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All New Original Tribute to The Blues Brothers Coming to The Classic Center in Downtown Athens!

Posted: Friday February 3, 2012 • Category: General

Jake and Elwood are back in the “The All New Original Tribute to The Blues Brothers,” coming to The Classic Center Theatre stage on Friday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m.

The performance is the fifth in The Classic Center Theatre’s 2011-2012 Broadway Entertainment Series.

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Spamalot coming to The Classic Center in Downtown Athens

Posted: Thursday January 5, 2012 • Category: General

“Monty Python’s Spamalot,” the a Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, comes to The Classic Center Theatre stage on Monday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

The performance is the fourth in The Classic Center Theatre’s 2011-2012 Broadway Entertainment Series.

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Classic Center Cultural Foundation Announces Brick Paver Campaign

Posted: Tuesday January 3, 2012 • Category: General

The Classic Center Cultural Foundation announces an exciting project to raise funds for the Endowment Fund by giving our community an opportunity to leave a legacy.
The Classic Center Cultural Foundation is selling personalized commemorative bricks. The bricks will be placed in front of the three Classic Center theatre entrances, replacing the current reddish bricks. Engraved bricks are available in two sizes. 4” x 8” bricks can be purchase for $150 and 8” x 8” bricks are $275 and are 100% tax deductible.

“The Classic Center Cultural Foundation is please to give the community the opportunity to buy a brick in memory or honor of a loved one, a friend, their company, as a gift of recognition of a special event that was held here at The Classic Center or for someone who has been a significant influence in their life, “ stated director Julie Walters. She continued, “ Just imagine seeing your name engraved outside The Classic Center theatre or bringing your children or grandchildren to see their very own name on one of the bricks.”

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Bulldog Football Players Help Celebrate Holidays at The Classic Center

Posted: Saturday December 24, 2011 • Category: General

By  Radi Nabulsi, publshed 12.23.11, ESPN.com

ATHENS, Ga. -- Last weekend roughly 30 Georgia football players headed over to The Classic Center after Outback Bowl practice to celebrate the holidays with hundreds of kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens. Dressed in their game jerseys, the young men walked amongst the children like red and white giants, signing autographs, posing for pictures and giving countless hugs. It was all part of the Holiday Festival, an event designed to help the less fortunate in the Athens area.

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The B-52s to Kick Off Their 35th Anniversary Year with a Very Special Show at The Classic Center in Athens on Feb. 9!

Posted: Monday December 12, 2011 • Category: General

 The B-52s have announced plans to bring their cosmic dance party back to the town where it all began, Athens, GA. Nearly 35 years to the date of their first-ever show, Valentine’s Day 1977, “The Worlds Greatest Party Band” will mark the occasion with an all out call to dance in a party out of bounds that will be a celebration of the band’s longtime and venerated career.

The B-52s were formed on an October night in 1976 following drinks at an Athens, GA, Chinese restaurant. Naming themselves after Southern slang for exaggerated 'bouffant" hairdos, the band soon attracted an ardent following, becoming the talk of Athens. Before long they began making trips to New York City for gigs at CBGB’s, their thrift store aesthetic and genre-defying songs electrifying the post-punk underground. A record deal soon followed and their self-titled debut sold more than 500,000 copies on the strength of its first singles, the garage rock party classic "Rock Lobster," and "52 Girls."

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Review of Hilarious Production of 'My Fair Lady' at Classic Center Theatre

Posted: Friday December 9, 2011 • Category: General

Not every college student takes a reading day study break to see a play about the science of language — but the unorthodox decision to switch textbooks for a theater ticket was a rewarding experience … And The Classic Center’s showing of “My Fair Lady” actually made linguistic study hilarious to watch.

Actress Aurora Florence played Cockney girl Eliza Doolittle, who longs to be a lady, and did a phenomenal job of butchering the English language — so much so that subtitles would have been a welcome interruption at certain points in the show.

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