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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Take a break from the “Hard Knock Life” and stride on down the “Easy Street” to
<i>Annie</i> at Beck Center for the Arts!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mark Horning (<i>Cleveland Examiner</i>):</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“Terrific show…Extremely entertaining…Wonderful production…Will melt your heart.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“Beck Center’s Encore Production of ‘Annie’ is better than ever,” praises Mark Horning of the Cleveland Examiner. Annie
is “an enjoyable evening of holiday fare that the entire family will enjoy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Roy Berko (<i>Member of the American Critics Association</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“Delightful…Picture perfect…A wonderful time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Annie at Beck Center is “a good performance…with its tuneful music, strong cast and super choreography,” raves Roy Berko of the American
Critics Association. The production “is blessed with performers who can pull it off.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">ANNIE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Encore Production!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Book by Thomas Meehan</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Music by Charles Strouse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Lyrics by Martin Charnin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Based on
<i>Little Orphan Annie</i> by permission of The Tribune Media Services, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">December 6, 2013 – January 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">7:30 p.m. FRI & SAT and 2:30 p.m. SUN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Double performance dates on Saturday, December 14 & Saturday, January 4 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Matinee only on Saturday, December 28 at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Directed by Scott Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Choreographed by Martín Céspedes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER">Purchase Tickets Online</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Purchase Tickets Over the Phone: 216.521.2540 x10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood – just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. FREE onsite
parking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/WHOS-WHO-IN-THE-COMPANY.pdf">WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beck Center for the Arts presents by popular demand the return of
<i>Annie</i>, December 6, 2013 through January 5, 2014 on the Mackey Main Stage. In 2012, Northeast Ohio audiences wholeheartedly responded to the touching story of Annie, a spunky orphan determined to find her parents in adventure after fun-filled adventure.
The cheers for an encore naturally led to the reappearance of <i>Annie</i> in Beck Center’s much celebrated 80<sup>th</sup> anniversary season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Please note early curtain times. Special performances
will be held 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 19; matinee-only on Saturday, December 28; and 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances on Saturdays, December 14 and January. 4. Tickets are now on sale and matinee performances are selling fast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Tickets for
<i>Annie </i>are $29 for adults, $26 for seniors (65 and older), $12 for students (with valid I.D.), 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, December 5 is $10
with general admission seating. Group discounts (4 or more) are available. Purchase tickets online at
</span><a href="http://beckcenter.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540
x10. 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This production of
<i>Annie</i> is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (</span><a href="http://mtishows.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">mtishows.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">)
and is sponsored by First Federal Lakewood, West Roofing Systems, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and the Ohio Arts Council.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Celebrating its 80<sup>th</sup> anniversary, Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that
offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming for all ages and abilities, including creative arts therapies for special needs students, and free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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