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Information for NEOhioPAL Email Blast | Skate Dance Dream
by Parker Pennington via NEohioPAL 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Skate Dance DreamTM ready to launch Dance Intensive Series HEADLINED BY *SYTYCD* Season 10 Winner FIK-SHUN! Cleveland, Ohio, December 2, 2015 – Skate Dance DreamTM is launching a new dance-only event, the Skate Dance DreamTM Dance Intensive Series, which will be unveiled for the very first time to commence their exciting 2016 season! The series kicks off with their debut Northeast Ohio Intensive, set for January 17, 2016 in Bedford, Ohio, at the Bedford Recreation Center. With a focus on learning in a non-competitive environment, the Skate Dance DreamTM classes succeed in providing a fun, rewarding, and encouraging experience that helps dancers reach new heights by growing their performance skill sets, expanding their repertoire of dance moves, and increasing their dance vocabulary. Headlining the event will be DuShaunt “Fik-Shun” Stegall (Season 10 winner from Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance), Jacque LeWarne (Season 11, Top 6 SYTYCD Finalist), and Sara VonGillern (Season 3, Top 8 SYTYCD Finalist)! The Intensive offers aspiring dancers, ages 7 & up, the chance to take master classes in a variety of different dance styles: from hip hop, to ballet, and break dancing to contemporary. The faculty meet & greet session serves to provide hands on insight into the different opportunities dance has to offer, while giving dancers, parents, and teachers guidance with their own respective dance paths. What makes the Skate Dance DreamTM Dance Intensive stand out? This unique experience offers small class sizes, limited to a 40:1 student/faculty ratio, to ensure a personal experience! Unprecedented access to maximize the exposure to the faculty throughout the event day; a choreographed group number performed alongside the SYTYCD finalists; and the chance to receive private, 20 minute critique sessions from select faculty round out the Intensive activities. With the Northeast Ohio Dance Intensive, Skate Dance DreamTM is pleased to present both Fik- Shun and Jacque LeWarne for the critique sessions. By enrolling in this portion or simply the Intensive alone, the Skate Dance Dream experience, led by Fik-Shun, will undoubtedly leave all dancers full of smiles! To sign up your dancer(s) or studio for this event, or if you have questions, please visit www.skatedancedream.com or call 440-865-2005.

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auditions
by Kim Lewis via NEohioPAL 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Auditions for HELLO, DOLLY! Carnation City Players, 450 East Market St. Alliance, Ohio AUDITIONS: December 6 and 7 at 7PM CALLBACKS: December 9 at 7PM Director: Chanda Porter Musical Director: Kim Lewis Please prepare one 32-bar musical selection that fits your voice type and shows range and style appropriate for the character(s) for which you are auditioning. No a capella singing or CD accompaniment. No appointment is necessary. Rehearsals will begin January 3. Production dates are February 26-28 & March 4-6.

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UPSTAGE PLAYERS THEATRE WORKSHOP/OPEN HOUSE
by Edwin Pouncival Smith via NEohioPAL 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

UPSTAGE PLAYERS THEATRE WORKSHOP/OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016 All are invited to attend a FREE workshop/open house to check out all that UpStage Players Children’s Theatre has to offer to our children in the community! Workshop activities will feature our upcoming spring 2016 production of Shrek the Musical Jr. and will include dancing, audition tips, and character building for the child actor (all taught by the UpStage artistic staff). You may attend all or a portion of this time (up to you!!!). WORKSHOP FLYER (PDF) This is your opportunity to purchase Christmas gifts that will give twice - once to the receipient and once to UpStage. Boutique items will available as well as gift cards from Dave's and Trader Jacks. We will have light lunches available featuring Raddell's Kolbassi, Marcos Pizza, nachos and cheese, and homemade Gingerbread men to decorate and enjoy!!!!! Location: Cleveland Public Library, 17109 Lakeshore Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44110 Time: 10am-2pm Please visit www.upstageplayers.com for more information or you may reply to this email. Edwin Pouncival SmithElectronic Communication DirectorUpStage Players

