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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts Announces 2022-2023 Professional Theater Season</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s12" style="margin:0in"><span class="s9"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lakewood, OH</span></b></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">–</span></span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s11"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is pleased to announce its </span></span><span class="s9"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2022-2023 Professional Theater Season,</span></b></span><span class="s9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
the 89<sup>th</sup> season which includes Tony Award® Winners, comedies, dramas, return of the blockbuster
<b><i>Elf the Musical</i></b><i>, </i>and the twelfth collaboration with </span></span><a href="https://www.bw.edu/academics/undergraduate/music-theatre/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baldwin Wallace University Musical Theatre program</span></a><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
</span></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts’ Artistic Director Scott Spence says, “This is definitely a season of high pedigree! Many titles lay claim to Tony Award® wins and nominations
for best of their years. Audiences get to see locally-produced premieres of several titles, and
<b><i>Elf the Musical</i></b> returns with a second smash year. A great year for audiences and artists alike!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <span style="color:red">
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<span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Season Tickets, and Flex Passes, for the
<b>2022-2023 Professional Theater Season</b> </span></span><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">range in price from $120 to $336 and are available for purchase now for renewing subscribers at 216-521-2540</span></span><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
Season tickets to new subscribers go on sale to the public on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.<span class="s16"> Individual tickets to each show can be purchased beginning Friday, July 1, 2022 at
</span></span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">beckcenter.org</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> with ticket prices from </span></span><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$38
(adults), $34 (for seniors 65 and older) and $17 for students with valid ID, and $12 for children between five and 12 years of age. A $3 service fee per single ticket will be applied at time of purchase. </span></span><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curtain
times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. </span></span><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preview performances are 7:30 p.m. the Thursday before opening night, with general-admission seating for just $10.
Smart Seats® are available for each performance at just $10 per person. For more information on the 2022-2023 Professional Theater Season please visit
</span></span><a href="beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">beckcenter.org.</span></a><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer_%26_Cellar"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Buyer & Cellar</span></i></b></a><span class="s13"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></i></b></span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Written by Jonathan Tolins
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Directed by </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jamie Koeth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presented through special arrangement with Drarmatics Play Service .</span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s9"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">September 9 – October 9, 2022,
</span></b></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Studio Theater</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barbra Streisand to
<i>Harper’s Bazaar, </i>“Instead of just storing my things in the basement, I can make a street of shops and display them.” Taking that fact, and the fictional character of Alex (of course he’s a struggling actor!) who becomes the only employee of these “shoppes’—plus
a frozen yogurt machine--we join him in his day job as he awaits the “Funny Girl” herself to check out. That’s when we find out the true price of fame.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Frothy and hilarious, satisfyingly seasoned with
treachery, bitchery, idolatry, and punctured celebrity hero-worship.“ -<i>The New Yorker</i></span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:lime;mso-highlight:lime"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time_(play)"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time (Play)</span></i></b></a><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Based on the book by Mark Haddon, Adapted by Simon Stephens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Directed by William Roudebush</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service
<a name="_Hlk100843278">.</a></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100843278"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk100843278"></span>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s9"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">September 23 – October 16, 2022</span></b></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">; additional performance on Oct 13, 2022, Senney
Theater</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Based on Mark Haddon’s 2003 best-selling novel, the winner of more than 17 literary awards, this winner of the Tony Award® for Best Play centers around Christopher, just 15 years old, who uses
his extraordinary brain to solve the mystery of his neighbor’s dog’s death. This production comes to life on stage as Christopher uses his unique gifts to work through his distrust of strangers and fear of the unknown in this journey that
<i>Time</i> magazine calls “life-affirming and unmissable.” A great adventure for ages eleven and up. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:lime;mso-highlight:lime"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:lime;mso-highlight:lime"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><a href="https://www.mtishows.com/elf-the-musical"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elf the Musical</span></i></b></a><span class="s20"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></i></b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:lime;mso-highlight:lime"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Book adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lyrics by Chad Beguelin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Music by Matthew Sklar
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Based on the New Line Cinema film by David Berenbaum
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Directed by Scott Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Choreography by Martín Céspedes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">December 2– December 30, 2022</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Senney Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additional weekday and matinee performances are scheduled for
<i>Elf the Musical,</i> Please see our website or contact customer service for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious big-elf-living-in-a-small world comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity in a
holiday bedazzled New York City.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Featuring songs written by the creator of Disney’s
<i>Aladdin on Broadway</i> and a book by the writer of <i>Annie, The Producers, </i>
and <i>Hairspray, </i>this feels and sounds like a sweet holiday treat for all ages. (Maple syrup not included.)
