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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u>FINAL WEEKEND</u> for the Cleveland Public Theatre’s glittering, laugh-out-loud, “so naughty, it’s nice” holiday cabaret…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Loush Sisters DO the Nutcracker<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Through December 21<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Starring <b>Beth Wood & Liz Conway</b> as <b>Holly and Jolly Loush</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Here’s what the critics are saying…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>"A riot...comic timing and between-song patter so good, you'd think they trained at the sequined hem of Miss Judy Garland, the patron saint of sloshed cabaret." <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>-Andrea Simakis, <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2013/12/the_loush_sisters_do_the_nutcr.html">The Plain Dealer</a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><br><b><i><span style='background:white'>"Not your grandmother's nutcracker (unless your grandmother owns a bordello in Reno)."</span></i><span style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>-Mark Horning, <a href="http://www.examiner.com/review/cleveland-public-theatre-s-the-loush-sisters-will-have-you-cracking-up">The Examiner</a></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><br><br><i><span style='background:white'>"This mélange of song bits, jokes and asides is gloriously unpretentious and determinedly over the top.”</span></i><span style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>-Christine Howey, <a href="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/drunk-and-disorderly-lushes-who-are-loose-cut-a-swath-in-the-loush-sisters-do-the-nutcracker/Content?oid=3722342">Cleveland Scene</a><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";color:#222222;background:white'><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";color:#222222;background:white'>Shows Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 7:30, CPT’s Gordon Square Theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>Tickets $18 - $36</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>, with premium cabaret seating available<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>$18 general admission</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'> every Thursday, Sunday and Monday performance!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Hooked on <i>Loush </i> and looking for more? Check out the <b><i>The Loush Sisters DO the Office</i></b><i> </i>online mini-series. Holly and Jolly “hard at work” in the CPT office…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://vimeo.com/search?q=loush">http://vimeo.com/search?q=loush</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>And every Friday is FREE BEER FRIDAY – mingle with artists after the show and enjoy your drinks on us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or (216) 631-2727 x501<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cathleen O’Malley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>(216) 631-2727 x 212<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>See what's playing tonight, go to </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.cptonline.org</span></i></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>