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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'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;background:white'>Cleveland Public Theatre asks…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='background:white'>What do you get when you mash up Roman antiquity, post-apocalyptic design, soaring rock-and-roll riffs and Shakespeare’s most notorious bloodbath?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='background:white'>Add the <b>“wonderfully demented” </b>mind of director Craig J. George and an all-star artistic team and you get…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>TITUS: A GRAND AND GORY ROCK MUSICAL</span></b><span style='background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>**World Premiere**<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>Onstage now through March 22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>Critics and audiences alike are delighting in CPT’s “Grand & Gory” answer to the winter doldrums...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i>“What is playing is a revisited, reinvented world premiere version of </i><i><span lang=EN>“Titus Andronicus” </span></i><i>that has been filtered through the wonderfully demented mind of adopter/director Craig J. George. The result is the guilty pleasure that is [CPT’s “Titus”]. </i><i>“Limbs are torn off, tongues are cut out…and everybody sings,” announces the production’s promotional poster. Yes they are, yes they do, and sometimes in that particular order.” <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>–<b><i> </i></b>Bob Abelman, <a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/leisure/arts/article_cbaa28a6-a936-11e3-b63b-0019bb2963f4.html">Cleveland Jewish News</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'><i>“A rocking dramedy that will have you guessing what the hell you are in the middle of. Just when you think it is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of the bard, comes a quick shift into a dramatic scene that holds you in Shakespearian delight, moved and enlightened…And just when your iambic pentameter is assuaged, sh*t happens! Oh, what a glorious night of theatre indeed!<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>– Kevin Kelly, <a href="http://tpography.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatre-review-blog-titus-grand-and.html">Theatre Review Blog</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>“The night I saw the show,</span></i></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span></i></span><i><span style='color:black;background:white'>the audience was rocking and laughing. Rocking with the overly loud music…and laughing at the blood spurting, limbs being separated from bodies, the overacting and screaming of many of the cast, and the overblown farce. But, those actions, which would have been negatives in a traditional production, all worked for the intent and purpose of this script.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>– Roy Berko, <a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2014/03/review-bloody-gory-titus-a-grand-gory-rock-musical-continues-cptcles-off-the-beaten-path-journey/">Cool Cleveland</a><i><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-style:normal'>For a complete overview of the show, see the <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2014/03/titus_andronicus_cpts_gory_gla.html">Plain Dealer’s preview</a> & artist interviews in last week’s Friday section.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>Titus: A Grand and Gory Rock Musical<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='background:white'>Conceived & Directed by Craig J. George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='background:white'>Music by Denis Yurich & Alison Garrigan :: Musical Direction by Brad Wyner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='background:white'>Choreography by Martin Cespedes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>Shows Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Monday at 7:30, CPT’s Gordon Square Theatre. Through March 22.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>**Special Sunday matinee performance on March 16<sup>th</sup> at 3pm**<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>Tickets $12 - $28</span></b><b><span style='background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='background:white'>$12 general admission</span></b><b><span style='background:white'> on Thursdays & Mondays!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#222222;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>**EVERY FRIDAY</b> 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'><b>**SECOND SATURDAY (3/15)</b> – sign up at intermission for intimate post-show chat with actor Dana Hart and Musical Director Brad Wyner. Space is limited.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#222222;background:white'>Tickets available at <a href="http://www.cptonline.org">www.cptonline.org</a> or (216) 631-2727 x501<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cathleen O’Malley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>(216) 631-2727 x 212<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>See what's playing tonight, go to </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:blue'>www.cptonline.org</span></i></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>