[NEohioPAL] Tony Award Nominated Actress Dee Hoty to Perform at Play House

[Lisa Craig]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

 

Tony AwardÒ Nominated Actress Dee Hoty to Perform at Play House

 Lakewood Native Returns to Cleveland Play House as Featured Entertainer at
Annual Gala

 

CLEVELAND (January 23, 2009) – The Cleveland Play House is excited to
announce that Dee Hoty, a three-time Tony AwardÒ nominated actress, will be
the featured entertainer at their Annual Gala on Saturday, June 6, 2009.
Born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio, Hoty began her professional career at The
Cleveland Play House as a member of the repertory company (1975 and 1976).
The evening begins at 6:30pm and will include complimentary valet parking, a
cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, dinner, silent and live auction,
entertainment and dancing.

 

Hoty earned Tony AwardÒ nominations for her starring roles in Footloose, The
Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, and The Will Rogers Follies.  She
recently starred on Broadway in Mamma Mia! and continued on the national
tour in eight major U.S. cities. She can be heard on the original recordings
of City of Angels, The Will Rogers Follies, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes
Public, and Footloose, and on the 2CD set of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies from
the Papermill Playhouse production. She is also featured on the video/DVD of
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies. Other Broadway shows include City
of Angels, Me and My Girl, Big River, The Five O’Clock Girl and
Shakespeare’s Cabaret. A favorite of Tommy Tune’s, Hoty starred opposite him
in the recent U.S. tour of Doctor Dolittle.  She also appeared with Stacy
Keach in the first national tour of Barnum. Her New York nightclub and
cabaret appearances include the Russian Tea Room, Rainbow and Stars and the
Metropolitan Room with Larry Gatlin.

 

This year’s Annual Gala celebrates The Cleveland Play House and its links to
Broadway, and takes place on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Event co-chairs: Mebby
Brown and Maura Kehoe. Individual tickets are $250 per person with tables
available up to $10,000. Individual tickets for a late-night party, details
to be announced later, are $75. Proceeds benefit the artistic and
educational programming of The Cleveland Play House.  For tickets and
information, call 216-795-7000 x226.

 

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Founded in 1915, The Cleveland Play House is the first permanently
established professional theatre in the United States. More than 12 million
people have attended over 1,300 productions at The Play House – including
more than 130 American and/or World Premieres. Today, under the leadership
of Artistic Director Michael Bloom and Managing Director Kevin Moore, The
Cleveland Play House is an artist-driven theatre that serves the Greater
Cleveland community by holding true to its mission: To produce plays of the
highest professional standards that inspire, stimulate, and entertain our
diverse audiences, and to conduct training and educational programs that
enhance the quality of life for those we serve and help to insure the future
of theatre.

 

The Cleveland Play House is funded through the generosity of Cuyahoga County
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and The Ohio Arts Council helps
to fund The Cleveland Play House with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans.

 

Lisa Craig 
Public Relations Manager 
Cleveland Play House 
8500 Euclid Avenue 
Cleveland OH  44106 
Phone (216) 795-7000 x236
FAX (216) 795-7005 

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