[NEohioPAL]Beck Center Announces Third and Final Run of Disney's Beauty and the Beast in December 2007

Tue Jan 23 13:57:18 PST 2007

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------_=_NextPart_001_01C73F39.7390C544
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January 23, 2007

Direct questions to: (216) 521-2540

Yvette Hanzel, extension 225

Scott Spence, extension 239

=20

Beck Center for the Arts

Announces its third and final run

of

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

December 2007

=20

            Lakewood, OH - Back by popular demand, the Beck Center for =
the Arts is thrilled to present Disney's Beauty and the Beast, for its =
third and final run on the Mackey Main Stage in December 2007.

Loved by audiences and critics alike, Disney's Beauty and the Beast will =
return featuring the same wonderful actors in the following leading =
roles: Dan Folino as the Beast, Natalie Green as Belle and Josh R. Noble =
as Gaston. " . . . Dan Folino.  One of Cleveland's best young =
musical-theater artists, he's back in his greatest role to date, the =
Beast, and surely deserves some kind of trophy for best singing =
performance behind a mask," says Tony Brown, Plain Dealer Theater Critic =
of Beck's 2006 Beauty & the Beast.

"Merging seamlessly enriching sound effects and a couple of dazzling =
feats of illusion with his thoroughly committed cast, director Fred =
Sternfeld creates a spectacular stage experience that should be required =
viewing for two groups of people: children under the age of 12, and =
everyone else," exclaims Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene Magazine =
Theater Critic.

Director Fred Sternfeld, Musical Director Larry Goodpaster and =
Choreographer Mart=EDn C=E9spedes will all return for this once in a =
lifetime production.  "I am thrilled that we are drawing audiences that =
might not go to live theater otherwise," says Sternfeld.  "This gives us =
the opportunity to turn on new audiences, particularly young people, to =
live theater - and hopefully create some new lifelong theatergoers.  It =
also has been quite gratifying that adults attending the play expecting =
to see a 'kiddie' show are as entranced and moved as their kids.  =
Frequently seasoned theatergoers came out in the lobby afterwards =
visibly moved.  Our goal as producers of theater is to not only =
entertain, but move our audiences to laughter, tears and different ways =
of looking at the world.  Disney's Beauty and the Beast fulfills that =
goal and I am excited to assist in presenting the show once again at the =
Beck next December."=20

            Programming at the Beck Center is made possible through the =
generous support of The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund =
Foundation, The John P. Murphy Foundation, The Kulas Foundation, The Eva =
L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation, The Abington Foundation, and the =
Thomas H. White Foundation.

To reserve tickets now for 2007, call the Beck Center Box Office at =
(216) 521-2540 or log onto www.beckcenter.org =
<http://www.beckcenter.org/> . Special family pricing will continue to =
be made available for this production. Tickets are $23 for adults, $16 =
for students (22 and under with I.D.) and $11 for children 12 and under =
(includes a $1 administrative fee applied at the time of purchase). =
Additional discounts are available for groups of 12 or more. Beck =
Center for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown =
Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.

###

=20

------_=_NextPart_001_01C73F39.7390C544
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" =
xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" =
xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" =
xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

<head>
<meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"State" =
downloadurl=3D"http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"City" =
downloadurl=3D"http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"Street" =
downloadurl=3D"http://www.5iantlavalampft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"PlaceType" downloadurl=3D"http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"PlaceName" downloadurl=3D"http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"address" =
downloadurl=3D"http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"place" downloadurl=3D"http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/"/>
<o:SmartTagType =
namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name=3D"PersonName" downloadurl=3D"http://www.microsoft.com"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
 /* Font Definitions */
 @font-face
	{font-family:"Century Gothic";
	panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
 /* Style Definitions */
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
	{margin:0in;
	margin-bottom:.0001pt;
	font-size:12.0pt;
	font-family:"Times New Roman";}
p.MsoEnvelopeAddress, li.MsoEnvelopeAddress, div.MsoEnvelopeAddress
	{margin-top:0in;
	margin-right:0in;
	margin-bottom:0in;
	margin-left:2.0in;
	margin-bottom:.0001pt;
	mso-element:frame;
	font-size:12.0pt;
	font-family:"Times New Roman";}
p.MsoBodyText, li.MsoBodyText, div.MsoBodyText
	{margin:0in;
	margin-bottom:.0001pt;
	font-size:10.0pt;
	font-family:"Century Gothic";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
	{color:blue;
	text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
	{color:purple;
	text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAutoSig, li.MsoAutoSig, div.MsoAutoSig
	{margin:0in;
	margin-bottom:.0001pt;
	font-size:12.0pt;
	font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.EmailStyle18
	{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
	font-family:Arial;
	color:windowtext;}
@page Section1
	{size:8.5in 11.0in;
	margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
	{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>

