[NEohioPAL] THE PRODUCERS - "boffo"hit at Beck Center, July 16-Aug22

[Fran Storch]

NEWS RELEASE

 

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

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    July 2, 2010

 

The Producers

Outrageous Musical Hit Storms into the Beck Center

 

Lakewood, OH-Beck Center for the Arts is proud to present the Tony
Award-winning "boffo" hit musical, The Producers, on the Mackey Main
Stage, July 16 through August 22, 2010. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. 

 

It's 1959, and a new musical by Broadway producer Max Bialystock flops,
closing after just one performance. Enter mousy accountant, Leo Bloom,
who discovers that under the right circumstances a producer can actually
make more money with a flop than with a hit. Max convinces Leo to enter
a scheme to produce the worst flop ever, Springtime for Hitler: A Gay
Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgarden, and bilk investors to the
benefit of Max and Leo's bank accounts.   

 

Based on the classic Mel Brooks' 1968 cult comedy film, The Producers
was a huge hit on Broadway, winning a record 12 Tony Awards. The New
York Times calls The Producers "fast, fierce, shameless, vulgar and
altogether blissful." 

 

Beck's production of The Producers welcomes the Beck debut of its two
stars. Mark Heffernan, who plays Max Bialystock, is an Emmy
Award-winning producer through his work with the Cleveland Cavaliers and
WJW FOX-8. Brandon Isner, who recently returned to Ohio after 12 years
in New York City, ends his decade-long retirement from the stage to
portray Leo Bloom. This is also the Beck debut of Choreographer Mary Ann
Black, well-known locally for her exceptional work at Porthouse Theatre.

 

"How could I not want to direct the musical version of my all-time
favorite comedy film!? The movie's stars, Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder,
were like gods to me growing up," says Director Scott Spence. "It is my
privilege to watch Mssrs. Bialystock and Bloom cavort across Beck's
stage along with 40 other cast members playing 160 roles. Madness!
Mayhem! Mel Brooks at his very best."

 

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, July 15, 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 purchase 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 The Producers is produced through special
arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is sponsored by
Maloney + Novotny LLC, Ulmer & Berne LLP, 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

 

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