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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0099">OPENING TONIGHT!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0099"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">Beck Center for the Arts<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";letter-spacing:1.0pt">presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#CC0099">XANADU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Book by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Douglas Carter Beane</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><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"">Music and Lyrics by</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Jeff Lynne & John Farrar<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SEP 14 – OCT 14, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MACKEY MAIN STAGE<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Based on the Universal Pictures film<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Screenplay by Richard Danus & Marc Rubel<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"">Directed by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Scott Spence</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><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"">Musical Direction by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Larry Goodpaster</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><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"">Choreographed by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Martín Céspedes</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;color:#1F497D"><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";color:#CC0099"><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER"><span style="color:#CC0099">BUY
TICKETS</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0099"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">or call 216.521.2540 x10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0099">ABOUT THE SHOW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">A beautiful Greek muse named Kira descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California to inspire struggling artist
Sonny Malone with his greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO. (Hey, it’s 1980!) W</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">elcome back to the awesome ‘80s where disco balls, roller skates, spandex, and
leg warmers were wicked way cool. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">B<span style="color:black">eck Center for the Arts rolls out its 2012/2013 Professional Theater season with the first locally produced premiere of
<i>XANADU</i>, the award-winning Broadway hit musical </span>based on the cult classic film of the same title which starred
<b>Olivia Newton-John</b> and <b>Gene Kelly</b>. <i>XANADU</i> skates on to the Mackey Main Stage September 14 through October 14, 2012.
<span style="color:black">Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.
</span>Tickets are now on sale.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></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" 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, September 13, is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase a season subscription or ask about our Flex Passes.
Buy single tickets online at <b><span style="color:#CC0099"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/">beckcenter.org</a></span></b> or call Customer Services at
<b>216.521.2540 x10</b>. 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center’s production of
<i>XANADU </i>is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (<a href="MTIshows.com">MTI</a>) and is sponsored by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></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"><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.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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