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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">For
Immediate Release</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Mercury Summer Stock’s</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">“Just Beyond the Stars” Gala</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Featuring the Ohio Premiere of the
New Musical version of</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; ">PETER PAN</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; ">A MUSICAL ADVENTURE</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">Music by George Stiles<span style="mso-tab-count:
1"> </span>Lyrics by Anthony Drewe</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">Book by Willis Hall, based on “Peter Pan” by JM
Barrie</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">By Special Arrangement with Great Ormond Street
Hospital Children’s Charity</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">February 20, 2010, 7:30 pm</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">At The Breen Center for the Performing Arts</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; ">St. Ignatius High School: 2008 West 30th Street,
Cleveland 44113</span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><i>Peter Pan – A
Musical Adventure</i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"> flies
into town for its <b>second North American production</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"> February 20<sup>th</sup>, 2010, as part
of Mercury Summer Stock’s “Just Beyond The Stars” Gala. Sir James Barrie’s
timeless tale of the boy who never grew up is reborn as a spectacular musical
by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe, composers of the new <i>Mary Poppins</i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">, with an innovative book by the late
Willis Hall. The staged reading of this spectacular musical will be the
culminating event in Mercury Summer Stock’s “Just Beyond the Stars” Gala being
held at the newly completed Breen Center for the Performing Arts on the St.
Ignatius campus.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><i><br></i></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><i>PETER
PAN - A Musical Adventure</i></span><span style="font-family:Arial">
first saw light of day in Denmark, at the International Musical Of The Year in
1996, where it won two top awards for Best Song (<strong>WHEN I KILL PETER PAN)
</strong>and The Orchestra's Award. In 1999 it was seen in a full production at
Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen, performed in Danish. Under the direction of Julia
McKenzie and Jonathan Butterell a staged concert, with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, was produced as a one-off event at the Royal Festival Hall in 2001 -
which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. A fuller semi-staged version, with the
London Symphony Orchestra, was mounted at the Royal Festival Hall over Christmas
2002. That same winter it was also seen for the first time in the USA, at the
Prince Theatre in Philadelphia. Sadly bookwriter, Willis Hall, died in March
2005, aged 75. The show received it`s first fully-staged British production at
Birmingham Repertory Theatre in December 2007 and was revived for Christmas
2008 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td></td><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><br></font>The Mercury Summer
Stock production will mark only the second time the musical will have played in
the States and will feature a cast of 60 and an orchestra of 8. Among those
taking on familiar roles are Cleveland Favorites: Matthew Wright as Captain
Jas. Hook, Maria Thomas Lister as The Storyteller, Natalie Green as Tiger Lily,
Arthur Wise as Smee, Jeff Grover as Mr. Darling, Jen Myor as Mrs. Darling, Kelly
Monaghan as Wendy Darling, Corey Mach as Tootles, Jason Samuel as Nibs, John Paul Soto as Slightly
Soiled, Alex Arroyo as Curly and Brian Marshall as Peter Pan with musical direction by Bill Corcoran
and staging under the direction of Pierre-Jacques Brault. It is an event the
whole family won’t want to miss!<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><br>For reservations
please call (216) 771-5862 or order online at </span><span style="font-family:
ArialMT"><span style="font-family:
Arial;color:#0000EC;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com/">www.mercurysummerstock.com</a><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000EC"><br></font>Admission: $25 each,
$5 for Children 12 and under (each $5 child’s ticket sponsors another child to
attend their first live musical theatre performance under the My First Musical
Program.<br><br>All proceeds from the "Just Beyond the Stars" gala will be used to support Mercury Summer Stock’s “My
First Musical” program, allowing 300 children 12 and under free admission to
each show throughout the 2010 season.<br><br><br>Mercury
Summer Stock is generously funded by the Ohio Arts Council and by Cuyahoga
County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
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none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>At A Glance</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial">What: <b>Mercury
Summer Stock’s JUST BEYOND THE STARS GALA</b></span><span style="font-family:
Arial"> presents: <b>Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial">When: Saturday
February 20th, 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial">Where: Breen Center
for the Performing Arts, St, Ignatius High School, 2008 West 30th Street,
Cleveland, OH 44113<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial">Who: The Whole
Family!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.3in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial">Cost: $25 for Adults
and $5.00 for Children 12 and under.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left:1.3in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">For
reservations and information please call (216) 771-5862 or visit <a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com/"><span style="color:#0000EC;
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.mercurysummerstock.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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