'Practically Perfect Evening' Held To Benefit Arts Ed. 7/18

A special celebration to benefit arts education at PlayhouseSquare is planned for the Cleveland premiere of the Tony Award-winning Mary Poppins. On Saturday, July 18, "Practically Perfect Evening" guests will be among the first in Northeast Ohio to experience this magical musical.

"We are aiming to have this be the party of the summer," said Manisha Ahuja Sethi, Practically Perfect Evening benefit chair. "Guests will have a wonderful time while making sure that PlayhouseSquare can continue to provide the highest quality arts education programs for our community."

In addition to prime location seating for the evening's performance of Mary Poppins, tickets for the event include admission to a pre-show cocktail party, an elegant sit-down dinner catered by Sammy's and a post-show reception featuring desserts, dancing and opportunities to mingle with the cast.

The schedule for the evening is as follows:

5:30 p.m. - Cocktail party in the Allen Theatre

6:30 p.m. - Seated dinner in the Allen and Palace Theatres

8:00 p.m. - Mary Poppins performance in the State Theatre

10:45 p.m. - Desserts and dancing with the cast in the Allen Theatre

Tickets and tables are available now by calling 216-348-5268. Individual ticket prices start at $300. Proceeds benefit arts education at PlayhouseSquare, keeping ticket prices for school field trips affordable, providing professional development to help educators integrate the arts into their classrooms, continuing free Broadway enrichment activities, supporting local artists in the creation of new work and much more.

Combining the best of the original stories by P. L. Travers and the beloved Walt Disney film, the Tony Award-winning Mary Poppins is everything you'd hope for in a Broadway musical-and more. Produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, the show includes such wonderful songs as "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Let's Go Fly a Kite," and, of course, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

Mary Poppins will play July 17-August 9 in the State Theatre at PlayhouseSquare. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, April 20.

The Cleveland engagement of Mary Poppins is part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare. KeyBank is the title sponsor of the KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare. For information, visit www.key.com.

PlayhouseSquare is a not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is presenting and producing a wide variety of quality performing arts, advancing arts education and creating a destination that is a superior location for entertainment, business and housing, thereby strengthening the economic vitality of the region.

 

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