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Winner of six Tony Awards, My Fair Lady is a triumph. This esteemed classic musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion has stood the test of time to become a musical theater powerhouse and an all-time audience favorite. |
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Step inside the brain of former aviatrix Emily Stillson, played by Cleveland theater legend Dorothy Silver, as she experiences and recovers from a potentially life-shattering stroke. Wings is a billiant tour-de-theatre that manages to both illuminate and share a touching empathey with the audience, A truly uplifting journey that speaks to the strength of the human mind and body. |
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Beck continues its holiday tradition of fine family entertainment with this humorous retelling of the biblical story of Joseph of Canaan. Rollick over the musical stylings - from spur-slapping western to an Elvis-channeling pharoah - while enjoying an amazing light show! |
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Strippers, cheating spouses, tap-dancing Ku Klux Klan members. Just another episode of America's favorite lurid TV talk show, The Jerry Springer Show. Come see what happens when Jerry and hist show end up in Satan's world in this musical that London's The Sunday Times calls "a shocking, irresistibly funny masterpiece." Winner of London's Best New Musical award, this wickedly funny show will leave you talking for long time. Not to be missed... but leave the kids at home! |
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Described by the New York Times as "laugh-out-loud funny," The Underpants is about a puritanical bureaucrat and his wife Louise, who becomes an instant celebrity when her underpants accidentally fall down in public. Steve Martin uses saucy jokes, witty word-play, slamming doors, and sophisticated literary style to lampoon our contemporary culture's fascination with fame. |
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Break out the Aqua Net and cheer on pleasantly plump Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad as she pursues her dream to dance in the popular Corny Collins Show. Don't miss the locally produced premiere of Hairspray, Broadway's musical-comedy phenomenon that inspired a major motion picture and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Welcome to the '60s! |
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 Fiddler on the RoofSeptember 19 – October 18, 2009 (Note: opens on Saturday) Book by Joseph Stein Directed by Paul Gurgol *Actor appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers. "As
staged with fluent charm by Paul Gurgol, former artistic director of
Kalliope Stage, the production finds a fine balance between the humor,
poignancy and tension that makes “Fiddler” one of the summits of
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Fiddler on the Roof has touched audiences around the world with its humor, warmth, and honesty. It’s universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality, and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy, and sadness. The Beck production features George Roth as Tevye. Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)
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 Learn more on the Web: Wikipedia, PBS: Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick |
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A musical based on the play by James M. Barrie
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Back by popular demand! The Lost Boys, Darling children, and the dastardly Captain Hook return for another high-flying musical adventure in Neverland. A holiday treat for the entire family. PICTURES FROM THE 2009-10 PRODUCTION
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| Learn more on the Web: Allmusicals.com Synopsis & Lyrics; Wikipedia; Peter Pan ebook |
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Written by Twain in 1898, Is He Dead? richly intermingles elements of burlesque, farce, and social satire. A group of poor artists in Barbizon, France, stage the death of a friend to drive up the price of his paintings. In order to make this scheme succeed, the artists hatch some hilarious plots involving cross-dressing, a full-scale fake funeral, lovers’ deceptions, and much more.
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| Learn more on the Web: Wikipedia; NYT: Found: A Twain Play Good Enough to Stage; Excerpts |
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Six adolescent outsiders learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. The show’s Tony Award-winning creative team has produced the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of characters for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.
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Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult comedy film. Now a big Broadway musical, The Producers once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humor. A truly “boffo” hit, winning a record 12 Tony Awards.
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| Learn more on the Web: Wikipedia; Mel Brooks on NNDB |
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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, and the Thomas H. White
Foundation. Beck Center gratefully acknowledges the citizens of
Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.
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My Fair Lady 
Wings 
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 
Jerry Springer: 
The Underpants 
Hairspray 
Is He Dead? 
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 
The Producers 
