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<p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 120.0px; text-align: right; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><div style="text-align: left;">Tune in to 'Around Noon' tomorrow on 90.3/WCPN to hear members of the cast of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" chat with host Dee Perry and sing several numbers from the show. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Brian Marshall, Jen Myor and Shane O'Neill will join Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault and resident Musical Director Eddie Carney to sing from and discuss Frank Wildhorn's amazing score and the mass appeal of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" which opens this Friday (August 6th) in the Brooks Theatre at the Cleveland Play House. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tune in to 90.3 and see what everyone is talking about!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">For more information and for tickets to attend "The Scarlet Pimpernel" call 216.771.5862 or visit us online at <a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com">www.mercurysummerstock.com</a></div></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 120.0px; 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text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Book and Lyrics by Nan Knighton Music by Frank Wildhorn</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Directed and Choreographed by Pierre-Jacques Brault</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Musical Direction by Eddie Carney</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 120px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"><b>Opening Friday August 6, 2010</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">At The Brooks Theatre in the Cleveland Play House</font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"><b>Lies! Torture! Betrayal!</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"><b>Just your typical romantic comedy!</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 120px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 120.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Mercury Summer Stock concludes its season’s offerings at the Cleveland Play House with the international hit musical <b>The Scarlet Pimpernel</b>. MSS Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault promises a unique and exciting rendition of this sweeping romantic adventure. The show, playing August 6-21 in the Brooks Theatre, boasts a score by Frank Wildhorn with lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, and is based on the classic novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. Set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, <b>The Scarlet Pimpernel </b>is a brilliant precursor to the spy fiction and the superhero genres, where the hero hides beneath a ‘foppish’ alias. Filled with a luscious score, heart-pounding action, and side-splitting wit, <b>The Scarlet Pimpernel </b>takes the stage by storm and is an evening of theatre not-to-be-missed!</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 120px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 120.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Donning the mask of ‘The Pimpernel’ is Cleveland actor Brian Marshall, whose area credits include <b>Forbidden Broadway SVU</b> at PlayhouseSquare and <b>My Fair Lady</b> at The Cleveland Play House. MSS favorites Shane O’Neill and Jennifer Myor as Chauvelin and Marguerite create the dangerous love triangle that threatens to tear apart the very world The Pimpernel and his men are trying to save. Also featured among the cast of sixteen are regional actors Jonathan Ramos (Armond), Kate Michalski (Marie) and Jeff Grover (The Prince). Don’t miss the limited MSS run of this sweeping epic masterpiece. Ten performances only!</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 120px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Tickets for<b> The Scarlet Pimpernel </b> are available by calling the Mercury Summer Stock box office at <b>(216) 771-5862</b>. Group discounts available.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"><u><b>At A Glance</b>:</u></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">What: Mercury Summer Stock’s<b> The Scarlet Pimpernel</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">When: August 6-7, 11-14, & 18-21. All performances at 7:30PM</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Where: The Brooks Theatre in The Cleveland Play House. 8500 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. 44106</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">Cost: $15.00 for Adults and $12.00 for Students (college and under) /Seniors (60 and up)</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma"> Wednesday performances (August 11 and 18</font><font face="Tahoma" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Tahoma"><sup>th</sup></font><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">) – All tickets $10!</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Tahoma"> </font><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Tahoma">For reservations and more information please call 216.771.5862, or order online at <a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com/"><font color="#001fe2" style="color: #001fe2">www.mercurysummerstock.com</font></a>.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Pierre-Jacques Brault</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Artistic Director</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Mercury Summer Stock</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">216.771.5862</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#001fe2" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001fe2"><a href="mailto:mercuryss@mac.com"><u>mercuryss@mac.com</u><u></u></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">www.mercurysummerstock.com</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>