Tag: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Walking into the theater for the best-of-five grand finals between Team Enemy and Team Epsilon, I felt I’d stumbled upon something like The Hunger Games: the palpable bloodlust of the crowd beating noisemakers, the cheery British announcer, the underwriting of the powerful, and the practiced brutality of the players.

Lure the kids out of the house with circus acts, juggling, puppets, a parade, a pajama-clad concert, and more.

Kick the year off right with monster trucks, slithering reptiles, out-of-this-world marching bands, Peppa Pig, and more

Since 2007, the ArtsBridge Foundation has helped more than 240,000 students and teachers from Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina experience the performing arts, with free or low-cost performances, field trips, and even Broadway master classes.

There are myriad tales of people making deals with the devil, but they all share similar endings (spoiler alert: bad things happen). Although the outcomes are predictable, we’re still drawn to these cautionary fables, the most famous of which is the chronicle of a certain Dr. Faust and his misguided barter—an eternal soul for fleeting youth.

When the houselights dim and stage lights go up at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on the evening of February 26, artists will stand in the wings ready to sing Ray Charles classics.

The Atlanta Ballet staged the North American premiere of Dracula in 1998 and has reincarnated the vampiric love story every few years since. Bloodsucking counts, it seems, are crowd-pleasers on par with Sugar Plum Fairies.