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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
<a href="mailto:kcaffrey@beckcenter.org">kcaffrey@beckcenter.org</a><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""> May 10, 2012<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"">Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rocks the Beck Center Stage<o:p></o:p></span></b></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 regional premiere of award-winning rock musical<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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"">Beck Center for the Arts presents the regional premiere
of the award-winning rock musical, <i>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</i>, <b>May 25 through July 1, 2012
</b>in the Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays. There are no Sunday matinee performances for this production. Tickets are now on sale.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meet America’s first political maverick, who kicked British butt, shafted the Indians and smacked down the Spaniards all in the name of these United
States. Who cares if he didn’t have the constitutional right? This award-winning rock musical recreates and reinvents the life of “Old Hickory,” one of our nation’s founding rock stars, from his humble beginnings on the Tennessee frontier to his days as our
seventh Commander-in-Chief in the Oval Office. This production includes adult language and themes and is recommended for mature audiences ages 17 and older.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> is directed by Beck Center’s Artistic
Director, <b>Scott Spence</b>, features Equity actor <b>Dan Folino</b> as the audacious Andrew Jackson and includes an ensemble of 16 talented area actors. “In the spirit of such past Studio Theater hits as
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Reefer Madness</span></em>, <em>
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Evil Dead The Musical</span></em> and
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jerry Springer The Opera</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal">,</span></em> comes
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</span></em>, a rock and emo retelling of the life and times of our divisive seventh U.S. President” remarked Spence. “Known as the father of modern Democracy and more infamously
for his ‘Trail of Tears’ treatment of Native Americans, Andrew Jackson was a rock star of the early 19th century – and everyone knows the life of a rock star is anything but smooth sailing. We are thrilled to welcome back to town Dan Folino as the People's
Prez.” <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"">Written by
<b>Alex Timbers</b> with music and lyrics by <b>Michael Friedman</b>, <i>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</i> was called "an intriguing, often outrageous look at American history, filtered through the satiric eye of Timbers and Friedman’s pulsating rock score"
by the<i> Associated Press</i>. This <i>New York Times</i> Critics’ Pick received rave reviews during its Off Broadway run. The
<i>New York Post </i>called it “irreverent and subversive” and the <i>Daily News</i> said it was “offbeat, fresh and fun!”
<i>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson </i>was nominated for two Tony Awards and won the 2012 Outer Critics’ Circle Award and 2011 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical.
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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), and $17 for students with valid ID. An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied
at the time of purchase. <b>Preview Night on Thursday, May 24 is $10 with general admission seating.
</b>Seating in the Studio Theater is limited. Preview Night tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. May 24 and are expected to sell out quickly. 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 Services
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>Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson</i> is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is sponsored by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.<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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<p class="MsoNormal">Kathleen Caffrey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Beck Center for the Arts / <i>Where Arts Matter<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Marketing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">216.521.2540 x.22<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:kcaffrey@beckcenter.org">kcaffrey@beckcenter.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:red">Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson </span>
</i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D">in our Studio Theater May 25-July 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">“Offbeat, fresh and fun!” </span>
</b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">– <i>Daily News</i><span style="color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D">Bike Your Art Out on Saturday, May 19 @
</span><span style="color:red"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/2012/01/30/bike-for-beck/"><span style="color:red">Bike for Beck</span></a></span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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