[NEohioPAL] Lynnette Guttmann obit and Celebration Event

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Lynnette Guttmann  coached stars and helped lead the Beck Center for the 
Arts.  

Guttmann, a singer, actress, voice coach and Beck's education director, 
died  Aug. 26 at the Hospice of the Western Reserve from complications of 
pancreatic  cancer. The Lakewood woman was 53.  
"We would sing and talk about life for a half-hour each week," said Rory  
O'Malley, a former Guttmann student nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway.  
"Lynnette had the ability to make her students dream bigger than they could  
imagine and gave them the confidence to fulfill that dream. Her students 
didn't  just take her lessons to Broadway, they took them to succeed in every  
profession."  
Guttmann also won good reviews on stages, including at PlayHouse Square,  
where she performed her "Cabaret Mod" and joined in the improvisational "Out 
to  Lunch." In 1994, The Plain Dealer's Marianne Evett wrote, "Lynnette 
Guttmann has  real comic talent [and] a wacky streak that serves her well."  
Guttmann was raised in Parma and Middleburg Heights. She earned a 
bachelor's  degree in voice and music education from Wittenberg University and was 
certified  at Baldwin-Wallace University to teach French and German. She also 
attended the  American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.  
She taught music in Bay Village public schools for two years. She became a  
paralegal and head of information systems at the Hahn, Loeser firm. She 
later  worked as Beck's education director, helping hundreds of aspiring young 
talents.  For the past 10 years, she ran the Lynnette Guttmann Voice Studio, 
steering many  students toward success on and off Broadway.  
She also acted and directed widely, especially at Clague Playhouse. 
Favorite  roles included Fraulein Kost, singing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" in the 
Beck's  "Cabaret."  
Survivors include her partner, Joan A. Tropf, her parents and a sister. A  
memorial event will take place at 3 p.m. on Oct. 2 at the Breen Center for 
the  Performing Arts at St. Ignatius High School.

 
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