Event Calendar

Events for Friday, May 4, 2012

Razzle Dazzle XII - We Are Family!
7:30 PM
Beck Center Creative Arts Therapies presents 12th Annual Show

Razzle Dazzle XII will be held Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 in the Music-Armory Building at the Beck Center for the Arts. The theme for this year's show is "We Are Family."

Razzle Dazzle is a unique collaboration between the Beck Center's Creative Arts Therapies Department and the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities. Adults with special needs and volunteers from around the county will be acting, singing and dancing to some familiar songs, as well as some new ones, about our family and friends.

The 12th annual show includes a special performance on Friday, May 4 by the choirs from the Rocky River Adult Activities Center and the Maple Heights Adult Activities Center. Artwork from the Rocky River Adult Activities Center and art therapy clients from Beck Center will be on display in the lobby of the Music-Armory Building. A Silent Auction and Chinese Raffle will be held throughout the weekend to benefit the Beck Center's Creative Arts Therapies Department.

A special benefit performance will be held 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4. The cost is $15 per person. The performances on Saturday, May 5 at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. are free but donations are encouraged.

For more information, visit beckcenter.org or follow Razzle Dazzle XII on Facebook for updates.

Located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, the 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.
Location:
Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
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Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
7:30 PM
Beck Center Youth Theater brings "pure imagination" to Mackey Main Stage

Beck Youth Theater presents Willy Wonka, a musical based on the favorite children’s book by Roald Dahl on the Mackey Main Stage, May 4 through 13, 2012. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are now on sale. The student matinee 10 a.m. Thursday, May 10 is sold out.

Roald Dahl’s entertaining fable of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this musical adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, featuring songs such as “Pure Imagination” and “The Candy Man” from the classic family film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.

Directed by Russ Stich, this production of Willy Wonka features a cast of 69 students ages 7 to 17 from Beck Center’s arts education programs. "This production, like Willy Wonka's world, is a menagerie of larger-than-life characters, comedy, music, and a little bit of the unexpected.” said Stich “Whether you're a fan of the book, Johnny Depp's characterization or the Gene Wilder classic, you're sure to find something familiar, and perhaps even something surprising."

Tickets for Willy Wonka are $12 for Adults/Seniors (65 and over) and $10 for Children/Students (18 and under). To purchase tickets, visit beckcenter.org or call the Beck Center box offic at 216.521.2540, ext. 10. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Free onsite parking is available.

Beck Center’s production of Willy Wonka is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
Location:
Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
216-521-2540 x10

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