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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Check out BROOKLYN THE MUSICAL this weekend at </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Playhouse
Square</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>, May 1-3. See the Broadway stars of tommorrow as </span></font><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>College</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> students
perform in this regional premiere. Tickets are just $20.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Playhouse Square and the Baldwin-Wallace College
Conservatory of Music (B-W) have partnered to present the regional premiere of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>BROOKLYN The Musical</span></i>. The show will
feature current students in the Baldwin-Wallace Music Theatre Program under the
direction of nationally acclaimed director Victoria Bussert, head of the music
theatre program at B-W. The show has been double cast and features music
theatre students from freshman through senior year. Casts will perform in
a rotation. Seniors, Patty Lohr and Cassie Okenka play the title role of </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brooklyn</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and seniors
Phil Carroll and </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mike</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Russo are also featured in the
production. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>About<i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></font><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>BROOKLYN</span></font></i><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'> The Musical</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From the heart of </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brooklyn</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> comes a band of
soulful street-corner singers and storytellers. With a mix of pop and soul,
they set their stage and tell a wondrous sidewalk fairy tale about a young girl
searching for fame and the father she never knew. With just one clue to lead
her, she lands in the city that bears her name…</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BROOKLYN</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Reviews for the Broadway production of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>BROOKLYN The Musical</span></i> proclaim… </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BROOKLYN</span></font></span></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> will have a
revered place in music-theatre history as the landmark musical of the first
decade of the third millennium.” –</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tony Brown</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Cleveland
Plain Dealer</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“A full throated rhythm and blues musical filled with
roof raising showstoppers…” – Jacques le Sourd, The
Journal News</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> “…a diverse score packed with raw funk,
hard rock and sizzling gospel numbers…” – Peter Santilli,
Associated Press</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The regional premiere of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>BROOKLYN
The Musical</span></i>, will be performed May 1-3 at the </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14th
Street</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Theatre at </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Playhouse Square</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.
Performances are scheduled at </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7:30 p.m.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> with a
special twilight performance on Saturday, May 3 at </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10:00 p.m.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> All tickets
are $20.00 and are now on sale by calling 216-241-6000, online at <a
href="http://www.playhousesquare.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.playhousesquare.org/">www.PlayhouseSquare.org</a>,
or at the Playhouse Square Ticket Office. </span></font></p>
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