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<div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">August 11, 2008<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">BEST OF BROADWAY
TO OPEN ON CASSIDY THEATRE’S COX STAGE<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Parma Hts</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">. – Cassidy
Theatre, Inc. announces the opening of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">“Best of Broadway”</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, a bi-annual musical fundraiser for the Cassidy
Theatre.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The show will run at 8
p.m. Friday Aug. 15, 8 p.m. Saturday Aug. 16 and at 3 p.m. Sunday Aug. 17 at
the Cassidy Theatre, 6200 Pearl Rd. Parma Hts.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling the Cassidy
box office at (440) 842-4600.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The production is Directed by Heidi Boone, with Musical
Direction by Bob Day.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Best of Broadway was originally
conceived by Boone along with Berea Summer Theatre Founder Bill Allman as a
fundraiser for a Baldwin-Wallace College scholarship fund.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">After BST closed, the Best of Broadway
tradition continued at the Cassidy where it has been produced every two years
ever since as a youth theatre benefit. Proceeds from Best of Broadway will now
benefit the Cassidy Theatre, Inc., the non-profit theatre company which became
newly independent from the City of Parma Heights this year.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">The show is made up of area performers of all types and
ages, professional and non-professional and features musical selections from
current Broadway hits as well as classic favorites from past Broadway
shows.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">“This year is going to be
one of the funniest years with the show” says Boone, who is often open to letting
cast members audition certain songs for her.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">“For some reason, this year the cast all got together and
kept picking the most hilarious numbers from the shows (they come from)”.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Other highlights will include
selections from current Tony Award-winning shows like Spring Awakening and
Curtains.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Favorite area performers
Monica Olejko and Lora Workman will also recreate part of their recent hit
cabaret from the Cleveland Cabaret Project.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Performers in this year’s Best of Broadway also include Carlos
Cruz, Marthan Brown, Carol Broquet, Molly Clay, Sarah Biondo, Mary Prucha,
Georgia Muttillo, Sarah Clare, Desiree Johnson, John Karlock, Lou Petrucci, Bob
Zombar, Nancy Tabar, Emily Tabar, Rich Moore, Luke Kollin, Clint Condon, Vince
Flores,Eric Bartkowski, Brad Andersen, Terry Dunn, Dylan Dwyer, Tina Stumpf,
Kelly Rienerth, Scott Maynard and Marina Richley.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Cassidy Theatre is supported by Cox Communications. The Best of Broadway is generously funded by the Cuyahoga
County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b>FOR A VIDEO PREVIEW OF "BEST OF BROADWAY GO TO</b><b> </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF0pOmG-TP0"><b>"CALL-BACK: BEST OF BROADWAY"</b></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">FOR INFORMATION: </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Geoffrey
Short</span></div>
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