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Review of "The Wizard of Oz" on tour
by Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Touring ‘Wizard of Oz’ proves that there’s no place like homage Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal Member, International Association of Theatre Critics The yellow brick road has become sacred ground since first appearing on the silver screen in 1939. This is due to MGM’s brilliant adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel, Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg’s Oscar-winning score, and the annual Thanksgiving Day broadcasts on network TV since the 1950s. So it is a risky enterprise indeed to stage a new adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz” and take it on the road. With a work so very familiar and so very much revered, new productions must walk that fine line between paying homage and providing innovation. The new national tour, which is getting its launch at Playhouse Square, walks that line to perfection. This is a delightful show that infuses all the film’s classic components with very entertaining theatricality. Only it is not new. For more of this review, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/.

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Ann Hampton Callaway at Nighttown for New Year's Eve
by Bruce Hennes via NEohioPAL 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

*Ann Hampton Callaway Nighttown Thursday, December 31 $75 cover charge Shows at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. *Vocalist extraordinaire, and star of Broadway, Cabaret, and Jazz brings in the New Year! With Dan Maier-piano, Peter Dominguez-acoustic bass, & Glenn Davis-drums. *Ann played Nighttown on New Year’s Eve two years ago – and it was an outstanding show. She’s funny, she’s warm, and she’s an extraordinary entertainer. So if you want a real New York-style supper club, out for the evening, let’s see a real show and have a great time on New Year’s Eve, this is the show to see.* Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the leading champions of the great American Songbook, having made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. A born entertainer, her unique singing style blends jazz and traditional pop, making her a mainstay in concert halls, theaters and jazz clubs as well as in the recording studio, on television, and in film. She is best known for her Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical “Swing!” and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series “The Nanny.” Callaway is a Platinum Award winning writer whose songs are featured on six of Barbra Streisand's recent CD's. Callaway's live performances showcase her warmth, spontaneous wit and passionate delivery of standards, jazz classics and originals. She is one of America's most gifted improvisers, taking words and phrases from her audiences and creating songs on the spot. Ann has been a special guest performer with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with the Boston Pops and is featured at many Carnegie Hall performances. Callaway recently performed with her sister, Broadway star Liz Callaway, in their award-winning show “Sibling Revelry” at London's Donmar Warehouse. Ann is featured on the new Arbor's Records CD Johnny Mandel: the Man and His Music. She has recorded two popular holiday CD's - Holiday Pops! With Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, and her solo CD, This Christmas. Callaway has also been a guest performer on more than forty CD's including Kenny Barron's latest CD The Traveler. Don’t miss a fun and exciting New Year’s Eve with one of the world’s most popular jazz and cabaret vocalists, Ann Hampton Callaway. Visit Ann’s website <http://www.annhamptoncallaway.com/> See Ann’s videos <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ann+hampton+callaway> *For tickets, you can reserve your seats directly with Nighttown here <http://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.venue&VenueID=447&sid…>. * Submitted by Bruce Hennes for Nighttown

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Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Junior Class at Nighttown - $10 cover
by Bruce Hennes via NEohioPAL 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

*Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Department (under the direction of Vicky Bussert) Nighttown (Top of Cedar Hill in Cleveland Heights) Wednesday, December 9 (THIS COMING WEDNESDAY EVENING) $10 cover chargeOne show at 7:00 p.m. *Baldwin Wallace Musical Theater Department presents...the Junior Class !! Next generation of Broadway Stars hit the stage at Nighttown! Here's another stellar presentation from one of the best musical theater schools in the U.S., returning to Nighttown to present "Gold Standards" -- it's a concert of musical theater from Broadway's Golden Age. The concert will feature highlights from The Music Man, Brigadoon and Oklahoma. *There’s no need to take my word for the fact that this nationally recognized program was recently named one of the top ten Music Theatre programs in the country – take the word of CollegeMagazine <http://www.collegemagazine.com/top-10-colleges-musical-theatre-majors/> (and see who else is on that list).* Under the helm of Victoria Bussert, BW’s Musical Theater program has produced a showcase in NYC that attracts hundreds of talent scouts from around the country – and all of their seniors leave school with an agent (which is no mean feat). This year's performance at Nighttown includes recognizable tunes, along with some of the newest songs from the stage. An advance ticket to Nighttown is a must for this concert. You can reserve that ticket here <http://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=B7351E7F…> (IF you're having dinner at Nighttown, there is no need to make a separate reservation for that). Visit the BW Musical Theater Dept. on the web <http://www.bw.edu/academics/undergraduate/music-theatre/> See the BW kids on video <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=baldwin+wallace+musical+theatre> Submitted by Bruce Hennes, for Nighttown