<i>Please note that in 2022 this musical broke all Beck Center ticket sales records so this is sure to be a hot ticket!</i>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“A wonderful production. The choreography, music, were delightful….A treat for all ages.”—Lynn M—<a name="_Hlk102654561">Beck Center Patron who attended this production in 2021</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/show/ghost-the-musical/">Ghost the Musical
</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Book & Lyrics: </span><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/author/bruce-joel-rubin/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#065DA7">Bruce
Joel Rubin</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Music & Lyrics: </span><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/author/dave-stewart/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#065DA7">Dave Stewart</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Music & Lyrics: </span><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/author/glen-ballard/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#065DA7">Glen Ballard</span></a><span class="s10"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s24"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Directed by Victoria Bussert
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s24"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Choreography by Gregory Daniels
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s24"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Music Direction by Matthew Webb
</span></span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presented by special arrangement</span></i></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">with</span></i></span><span class="s25"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Concord
Theatricals</span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s9"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">February 10 – February 26, 2023; </span></b></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Senney Theater</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additional performances February 9, 16, 23, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122;background:white">Sam and Molly are lovers, and when Sam dies he becomes caught between our world and what lies next. Molly is in danger and Sam cannot bear to leave
her. A medium, Oda Mae Brown, helps Sam get in touch with Molly to warn her. You know what happens next, but you must experience it live, in the theater. (Fire emoji, anyone?)
</span><span style="color:#202122;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529">Ghost The Musical</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529"> has plenty to offer.” –<i>Bloomberg</i></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:lime;mso-highlight:lime"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noises_Off"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Noises Off</span></i></b></a><span class="s13"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></i></b></span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Written by Michael Frayn
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Directed by Scott Spence</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.</span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s26"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 24– April 16, 2023</span></b></span><span class="s26"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">; Senney Theater
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s26"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additional Thursday night performances</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conceived when English playwright Michael Frayn was watching a performance from the wings,
<span style="color:#202122;background:white">he said, "It was funnier from behind than in front, and I thought that one day I must write a farce from behind.” And write a fabulous farce he did! This play within a play was meta before meta was meta. Come watch
a tennis match of hilarious comedy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">“<i>Noises Off</i> is a precision-timed laugh machine”—<i>Time Out New York</i>
</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:lime;mso-highlight:lime"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubt:_A_Parable">Doubt: A Parable
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Written by John Patrick Shanley</span><span class="s26"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s26"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Directed by Don Carrier
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 26 to June 25, 2023;</span></b></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Studio Theater</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama
<span style="color:black;background:white">draws one into an issue of suspicion in the query of a Catholic school in the Bronx in the 1960s. Principal Sister Aloysius’s suspicions about the relationship between a priest, Father Flynn, and a young male student
will raise questions long after you leave the theater. </span></span><span class="s23"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span class="s23"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212;background:white">“The grey gulf between Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn’s entrenched positions is where the audience are left to swim. The play
leaves us, unnervingly, in that place of doubt.” <i>The Guardian</i> </span><span class="s23"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span class="s23"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_on_This_Island"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Once on this Island</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Music Stephen Flaherty
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Directed & Choreography by Martín Céspedes</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Music Direction by Larry Goodpaster
</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presented through special arrangement with</span></i></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="s21"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Music
Theatre International (MTI) </span></i></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Locally-Produced Premiere
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s9"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">July 7 – August 6, 2023</span></b></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">; Senney Theater</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additional Performances July 27, and Aug 3, 2023
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In this Tony Award-nominated musical,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">together we will swim away to the sands of the French Antilles in the glistening Caribbean Sea. A wise peasant girl on this tropical island uses the power of love and the beauty of acceptance to bring together
very different people. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Just what the weary world needs now” --<i><span style="color:black;background:white">Variety.
</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p>
<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span class="s25"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All performances are at theaters inside </span></span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available. For more information visit </span></span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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