Beck Center Discount

Hey CSUers! Get $5 off adult tickets to the Beck Center production of Little Shop of Horrors when you mention the code word ALIEN.

A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite!

William Roudebush, director of Beck’s critically acclaimed Equus and last season’s My Favorite Year, comments, “The popularity of this show never wanes, and its tunefulness and tongue-in-cheek humor lend to its staying power. I am delighted to return to Cleveland and the Beck Center to direct this musical gem.”

The Beck Center is offering special family-friendly pricing so the entire family can enjoy this musical classic. Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (22 and under with 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, June 25, is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more.

Do a sci-fi double feature and see both Return to the Foridden Planet and Little Shop of Horrors!

Cut to Pieces at Cleveland Public Theatre

Our friends Chris Seibert and Raymond Bobgan are presenting the long-coming Cut to Pieces at Cleveland Public Theatre and it's fantastic.



Observations:

• This play is dense and multi-layered, but the levity and craft of the framing story (that is expertly integrated later into the primary action) eases the viewer into the more esoteric and eclectic storytelling elements.
  
• The multi-media design is astounding. Created by Spencer Padilla and CSU alum Carly Garinger, the video segments (which include CSUers Adam Seeholzer and Chari Estevez) seemlessly interact with Seibert, and the use of live video feeds from the stage are novel, exciting, and extremely effective.
• Chris Seibert is really funny. Her timing is impeccable.
  
• The imagery runs the gamut from horror films to the story of Persephone and Hades to game shows to Agatha Christie-esque murder mysteries. It all resolves itself, however, into a very singular, mythological story of the hero's journey: the call, the descent, and the return with a boon to benefit humankind.