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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">IT’S ALIVE! This summer’s funniest singing and dancing laboratory experiment proves to be a success. Grab yourself
a glass of ovaltine (unless Frau Blucher has already taken care of you) and check out
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">
at Beck Center for the Arts!<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">“An exhilarating, thoroughly enjoyable madcap musical…It’s alive, alright. And
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Young Frankenstein</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">
is quite an achievement.”<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal"><a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/article_6be3f0f0-0958-11e4-9a1f-001a4bcf887a.html#.U8CFmFz9Eo4.facebook">Bob
Abelman, Cleveland Jewish News</a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">“A wonderful surprise. This looks to be a monster hit for the Beck.”<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/review/beck-center-s-production-of-young-frankenstein-is-frightfully-good">Mark
Horning, Examiner Cleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">“…no theater in town does the big musical as well as Beck Center…They do the same this time around with Mel
Brooks' </span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Young Frankenstein</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">.”<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal"><a href="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/its-alive-well-sort-of-an-energetic-production-attempts-to-enliven-a-comatose-book-and-score-in-young-frankenstein-at-the-beck-center/Content?oid=4340541">Christine
Howey, Cleveland SCENE Magazine</a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">“Everything about this production is top notch. Beck Center once again shows it is one of the most innovative
theatres in town offering the best in live theatre.”<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal"><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/strongsville/index.ssf/2014/07/beck_center_is_puttin_on_the_r.html">Shirley
MacFarland, Sun News</a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">“Incorporates the right style of ridiculousness…<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">audiences should have a fun time at Beck”</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/cleveland/article/BWW-Reviews-YOUNG-FRANKENSTEIN-Should-Delight-Beck-Audiences-But-20140714#.U8k6rvldVzg">Roy
Berko, BroadwayWorld Cleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal">“An entire show brimming with one hilarious line right after another.”<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#302F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-style:normal"><a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/category/writers/elena-mulready/">Elena Mulready, CoolCleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">presents<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">The New Mel Brooks Musical<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FFC000">YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan<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"">Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks<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"">Original Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Scott Spence<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"">Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster<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"">Choreographed by Martín Céspedes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">July 11 – August 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3 p.m. Sundays<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nominated for three Tony Awards and awarded Best Musical by the Outer Critics Circle, this monstrously entertaining musical comedy is based on Mel Brooks’ parody
of classic horror movies. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are now on sale.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mel Brooks</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> and
<b>Thomas Meehan</b> have done it again! From the creators of Broadway’s record-breaking sensation
<i>The Producers</i> comes this scientifically proven good time. <i>The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein</i> tells the story of young Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (that’s FRAHN-ken-steen) as he attempts to complete his grandfather’s work by bringing
a corpse back to life – but not without scary and quite often hilarious consequences. The
<i>LA Times</i> called this musical comedy “delightfully nutty! Glittering, buoyant fun that tickles its audience into high spirits…Classic Brooks!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Mel Brooks was an important part of my growing up. All his early movies had great power over me,” said Director
<b>Scott Spence</b>. “His irreverent, afraid-to-go-nowhere style made his movies irresistible to me.” With musical direction by<b> Larry Goodpaster
</b>and choreography by <b>Martín Céspedes</b>, the talented cast of 26, including Equity actors
<b>Jamie Koeth</b> as Frederick and <b>Lindsey Mitchell </b>as Elizabeth, will present the funniest singing and dancing laboratory experiment this town has ever seen.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This production of<i> The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein</i> is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI), sponsored
by the John P. Murphy Foundation and Ulmer & Berne LLP, and is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Celebrating its 80th 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 individuals with special needs, outreach education, and free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Young_Frankenstein_Whos_Who.pdf">WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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