Diana Wortham Theatre’s 2009/10 Mainstage Music Series opens with fiddler and singer Justin David on September 11. PAGE 5 The Asheville Ballet’s 47th season will include cool jazz, modern, and classical ballet performances. PAGE 12 The Asheville Lyric Opera will present Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” as part of it’s 2009/10 season. PAGE 7 Asheville’s Lyric Opera, Choral Society, and Ballet BRAVO • HART BusIness ProFIles Diana Wortham Theatre NC Stage Company presents blue Goldsmiths . PAGE 11 NC Stage Company a season full of comedies, including Scott Treadway East Side Optical . PAGE 32 Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance and Charlie Flynn-McIver in Greg Vineyard . 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