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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana'>It’s time
to PLAY BALL at Carousel in this classic musical, which gets a new Tribe Twist!
Carousel rewrites this “All American” musical based on <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
favorite past-time, Baseball, to bring you a show everyone will love.
It’s the Cleveland Indians versus those <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>Damn Yankees</span></i></b> with an all-star lineup of
Broadway stars and NYC actors portraying the actual 1958 team. Cheer for your
home team as the Tribe takes on the Yankees in the fight for the American
League pennant! Winner of 7 Tony Awards, this smash hit includes the songs
“Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets),” “Those Were the Good Old
Days” and “Shoeless Joe.” Don’t miss the home opener at
Carousel April 30 playing through June 28.</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana'>Middle-aged
baseball fanatic, Joe Boyd, sells his soul to the devil to become a young
baseball player in hopes of leading his hapless home team, the Cleveland Indians,
to an American League pennant victory. Selling his soul and leaving his wife to
be the player his team needs causes Joe do to some serious thinking about his
true desires, which may not be what he thought. Seductress Lola pulls out all
the stops in an attempt to keep Joe from breaking his pact with the Devil
through an escape clause. Originally based on the Washington Senators, Carousel
brings an exciting new twist to this classic musical by teaming up with the
Indians against the team everyone loves to hate… those Damn Yankees! The
show New York Times calls “a</span></font><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'> mostly breathless recollection of a kind of
sophisticated, slightly bogus Broadway innocence that still charms.” It
is easy to see why it remains one of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s favorite musicals.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>The
cast features Broadway veterans Jim Corti as Mr. Applegate (the Devil) and
Ashlee Fife as the seductress Lola</span></font></b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>. An experienced veteran, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Jim Corti</span></b> has appeared on Broadway as Harry
Houdini in the original Broadway cast of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ragtime.</span></i>
Corti has also appeared in other Broadway productions such as <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>A Chorus Line</span></i> and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Candide</span></i>, and National Tours of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Urinetown, Cabaret</span></i> and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Dancin’.</span></i> Corti has received <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>’s Joseph
Jefferson award for his role in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Grand Hotel</span></i>.
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ashlee Fife</span></b>, a Broadway actress,
has been seen in the production of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang </span></i>as well as <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New
York City</st1:City></st1:place> shows <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The
Merry Widow, Follies </span></i>and<i><span style='font-style:italic'> The Day
Before Spring </span></i>as well as the National Tours of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Scarlet Pimpernel </span></i>and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Some Like It Hot</span></i>. She spent 7 years as a
Radio City Music Hall Rockette, and some of her regional production highlights
include roles in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Annie, It’s a
Wonderful Life, Violet Bick, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">42<sup>nd</sup>
St.</st1:address></st1:Street>, Peggy Sawyer</span></i> and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>She Loves Me.</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana'>All 2008 season tickets
are on sale now and can be purchased online at <a
href="http://www.carouseldinnertheatre.com/">www.CarouselDinnerTheatre.com</a>
or through the Carousel Box Office at 330.724.9855 or 800.362.4100. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Marketing Manager<br>
Carousel Dinner Theatre<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1275 E Waterloo Rd</st1:address></st1:Street>
| <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE u2:st="on"><ST1:CITY u2:st="on">Akron</st1:City></st1:place></ST1:CITY></ST1:PLACE>
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