<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Musical Theater Project and Cain Park/City of Cleveland Heights present...</span></div><div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span> </div><div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>I Am What I Am: Gays, Lesbians and the American Musicals</strong></span></div><div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>Thursday, August 13th at 7 PM<br>Alma Theater, Cain Park</strong></span></div><div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span> </div><div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Without gays and lesbians — on stage, behind the scenes and in the audience — there would be no Broadway. Period. Created for the 2014 Gay Games, this multi-media concert celebrates a culture’s rich contribution to musical theater art, from the “coded” songs of Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart in the 1920s to the breakout musicals of the post-Stonewall 1970s, to the current hit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font:italic 16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">Fun Home. </em></div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div>It’s a stirring, fascinating story that also includes performers like Ethel Merman and Liza Minnelli who thrilled a huge gay audience.</div><div> </div><div>This concert was created as a surround piece for Gay Games 9 held in Cleveland last summer.  It played two sold out performances and is sure to be a hit in its encore performance this week at Cain Park!<br></div></span><div><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Loaded with video clips and still images, hosted by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font:bold 16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">Bill Rudman</strong><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:non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>$28;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font:bold 16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">Day of show:</strong><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>$30</span><br style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Tickets available through the Cain Park Ticket Office.</span><br style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font:16px/23.99px Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">216-371-3000 or visit CainPark.com</span></span></span></div><div><br clear="all"> </div>
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