[NEohioPAL]All-Star Shakespeare - A Benefit for Great Lakes Theater Festival

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For Immediate Release

May 2, 2006

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Bard's Stars Shine Bright At=20

Great Lakes Theater Festival's 2006 Benefit=20

All-Star Shakespeare

Guests will receive the red-carpet treatment during a star-studded event
at the Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square Center to benefit Great Lakes
Theater Festival.

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William Shakespeare's greatest characters will gather to revel with
esteemed guests from across Northern Ohio on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at
the Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square Center for All-Star Shakespeare, an
event to benefit Great Lakes Theater Festival.  Commencing with
cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at 6:00 p.m., the evening's festivities
feature a robust silent auction, a star-powered cabaret performance by
Tony-nominee Kerry Butler and an out of this world gourmet dinner
complete with dessert buffet catered by Sammy's.=20

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"There has been a great deal of interest in All-Star Shakespeare from
the tabloids thus far," said GLTF Benefit Chair, Robyn Barrie in a
recent interview.  "The paparazzi have already been spotted throughout
the Theatre District and questions have ranged from 'Will Romeo and
Juliet be in attendance?' to 'What will Lady Macbeth wear?' to 'Will
Cleopatra arrive without Antony?'  Anything is possible this year and we
[GLTF] are thrilled to welcome this amazing cast of literary all-stars
to Cleveland to celebrate our [GLTF's] forty-fifth season.  The only
sure way to find out the answers to these questions is to join us on
June 24th."

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One of the evening's biggest stars, Tony-nominee Kelly Butler, will
shine for Great Lakes Theater Festival in a special, private cabaret
performance.  Ms. Butler most recently starred on Broadway as Penny
Pingleton in the acclaimed musical Hairspray.  Her other Broadway
credits include the roles of Belle in Beauty and the Best, Eponine in
Les Miserables, and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

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All-Star Shakespeare's stellar silent auction features over one-hundred
amazing items highlighted by an original Viktor Schrekengost print, all
expense paid trips to New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, a fine array
of oriental rugs and a "walk-on" role on the television hit How I met
Your Mother. Selected items are available for absentee bidding on the
Festival's website at www.greatlakestheater.org
<http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> .=20

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Individual tickets for All-Star Shakespeare start at $250. Corporate
tables for the event begin at $3,500. For ticket, reservations or
additional information, call the Great Lakes Theater Festival
Development Office at (216) 241-5490 x325 or visit
www.greatlakestheater.org <http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> .

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Media Contact:

Todd Krispinsky, Marketing and Public Relations Director

(216) 241-5490 x317 / tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org

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Festival’s</span></font></b><font
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Benefit <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><i><font size=3D5 face=3DArial><span =
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Shakespeare</span></font></i></b><font
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Guests will =
receive the
red-carpet treatment </span></font></i></b><i><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>during a =
<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>star-studded</span></b> event <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>at the <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Allen</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Theatre</st1:PlaceName></span></b>, <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
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w:st=3D"on">Square</st1:PlaceType>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>to benefit Great Lakes Theater =
Festival</span></b>.<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></i></p>

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span></font></i></b></p>

William Shakespeare’s greatest characters will =
gather to
revel with esteemed guests from across Northern Ohio on Saturday, June =
24,
2006 at the Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square Center for All-Star Shakespeare, an event to =
benefit
Great Lakes Theater Festival.  Commencing =
with
cocktails and hors =
d’oeuvres
at 6:00 p.m., the evening’s festivities feature a robust silent auction, a =
star-powered cabaret performance by Tony-nominee Kerry =
Butler
and an out of this world gourmet =
dinner
complete with dessert buffet catered by Sammy’s. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>“There has been a =
great
deal of interest in <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>All-Star =
Shakespeare </span></i>from
the tabloids thus far,” </span></font></b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>said GLTF Benefit Chair, Robyn Barrie in a recent =
interview. 
“The pap</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>arazzi have already been =
spotted throughout
the Theatre District and <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>questions =
have
ranged from ‘Will Romeo and Juliet be in attendance?’ to =
‘What
will Lady Macbeth wear?’ to ‘Will Cleopatra arrive without =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Antony</st1:City></st1:place>?’</span></b> 
Anything is possible this year and we [GLTF] are thrilled to welcome =
this amazing
cast of literary all-stars to <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
to celebrate our [GLTF’s] forty-fifth season.  The only sure =
way to find
out the answers to these questions is to join us on June =
24<sup>th</sup>.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> =
</o:p></span></font></p>

One
of the evening’s biggest stars, Tony-nominee Kelly Butler, will shine for Great Lakes Theater Festival in a =
special,
private cabaret performance.  Ms. Butler most recently =
starred on Broadway as Penny Pingleton in the acclaimed musical Hairspray.&nb=
sp; Her other
Broadway credits include the roles of Belle
in Beauty and the =
Best,
Eponine in Les
Miserables, and Audrey
in Little Shop of =
Horrors.<o:p></o:p>=

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<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><i><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>All-Star =
Shakespeare</span></font></i></b><b><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>’s stellar silent auction features over
one-hundred amazing items highlighted by <font color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:black'>an original Viktor Schrekengost =
print,</span></font></span></font></b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>all =
expense
paid trips </span></b>to New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, a <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>fine array of oriental rugs</span></b> and a =
“<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>walk-on” role</span></b> on the =
television <b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>hit <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>How =
I met Your
Mother</span></i></span></b>.  Selected items are available for =
absentee
bidding on the Festival’s website at <a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/">www.greatlakestheater.org</a>.=
 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><font =
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color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><b><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Individual tickets for <i><span =
style=3D'font-style:italic'>All-Star
Shakespeare </span></i>start at $250.  Corporate tables for the =
event begin at
$3,500.</span></font></b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>  For ticket, reservations or =
additional
information, call the Great Lakes Theater Festival Development Office at =
<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>(216) 241-5490 x325 or visit <a
href=3D"http://www.greatlakestheater.org/">www.greatlakestheater.org</a>.=
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

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Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Todd Krispinsky, Marketing and Public Relations =
Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(216) 241-5490 x317 / <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">tkrispinsky at greatlakestheater.org</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p>=
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