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Broadway classic heads 6th season of theater troupe SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The City Springs Theater Company announced “Fiddler on the Roof” will launch its sixth season in the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center Oct. 6. The Broadway classic will run from Oct. 6-Oct. 22. The performances will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, excluding Oct. 5. There will be two Saturday shows, the first at 2 p.m. and the second at 8 p.m. Sundays’ shows will only be at 2 p.m., excluding the 8 p.m. Oct. 8 performance. The production is led by the City Springs Theater Company Artistic Director and Tony Award-winner Shuler Hensley. The creative team behind “Fiddler on the Roof” also includes Marla Phelan, Miles Plant, Mike Wood, Anthony Narciso and Shay Holihan. The company will use an original set design, produced in their Marietta shop, for the first time. The company plans to use the almost 10,000-squarefoot facility for design and production, as well as the location of the City Springs Theatre Conservatory’s location for its performing arts training programs. The set designer, Jacob Olson, created the custom design to give audiences a new interpretation of the original 1964 Broadway production. “It’s exciting to be working with
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A shepherd hook streetlight stands across from Abernathy Greenway Park North at Johnson Ferry and Brandon Mill roads.
New lights fill shadows on Johnson Ferry Road By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs pulled the switch on more than 100 additional pedestrian lights along Johnson Ferry Road Sept. 28 with a ribbon cutting at the Abernathy Arts Center. The project, 10 years in the mak-
ing, placed pedestrian lighting on both sides of Johnson Ferry Road, a major thoroughfare for residents in the eastern portion of the city. Georgia Power, which was in charge of installation, hit delays because shale rock made drilling into the ground more difficult than anticipated.
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Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul cuts the ribbon Sept. 28 at the Abernathy Arts Center, with the help of Councilwoman Melissa Mular, City Manager Eden Freeman and residents Cheryl Barlow and Shruti Hazra.