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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Hershey Felder To Perform
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The American Songbook Sing-Along</I> in
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Felder Show To Follow Run of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Beethoven,
As I Knew Him</I> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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OH</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> (<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">July 21, 2009</I>) – Following the run of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Beethoven, As I Knew Him, </I>which kicks
off the 2009-10 Season at The Cleveland Play House, Hershey Felder will throw a
dazzling party for Cleveland audiences with <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hershey Felder in Concert: The American
Songbook Sing-Along</I></B>. In his grand new show, the master entertainer and
musician invites <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> audiences to a party featuring the
greatest Broadway melodies by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and
the duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, among others. Peppered
with tales of the composers who created them and the inspirations that guided
them, audiences will have the chance to be serenaded, sing along with the
maestro, and capture the feeling of what it must have been like to attend an
exclusive Broadway soiree full of sentiment, sass and enchantment. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Hershey Felder in Concert: The American
Songbook Sing-Along</I> begins a limited engagement run in the Bolton Theatre at
The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
Play House on Tuesday, October 6 and runs through Sunday, October 11,
2009</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Prices
range from $34 to $39 for adults, and children 18 and under only
$10. Priority seating and discounts are available now for
Cleveland Play House subscribers; tickets for the general public go on sale on
August 4, 2009 at The Cleveland Play House box office by calling 216.795.7000
ext 4 or online at www.clevelandplayhouse.com.</SPAN><SPAN
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1915, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Cleveland Play House</B> is
the first permanently established professional theatre in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. More than 12 million people have
attended over 1,300 productions at The Play House – including more than 130
American and/or World Premieres. Today, under the leadership of Artistic
Director <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Michael Bloom</st1:PersonName> and Managing
Director Kevin Moore, The Cleveland Play House is an artist-driven theatre that
serves the Greater Cleveland community by holding true to its mission: <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">To produce plays of the highest professional
standards that inspire, stimulate, and entertain our diverse audiences, to
conduct training and educational programs that enhance the quality of life for
those we serve and help to insure the future of
theatre.<o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
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Play House is funded through the generosity of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> residents through <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cuyahoga Arts and Culture,</B> and <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> Arts Counci</B>l which helps to fund The
Cleveland Play House with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lisa
Craig</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Public
Relations Manager</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cleveland Play House</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>8500 Euclid Avenue</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cleveland OH 44106</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Phone (216) 795-7000 x236</FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>FAX (216) 795-7005</FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seeing is Believing!
www.clevelandplayhouse.com</FONT></P>
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