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BROADWAY BUZZ!
The Playhouse Square Foundation Education Department
is proud to present our popular Broadway Buzz! programs. Whether you’ve
been a subscriber for many years, or if this is your first Broadway
show, our Broadway Buzz! events are sure to enhance your theater experience.
Fun, informative and inspiring - we hope you take advantage of all the
opportunities we are able to provide. Please join us for any or all
of the following events! See you at the theatre.
Bill Allman |
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Broadway Buzz!
Pre-Show Talks
Pre-Show Talks begin one hour prior to each performance of BIG
RIVER November 30-December 12, Kennedy’s
We are delighted to welcome a new member, William
Allman, to our wonderful roster of Broadway Buzz! hosts. Bill
boasts a theater history almost as long as the Mississippi River.
A World War II veteran and graduate of Heidelberg College, Bill
later received his Masters Degree in Theater and Speech from Ohio
University. As the Director of Drama at Baldwin Wallace College,
Bill taught theater, film and speech for 42 years. In 1957, he
founded Berea Summer Theatre and served as its managing director
for 40 years.
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A past president of Ohio Community Theatre Association
and Ohio Theatre Alliance and past secretary of the National Theatre
Association, Bill received numerous local awards recognizing his contributions
and achievements. Although he retired from Baldwin Wallace College in
1998, he currently teaches at Cuyahoga Community College and directs
several shows a year for local community theatre companies and the Berea
Grindstone Players, which he helped organize in 2002.
Over the years, Bill has had the opportunity to work
on this great musical and we are sure you will enjoy your Big River
journey with him.
American
Sign Language is an integral part of this glorious revival of
Big River. With that in mind, Mr. Allman’s Pre-Show Talks
and our Post-Show Chats with the Cast will be interpreted for
our audiences. And, you may recognize the gentlemen who will sign
these events - Larry Nehring, of I Love You You’re
Perfect Now Change fame, has been based in Cleveland for
ten years and is Artistic Director of the Cleveland Shakespeare
Festival. He has also been seen onstage in The Chosen
(JCC), Man of La Mancha (CCC West), and Waiting for
Godot (Charenton). Regionally he has performed with the North
Carolina Shakespeare Festival (Hamlet, Love’s Labor’s
Lost, and Taming of the Shrew), Buffalo’s
Shakespeare in Delaware Park (Much Ado About Nothing
and King Lear), and Columbus’ CATCO (Three
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Larry Nehring |
Post-Show Chats with the Cast
Post-Show Chats with the Cast are scheduled in the Palace Theatre Upper
Lobby following the Thursday, December 2nd and 9th
performances.
Broadway Backstage Master Class
Wednesday, December 8th – 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Allen Theatre Stage
Join both hearing and deaf members of the cast as they lead a workshop
about the creation of the show and its unique translation into American
Sign Language. Reservations are required. Please call 216-348-7909.
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