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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In collaboration with PlayhouseSquare<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 presents<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"'>an encore production of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Altar Boyz<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Now thru January 30<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hanna Theatre/PlayhouseSquare</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Book by</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Kevin Del Aguila</span><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'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Music and Lyrics by</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker</span><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'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conceived by</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Marc Kessler & Ken Davenport</span><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:8.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For tickets, visit <a href="http://www.playhousesquare.org">www.playhousesquare.org</a> or call 216.241.6000.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Read what the reviewers have to say…<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2011/01/playhousesquare_hosts_a_reviva.html">“There is enough other entertainment value packed into the proceedings to make it fun even for those who don't get, or appreciate, all of the slightly gay religious satire. But for those who are tuned in to that extra layer of humor, it's even more of a hoot.”</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>–Tony Brown, <i>The Plain Dealer</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://raveandpan.blogspot.com/">“This energetic romp…is a feel-good 90 minutes. It also works because it praises the Lord without being nasty or divisive; it’s welcoming for just about anyone…allowing this reborn fab five to sing, rock and jam their way into a very satisfying run.”</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>–Christine Howey, Rave and Pan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/01/17/life/doc4d34aefcbd4db389743787.txt">“’Altar Boyz’ is energetic, absorbing, nonstop entertainment.…clever script and moving music…Their harmonies are gorgeous,</a></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/01/17/life/doc4d34aefcbd4db389743787.txt">their stage presence is intoxicating, their dancing is unself-conscious and joyful, and their rapport is genuine.”</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>–Bob Abelman, <i>The News-Herald</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In a new partnership with PlayhouseSquare, the Beck Center for the Arts is proud to present an encore production of the smash hit <i>Altar Boyz</i> now on stage at the Hanna Theatre through January 30. Beck originally produced the regional premiere of this musical comedy here in the summer of 2008 to rave reviews. <i>Altar Boyz</i> is a sharp, pop-music parody with irreverent humor that tells the holy inspiring story of five small-town boys trying to save the world one screaming fan at a time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This encore production is again directed by Beck Center Artistic Director Scott Spence and features four of the five original “boyz” who return to dance and sing their hearts out to save the souls of the sinful – including Equity actor Josh Rhett Noble as Matthew, Dan Grgic as Luke, Ryan Jagru as Juan, and Connor O’Brien as Abraham. New to the AB cast is Matthew Ryan Thompson who plays Mark, the sensitive one. Noble, O’Brien and Thompson were most recently seen on the Beck Center Main Stage in their critically-acclaimed holiday production of <i>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For more information about the Beck Center, visit <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a>. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Posted by:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fran Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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"'>Publications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>17801 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(216) 521-2540 x20<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000CC'><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/">www.beckcenter.org</a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000CC'>/<a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/BeckCatalogWINTER11-FINAL-web-version.pdf"><span style='color:#0000CC'>winter-spring 2011 catalog</span></a>/<a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/theater"><span style='color:#0000CC'>on stage</span></a>/<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Beck-Center-for-the-Arts/147852690595?ref=ts"><span style='color:#0000CC'>beck on facebook</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>