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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>STOCKER ARTS CENTER PRESENTS TMTP’S <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>“ETHEL MERMAN: LOUD BUT HONEST”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>CLEVELAND, OH</b>- <span style='mso-fareast-language:JA'>The Musical Theater Project honors a legendary Broadway performer in “Ethel Merman: Loud but Honest,” to be presented at Stocker Arts Center on the campus of Lorain County Community College. Curtain time is 2 p.m. on Sun., Oct. 12. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Co-hosted by TMTP artistic director Bill Rudman and music director Nancy Maier, the concert will showcase many of Merman’s signature songs – all of them from musicals – including “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Since Merman’s career spanned more than 40 years, her songs will be divided between two vocalists: Cassie Goldbach (the younger Merman) and Adina R. Bloom (the older Merman). Rudman will provide commentary.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>In act one, Goldbach takes audiences from Merman’s stunning Broadway debut at 21 years old singing “I Got Rhythm” in the Gershwins’ “Girl Crazy” (1930) through her triumph 16 years later in Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun.” Then in act two, Bloom covers the later years in selections from “Call Me Madam,” “Happy Hunting” and one of Broadway’s masterworks: the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim “Gypsy,” which premiered when Merman was 51. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Merman is the singer Cole Porter once compared to “a band going by.” But her legacy goes beyond vocal power. Merman was one of the most important and influential vocalists of the 20th century, liberating herself by presenting a new kind of woman on Broadway – a woman she christened the “brassy dame.” Her trademark “belt” was celebrated by the master composers and lyricists of the American musical.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TMTP’s multi-media concert includes dozens of still images and rare film clips of Merman in her 20s. “Above all it’s a cavalcade of sparkling music and lyrics,” says Rudman. “The fact is that second only to Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman inspired more pages of the Great American Songbook than any other Broadway or Hollywood star.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Stocker Arts Center at LCCC is located at 1005 N. Abbe Road in Elyria. Tickets are priced at $15 for adults and $10 for children 18 and under. Tickets are available through the Stocker Arts Center box office at 440-366-4040 or online at www.StockerArtsCenter.com.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Kim Carrasquillo</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>| Writer/Project Coordinator, Marketing and Outreach Initiatives</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#522C1C'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Lorain County Community College</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>| 1005 N Abbe Road</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>| Elyria, Ohio 44035<br>t: 440.366.4822</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'> f: 440.366.4113 e: </span><u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu">kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFD19A.1349B4C0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: \\fs01\Marketing\Full Time\Logo file\LCCC blue square only.jpg"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/up"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFD19A.1349B4C0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: UP Square"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://facebook.com/lorainccc" target="_blank" title=Facebook><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01CFD19A.1349B4C0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/lorainccc" target="_blank" title=Twitter><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01CFD19A.1349B4C0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Twitter"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/lcccwebvideo" target="_blank" title=YouTube><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01CFD19A.1349B4C0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: YouTube"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/lorain-county-community-college" target="_blank" title=LinkedIn><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0059B2;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=27 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01CFD19A.1349B4C0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: LinkedIn"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>