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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March 19, 2008<?xml:namespace prefix
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style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cleveland</SPAN></st1:City></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s Classic Theater Company Announces
<STRONG><EM><BR></EM></STRONG></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Spring Fling </SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B></SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 17pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Specially Priced, <BR>One-Night
Only Theater Package <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=A9><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
package features two <B>mini-martinis, hors d’oeuvres</B> and
<BR></SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN class=A9><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">a
<B>discounted</B> <B>ticket</B> <B>to</B> the Festival’s spring production of
<B>All’s Well That Ends Well</B></SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN class=A9><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=A9><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CLEVELAND, Ohio
-- Great Lakes Theater Festival invites guests to <SPAN class=A9><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">eat,
drink and be merry at a casual happy hour celebration with all the fixings
followed by an evening of classic theater when it presents <B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Spring Fling</I></B> – <B>a “cocktails
and classic theater” event</B> package on Wednesday, <B>April
16<SUP>th</SUP></B>.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Commencing with
cocktails and <SPAN style="COLOR: black">hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m. at Bricco,
the Theater District’s newest restaurant (1438 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
44115), admission to the evening’s festivities includes <SPAN class=A9><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">a
pair of intoxicating mini-martinis to taste</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=A9><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">,
door <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">prizes</B>, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">food</B> and an “A Level” ticket to the
Festival’s spring production of <B><I>All’s Well That Ends Well</I></B> on the
stage of the Ohio Theatre at 7:30 p.m.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><SPAN class=A9><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">William
Shakespeare’s romantic adventure <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All’s
Well That Ends</I> <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Well</I> asks the
question: “What’s a girl to do when the man she wants to marry is unwilling to
tie the knot…even when the King commands it?”</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The play’s wise and witty <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Helena</st1:place></st1:City> finds herself in
precisely this predicament when the haughty courtier Bertram refuses to marry
any woman below his station.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His
resolute vow not to accept her as his wife until she fulfills two seemingly
impossible conditions is put to the ultimate test in a clash of wills that is
sure to delight.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></P><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Advanced
reservations for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Spring Fling</I> are
required and space is limited.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Individual tickets to <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Spring Fling </I>are $50.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For reservations or additional
information, call (216) 241-5490 x301 or visit </SPAN><B
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="BLOCKED::BLOCKED::BLOCKED::http://www.greatlakestheater.org/cocktail.shtm">www.greatlakestheater.org/cocktail.shtm</A>.</SPAN></B><B
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Contact:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Todd Krispinsky, Marketing and
Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(216) 241-5490 x317 /
tkrispinsky@greatlakestheater.org</SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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