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2008 season

DISOUNT TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO PERSONS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

IMPORTANT!

Beginning July 1, 2008, clients will be responsible for purchasing their own tickets directly from the theatre box offices with the exception of the Porthouse Theatre and Cassidy Theatre. Clients will also be required to contact Lorie Marsalis 14 days prior to a show so arrangements for an audio describer and equipmentment can be made. To obtain tickets for audio described performances at the Porthouse or Cassidy Theatres only, please contact Lorie Marsalis by calling 216-791-8118, ext. 286. Contact Lorie Marsalis via email.

Audio description

Audio description for individuals who are visually impaired is available for select performances courtesy of Cleveland Sight Center. This service provides an opportunity for guests who are blind or have low vision to listen to a description of the non-verbal aspects of a live performance. A trained audio describer communicates the set design, costumes, facial expressions, body language, and movement of the actors during pauses in the dialogue. Small, closed circuit receivers are used to broadcast this live from the sound booth to an earpiece worn by visually impaired guests; other patrons do not hear this information.

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AUDIO DESCRIBED THEATRE

Grease

July 27 at 3:00 P.M.
Discount Tickets: $7.50
Discount tickets to this performance of Grease at the Cassidy Theatre can only be obtained through Cleveland Sight Center.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
Cassidy Theatre

The 1959 class of Rydell High is back! All the great songs like "You're the One That I Want," "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightening," "Born to Hand Jive" and "We Go Together" prove that "Grease Is The Word." Learn more about Grease.

Music Man

July 27 at 2:00 P.M.
Free tickets to this performance of Music Man at Porthouse Theatre can only be obtained by calling Cleveland Sight Center.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
Porthouse Theatre

Fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize. But Hill doesn’t count on falling in love with the town librarian, and instead of skipping town before the instruments arrive, he is convinced to stay.
This Broadway classic is an affectionate tribute to Smalltown, USA of the bygone era of pre-World War I. Family entertainment at its best. Learn more about Music Man.

Mamma Mia!

August 10 at 1:00 P.M.
To purchase tickets for this performance of Mamma Mia at the State Theatre, call Playhouse Square box office at (216) 771-4444 and speak with Khalil Dixon. Be sure to mention that you will be using the audio description service. After purchasing your tickets, call Cleveland Sight Center to tell us you will need audio description. Please give us your seat number if possible.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
State Theatre

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Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take a Change on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All" with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it's your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because ever time feels like the first time at Mamma Mia! Learn more about Mamma Mia!

The Glass Menagerie

September 20 at 3:00 P.M.
To purchase tickets for this performance of The Glass Menagerie at Cleveland Play House, call the Cleveland Play House box office at (216) 795-7000. Be sure to mention that you will be using the audio description service. After purchasing your tickets, call Cleveland Sight Center to tell us you will need audio description. Please give us your seat number if possible.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
Cleveland Play House
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It is the 1930's and while the World' Fair tells us all that is exciting about the future, the Wingfield family, led by an indomitable single mother, wrestles with the realities of living in a St. Louis tenement - while longing for the past and dreaming of the future. The Glass Menagerie invites you into an evening of unforgettable characters, shimmering poetry and boundless empathy. By Tennessee Williams.

Urinetown the Musical

September 21 at 3:00 P.M.
To purchase tickets for this performance of Urinetown the Musical at The Beck Center for the Arts, call The Beck Center box office at (216) 521-2540, ext. 239. Be sure to mention that you will be using the audio description service. After purchasing your tickets, call Cleveland Sight Center to tell us you will need audio description. Please give us your seat number if possible.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
The Beck Center

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!

Talking Heads 2

September 27 at 3:00 P.M.
To purchase tickets for this performance of Talking Heads 2 at The Beck Center for the Arts, call The Beck Center box office at (216) 521-2540, ext. 239. Be sure to mention that you will be using the audio description service. After purchasing your tickets, call Cleveland Sight Center to tell us you will need audio description. Please give us your seat number if possible.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
The Beck Center

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 Cleveland theaters, again team up to present new pieces in this compelling night of intimate theatre. Directed by Reuben Silver and Tracee Patterson, featuring Dorothy Silver.

