Tag: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

The Rocky Horror Picture Show—the 50-year-old satirical horror film based on the 1973 musical—is not only a cult classic, but also a cultural phenomenon. For the past 25 years, Lips Down on Dixie, a nonprofit theater organization, has had a shadow cast acting in tandem with the film every Friday night. LDOD is the oldest shadow cast in Atlanta and one of the city’s few majority-queer theater casts, with 90 percent of the cast and crew identifying as LGBTQ+.

Creativity is one of life’s great mysteries. But artists of every genre recognize it when the moment of inspiration hits them. We spoke to 16 Atlanta artists about their creative processes—visual artists, dancers, musicians, actors, and more. What ignites their creativity? How do they turn an idea into art? How do they overcome a creative block? Their answers are illuminating, sometimes humorous and often profound.

Atlanta’s arts season is bursting with creativity, from the High Museum’s landmark exhibition of Minnie Evans to bold new takes on Balanchine, Bram Stoker, and Tennessee Williams. Here's your 2025 fall arts calendar.

For 45 years, Lois Reitzes has dedicated her career to public radio and coverage of the Atlanta arts community. On June 25, the veteran voice of Atlanta’s airwaves will depart her daily hosting duties on WABE (the station has extended an open invitation for Reitzes to do guest interviews). As she prepares for her new off-air role as a full-time arts patron, we asked Reitzes to reflect on her legendary career.

If music is form, the Atlanta Federation of Musicians is function. It’s the Georgia chapter of the American Federation of Musicians. The musician union’s job is fundamentally to be a mediator between artists, the corporations that publish their music, and the venue managers who hire them to perform. That goes for any artist in any genre at any point in their career: Lil Jon, R.E.M., the Allman Brothers Band, and William Bell have all been members.

All five of the city’s major arts Institutions have brought in new leadership that has changed how Atlanta experiences the arts. Meet Rand Suffolk of the High Museum of Art, Tomer Zvulun of The Atlanta Opera, Nathalie Stutzmann of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Nedvigin of the Atlanta Ballet, and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses of the Alliance Theatre.

Mark your calendars—here are 12 events we're eager to see this fall arts season in Atlanta.

We teamed up with ArtsATL to create a must-do arts calendar for this fall.

New music director Nathalie Stutzmann will navigate postlockdown programming and forge new connections with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s musicians, audience, and community—from Switzerland

It’s no surprise that the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Jennifer Barlament had a music-filled childhood, studying clarinet for years and playing violin with the Savannah Symphony Youth Orchestra, among other musical accomplishments.