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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=6 FACE="Tahoma">700 Billion Reasons</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=5 FACE="Tahoma">to see Urinetown at Beck Center</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Do you need a bailout? Has the economy got you down? Can you barely afford gas, rent and groceries – much less a night out? It could be worse, you could live in Urinetown where people have to pay to pee.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">Beck Center understands your pain, so we’d like to invite you to see the show and</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">...</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=6 FACE="Tahoma">PAY WHAT YOU CAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Tahoma"></FONT></B> </P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Tahoma">for two performances only</FONT><B></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Tahoma">8pm Thursday, October 9</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Tahoma">and</FONT><B></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Tahoma">3pm Sunday, October 12</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><I><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Urinetown The Musical</FONT></I></B><I></I></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Mackey Main Stage</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Beck Center for the Arts</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">17801 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">216-521-2540 x10</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma">You can see this critically acclaimed musical and pay what you can afford.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">Wanna’ pay a buck? Pay a buck. Wanna’ pay $5? Then pay $5. Whatever works for you and your ever-strained budget. Even the service fee is waived!</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Tahoma">Tickets for this promotion are available<U> at the door only</U> and can be purchased beginning one hour prior to curtain time. Tickets subject to availability. First come, first served.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Give yourself a break from reality – the economy, the elections, and whatever else is dragging you down. Just come sit back in the dark, relax and laugh.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Now you don’t have a reason to miss</FONT></B><B><I> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">Urinetown The Musical</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> at Beck Center. This is the show’s final weekend and your last chance to find out what critics have been raving about…</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">“If ‘Urinetown’ is a bellwether, it’s going to be a golden season…jokes all funny..One could go on. Or, one could just go.”</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">~ Tony Brown, Plain Dealer</FONT></I></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> “Beck’s revival of ‘Urinetown’…is flushed with success…a total delight… If you haven’t seen it before, do so now. If you have seen it, go again.”</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">~ Roy Berko, The Times</FONT></I></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> “…better than ever…smart, acerbic and funny…now’s the time to see how this show was meant to be performed.”</FONT></B>
<P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">~ Bob Abelman, Chagrin Valley Times</FONT></I></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">“ …wrapped in comical trappings so funny you may, ah, wet your pants…one great song after another…So it would be a good idea not to miss this encore production – and that’s with a capital Pee.”</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">~ Christine Howey, Rave and Pan</FONT></I></B></P>
<P><B><I><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Urinetown The Musical</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> transports audiences to a Gotham-like city where a 20-year drought has made the simplest human necessity, water, more precious than gold. Attempting to regulate its consumption, the government has imposed a bizarre law—the use of private toilets is banned and an omnipotent corporation, the Urine Good Company, is charging citizens to use the bathroom! This satirical comedy pokes fun at capitalism, corporate mismanagement, political corruption, social irresponsibility; and even parodies Broadway theater itself. Beyond the absurd, beyond the ridiculous, lies</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> Urinetown The Musical</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Tahoma">!</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Beck Center for the Arts is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, located just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free, convenient on-site parking is available. For more information, call 216-521-2540 x10 or online at </FONT></B><A HREF="http://www.beckcenter.org"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Tahoma">www.beckcenter.org</FONT></U></B></A><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma">.</FONT></B></P>
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