[NEohioPAL]Near West Theatre Announces SEASON 2006-2007

Thu Aug 10 11:28:30 PDT 2006

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NEAR WEST =20
THEATRE =20
Season 2006-2007=20

The Music  Man     =20

November 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 30,  December 1, 2 & 3, 2006=20

The story of a 1912 con man  swindling an Iowa town with promises of a kid=
=E2=80=99s=20
band  remains a masterful examination of the subversive effect music has in=20=
a=20
drab  world. The most proper businessmen burst into four part harmony at the=
=20
drop of a  hat, prim housewives shamelessly throw themselves into interpreti=
ve=20
dance, and  children find that music can make even the dullest life exciting=
.=20
Best of all,  music can help a spinster librarian to rediscover dreams of lo=
ve=20
she had long  since abandoned, and help a scoundrel stumble across the=20
creative soul he never  knew he had. This  award-winning, critically acclaim=
ed=20
Broadway classic is an all-American  institution, thanks to its basketful of=
=20
loveable, eccentric characters and  one-of-a-kind, nostalgic score of rousin=
g=20
marches, barbershop quartets and  breathtaking ballads including =E2=80=9CSe=
venty-six=20
Trombones=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=98Goodnight My Someone=E2=80=9D,  =E2=80=9CWells=20=
Fargo Wagon=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CTil There Was You.=E2=80=9D=20
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Sure to sell  out!  Get your tickets  early!!!=20

Urinetown                          =20
May 4, 5, 10, 11, 12,  18, 19 & 20, 2007 =20

A  tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a time when water is=20
worth its  very weight in gold.  Two  kids fall in love in a city in the mid=
dle=20
of a water shortage, a terrible  draught that has crippled the Gotham-like t=
own=20
where all the toilets are owned  by a corrupt corporation. The citizenry mus=
t=20
use public, pay-for-use amenities -  a privilege which is expensive, drainin=
g=20
and dangerous - this is the setting for  Urinetown, the Musical.=20
"Musicals  can provoke us, engage us in fresh ways, push the boundaries of=20
the form, make a  real emotional connection with the people onstage. Musical=
s=20
like Urinetown, the  sell-out hit that keeps the audience soaring=E2=80=A6
.Extraordinary, hilarious and  entirely original=E2=80=A6simply the most gal=
vanizing theatre=20
experience in  town."  -  Time Magazine =20

Annie  Jr.                      =20

June  15, 16 & 17, 2007=20

Orphan Annie believes that her parents are still alive  and dreams that some=
=20
day they will return to save her from orphanage hell and  the evil child hat=
er=20
and caretaker, Miss Hannigan. =20
When Annie is brought to multi-millionaire Oliver  Warbucks' mansion for=20
Christmas as a publicity stunt, she transforms the life of  all around her a=
nd=20
ultimately finds a real home.=20
Hit songs include =E2=80=9CHard-knock Life=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9CYou=E2=80=99re=
 Never Fully  Dressed Without A=20
Smile=E2=80=9D=20
and, of course, the show tune of all show tunes,  =E2=80=9CTomorrow=E2=80=
=9D.=20

Cats                        =20

July 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 August 3, 4 & 5,  2007=20

The longest running Broadway production in  history!!!  =20
Won the Tony Award for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE AND  BOOK.  =20
Near West Theatre will take a ninth-life leap with an  all-teen reinvention=20
of this compelling fable of hope and redemption.  This musical setting of T.=
S=20
Eliot=E2=80=99s  whimsical collection of poetry first took London=E2=80=99s=20=
West End and =20
Broadway by storm in the early 1980=E2=80=99s and has since gone on to becom=
e a  worldwide=20
phenomenon. The song =E2=80=9CMemory=E2=80=9D is one of most popular and oft=
en  recorded=20
theater songs of all time.=20
The characters are larger-than-life felines inhabiting a  metaphorical=20
junkyard where one of them will be chosen for rebirth. Among the  candidates=
 are the=20
aging theatre cat, Gus; =20
the criminal Macavity; rocker Rum Tum Tugger; and the  once-glamorous=20
Grizabella, now but a faded memory of her former self.  Cats transports its=20=
audience=20
into a fantastical world that could only exist in the theater, making it one=
=20
of the most  dazzlingly theatrical musicals ever created.=20

