- 2007-2008 PROFESSIONAL THEATER SEASON -

Still to come this season

CLEVELAND PREMIERE
Main Stage
July 18 – August 17, 2008
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Music & Lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, Book by Kevin del Aguila
Directed by Scott Spence
Choreographed by Hernando Cortez

Critically acclaimed and wildly hysterical, Altar Boyz is a musical-comedy spoof about a Christian boy band riding the wave of America's latest fascination with religion. Complete with hip melodies, weird moves and hair products, the apostles of pop - Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan, and Abraham bring their soul-saving tour to the Big Apple.

Previously this season

(Peggy Sings Leiber and Stoller)
WORLD PREMIERE
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
September 14 – October 7, 2007
Directed by Tom Fulton
Starring NYC Jazz great, Laura Theodore.

Thirty-two years ago, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the legendary songwriters of the 50's and 60's, produced an album called MIRRORS. In 2005 this musical masterpiece was re-released as Peggy Lee Sings Leiber & Stoller. This timeless CD is comprised of 15 brilliant songs written by the prolific team, including well known numbers like "Kansas City,""I'm a Woman" and the legendary hit "Is That All There Is."

Holy Ghosts
By Romulus Linney
Studio Theater
September 28 – October 21, 2007
Directed by Matthew Wright

Snake handling, speaking in tongues and Southern Pentecostals. Linney’s fascinating tale of a Smokey Mountain sect blends both drama and dark comedy building to an unbelievable climax.

Disney’s

Book by Linda Woolverton
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice
Main Stage
November 30 – December 30, 2007
Directed by Fred Sternfeld
Beck continued its holiday tradition with this third and final anniversary production.

The Diary of Anne Frank - new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman
Based on the original play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Main Stage
January 26 – February 9, 2007
Directed by Sarah May

Kesselman’s compelling new adaptation of Anne’s famous diary, based on the original play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, captures the terrifying existence of eight European Jews hiding from the Nazi’s in war torn Holland for more than two years. This impassioned drama depicts their fears, their hopes, their laughter and their grief. Each day of these two dark years for these eight individuals shines through Anne’s clear and powerful voice and for millions who can’t tell their stories.

The Breakup Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
Book by Patricia Cotter, Music and Lyrics by Lori Scarlett
CLEVELAND PREMIERE
Studio Theater
February 22 - March 30, 2008
Directed by Victoria Bussert

Winner 2006 LA Ovation Award for Best New Musical. Forget the gay cowboys, check out the singing lesbians! Dive back into the dating pool with Helen and her best gay boyfriend, Bob and her butch/femme gal pals, Monica and Joannie as she searches for the girl of her dreams.

The History Boys
By Alan Bennett
CLEVELAND PREMIERE
Main Stage
March 7 – March 30, 2008
Directed by Sarah May

Winner of six 2006 Tony Awards including Best Play. A brilliant comedy and deeply moving play about eight bright, funny students trying to get into college… and the year that influenced the rest of their lives.

My Favorite Year
Book by Joseph Dougherty, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Main Stage
May 16 – June 8, 2008
Directed by William Roudebush
Starring Matthew Wright

Based on the hilarious film starring Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker, My Favorite Year is a warm and nostalgic musical comedy about growing up. With a bright contemporary score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Once On This Island, Ragtime, and the recent Beck hit, A Man of No Importance), My Favorite Year centers around a 1950s Sid Caesar-like "Your Show of Shows," with King Kaiser’s variety hour, "Comedy Cavalcade."

2008-09 Season Preview.Theater subscriptions are available.
For more information, contact the Beck Center Box Office at (216) 521-2540.

The Beck Center for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
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Vision for the Future
October 2007
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The Beck Center gratefully acknowledges the citizens of Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

Programming at the Beck Center is made possible through the generous support of The Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, the John P. Murphy Foundation, the Kulas Foundation, the Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation, the Abington Foundation, the Thomas H. White Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council.

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