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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NEWS RELEASE
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONTACT:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Kathleen Caffrey, 216.521.2540 x22 or kcaffrey@beckcenter.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> November 11, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor</span></i></b><sup><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">®</span></sup><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
<b><i>Dreamcoat<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Beck Center presents Encore Production of Smash Hit Musical!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lakewood, OH—</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Back by popular demand! Beck Center for the Arts presents
an encore production of the smash hit musical, <i>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<sup>®</sup></i>, December 2 through 31, 2011 on the Mackey Main Stage. Start a new holiday tradition and bring the entire family to enjoy live theater at the Beck
Center. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Special Saturday matinees will be held on December 10 and 17. Additional weeknight performances are scheduled on Wednesday, December 28; Thursdays, December 22 and 29; and a special
New Year’s Eve performance at 7:30 p.m. There are no performances on December 24 or 25.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center Artistic Director Scott Spence co-directs this encore production with Choreographer Martín Céspedes. “We are thrilled to bring back this
box office record breaker from last season,” said Spence. “Audiences raved over the amazing talent on Beck's stage and reveled in the outstanding production values.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Many of the original cast members also return this year including Equity actors
<b>Josh Rhett Noble</b> as Pharaoh and <b>Tricia Tanguy</b> as the Narrator, a role she performed with the national touring production of
<i>Joseph</i>. New this season in the title role of Joseph is <b>Matthew Ryan Thompson</b> who audiences have seen in Beck Center’s recent productions of
<i>Hairspray</i> and <i>Altar Boyz</i>. The production also features a youth chorus of 16 talented actors, many of whom have trained through Beck Center’s Dance and Theater Education programs.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor</span></i><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">®</span></sup><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
Dreamcoat</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> is a humorous retelling of the biblical story of Joseph of Canaan. Center stage will be awash with a rainbow of colors in this rollicking musical, complete with an amazing
light show, buoyant choreography, splashy costumes, and musical stylings that appeal to all tastes—from Marleyesque reggae to spur-slapping country western to an Elvis-channeling pharaoh. Preschoolers to their great-grandparents will delight in this entertaining
extravaganza. <span style="color:black">“<i>Joseph</i> is that rare entertainment that appeals to audiences of all ages,” added Spence. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (with valid ID), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional
$3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview Night on Thursday, December 1 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at
</span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> or call Customer Service
at 216.521.2540, ext. 10. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center’s production of
<i>Joseph</i> is presented through an exclusive arrangement with R&H Theatricals and The Really Useful Group Ltd. and is sponsored by Parker Hannifin, First Federal Lakewood, Cox Communications, Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts (beckcenter.org) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions, arts education
programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring regional artists.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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