FURTHER INFO: Call  961-9750=20

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remains a masterful examination of the subversive effect music has in a drab=
=20
world. The most proper businessmen burst into four part harmony at the drop=20=
of a=20
hat, prim housewives shamelessly throw themselves into interpretive dance, a=
nd=20
children find that music can make even the dullest life exciting. Best of al=
l,=20
music can help a spinster librarian to rediscover dreams of love she had lon=
g=20
since abandoned, and help a scoundrel stumble across the creative soul he ne=
ver=20
knew he had.<SPAN=20
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award-winning, critically acclaimed Broadway classic is an all-American=20
institution, thanks to its basketful of loveable, eccentric characters and=20
one-of-a-kind, nostalgic score of rousing marches, barbershop quartets and=20
breathtaking ballads including =E2=80=9CSeventy-six Trombones=E2=80=9D, =E2=
=80=98Goodnight My Someone=E2=80=9D,=20
=E2=80=9CWells Fargo Wagon=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CTil There Was You.=E2=80=
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tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a time when water is worth=
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very weight in gold.<SPAN=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 7.5pt">Two=20
kids fall in love in a city in the middle of a water shortage, a terrible=20
draught that has crippled the Gotham-like town where all the toilets are own=
ed=20
by a corrupt corporation. The citizenry must use public, pay-for-use ameniti=
es -=20
a privilege which is expensive, draining and dangerous - this is the setting=
 for=20
Urinetown, the Musical. <SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 7.5pt">"Musicals=20
can provoke us, engage us in fresh ways, push the boundaries of the form, ma=
ke a=20
real emotional connection with the people onstage. Musicals like Urinetown,=20=
the=20
sell-out hit that keeps the audience soaring=E2=80=A6.Extraordinary, hilario=
us and=20
entirely original=E2=80=A6simply the most galvanizing theatre experience in=20
town."<SPAN=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Orphan Annie believes that her parents are still a=
live=20
and dreams that some day they will return to save her from orphanage hell an=
d=20
the evil child hater and caretaker, Miss Hannigan. <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">When Annie is brought to multi-millionaire Oliver=20
Warbucks' mansion for Christmas as a publicity stunt, she transforms the lif=
e of=20
all around her and ultimately finds a real home.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hit songs include =E2=80=9CHard-knock Life=E2=80=
=9D, =E2=80=9CYou=E2=80=99re Never Fully=20
Dressed Without A Smile=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">and, of course, the show tune of all show tunes,=20
=E2=80=9CTomorrow=E2=80=9D.<o:p></o:p>
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<SPAN=20
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face=3D"Times New Roman">The longest running Broadway production in=20
history!!! =20
<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
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face=3D"Times New Roman">Won the Tony Award for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE AND=
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BOOK.  <o:p></o:p></SPA=
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Near West Theatre will take a ninth-life leap with=20=
an=20
all-teen reinvention of this compelling fable of hope and redemption.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  This musical setting of T.S Eliot=
=E2=80=99s=20
whimsical collection of poetry first took <st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">London</st1:City>=E2=80=99s <st1:place w:st=3D"on">West End</st1=
:place> and=20
Broadway by storm in the early 1980=E2=80=99s and has since gone on to becom=
e a=20
worldwide phenomenon. The song =E2=80=9CMemory=E2=80=9D is one of most popul=
ar and often=20
recorded theater songs of all time.<o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">The characters are larger-than-life felines inhabit=
ing a=20
metaphorical junkyard where one of them will be chosen for rebirth. Among th=
e=20
candidates are the aging theatre cat, Gus; <o:p></o:p>
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">the criminal Macavity; rocker Rum Tum Tugger; and t=
he=20
once-glamorous Grizabella, now but a faded memory of her former self.=20
Cats transports its audience into a fantastical world that cou=
ld=20
<F=
ONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">only exist in the theater, making it one of the mos=
t=20
dazzlingly theatrical musicals ever created.
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> 
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">FURTHER INFO: Call=20
961-9750
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