Samford University’s Leslie S. Wright Fine Arts Center celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2011 with a new performance series, a welcome back to several longtime community partners in the arts and an inaugural partnership season with three new arts groups.
The new Wright Center Presents series will offer four shows during 2011–12: The Midtown Men, featuring music of the 1960s, Oct. 21; living gospel legends Blind Boys of Alabama and special guests Sara and Sean Watkins on Nov. 18; the spellbinding Peking Acrobats on March 27; and the internationally acclaimed Ballet Hispanico on March 30.
The fall schedule will also include a Samford School of the Arts production of Irving Berlin’s classic holiday musical, “White Christmas,” Dec. 1–3.
The 2,600-seat concert hall will be the setting for upcoming productions by long-standing Samford partners Opera Birmingham and Alabama Ballet. Patrons of Alabama Dance Festival, Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s SuperPops series and the Birmingham Music Club will enjoy new Samford partnerships.
More than two dozen major events are scheduled for the venue during the 2011–12 season, including Samford’s popular Step Sing student production Feb. 16–18.
For information on Wright Center events, visit www.samford.edu/wrightcenter or call 205-726-2853. (SU)
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