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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">THE CLEVELAND PREMIERE<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Book and Lyrics By Thomas Meehan, Sylvester Stallone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Based on the MGM/United Artists Motion Picture</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 1 – 16</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sundays at 7:00pm</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rocky Balboa is a small-time Philadelphia boxer who is chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed, when
the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured. As he diligently trains for the fight, Rocky begins a relationship with Adrian, a wallflower who is tired of being pushed around by her brother. As their love grows, Rocky and Adrian each find their inner
strength and bring out the best in each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With equal parts grit and heart, Rocky is about the triumph of spirit, strength, and love.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From the Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Rocky has entered the ring again in this musical adaptation. Rocky is a hard-hitting
yet tender musical with music and lyrics by Tony winners and Academy Award nominees Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and a book by multiple Tony winner Thomas Meehan, adapted from the acclaimed Oscar-nominated screenplay by Sylvester Stallone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RATED:
</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">PG-13<b> RUN TIME:</b> 2hr 20min<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets: $25</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To purchase tickets for this show <a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/rocky-tickets/" target="_blank" title="CLICK HERE">CLICK
HERE</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To see the cast and staff for this production
<a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/rocky-cast/">CLICK HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/2023-season-photos/rocky/">CLICK HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1305 West 78th Street, Suite 211. Cleveland, OH 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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