[NEohioPAL] Relax in Beck's Garden This Summer with Little Shop of Horrors

[Fran Storch]

NEWS RELEASE

 

CONTACT:        Missy S. Toms, 216.521.2540 x22 or mtoms at beckcenter.org

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    June 18, 2009

 

Need a Staycation?

Relax in Beck's Garden This Summer with Little Shop of Horrors

 

Lakewood, OH-For the first time ever, the Beck Center for the Arts
presents one of the longest-running musicals in Off-Broadway history,
Little Shop of Horrors, June 26 through August 2, on the Main Stage.
Show times are 8:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. Sundays.

 

"Leaves the audience feeling...ravenous for more!" says The New York
Times. Feed your appetite for hilarity and romance while enjoying the
sounds of doo wop, early rock and roll, and Motown. This affectionate
spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies from Howard Ashman and Alan Menken,
creators of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, will
leave you laughing, singing...and craving more!

 

A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation
when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh
blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed,
R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for
feeding its growing appetite!

 

William Roudebush, director of Beck's critically acclaimed Equus and
last season's My Favorite Year, comments, "The popularity of this show
never wanes, and its tunefulness and tongue-in-cheek humor lend to its
staying power. I am delighted to return to Cleveland and the Beck Center
to direct this musical gem."

  
The Beck Center is offering special family-friendly pricing so the
entire family can enjoy this musical classic. 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. Preview night on
Thursday, June 25, is $10 with general admission seating. Group
discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. 

 

To reserve tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 ext.
10, or request seats at 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 10 minutes west of
downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

 

Beck Center's production of Little Shop of Horrors is presented by
special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is
sponsored by West Roofing, Dependable Painting, Cleveland Scene, Cox
Communications, and the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center's production is
also generously funded by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. 

 

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.

 

To position the Beck for long-term sustainability, the Beck Center's
Board of Directors has launched a Strategic Growth Initiative, entitled
Open for Imagination. The campaign goal is to raise money to create a
working capital fund by August 31, 2009. Tax-deductible donations may be
made online at www.beckcenter.org or mailed to Beck Center for the Arts,
17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107.

 

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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

 

Support the Beck Center and the arts with a tax deductible contribution.
Donate today! <http://beckcenter.org/support.htm> 

RUN EXTENDED! Evil Dead: The Musical College students, demons...and show
tunes! May 8 - July 26. Purchase tickets today!
<http://beckcenter.org/seats/evildead.htm> 

Enroll today for summer camps and classes in dance, music, theater, and
visual arts: Summer 2009 Classes
<http://beckcenter.org/class/catalogSu09.pdf> . 

P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. 

 

Posted by:

Fran Storch

Beck Center for the Arts

Publications Manager

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH  44107

(216) 521-2540 x20

 

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