[NEohioPAL] Putnam County Spelling Bee Buzzes into the Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

NEWS RELEASE

 

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

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    March 17, 2010

 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Tony Award-winning Musical Buzzes into the Beck Center

 

Lakewood, OH-Beck Center for the Arts presents the Tony Award-winning
hit musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, on the Mackey
Main Stage, March 26 through April 25, 2010. Show times are 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There is no performance on
Sunday, April 4. A special adult version of the show will be performed
Saturday, April 24 at 11 p.m.

 

Six adolescent outsiders learn that winning isn't everything and that
losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. Cheer on this quirky yet
charming cast of characters for whom a spelling bee is the one place
where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. Beck's production
of Spelling Bee features Equity actress Robin Lee Gallo from the
Broadway cast. Gallo performs as the multi-lingual, "all business" Marcy
Park. She also worked behind the scenes as choreographer for the show.

 

Variety calls Spelling Bee "one of the funniest, sweetest and quirkiest
small-scale musicals to come along in a long time." And the Boston Globe
says it "has everything a rollicking musical should have: wit and grace,
heart and soul, charm and a bit of a bite."

 

Gather your friends and show off your O-R-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C prowess! A
few lucky audience members will be selected at each performance to join
the cast onstage to be a part of the show as a spelling bee contestant.

 

"Spelling Bee is a great ally to those of us who survived our geek-ified
pre-teen years," says Director Scott Spence. "While championing the
underdogs (and weren't we all?), Bee makes us laugh mightily along the
way. It's a truly special musical."

 

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for
students (with valid 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, March 25, is $10 with general admission
seating. 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 request seats online at www.beckcenter.org
<http://www.beckcenter.org/> . Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit
Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free
onsite parking is available.

 

Beck Center's production of Spelling Bee is produced through special
arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is sponsored by
Fleishman Hillard, Oatey Co., West Roofing Systems, Cox Communications,
the Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. 

 

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

 

Support arts performance and education by making a tax deductible
contribution.  Donate today! <http://beckcenter.org/support.htm> 

Coming soon...Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, Mar.26-Apr.25. Purchase tickets today!
<http://beckcenter.org/seats/spellingbee10.htm> 

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