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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:#FF6600">Why you should see “Avenue Q: School Edition” at Beck Center!<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""><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"">Even skeptics are raving about<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center Teen Theater’s<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"">production of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF6600">Avenue Q:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF6600">SCHOOL EDITION<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"">Now through February 17<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"">Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Only four performances remaining<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"">10 am Thu, 7:30 pm Fri & Sat, and 3 pm Sun<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"">Don’t miss it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BUY TICKETS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF6600"><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER"><span style="color:#FF6600">beckcenter.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">216.521.2540 x10<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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“I will have to admit, I was really not sure what to expect with the production of ‘Avenue Q: School Edition’…I need not to have worried. This is a
<b>top notch performance worthy of appearing on any stage</b> in any city including PlayhouseSquare.”
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">–Mark Horning,
<i><a href="http://www.examiner.com/review/the-beck-s-avenue-q-school-edition-showcases-an-amazing-array-of-young-talent">Cleveland Examiner</a></i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“To the Puritans in our midst, we say ‘Go!’ and take your teenagers…You might go to the Beck’s
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Avenue Q</span></em> with reduced expectations as we did. You’ll see the expected audience of parents and peers…<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">But Beck’s youthful cast deserves a wider
audience</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">. Their</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></strong>puppets took on a life of their own. Vocals were consistently strong and cleanly miked. Timing among the actors and the offstage orchestra was tight, tight, tight down to the last rim shot.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">–Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas,
<i><a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2013/02/review-avenue-q-deserves-wider-audience-beck-center/50/"><span style="color:windowtext">CoolCleveland</span></a></i><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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Beck Center's
<i>Avenue Q: School Edition</i> is <b>less raunchy, still relevant, and a lot of fun</b>… for those who have seen the original
<i>Avenue Q</i>, let me ease your fears. This isn't a watered-down version of the original (the School Edition was written by the creators of the original show); you won't hear actors with puppets dropping f-bombs…<i>Avenue Q: School Edition</i> is still
<b>hilarious</b>, even if the language is slightly toned down.” </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">–Ed Carroll,
<i><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/index.ssf/2013/02/beck_centers_avenue_q_school_e.html">Sun News</a></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“There’s a reason this show won the Tony ‘Triple Crown’ for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. And let’s add
<b>Best Teen Production Around Here</b> in a Helluva Long Time.” </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">–Thomas Mulready,
<i><a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2013/02/take-the-kids-to-see-avenue-q-at-the-beck/">CoolCleveland</a></i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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"">Tickets are $12 for Adults/Seniors and $10 for Children (18 and under) and may be purchased online at
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER">beckcenter.org</a></span> or by calling 216.521.2540 x10. Discounted group rates are available for the student matinee on Thursday, February 14 at
10 am. Call Customer Service Manager Rennie Tisdale at ext. 28 for more information and to schedule your student matinee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><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 is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Free onsite parking is available. This production of
<i>Avenue Q: School Edition</i> is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is made possible by the generous support of Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts 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 free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<i>For more information about Beck Center, visit beckcenter.org.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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