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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2021
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center for the Arts Announces
<i>Broadway Bound</i>, featuring film and stage legend actor Austin Pendleton, in the first production of 89<sup>th</sup> Season
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lakewood, OH</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">–</span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is pleased to announce
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/template-dj8td-49d9j-3gp3f"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Broadway Bound</span></i></b></a><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">featuring </span>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671721/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Austin Pendleton</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> in its first production of the
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/professional-theater"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2021-2022 Professional Theater Season</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mr. Pendleton returns from New York City after having performed in a Beck Center prior production,
<i>Glen Garry, Glen Ross. </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This production will be performed in the newly named
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/theater/seating-charts"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Senney Theater</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. In recognition of Wally and Joyce Senney for their extraordinarily generous
gift of over $1 million for the <i>Creating Our Future </i>capital campaign, Beck Center’s Board of Directors recently voted to change the name of its main theater to The Senney Theater. The Senney family’s history with the organization goes back to 1915 when
they constructed the Lucier Movie Theater and Maheu block which became the home of Lakewood Little Theater in 1938, later becoming Beck Center for the Arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Produced by </span>
<a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/about/leadership"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scott Spence</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, now in his 31<sup>st</sup> season with Beck Center, and directed by
</span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-roudebush-27a74097/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">William Roudebush,</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> this comedy by hilarious playwright
</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neil Simon</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is sure to ease patrons back into the comfort of live theater. Mr. Roudebush says of returning
to the theater in Lakewood, Ohio, “I was born in 1949, the same year <b><i>Broadway Bound</i></b><i>
</i>takes place. I became a Thespian at Rocky River High School in 1964, the same year Neil Simon's most famous play,
<i>The Odd Couple</i>, opened on Broadway. My father and I were devotee's of <i>The Phil Silvers’ Show</i> as well as
<i>Your Show Of Shows</i> starring Sid Caesar, Imogine Coca, and Carl Reiner. Over the years I have directed at least 15 productions penned by the greatest comic genius of our time, Neil Simon. So, after a solid eighteen months of quarantine and isolation from
what I love the most, this production of <i>Broadway Bound</i> is the perfect coming out party for me. His comic rhythms were born into my soul and I can't wait for them to play out in front of a play-starved audience. It's the perfect ‘welcome back’ for all
of us!”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Broadway Bound</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, called
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"expectedly funny and unexpectedly moving" by
<i>New York Daily News</i></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, is the</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> final play in Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical trilogy (<i>Brighton Beach Memoirs</i> and
<i>Biloxi Blues</i>). <b><i>Broadway Bound</i></b> continues Eugene and Stanley's brotherly journey as they discover and flex their comedic writing chops while continuing to endure family dysfunction. There is no need to see the previous plays in order to enjoy
this production, as each play stands fully on its own. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In anticipation of welcoming theater patrons back to the Senney Theater
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center made a number of investments in the HVAC and air filtration to provide a safe environment for patrons as they return to the theater. Beck Center will communicate any mask policies with patrons
prior to the production. </span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Individual and group tickets are available</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <span style="color:black">at
</span></span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/professional-theater"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> with single ticket
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">prices from $34 (adults), $30 (for seniors 65 and older) and $12 for students with valid ID. A $3 service fee per single ticket will be applied at time of purchase. Running September 10 to October 3, 2021, curtain
<span style="color:black">times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Preview performances are 7:30 p.m. the Thursday before opening night, September 9. An additional performance will take place on Thursday, September 30, 2021. $10 Smart
Seats® are available for each performance. For more information on the entire 2021-22 Professional Theater Season
</span>please visit </span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/professional-theater"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Title is subject to change due to pandemic protocols and Actor’s Equity Association’s rules and restrictions. Play is
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">produced by special arrangement with Samuel French.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All performances are at the Senney Theater inside </span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available. For more information visit </span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts is proud to be a part of Northeast Ohio’s professional theater landscape, operating under a letter of agreement with Actors’ Equity Association. We are a Small Professional
Theater (SPT) based on the number of seats, number of our performances, and the maximum weekly hours of work we provide to actors. We produce every show on our stages, by choosing the play, casting and rehearsing it, building the sets, props, and costumes,
directing and performing the live music, and designing lights and sound. We proudly utilize regional resources and talent.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center gratefully acknowledges the
generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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
in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for individuals with disabilities, free gallery exhibits year-round, and outreach education programming.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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