<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 96px;"><b>SHOW BOAT</b></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Book
and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>Music
& Lyrics by Jerome Kern</span></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u style="text-underline:
words"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:#333333">At A Glance</span></u></b><u style="text-underline:words"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:#333333">: <o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:5.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">What:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Mercury
Summer Stock’s<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">SHOW BOAT</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> August
12-13, 17-20, 24-27.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All
performances at 7:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> The
Brooks Theatre, The Cleveland Play House. 8500 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. 44106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Cost:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> $18.00
for Adults and $15.00 for Students (with valid ID) / & Seniors (60+)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Tickets:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> call
216.771.5862, or order online at </span><a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">www.mercurysummerstock.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p><br></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">All Aboard!</span></font></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Mercury Summer Stock concludes
its residency at The Cleveland Play House with the classic American musical, <b><i>Show
Boat</i></b>, August 12-27, 2011. </span><a name="x_LETTER.BLOCK10"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The first
true American “musical play”</font><em><span style="font-family:Tahoma"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">, </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Show Boat</font></b></span></em><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> is a journey into
the lives, loves and heartbreaks of three generations of show folk on the
mighty Mississippi River. Jerome Kern's masterpiece is a treasure trove
of unforgettable music, including "Ol' Man River," "Can't
Help Lovin’ Dat Man," “Make Believe,” and "Bill." </font></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">Directed
and choreographed by MSS Artistic Director Pierre-Jacques Brault, this epic
musical is being presented in one of the most intimate venues in Cleveland, The
Brooks Theatre at The Cleveland Play House, and guarantees an evening of
theatre you are not soon to forget! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> Jest One Big Happy Family!</span></font></b></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma">Cleveland favorites Mark Seven and Hester Lewellen lead the
30-member <b><i>Show Boat </i></b>company as Captain Andy and Parthy, owners of the
floating theatre. Brian Marshall, Jennifer Myor, Jonathan Ramos, Mallory King,
Maria Lister and Nathan Earley round out the players whose lives are forever
changed by their time as actors aboard the Cotton Blossom. Brian Keith Johnson
and Kelvette Beacham will be on hand to deliver the classic songs “Old Man
River” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” respectively. For tickets, call
216.771.5862. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:
Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma">Opening Friday August 12, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">At The Brooks Theatre in The
Cleveland Play House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in center 3.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH
44106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u style="text-underline:
words"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma">Group Rates</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> and information available by calling 216.771.5862,
emailing <a href="mailto:mercuryss@mac.com">mercuryss@mac.com</a> or visiting us at: <u><a href="http://www.mercurysummerstock.com">www.mercurysummerstock.com</a></u></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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