alvin Ailey lets its “little light shine” at the Fox with tribute to folk music legend Odetta by Scott Freeman

It seemed like an odd Christmas present for a six-year-old kid. It was a gift from my uncle — whom I discovered years later had

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:29PM
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Preview: Atlanta Ballet’s Christian Clark reprises role of a lifetime in “Roméo et Juliette” by Scott Freeman

Christian Clark found his home when he was eight years old. His sister had signed up for a class at the Atlanta Ballet school (now the

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:06PM
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Breaking News: Citing financial stress, Georgia Shakespeare shutters after a 29-year run by Scott Freeman

The Georgia Shakespeare theater group announced today it is closing down, unable to raise enough money to overcome a budget crisis that forced the troupe

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:49PM

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