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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: (216) 521-2540 ext. 22 Proudly
Presents its 2008/09 Professional Theater Season Some things old, some things new, some things Sci-Fi AND
inventors of 'The Tube' “I feel like we’ve hit the mark yet again!” says
Scott Spence, The season opens with the much anticipated encore production of Tony
Award winner, Urinetown The Musical, featuring
the return of the original Beck cast that made the show the area’s
must-see production three seasons ago! Also returning are The season continues with two powerful pieces, Closing the season, Theater subscriptions for
the 2008/09 season are now available.
For more information, contact Linda Hefner at the Beck Center Box Office
at (216) 521-2540, ext. 29. Individual
tickets sales begin Urinetown The Musical Musical by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis Directed by Scott Spence September 12 – Mackey Main Stage 2002 Tony Award winner for Best Original Score and Best Book of a
Musical Consider it a privilege…If you lived in Urinetown you’d
have to pay to pee! A wild and happy mix of biting satire and loving parody, Urinetown The Musical transports
audiences to a Gotham-like city where ecological
disaster has made the simplest human necessity, water, more precious than
gold. Attempting to regulate its
consumption, the government has imposed a bizarre law—the use of private
restrooms is banned and an omnipotent corporation, the Urine Good Company, is
charging citizens money to use the toilet!
Beck's original cast reunites! Talking Heads 2 Written by Alan Bennett Directed by Reuben Silver and
Tracee Patterson, Featuring Dorothy Silver November 7 – Studio Theater From the author of The History Boys comes a second round of
monologues created for BBC television. Bennett's magnificent style conveys
British life like no other, providing actors with mini tour-de-forces. The
first couple of Peter Pan Based on J.M. Barrie's tale Music by Mark Charlap and Jule Styne Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden
and Adolph Green Directed by Fred Sternfeld Mackey Main Stage This high flying musical story of Peter Pan, Wendy,
John, and Michael and their adventures in Neverland
is brought to life on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom By Pulitzer prize-winning American playwright, August Wilson Directed by Sarah May January 30 – Mackey Main Stage Gertrude
Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Chicago blues legend Ma Rainey sets out to record
her latest album in the only one of Wilson's 10 plays set outside
Pittsburgh. The play is set in Chicago in the 1920s and deals
with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of black
recording artists by white producers.
Generational and racial tensions
escalate among Ma Rainey’s band and producers, as the studio explodes in
violence and tragedy. Beck honors this year's passing of August Book by Doug Wright Music by Scott Frankel Lyrics by Michael Korie Directed by Victoria Bussert February 27 – Studio Theater 2007 three-time Tony Award winner Scandalously entertaining, Grey Gardens
brings to life the alternately hilarious and heartbreaking story of two
indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult
daughter ‘Little’ Edie – the delightfully eccentric aunt and
cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, in Broadway's
acclaimed musical smash hit with music composed by Cleveland native, Scott
Frankel. Once among the brightest
names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became The Farnsworth Invention A new play by Aaron Sorkin Directed by Scott Spence March 13 – Mackey Main Stage The turning point of the 20th Century wasn’t ON
television, it WAS television! Separated by two thousand miles, two ambitious visionaries race against
each other to invent and promote a device that would one day be called the “television.” Each knowing that if he stops working
the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest invention
of the 20th century: the ruthless
media mogul or the self-taught Evil Dead: The Musical Based on Sam Raimi’s 1980s cult classic
films Book and Lyrics by George Reinblatt Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond,
Melissa Morris, and George Reinblatt Directed by Scott Spence May 8 – Studio Theater What can go wrong when five college students break into an abandoned
cabin in the woods? Apparently a whole heck of a lot! They unleash evil
spirits, turn into demons… and sing show tunes! Sam Raimi's
cult classic 1980s films are brought to life in this hilarious, campy show that
will make you crave ‘live theater’ again.
With songs such as "All the Men in my
Life keep getting Killed by Candarian
Demons" and "Do The Necromonicon" - Evil Dead
is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit! Little Shop of Horrors Written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman Directed by William Roudebush June 26 – Mackey Main Stage It’s everyone's favorite boy-meets-girl, plant-eats-world
phenomenon. From the producers of Hairspray and The Producers,
and the songwriters of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,
comes the biggest MONSTER hit! This
musical comedy masterpiece is about a ‘nobody’ kinda
guy, the girl he loves, and the man-eating plant that changes their lives forever. Look out! Here Comes Audrey Two!!! Programming at the ### |