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<h6 style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Quintessential American Musical Comedy</font></h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">“The Music Man” Marches in to Close Out Weathervane Playhouse’s 78<sup>th</sup>
Season</font></h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Tony Award-Winning Musical Spins Heart-Warming Tale
of Family,<o:p></o:p></font></i></h6>
<h6 style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Love and Redemption in Early 20<sup>th</sup> Century
America<o:p></o:p></font></i></h6><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"> </font></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Strike up the band! Weathervane Playhouse closes out its 78<sup>th</sup> season
with the quintessential American musical comedy, <i>The Music Man</i> – Meredith Willson’s Tony Award-winning and
heart-warming celebration of family, love, redemption, and the possibility of
miracles. See it live on stage from June 6 to 30, 2013.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; ">The Music
Man</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; "> tells the story of Professor Harold Hill and his impact on
the sleepy town of River City, Iowa. Hill arrives in that small community on
July 4, 1912, with every intention of fleecing the town’s citizens. But even
with nothing but the lowest of intentions, he inadvertently brings joy into
their lives – and into his own life as well.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">His “con” is simple but effective: He convinces the town’s
residents that he can teach their children to play in a marching band – but
only if they first buy the instruments and uniforms he’s selling. Then, he
plans to simply collect the money and escape without fulfilling his promises!</font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Hill’s
best-laid plans, however, go wonderfully awry when he falls in love with the
town librarian, Marian Paroo, who just might make an honest man of the
perennial huckster.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; "> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Trapped by his own love for Marian, Hill is literally forced
to face the music when he is made to “conduct” his rag-tag orchestra. While the
children can hardly play their instruments, it’s the inner music that Hill and
the band bring into the life of the town that miraculously transforms River
City.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">With a score packed with wonderfully unforgettable songs –
including “76 Trombones,” “Gary, Indiana,” “Goodnight, My Someone” and
“Shipoopi” – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Music Man</i> serves up
a loving, humorous celebration of the lost innocence of America at the
beginning of the 20<sup>th</sup> century.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Weathervane Playhouse’s production of <i>The Music Man</i> is directed and choreographed by Sarah Elaine Bailey
with musical direction by Sharon Dobbins Alberson. The production is proudly
sponsored by FirstEnergy.</font></span> </p>
<div style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: windowtext; border-right-color: windowtext; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; border-right-width: 1pt; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: 1pt; padding-top: 1pt; padding-right: 4pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 4pt; position: static; z-index: auto; ">
<h3><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial">The
Music Man </span></i><span style="font-family:Arial">Performance and Ticket
Information</span></h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">T</span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">he Music
Man </font></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">plays on the Weathervane Playhouse Founders Theater stage
between June 6 and 30, 2013.</font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">The
low-cost preview performance is Thursday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m.; the official
opening-night performance is Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Between
June 6 and 30, 2013, the performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Tickets for the June 6 preview performance only (at 7:30
p.m.) are $19 each. Tickets for performances after June 6 are $25 each.</font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">For performances after June 6, $21 tickets for seniors are
available for Thursday and Sunday performances. Tickets for children (ages 17
or younger) and college students are $7.50 each at all performances (including
the June 6 preview performance). Additional discounts for groups of 10 or
larger are also available.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">The Weathervane Playhouse Box Office is open Mondays between
10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and
is also open beginning one hour before each performance. For tickets, visit or
call the Weathervane Box Office at 330-836-2626 during Box Office hours or
connect online </font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">to <a href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><span class="MsoPageNumber"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none;text-underline:none">www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</span></span></a>.</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div>Janis Harcar</div><div>Director of Advancement</div><div>Weathervane Playhouse</div><div>330-836-2626 X16</div><div><a href="mailto:jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com">jharcar@weathervaneplayhouse.com</a></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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