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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Month="10" Day="5" Year="2007"><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>October 5, 2007</span></font></st1:date><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>For more information, call 216-521-2540<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Yvette A. Hanzel, ext. 225<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Scott Spence</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>, ext. 239<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Beck</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> </span></b><st1:PlaceType><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Center</span></b></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>All
the Great Books (abridged)</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>November 16 – </span></font></b><st1:date
Month="12" Day="16" Year="2007"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>December 16, 2007</span></b></st1:date><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Canceled<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Lakewood</span></font></i></st1:City><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>, </span></i><st1:State><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>Ohio</span></i></st1:State></st1:place><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> -- </span></i><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s production of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>All the Great Books (abridged)</span></i>, which was
scheduled to open on November 16 in the Studio Theater, has been canceled.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%'>Due to
the abundance of theatrical and sporting events available for the public this
fall, </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
has decided to cancel its fall production of <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>All the
Great Books</span></i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Immediate
efforts will focus on reallocating resources towards promoting the remainder of
the 07-08 theater season, including Beck’s third and final run of the
critically acclaimed <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Beauty & the Beast</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>“</span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Artistic Director <st1:PersonName>Scott
Spence</st1:PersonName> continues to make Beck a destination for the
adventurous theater-goer,” declared Cindy Einhouse, Beck’s President
and CEO.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>“Canceling this show
at this time is just smart business, as we prepare to launch our advertising
campaign for our holiday blockbuster, Disney’s <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Beauty &
the Beast</span></i>.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;
background:white'>The balance of Beck Center’s 07-08 Main Stage season continues
its long established eclectic mix including Disney’s <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Beauty &
the Beast, </span></i>the six-time Tony award-winning play <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The History
Boys, My Favorite Year,</span></i> a nostalgic look at the </span>1950s Sid
Caesar-like hilarious film starring Peter O’Toole, and <span
style='background:white'>the award-winning musical comedy, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Altar Boyz</span></i>!<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Then, in true Beck fashion, move to the intimate
black box Studio Theater for the Ohio Premiere of <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Break-Up
Notebook: The Lesbian Musical</span></i>, which</span> had its World Premiere in
2005 at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood, where it received an Ovation Award for
Best World Premiere Musical, an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best
Musical Score, and six Garland Awards including Best Adaptation.<span
style='background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%'>Subscribers
who selected <i><span style='font-style:italic'>All the Great Books</span></i>
as part of their 2007-08 </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> subscription package will be
contacted shortly by the box office with information about how their
subscription will be affected. Patrons who have purchased single tickets will
receive a full refund or may apply their credit to an upcoming <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Beck</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> production. For information,
call 216-521-2540.<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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