[NEohioPAL] High-Flying Holiday Musical Peter Pan at the Beck Center for the Arts

[Missy Toms]

NEWS RELEASE

 

CONTACT:        Missy S. Toms, 216.521.2504 x22 or mtoms at beckcenter.org

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    November 13, 2008

 

Escape to Neverland in This High-Flying Holiday Musical

Peter Pan at the Beck Center for the Arts

 

Lakewood, OH-This holiday season, take off on a high-flying adventure as the Beck Center for the Arts presents Peter Pan, a musical based on the classic play by J.M. Barrie, on the Mackey Main Stage, December 5, 2008 through January 4, 2009. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays (no matinee performance on December 6), and 3 p.m. Sundays. There is a 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening performance on December 18. 

 

Produced by the same team who brought us critically acclaimed Beauty and the Beast-director Fred Sternfeld, musical director Larry Goodpaster, and choreographer Martín Céspedes-Peter Pan features such memorable songs as "I Won't Grow Up,"  "Never Never Land," and "I've Gotta Crow," with music and lyrics by Mark Charlap and Carolyn Leigh. 

 

"Peter Pan was the first theater production I saw when I was a child, and it was enthralling. I am excited to have the opportunity to work with an absolutely stunning cast and creative team as we transport audiences to James M. Barrie's magical world," says director Sternfeld. 

 

Beck Center's production has an unusual twist because it features a male actor, John Paul Soto, as Peter Pan, a role traditionally played by women including Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, and Cathy Rigby. Also featured is Michael Mauldin as Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Maggie Stahl-Floriano as Mrs. Darling, Kelly Smith as Wendy, Alexis Floyd as Tiger Lily, and a large supporting cast of 30 talented actors.

 

Beck Center's production of Peter Pan is produced through special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. and is sponsored by First Federal of Lakewood, Mix 106.5 FM, Soft Rock WDOK, Cox Communications, LakewoodBuzz.com, and the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center also gratefully acknowledges the citizens of Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. 

 

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (22 and under with ID), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. For tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or visit www.beckcenter.org <http://www.beckcenter.org/> . For group sales, contact Linda Hefner at ext. 29. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

 

Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring local and regional artists. 

 

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Missy S. Toms

Director of Marketing & External Affairs

Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH 44107

mtoms at beckcenter.org

216.521.2540, ext. 22

 

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