Play: new seasons for Alaska's Performing Arts.

AuthorAnderson, Tasha
PositionEAT: SHOP: PLAY: STAY PERFORMANCE

The light is fading and temperatures are falling. Alaska's glorious summer may be winding down, but across the state the performing arts are just getting started. Here are some of the up and coming arts seasons so Alaskans can come inside to play.

* The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra's Opening Night is Saturday, September 24, and will feature Van Cliburn Piano Competition Finalist, Fei Fei Dong and "new perspectives as three composers set out on uncharted paths to redefine the music of their time." The season will also include Disney in Concert: A Silly Symphony Celebration in October: Silent Film Double Feature: Charile Chaplin's The Kid and The Idle Class in January: and Faithfully: A Symphonic Tribute to the Music of Journey in March, among other performances.anchoragesymphony.org

* The Valley Performing Arts kicks off their 2016-2017 season in September with Harvey, a comedy about an imaginary six-foot-tall rabbit. The season is filled out with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starting in October: elf: The Musical in November; Boeing Boeing starting in January: Lend me a Tenor starting in February: And Then There Were None, the Agatha Christie classic starting in March: and California Suite in May. valleyperformingarts.org

* The Anchorage Opera's first performance of the season is Rigoletto by Verdi, opening in October. The Anchorage Opera's season will also feature Glory Denied by Tom Cipullo in February and a 55th Anniversary Extravaganza featuring the Opera's greatest hits in...

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