<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(153,0,255)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(153,0,255)">•••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:medium"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Beck’s ELF lacks the farcical quality and creativity of the movie on which it is based.  Part of the problem is the poor quality of the script.  The rest is the lack of creativity in the staging.   It may be a pleasant sit for some, but for others it will be a quickly forgettable experience.  </span></i></b><span style="font-size:medium"></span><br></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To read the entire review go to: <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To read the capsule judgements of the other Cleveland reviewers go to: <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(153,0,255)">••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-size:medium"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></i></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>