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Driving Miss Daisy, Clybourne Park, Lawrenceville Ghost Tour, Gwinnet Ballet

October 17, 2014
Driving Miss Daisy: Pulitzer-Winning Tale of Unexpected Friendship
Aurora Theatre - Studio, aka The Peach State Federal Credit Union Studio Theatre (128 Pike Street Lawrenceville, GA 30045)
This warmhearted, humorous play that won Alfred Uhry the 1988 Pulitzer looks at the unexpected friendship between a fiercely independent Southern white woman and her African-American chauffeur. Set in 1948, the play centers on Daisy, an elderly Jewish widow who lives in Atlanta. After a driving mishap in which her automobile is demolished, Miss Daisy's son hires Hoke Colburn to be his mother's driver. Initially resistant, Daisy gradually starts to accept Hoke, and an unlikely friendship begins to grow between the two. Ultimately a sweet tale of friendship and devotion, the play also touches on the racism and prejudice that permeated the South at the time. Jill Jane Clements (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Rob Cleveland (Drumline) star.

Clybourne Park: Tony and Pulitzer-Winning Comedy
Aurora Theatre - Main Stage, (128 Pike Street Lawrenceville, GA 30045)
Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park is both an ingenious inversion and sharp-eyed update of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's classic play about race and real estate. In 1959, a white couple sets off a community controversy when they inadvertently sell their bungalow to the area's first black family. Half a century later, roles reverse when a black couple clashes with a white couple who wants to buy and then "gentrify" the same house. The language of this Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play pulls no punches, but the conversation it inspires is worth it. Melissa Foulger directs a powerful new production on the Main Stage of the Aurora Theatre.

Lawrenceville Ghost Tour: Take a Haunted Stroll Through the Night
Lawrenceville Square, Meet at Aurora Theatre Box Office (128 Pike Street Lawrenceville, GA 30045)
Fun for adults and children alike, this 90-minute walking tour of Metro Atlanta's oldest city teaches fascinating facts while sending an exhilarating chill down your spine. Your guide (in full period costume) will titillate the senses with details of recent paranormal investigations and popular legends of ghostly goings-on -- like the night the dead rose up and paraded down Lawrenceville's main thoroughfare. Stroll the haunted streets through historic courthouse square, past turn-of-the-century storefronts and on to the Old Jail, where you can go inside ... if you dare.

Three Centuries of Dance From Gwinnett Ballet in 19-20-21
Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway (6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy Duluth, GA 30097)
Gwinnett Ballet Theatre spotlights works from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries with its latest cutting-edge program, featuring a world premiere and a piece set to the music of famed composer Philip Glass. The show starts off with the classical "The Kingdom of the Shades," from Petipa's beloved 1877 La Bayadere. This ethereal work is famed for its romantic pas de deux of love and forgiveness, surrounded by a corps of angelic ballerinas. David Blumenfeld's contemporary dance to the work of Philip Glass follows, and for the exciting finale, GBT artistic director Wade Walthall teamed with young Atlanta visual artist Mac Stuart for Pictures, set to music from the 21st century and boasting innovative sets and costume design by the artist. COMP - $10.00*