Le nozze di Figaro

September 28 at 2:00 P.M.
To purchase tickets for this performance of Le nozze di Figaro at the State Theatre, call The Opera Cleveland box office at (216) 771-4444. Be sure to mention that you will be using the audio description service. After purchasing your tickets, call Cleveland Sight Center to tell us you will need audio description. Please give us your seat number if possible.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
State Theatre

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Comedy, romance and melancholy intertwine in one very eventful day at the palace of Count Almaviva. Preparing for the wedding aisle, servants Figaro and Susanna become caught up in the follies of others' amorous pursuits. The count desires Susanna, page Cherubino loves the countess, servant Marcellita wants to marry Figaro, and the countess just wants her husband's affections back. The instances of mistaken identity that follow nurture the witty farce of Le nozze di Figaro, but true emotions - and love - are never far behind. Learn more about Le nozze di Figaro.

Hansel and Gretel

October 2 at 2:00 P.M.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
State Theatre

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Two charming children, a delectable gingerbread house, a mean step-mother, and a wicked witch - all the elements of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale - come magically to life. Enchanting melodies mingle with rich orchestration in Opera Cleveland's bewitching production, and it's "happily ever after" for audiences of all ages. Learn more about Hansel and Gretel.

Macbeth

October 5 at 3:00 P.M.
For tickets, patrons must call Daniel Hahn at Great Lakes Theatre at (216) 241-5490, x307. Ten free tickets are available to clients on a first come, first serve basis, as are discount tickets to friends and family members accompanying clients.
Hanna Theatre

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By William Shakespeare. In a maelstrom of politics and magic, Shakespeare’s masterpiece melds unforgettable characters and incomparable language in a fascinating drama of corruption and heroism. We dare you to join us for an eerie evening of dazzling darkness, where specters and riddles foretell the futures of kings. But beware, “something wicked this way comes.” Learn more about Macbeth.

Company

October 5 at 3:00 P.M.
Discount Tickets: $7.50
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
Cassidy Theatre

On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed
bachelor Robert contemplates his unmarried state. In a series of hilarious vignettes, we are introduced to "those good and crazy people," his married friends, as Robert weighs the pros and cons of married life. An honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships. Learn more about Company.

Noises Off

October 11 at 3:00 P.M.
To purchase tickets for this performance of Noises Off at Cleveland Play House, call the Cleveland Play House box office at (216) 795-7000. Be sure to mention that you will be using the audio description service. After purchasing your tickets, call Cleveland Sight Center to tell us you will need audio description. Please give us your seat number if possible.
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
Cleveland Play House
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A comic masterpiece that is not one play, but two: an onstage wacky sex farce, and a backstage comic nightmare. The two plays interlock as the characters make their exits from the dreadful "Nothing On," only to find themselves making entrances into the even worse happenings backstage. In the end, the two plots "seamlessly collide" into hilarious pandemonium.

Into the Woods

October 12 at 3:00 P.M.
For tickets, patrons must call Daniel Hahn at Great Lakes Theatre at (216) 241-5490, x307. Ten free tickets are available to clients on a first come, first serve basis, as are discount tickets to friends and family members accompanying clients.
Hanna Theatre

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Music and Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim; Book By James Lapine
Meet a bewitching collection of classic fairy tale characters as they romp through a “once upon a time” kingdom in Broadway’s most magical musical.  A toe-tapping tapestry of wonderfully woven fables that brims with award-winning music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, this fractured fairy tale will transport you to a land where there still are giants in the sky, big bad wolves in the woods, curses reversed and “happily ever afters”. Learn more about Into the Woods.

Scrooge!

December 21 at 3:00 P.M.
Discount Tickets: $7.50
Call: (216) 791-8118, x286
Email: Lorie Marsalis
Cassidy Theatre

Catchy melodies and a witty script make Scrooge! The ideal Christmas treat. This delightful adaptation of the popular movie musical is the heartwarming family story based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and features the Oscar nominated hit "Thank you Very Much." Learn more about Scrooge!

 

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