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Appalachian Ballet Company Brings ‘Dracula’ to the Clayton Center for Halloween Weekend
Appalachian Ballet Company is inviting audiences to take a bite out of ballet this Halloween, presenting Dracula at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville, Tennessee, October 29–31, 2026.
The company’s haunting retelling surrounds audiences with movement, music and mystery from every angle in the Haslam Family Flexible Theatre. ABC Principal Artists James and Laura La Russa dance the roles of Dracula and Lucy, and ABC Soloist Sarah Ashmore portrays Mina.
The run opens Thursday, October 29, at 7 p.m. A special Friday evening event begins at 6 p.m. on October 30 with adult beverages, mocktails and tasty “bites,” followed by the performance at 7 p.m. Halloween performances are scheduled for 2 and 5 p.m. on October 31. Seating is limited general admission; tickets for the Thursday and Saturday performances are $35, with VIP front-row seating available, and guests are encouraged to dress in Dracula-themed attire or festive Halloween style.
Dracula is part of ABC’s 2026-2027 season, which continues with The Nutcracker — accompanied by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra — in December and Cinderella in April 2027.
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WQXR and Carnegie Hall have announced the lineup for the 2026–27 season of Carnegie Hall Live, the broadcast series that brings performances from the legendary New York venue to audiences nationwide and around the world. Now in its 16th season, the series airs live on WQXR-FM and streams at WQXR.org and CarnegieHall.org, with broadcasts also distributed to public radio stations across the country.
The season opened on October 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a program of Brahms and Strauss — part of the orchestra’s four-concert Carnegie Hall residency that launched the Hall’s 2026–27 season.
Among the season’s highlights, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs an all-Berlioz program on November 5, 2026, led by Louis Langrée and starring tenor Benjamin Bernheim in a rare New York appearance, pairing Les nuits d’été with the Symphonie fantastique. On January 19, 2027, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, with soloists Golda Schultz, Taylor Raven, Julian Prégardien, and Anthony Robin Schneider.
The series also carries performances by the Vienna Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of Carnegie Hall’s season-long Mahler symphony cycle led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, alongside chamber music programs spotlighting Beethoven and Brahms.
Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s John Schaefer, with guest hosts Elliott Forrest and Paul Cavalconte. The series is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media. For the full broadcast schedule, visit carnegiehall.org.
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