</head>

<body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple>

<div class=3DSection1>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE =
RELEASE:<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'>January 23, 2007<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'>Direct questions to:</span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (216) =
521-2540<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Yvette =
Hanzel</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, extension
225<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Scott =
Spence</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>, extension =
239<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New =
Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center'><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
  font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Beck</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
 <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Announces
its third and final run<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New =
Roman"'>of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE =
BEAST<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>December
2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D'line-height:200%'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D'line-height:200%'><font size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><b><span
 style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Lakewood</span></b></st1:City><b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">OH</st1:State> =
</span></b>–
Back by popular demand, the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for the =
Arts is thrilled
to present Disney’s<i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'> Beauty =
and the
Beast</span></i>, for its third and final run on the Mackey Main Stage =
in December
2007.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

Loved by audiences and critics alike, =
Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast =
will return
featuring the same wonderful actors in the following leading roles: Dan =
Folino
as the Beast, Natalie Green as Belle and Josh R. Noble as Gaston. =
“ . . .
Dan Folino.=A0 One of Cleveland’s best young musical-theater =
artists,
he’s back in his greatest role to date, the Beast, and surely =
deserves
some kind of trophy for best singing performance behind a mask,” =
says
Tony Brown, Plain Dealer =
Theater
Critic of Beck’s 2006 Beauty =
& the
Beast.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><strong><b><font
size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:200%;color:black;font-weight:normal'>“Merging =
seamlessly
enriching sound effects and a couple of dazzling feats of illusion with =
his
thoroughly committed cast, director Fred Sternfeld creates a spectacular =
stage
experience that should be required viewing for two groups of people: =
children
under the age of 12, and everyone else,” exclaims Christine Howey, =
<i><span
style=3D'font-style:italic'>Cleveland Scene Magazine </span></i>Theater =
Critic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

Director =
<st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">Fred</st1:PersonName> Sternfeld, Musical Director Larry =
Goodpaster
and Choreographer Mart=EDn C=E9spedes will =
all return
for this once in a lifetime production.=A0 "I
am thrilled that we are drawing audiences that might not go to live
theater otherwise,” says Sternfeld.  “This gives us the =
opportunity
to turn on new audiences, particularly young people, to live theater - =
and
hopefully create some new lifelong theatergoers.  It also has =
been
quite gratifying that adults attending =
the play expecting
to see a 'kiddie' show are as entranced and moved as their =
kids.  Frequently
seasoned theatergoers came out in the lobby afterwards visibly =
moved.  Our
goal as producers of theater is to not only entertain, but move our =
audiences
to laughter, tears and different ways of looking at the world.=A0 =
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast fulfills =
that goal
and I am excited to assist in presenting the show once =
again at
the =
Beck next December." <font=

color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Programming at the =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
is made possible through the generous support of The Cleveland =
Foundation, The
George Gund Foundation, The John P. Murphy Foundation, The Kulas =
Foundation,
The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation, The Abington Foundation, =
and
the Thomas H. White Foundation.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%'>To
reserve tickets now for 2007, call the Beck Center Box Office at (216) =
521-2540
or log onto <font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'><a
href=3D"http://www.beckcenter.org/"><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;
text-decoration:none'>www.beckcenter.org</span></font></a></span></font>.=
=A0=A0 Special
family pricing will continue to be made available for this =
production.=A0 <st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">Tickets</st1:PersonName> are $23 for adults, $16 for =
students (22 and
under with I.D.) and $11 for children 12 and under (includes a $1
administrative fee applied at the time of purchase).=A0 Additional =
discounts are
available for groups of 12 or more.=A0 <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for the Arts is =
located just 10
minutes west of downtown <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City> at =
<st1:Street
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">17801 Detroit =
Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>
in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Lakewood</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'text-align:center;line-height:200%'><font
size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%'>###<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

</body>

</html>

------_=_NextPart_001_01C73F39.7390C544--