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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Read
what the reviewers have to say about<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Mel
Brooks’ <b><i>The Producers</i></b><i> </i>at Beck Center…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“<i>The
Producers</i> keeps it <b>happy, snappy, gay</b>…captures all that is
wonderfully irreverent in this musical…casting could not be
better.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>– Bob Abelman, <i>News-Herald<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“<b><i><a
href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2010/07/23/arts/performance/doc4c47643eca854884222994.txt">Producers<span
style='font-style:normal'> at Beck is a blast!...</span></a></i></b>will keep
you laughing long after the curtain closes… just the right satiric
balance,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>keeping the audience
in stitches…<b>Make the trek to Beck. It’s worth it</b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>– Fran Heller, <i>Cleveland
Jewish News</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“<b><a
href="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/beck-center-keeps-it-gay/Content?oid=1953723">Beck
Keeps It Gay</a>…</b>hilarious production numbers…nailing plenty of
laughs along the way…<b>so wrong it’s absolutely perfect</b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>– Christine Howey, <i>Scene</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“<b><i><a
href="http://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Beck%20Center">The Producers<span
style='font-style:normal'> produces laughs at Beck</span></a></i></b>…the
Beck production delights…<b>lots of laughs</b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>– Roy Berko, <i>The Times</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck Center for the
Arts presents</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>WINNER
OF 12 TONY AWARDS!</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>The Producers</span><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Mel Brooks’
Musical</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Now through August 22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Book by Mel Brooks
& Thomas Meehan</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Music & Lyrics by
Mel Brooks</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Scott
Spence / Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster / Choreographed
by Mary Ann Black<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Show times: 8 pm
Fridays & Saturdays and 3 pm Sundays<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Buy tickets online 24/7
at <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a> or call
216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About
the Show</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It’s
1959, and a new musical by Broadway producer Max Bialystock flops, closing
after just one performance. Enter mousy accountant, Leo Bloom, who discovers
that under the right circumstances a producer can actually make more money with
a flop than with a hit. Max convinces Leo to enter a scheme to produce the
worst flop ever, <i>Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at
Berchtesgarden</i>, and bilk investors to the benefit of Max and Leo’s
bank accounts. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Based on the
classic Mel Brooks’ 1968 cult comedy film, <i>The Producers</i> was a
huge hit on Broadway, winning a record 12 Tony Awards. The <i>New York Times</i>
calls <i>The Producers </i>“fast, fierce, shameless, vulgar and
altogether blissful.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
a complete Who’s Who in the Company go to <a
href="http://www.beckcenter.org/theater/Producers%20Who's%20Who%20.pdf">http://www.beckcenter.org/theater/Producers%20Who's%20Who%20.pdf</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets
are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (with
valid ID), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional $3 service fee
per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Group discounts are available
for parties of 13 or more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or purchase
seats online at <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>www.beckcenter.org.</span></a> Beck Center is located at
17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland.
Free onsite parking is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck
Center’s production of <i>The Producers</i> is produced through special
arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is sponsored by Maloney
+ Novotny LLC, Ulmer & Berne LLP, West Roofing Systems, Cox Communications,
the Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Posted by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Fran Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Publications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>17801 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>(216) 521-2540 x20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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