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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:25.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center For The Arts Steals The Stage
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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:25.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With
<i>The Robber Bridegroom</i> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0F1419;border:solid #0F1419 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The
Robber Bridegroom PREVIEW starts at 7:30 pm Thursday in the Studio Theater. Tickets at just $15! Join us for a heck of a good time at
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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:25.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1D9BF0;border:solid #1D9BF0 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">https://beckcenter.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/instances/a0FUq0000069zbtMAA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:25.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s11"><span style="color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s10"> is pleased to announce a classic musical
</span>that will steal your heart and entertain your ears with bluegrass music, <b>
<i>The Robber Bridegroom</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/robber"><b><i>The Robber Bridegroom,</i></b><i> </i></a>has
</span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">music by </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Waldman" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun">Robert
Waldman</span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">, book and lyrics by </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Uhry" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun">Alfred
Uhry</span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">.<i> </i></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Directed by Scott Spence, music direction Larry Goodpaster, and choreography
by Lauren Marousek.<i> </i>Running in the Studio Theater from May 30 to June 29, 2025, with THURSDAY June 12, and June 26, 2025 performances.</span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122"> </span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122">This
musical is </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">produced with special arrangements with MTI Musical Theatre International</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Artistic Director Scott Spence, also director of
<b><i>The Robber Bridegroom</i></b><i>,</i> says, “Like <i>A Chorus Line</i> which closes our season this summer,
<b><i>The Robber Bridegroom</i></b> is celebrating a 50th anniversary. The 1970s brought such a unique perspective to much of American Theater in terms of how we told our stories. Both musicals have that collective ensemble approach where company members relate
their stories and come together to tell those tales. And the <i>tales </i>in <b>
<i>The Robber Bridegroom</i></b> are of the tallest nature! Interwoven with rousing bluegrass music the 12 members of this company weave the tale of the south centuries ago, with a man who has 'two faces'---a ne'er do well Robin Hood type....and the merry band
of wild characters that accompany his journey. This lesser-known musical is not one to be missed with a cast and musician synergy that will bring the intimate Studio Theater's house down on a nightly basis.” <span style="color:red"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Winner of the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival, this musical is based on the novella of
the same name written in 1942 by </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_Welty" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:windowtext">Eudora Welty</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun">.
A sense of justice for the average person compels us to seek out Robin Hood type heroes.
</span>This fairytale is set to bluegrass music - the perfect soundtrack setting for the intimate Studio Theater. It is a universal classic; set in the late 18th century, the musical ran on Broadway in the mid-1970s, and it is just as inspiring today.<span class="normaltextrun">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">“</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This
is designed as a good time</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">“--<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<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 7:30 p.m. 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 2025-2026 Professional Theater Season please visit </span>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/professional-theater">beckcenter.org.</a><span class="s17"><span style="color:red">
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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><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s16"> 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 class="s29"><span style="color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></span></a><span class="s16">.</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 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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