Revolving around The Nutcracker
Atlanta Ballet’s dancers, staff, patrons and parents’ favorite memories By Kristi Casey Sanders The Nutcracker not only is a family tradition; it is a dance tradition. From the people who …
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The Origin of the Nutcracker
Nutcrackers have been around at least since the time of the ancient Greeks. It is rumored that the Greek philosopher Aristotle invented the first lever-operated nutcracker around 330 B.C. Based …
Read MoreIrving Berlin and White Christmas
A profile of the great American songwriter and some of his classic songs By Kristi Casey Sanders In a world where Madonna is considered an innovative musical artist because she’s …
Read MoreBringing the world to Atlanta
The 2007-2008 Delta International Series By Kristi Casey Sanders Every year, some of the world’s most talented artists in ballet, opera, music and acrobatic dance troupes alight in Atlanta for …
Read MoreThe Fabulous Fox Theatre
How much do you know about The Fox Theatre? Encore Atlanta takes an in-depth look at the history and heritage of this amazing cultural icon.
Read MoreThe ballet's lost boys:
Perhaps it’s a cliché, but Atlanta Ballet company member Christian Clark is not ashamed to admit he doesn’t want to grow up. “If I wasn’t too tall and a bit older, I’d really want to [dance] Lost Boy again,” he says. This is the first time in the 10 years since he first performed Atlanta Ballet’s Peter Pan that he’s dancing a different part. “This time, I’m a pirate as well as the crocodile. It’s huge – sort of like a mascot for a sports team. The kids love it.” …
Read MoreKeeping an Elephant Eye on Broadway
The Fox Theatre and Theater of the Stars (TOTS) are planning to bring Atlanta a little closer to Broadway by partnering with Elephant Eye Theatrical, a production company specializing in creating new works for Broadway…
Read MoreThe Wedding Singer
Mullets vs. money By Kristi Casey Sanders Actress Erin Elizabeth Coors isn’t old enough to remember the 1980s (she was born in 1982), but she’s gotten a crash course in …
Read MoreThe search for a perfect show:
STOMP cast member Louis Labovitch didn’t play drums until he was 17. “But after I started playing them, I became obsessed with them and played five hours a day every day,” he says. Playing in a band proved unglamorous (he slept in his van with his drum kit for six months). Theater school at Fresno State was an interesting experience. But the majority of the jobs Labovitch held (dishwasher, greenhouse worker) had nothing to do with his passions…
Read MoreHistory, only better:
It’s been more than 40 years since the Rat Pack – Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. – shared the stage for a legendary two-week engagement at Las Vegas’ Sands Hotel in 1960, but theatergoers can experience what it was like at this month’s The Rat Pack – Live at the Sands…
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