Fennelly: ‘Macon’s Got Talent’ – Box Seat edition
On the list of events coming up is “Macon’s Got Talent” on Sept. 26, and it reminds me that if this column were not called “Box Seat,” that benefit’s title would make a darn fine name for it: Macon does indeed have talent. In fact, a fabulous amount -- not the least of it being the new Miss America.
While the big event tonight is the Macon Pops and “The Best of the ’70s” at the City Auditorium, there’s also a variety of theater, not to mention “Architecture,” which opens tonight at the Middle Georgia Art Association.
This is a particularly fine time on stage for parents of school-age children. Currently playing at the Perry Players is “The Diary of Anne Frank,” one of those rare works (“Our Town” is another) that treat a deadly serious subject in a way that is accessible to youth.
For even younger audiences, next weekend will see Mercer University Opera presenting four performances of a 23-minute production of the opera “Muskrat Lullaby.”
Presented in cooperation with St. Peter Claver School and Vineville Academy, this delightful show is another example of changing young lives through the power of music.
Opening Thursday is the new season at the Mercer Center for the Arts. Scott Man will direct the updated version of the famous farce “A Flea in Her Ear,” while opening that night in Perry is “Saddle Sore,” a comedy by CenterStage for Christ, with “Crimes of the Heart” concluding its run at Warner Robins Little Theatre.
Also opening Sept. 24 is the Macon Concert Association’s season, with pianist Fei Fei Dong scheduled to lead off the series.
At Mercer’s Fickling Hall, the McDuffie Center for Strings will open this season’s Fabian Concert Series on Sept. 29 with “Outstanding Octets,” featuring violinists Annie Fullard and Amy Schwartz Moretti, pianist Elizabeth Pridgen and center musicians.
Beginning Oct. 5, check out one of the McDuffie Student Concerts in the intimate surroundings of the handsome Bell House on College Street. Seating is limited.
EXOTIC THEATER BECKONS
We don’t get to see much Shakespeare in Georgia, so for those who don’t mind the drive, it’s great news that Atlanta’s Shakespeare Tavern is presenting “Cymbeline” through Sept. 27.
That production will be followed by John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” and Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”
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Contact Larry Fennelly at LarryFennelly@avantguild.com.
This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 6:49 PM with the headline "Fennelly: ‘Macon’s Got Talent’ – Box Seat edition ."