HATHAWAY BROWN THEATRE INSTITUTE opens the summer 2019 season with "Oliver!" Book, Music and Lyrics by LIONEL BART June 28 - July 7, 2019 Directed and Choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz, Music Directed by John Krol, Set Design by T. Paul Lowry, Lighting Design by Tom West, Costume and Prop Design by Vanessa Cook. Based on the novel OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens, this Tony award-winning musical adaptation springs to life with some of the most memorable characters and songs ever to hit the stage; "Food Glorious Food", "Where Is Love", "Consider Yourself" and "As Long As He Needs Me" to name just a few of the songs that earned Lionel Bart the Tony for Best Original Score. OLIVER is one of the few musicals to win an academy award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actor and audiences alike. The streets of Victorian England are full of life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes a neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance among a group of petty thieves and pickpockets lead by elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr Brownlow, takes him in. Fearing for the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, leaving Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of family in jeopardy. Performances are in the Ahuja Auditorium at Hathaway Brown School, 19600 North Park Blvd., Shaker Hts. OH on Friday June 28th , Saturday June 29th, Friday July 5th and Saturday July 6th at 7:30 PM. Also Sunday June 30th and Sunday July 7th at 2 PM. Tickets prices are General Admission $15, Student or Senior Adult $13 and Children under 12 $11. Tickets can be purchased on-line by clicking OLIVER Tickets <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oliver-tickets-61521279804?aff=ebdssbeac> Tickets can also be purchased at the door or by calling the HBTI box office at 216.932.4214 x 7270. Lionel Bart's OLIVER is presented by special arrangements with Music Theatre International