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The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, adapted and directed by John Stephens, tonight, May 4 through May 27, 2012.

As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its finances following last year's emergency fundraising campaign, Georgia Shakespeare is moving its annual 'Bard's Bash' fundraising gala to a new venue and working with a number of new local partners to present a format that reflects the unique personal

Aurora Theatre Funny Fridays continues club comedy performances on the square in downtown Lawrenceville with comedian and the author of Men are from Mars Because Women Killed the Ones on Venus, Dr.

On Sunday, June 10 at 4 p.

Aurora Theatre ends its season with The Fox on the Fairway opening tonight, May 3, 2012.

Four Seasons front man Frankie Valli will celebrate his birthday on May 3, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta is marking the occasion by offering audiences a 72-hour ticket sale.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, led by Staff Conductor Jere Flint, will join forces with the Alliance Theatre to perform a semi-staged production of "The Remarkable Farkle McBride" tonight, April 29, 2012, at 1:30 and 3:30 p.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, adapted and directed by John Stephens, May 4-27, 2012.

The Atlanta Opera closes its 2011-2012 season with Mozart's Don Giovanni tonight, April 28, May 1, 4 and 6, 2012 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

The Michael O'Neal Singers join with the Tri-Cities High School Chorale, the Georgia Spiritual Ensemble, and Sharon Fisher and Ira Jackson, Jr.

Copenhagen, Michael Frayn's Tony award winning masterwork about the final conversation between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, comes to Academy Theatre from April 27th until May 20th.

Atlanta Lyric Theatre today announced details for the 2012 JR.

Seven dancers, a dance media artist, a composer, a team of designers, a control technician, a robot camera, and nine six-foot balloons come together for "…the final frontier," a new work from Catellier Dance Projects, premiering at Emory's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, May 17-19.

Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours returns to the second oldest city in Greater Atlanta for an eighth year.

Copenhagen, Michael Frayn's Tony award winning masterwork about the final conversation between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, comes to Academy Theatre from April 27th until May 20th.

Casting has been announced for the Atlanta return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Fox Theatre May 22-June 10 as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2011-12 season.

Phillip Trammel Shutze's 1929 Historical Home to open to View April 21 - May 13, 2012 with proceeds to Benefit Orchestra and Its Education and Community Engagement Programs.

The Emory University Symphony Orchestra (EUSO) and the Emory University Chorus perform together in free concerts on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at 8 p.

Atlanta Lyric Theatre presents the Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey hit musical GREASE April 20 through May 6 at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre at 117 North Park Square in Marietta.

The Atlanta Opera is making a limited number of great seats available to first-time patrons for only $25.

Aurora Theatre will end its season with The Fox on the Fairway opening May 3, 2012.

A multimedia mogul whose international imprint is emblazoned on television, film, online and magazine publishing, satellite radio and Broadway, Oprah Winfrey is a significant example of how women can change the world.

This May, Atlanta Ballet (AB) Artistic Director John McFall will present another cast of emerging choreographers in the Company's now annual production New Choreographic Voices (NCV) - a mixed repertory program featuring two world premieres and an Atlanta Ballet premiere on the Alliance Stage at The

"Les Liaisons Dangereuses," by Christopher Hampton, plays Newnan Theatre Company's Black Box April 19-29 Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3pm.

Guest conductor Roberto Abbado will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra April 19, 20, and 21, 2012 at 8:00 p.