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INTO the WOODS JR Auditions for Winter Stock
by Aurora Community Theatre via NEohioPAL 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

*AUDITIONS for ACT WINTER STOCK* featuring *INTO the WOODS JR* Aurora Community Theatre introduces *WINTER STOCK*: An intensive Performance Workshop for students in grades 6-12 21 participants will be selected at the Auditions for roles in *INTO the WOODS JR* *AUDITIONS* *Aurora Community Theatre 115 E. Pioneer Trail * *Sunday Dec. 6, 6-9 p.m. * *Monday Dec. 7, 6-8p.m.* Callbacks Dec. 7, 8-9 p.m. Actors should come prepared to perform a musical theater song less than a minute long with sheet music for the accompanist. The song should be objective driven and acted rather than simply sung. If possible, actors should bring a resume and current headshot. Join us on a musical adventure with *The Baker *and *The Baker’s Wife, *who wish to have a child; *Cinderella*, who wishes to attend the king's festival, *Jack*, who wishes his cow would give milk, Plus *Cinderella’s Mother, Jack’s Mother, * *Little Red Ridinghood, Mysterious Man, * *Narrator, Witch, Wolf, Rapunzel, Steward, * *Cinderella’s family, Granny, Milky White* and* Rapunzel’s/Cinderella’s Prince* When The Baker and The Baker’s Wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse and wind up changed forever. *JOHN KROL *will direct and provide musical direction for *INTO the WOODS JR * Krol brings professional music and theatre experience from working with area schools and community theaters, as well as vocal coaching for musical theatre students at his own studio. Krol, musical director for ACT’s productions of *RENT*, has also served as musical director for programs at Beck Center for the Arts, the Fairmount Performing Arts Center, and Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute. His educational credentials include a bachelors degree in music and theatre from the University of Detroit, a masters degree in composition from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a masters degree in conducting from Southern Methodist University. *INTO the WOODS JR * *r*ehearsals will be held Dec. 20-31 (except Dec. 24, 25 and Jan. 1) *INTO the WOODS JR **performances are* *JAN 2 at 2 pm and 6 pm* *Fee for Winter Stock is $100 for each participant.* For more information on *WINTER STOCK *contact Michelle at 248-895-0515

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Shrek The Musical opens at Olde Towne Hall Theatre
by Lenny Putz via NEohioPAL 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Shrek The Musical opens at Olde Towne Hall Theatre Friday, December 4, at 7:30 pm and continues December 5, 11 & 12 at 7:30 pm and December 6 & 12 at 3:00 pm. Reserve seats by calling 440-327-2909. Presented by our Youth Theatre, this show directed by Sharon Godsey, tells the story of that well known green ogre who despite some difficulty with the social graces is lovable in his own way. His life is turned upside down when he finds his home invaded by seemingly unlimited fairy tale characters and he must win his home back in an unexpected way. Tickets are $12 for Adults and $10 for Seniors and Children under 12. Olde Towne Hall Theatre is located at 36119 Center Ridge Road just West of Rt 83 in North Ridgeville, OH. Lenny Putz <http://www.lifelinesmedia.com/> Lifelines Media LLC North Ridgeville, Ohio Vision Around the Globe 216.224.8941

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REEFER MADNESS Opens FRIDAY - Blank Canvas Theatre
by via NEohioPAL 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

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Browns v. Bengals tix available
by via NEohioPAL 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Once again I have my 4 front row end zone tix available for the Brown this Sunday 12/6 @ 1 PM....the view is spectacular no one is in front of you except the entire field! Face value is $320 for all 4 but this time I will let the first NEOPAL responder have them all for only $200...makes a great early holiday gift!!! Don Mannarino

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