Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Plays The Beck Center 12/3-1/2/2011

Beck Center for the Arts proudly continues its holiday tradition of fine family entertainment with its production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, on the Mackey Main Stage, December 3, 2010 through January 2, 2011. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays with select Thursday evening and Saturday matinee performances. A special Wednesday evening performance will take place on December 29. There are no performances on December 24, 25, or January 1.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat is a humorous retelling of the biblical story of Joseph of Canaan. Center stage will be awash with a rainbow of colors in this rollicking musical, complete with an amazing light show, buoyant choreography, splashy costumes, and musical stylings that appeal to all tastes-from Marleyesque reggae to spur-slapping country western to an Elvis-channeling pharaoh. Preschoolers to their great-grandparents will delight in this entertaining extravaganza.

Joseph often employs a youth chorus as part of the experience. Beck's production will be no exception. Fifteen young singers/dancers have been cast for the show, 11 of whom are students at the Beck Center.

Equity actress Tricia Tanguy, who performed the role of the Narrator with the national touring production of Joseph, returns to Cleveland to recreate this role at Beck. A Strongsville native, Tanguy grew up on the stages of Berea Summer Theatre, Cassidy Theatre, and Cain Park. "I am excited to be back in Cleveland for the holidays playing one of my favorite roles," remarked Tanguy.

To add to the festivities, the Beck Center is decorated in a rainbow of holiday cheer. Theatergoers will be delighted with special window displays, including a "peacock" theme Christmas tree, created by Mitchell Sotka and Phillip Roscoe.

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (with valid ID), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview night on Thursday, December 2 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more.

For tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or purchase seats online at www.beckcenter.org. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

Beck Center's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is presented through an exclusive arrangement with R&H Theatricals and The Really Useful Group Ltd. and is sponsored by Parker Hannifin, Dependable Painting, First Federal Lakewood, Cox Communications, Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional Theater Productions, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring regional artists.

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