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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Rabbit Run’s Sinatra
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT size=3>Bob
Abelman<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT
size=3>News-Herald, Chagrin Valley Times, Solon Times, Geauga Times
Courier<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT size=3>Member,
International Association of Theatre Critics <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">This preview appeared
in the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">News-Herald </I></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">8/13/10<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Before pop divas were
known only by their first names—before the Madonnas, Michaels and <SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Beyonces</SPAN>—there was the singer known simply and quite
definitively as “The Voice.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Smooth, effortless and
renowned for its impeccable phrasing, Frank Sinatra’s vocal style helped
transition the innocent and idealistic crooning of the 1940s to the jazzy,
alcohol-enhanced sophistication of the 1950s.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The man and his music singlehandedly
moved the music scene from the Big Band dance hall to the Vegas cocktail lounge
and night club.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Sinatra’s persona was as
much a part of this movement as the music itself.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>According to his <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">New York Times</I> obituary in 1998, Sinatra
was “a bruised romantic with a tough-guy streak and a song for every emotional
season.” Those songs became the musical vocabulary of adult relationships during
and immediately after World War II, and continue to resonate with generations of
music lovers.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>So timeless is his work
that this year’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">American Idol</I>
included a Frank-Sinatra-themed evening, performed by the Top 5
finalists.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>So versatile is his
catalog of songs that a new musical called <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Come Fly Away</I> opened on Broadway this
year that combines a 19-piece band with the choreography of Twyla Tharp and
vocal performances from the Sinatra archives.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>“So enjoyable is his
music,” notes Brint Learned, director of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">My Way</I>, which opens this evening at
Rabbit Run’s barn theater in Madison, “that we just had to offer this musical
tribute in the mix in our season’s theater
schedule.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>This musical revue, which
was conceived in 1999 by David Grapes and Todd Olson, features over 50 melodies
that range from Sinatra’s early recording days, to his films and his concerts.
They are sung in medley and, in the case of his big hits, in their entirety, by
four performers in the guise of cocktail lounge singers and are accompanied by
an on-stage piano, bass and drums under the supervision of Ed Leonard.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Although the performers
are only in their 20s and 30s, each one came to this project overtly familiar
with Sinatra’s evergreen music and legacy. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Brian Altman, who was
recently seen and heard in Pickwick and Frolic’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Forever Plaid</I> and Lakeland Theater’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sweeney Todd</I>, has childhood memories of
his mother playing Sinatra records around the
house.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Nichole Groah, a choir director with
Madison Local School District, was 13 years old when she received her first CD
player for Christmas, which came with her very first CD—the original
soundtrack recording from <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Guys and
Dolls</I> featuring Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #5a6c80; mso-ansi-language: EN"
lang=EN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><FONT
size=3>"I grew up in a family that loved to watch movies from the 1940s and
1950s, including those of Frank Sinatra’s” says Rabbit Run regular Lindsey
Sandham.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“I also remember the first
time I heard his 1943 recording of ‘Speak Low’ and listened in awe at his
ability to express emotion through music.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p><FONT
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">James
Penca’s grandfather passed away when James was a very young boy, and he was
given his grandfather’s music box that played “Moon River” as something to
remember him by.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">“I can listen to any
version of that song without getting emotional, except for Frank’s,” he recalls.
“That one gets to me.”</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Sinatra gets to many of
us, and it will have the opportunity to do so once again starting this
evening.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
size=3>Details<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>What:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank
Sinatra</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>When:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tonight through August
29.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Where:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rabbit Run Theater, 5648 W. Chapel
Rd., Madison Township. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Tickets:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$<SPAN style="COLOR: black">15 to
$17</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Info:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>440-428-7092 or at </FONT><A href="" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue"><FONT size=3>www.rabbitrunonline.org</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT
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