<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote">PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SHOW IS SELLING OUT RAPIDLY.  PLEASE PREORDER YOUR TICKETS! :)<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Hudson Players presents Disney and Cameron
McIntosh’s “Mary Poppins, The Broadway Musical” opening February 3 at the
Barlow Community Center.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Based on the classic Walt Disney movie, and
expanded to include additional episodes from P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins books,
the show is a “<wbr>Supercalifragilisticexpialidoc<wbr>ious” delight for the entire
family.<strong></strong></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">The performance dates are</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">: February 3, 4, 10,
11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24 & 25. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m., with Sunday
February 12 & February 19 being 2:00 pm matinees. <a name="m_-1081851998844436474__GoBack"></a>The
February 12^th performance will be interpreted with American Sign
Language specialists. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Tickets are available by
going to </span><a href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">www.hudsonplayers.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">, or calling <a href="tel:(330)%20655-8522" value="+13306558522" target="_blank">330-655-8522</a>. Tickets are $14.00; $12.00 for
students and seniors. Discounts also are available for groups of 10 or more. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">It opens with Bert, a jack-of-all trades,
introducing the audience to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young
Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on
their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach
the family how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on
many magical and memorable adventures. However, the children aren’t the only
ones she has a profound effect upon. Even Mr. and Mrs. Banks learn a lesson or
two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Bringing this irresistible story to life is a
production team that includes director Claudia Lillibridge, of Twinsburg,
musical director Ron Jones, of Stow, assistant musical director Bridget
Jankowski, of Cuyahoga Falls, and choreographer Connie Fleming, of Stow. All
were also involved with <i>1776</i> that
played to sell-out crowds last year for Hudson Players.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">The unforgettable songs include “Feed the
Birds,” (Walt Disney’s all-time favorite song), “Spoonful of Sugar,” “</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" title="Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Supercalifragilisticexpialido<wbr>cious</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">," “Step in
Time,” “Let’s Go Fly a Kite,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and several outstanding new
songs including ”Being Mrs. Banks” and “Practically Perfect.”</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">The cast features more than 30 local actors,
including Ellie Kelly, of Mayfield Heights, as Mary Poppins, Bradley Hills, of
Kent, as Bert, Mark Moore, of Seven Hill as Mr. Banks, and Jessica DeFrange, of
Streetsboro, as Mrs. Banks. The precocious Banks children are played by Tenley
Stitzer, of Hudson, and Matthew Radicelli, of Twinsburg. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Other cast members include Marissa Durbin,
Dana, Genevieve and Simone Herro, Jennifer and Skye Kubinski, Benjamin, Nathan
and Kathryn Mudrak, Nathan Hill, Bella Fothergill, Aiden Hills, Christina
Worcester, Glen Johnston, Jack Dotson, Jen Matas, John Webb, Kathy Steiner,
Mike Guffey, Michael Turle, Michele Palumbo, Norene Jones, Pamela Lappin,
Samantha Mook, Gary Maher.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Co-producers include Gary Maher, Trish Davis,
and Mark Durbin.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0.2in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">The eye-catching sets are designed by Chris
Dolciato, of Hudson, and Michelle Dolciatio is production stage manager.</span></p>



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