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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#660066;letter-spacing:1.0pt">Find out why the critics are saying NEXT TO NORMAL is sure to sell out!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Two intense acts – made even more so by the choice to stage the show in the smaller, more intimate of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Beck’s two theaters...moving – and fast-moving production…<b><span style="color:#660066">unforgettable performances</span></b>…<b><span style="color:#660066">simply
mesmerizing</span></b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">–
<i><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2013/03/next_to_normal_at_the_beck_cen.html#incart_river">The Plain Dealer</a></i>, Andrea Simakis<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“<b><span style="color:#660066">Stellar performances</span></b>…Strong voices throughout carry the virtually sung-through story
along, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">with complex overlapping passages handled with professional élan.…<b><span style="color:#660066">a powerful and memorable experience</span></b>.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">–
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://raveandpan.blogspot.com/">Rave and Pan</a></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Christine Howey<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""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“<b><span style="color:#660066">Worthy of the original’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awards</span></b>, while serving up something
special of its own design…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#660066">this Beck Center production of it is brilliant</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.
Be warned that the person you hear fighting back tears throughout the performance is you.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">–
<i><a href="http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2013/03/04/life/doc5134c5e3e484c479813374.txt">The News-Herald</a></i>, Bob Abelman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="margin-left:0in;text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">“’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Next to Normal’ is the type of show that Bussert does best…quirky, compelling, requiring
creativity and strong talent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The script and her cast are up for the requirements…well done.
<b><span style="color:#660066">This is the type of show that should result in sold out houses</span></b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">–
<i><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.royberko.info/">The Times</a></span></i>, Roy Berko<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt"><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">In collaboration with<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></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"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#660066">NEXT TO NORMAL<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 by</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tom Kitt</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> /
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Book & Lyrics by</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brian Yorkey</span><span style="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"">Directed by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Victoria Bussert</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> / Musical Direction by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nancy Maier</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> / Choreographed by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">David Zody</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"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Now through April 21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Studio Theater<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"">8 pm Fridays & Saturdays and 3 pm Sundays<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"">No performances on Sundays, March 31 or April 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#660066"><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER"><span style="color:#660066">Click
here</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> to purchase tickets with a credit card<o:p></o:p></span></b></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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">or call Customer Service at 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";color:#660066"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#660066">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">An emotional powerhouse of a musical featuring a compelling pop rock score that shatters through the façade of a suburban family dealing
with the traumatic effects of mental illness. This intense, emotional, yet ultimately hopeful musical makes a direct grab for the heart with a story that takes us inside the lives of a
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">typical American family that is anything but typical.
<i>C</i>ontains strong adult language and themes and may not be suitable for audiences 17 years and under.<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"">After<b>
</b>last season’s highly acclaimed <i>Spring Awakening</i>,<b> </b>Beck Center for the Arts partners once again with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre program to present three-time Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical,
<i>Next to Normal</i>, <b>now through April 21, 2013</b> in the intimate Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There are no performances on Sundays, March 31 or April 14. Tickets are now on sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","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 and $25 for seniors (65 and older) with an additional $3 service fee per ticket applied at time of purchase. Student tickets
are $15 with valid I.D. (includes service fee). Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at
<a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">beckcenter.org</a> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540, ext. 10. Beck Center for the Arts 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" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Whos_Who_NextToNormal_REV05mar13.pdf">Who’s Who in the Company</a><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""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This production of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Next
to Normal</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTIshows.com) and is sponsored by the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts
Council.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">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><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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