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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Celebrate! An
Affair to Remember. </span></font></i></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Please join us at the Cleveland Play House Annual Benefit on Saturday,
May 7. <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Before CPH relocates to a
transformed Allen Theatre Complex downtown, celebrate the 95+ year history of
CPH as well as its exciting new future in an elegant evening set in the current
theatres and Rotunda of CPH at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">8500
Euclid Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>.</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Susan
Egan</span></font></i></b><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'> will be the featured entertainer. She headlined on Broadway as <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Thoroughly Modern Millie</span></i>, won critical
acclaim as Broadway's (longest-running) Sally Bowles in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Cabaret</span></i>, starred in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Triumph of Love </span></i>and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>State Fair</span></i>, and received Tony Award and
Drama Desk nominations for "Best Actress" as the original Belle in
Disney's <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Beauty and the Beast</span></i>.<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Benefit Details.</span></font></i></b>
The Benefit will take place on Saturday, May 7, 2011. The evening will begin at
6:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. A live auction begins at 7:15
p.m. followed by dinner on the Bolton Stage and a performance by Egan. The
evening will conclude with a Dessert Buffet and music and dancing to
“Afterthought & the NuSoul Band.” <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h6><span class=messagebody><b><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic'>Our online auction is back!</span></font></i></b></span><span
class=messagebody><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></font></span><span
class=messagebody><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:normal'>We've
already started getting bids for the HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER walk-on role. Check
out this and other great items: <a href="http://bit.ly/CPHHIMYM" target="_blank"
onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "04edd", event, bagof({}));">http://bit.ly/CPHHIMYM</a></span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>For Benefit tickets and information, call 216-795-7000, x226, or e-mail
<a href="mailto:rmartinson@clevelandplayhouse.com">rmartinson@clevelandplayhouse.com</a>.
Tickets start at $300 for the entire evening, including valet parking. We
hope to see you!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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