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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts Opens</span></i></b></span><span class="s13"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys
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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Patrons and critics alike are loving this cast!
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<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 produce Neil Simon’s
</span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/jgilliland/Desktop/beckcenter.org/shows/sunshineboys"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Sunshine Boys</span></i></a><span class="s10"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></i></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">kicking off the 91<sup>st</sup> theater season, on the Senney Theater stage.
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.8pt;background:white">Al and Willie, as “Lewis and Clark” were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years... now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS
requests them for a “History of Comedy” retrospective, the grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:white"> Theater critic
Clive Barnes, reviewing the original Broadway production wrote, “<b><i>The Sunshine Boys</i></b> is probably Mr. Simon's best play yet. It deals with a subject very dear to the playwright's heart—vaudeville.”</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Directed by Beck Center favorite, William Roudebush, the cast includes the role of Willie Clark performed by</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4014717/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
Alan Safier</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*. Al Lewis is played by
</span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859459/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rohn Thomas</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*, Ben Silverman is Doug Sutherland. The Director Voice/Vaudeville Patient in this production
is Morgan Thomas-Mills, with Asst. Director (Eddie) played by Carson Betts. The Vaudeville Nurse will be Carolyn Demanelis, and the Registered Nurse is Joyce Bell Linzy.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets for individuals and groups (of thirteen or more) are on sale at 216-521-2540 and
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/sunshineboys"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beckcenter.org.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<b><i>The Sunshine Boys</i></b> runs in the Senney Theater September 13 to October 6, 2024 with THURSDAY performances September 26 and October 3, 2024.
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Produced with special arrangement with Concord Theatricals</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span class="s16">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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 at 7:30 p.m. on the Thursday before opening night, with general admission seating for just $15. Smart Seats are available for each performance at just $15
per person. For more information on the 2024-2025 Professional Theater Season please visit
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<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><o:p></o:p></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 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center for the Arts also offers arts education for all ages, all skill levels, and all abilities with classes and lessons in music, dance, visual arts, and theater, as well
as creative arts therapies. Financial assistance is offered to qualified applicants so that these programs can be enjoyed by all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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