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At a Glance Overview The country’s largest performing arts center outside New York City, Playhouse Square is the not-for- profit performing arts center in the heart of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Utilizing the arts, Playhouse Square engages and educates individuals of all ages and attracts more than 1 million guests to 1,000+ events annually. These audiences serve as the catalyst for economic growth and vitality within the region. With an innovative business model, the organization has sustained and expanded its operations since 1970 while minimizing reliance on financial assets of the community through pioneering collaborations, income-generating ventures in area development and conservative fiscal management. Facts Welcomes more than 1 million guests and hosts 1,000+ events, on average, each year Draws more than 120,000 guests each year from outside the Northeast Ohio region Completed the Dazzle the District neighborhood makeover in 2014, featuring the world’s largest outdoor chandelier, the GE Chandelier Restored its five historic theaters to their original 1920s splendor, making Playhouse Square the world’s largest theater restoration project Earns 90 percent of its operating budget through a unique business model centered around real estate services supporting arts operations; performing arts industry averages only 74 percent nationwide Contributes in excess of $43 million in local economic impact annually, exclusively from its performing arts activity (Cleveland State University 2004 study) Receives an average of only 10 percent of the proceeds from all ticket sales Provides an unheard-of 80 percent annual return on the community’s initial restoration investment of $55 million Raises more than $6 million annually from individual donors, foundations and corporations Our Mission The mission of Playhouse Square 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 residential living, thereby strengthening the economic vitality of the region. playhousesquare.org.

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“Hello, Dolly!” the Tony Award-Winning Be
FOR RELEASE ON JULY 23, 2018 “The best show of the year. ‘Hello, Dolly!’ must not be missed.” NPR, David Richardson “This ‘Dolly!’ is classic Broadway at its best.” Entertainment Weekly, Maya Stanton “It is, in a word, perfection.” Time Out New York, Adam Feldman TONY AWARD®-WINNING BROADWAY LEGEND BETTY BUCKLEY STARS IN FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF “HELLO, DOLLY!” THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL WILL BEGIN PERFORMANCES SEPTEMBER 30 AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE JULY 27 Cleveland, OH – The producers of HELLO, DOLLY!, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, and Playhouse Square announced today that single tickets for the National Tour starring Broadway legend Betty Buckley will go on sale Friday, July 27. Tickets will be available at the Playhouse Square Ticket Office (1519 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland), by visiting playhousesquare.org, or by calling 216-241-6000. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 216-640-8600. HELLO, DOLLY! comes to Playhouse Square September 30 through October 21, 2018 as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series. Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in HELLO, DOLLY! – the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls “the best show of the year!” and the Los Angeles Times says “distills the mood-elevating properties of the American musical at its giddy best.” Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, director Jerry Zaks’ “gorgeous” new production (Vogue) is “making people crazy happy!” (The Washington Post). Breaking box office records week after week and receiving unanimous raves on Broadway, this HELLO, DOLLY! pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion – hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history.
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Playhouse Square Foundation, December 18, 2020
Brian Craig 2112 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20037 [email protected] Direct: 202.926.2904 December 16, 2020 File No. 34181.584 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Attorney General Gordon MacDonald Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau 33 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301 Email: [email protected] Re: Notification of Data Security Incident Dear Attorney General MacDonald: We represent Playhouse Square Foundation (“Playhouse Square”), which operates a performing arts center, a hotel and a real estate business in Cleveland, Ohio, in connection with a data security incident described in greater detail below. Playhouse Square takes the protection of all sensitive information within its possession very seriously and is taking steps to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. 1. Nature of the security incident. On June 29, 2020, Playhouse Square became aware of unusual activity within its network environment and discovered that it had been the victim of data encryption by an unknown individual. Upon discovering this activity, Playhouse Square took immediate and active steps to secure its environment and launched an internal investigation with the assistance of a leading independent computer forensics firm. The investigation determined that certain Playhouse Square data may have been accessed or downloaded between June 22 and 29, 2020. As a result, Playhouse Square promptly undertook a review of the affected data in order to identify any individuals whose personal information was within the potentially affected data. That review concluded on December 7, 2020. Since that time, we have been working diligently to identify up-to- date address information for all potentially affected individuals.
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Brand Support Guide As of May 2019 Table of Contents
Brand Support Guide As of May 2019 Table of Contents Mission Statement 1 Our Brand 2 Our Name and Why 3 Our Geographical Name and Why 3 Logo Usage 4 About Our Logo 5 Preferred Primary Logo 6 Primary Logo Variations 7 Primary Logo Color Palette 10 Secondary Logo Variation 14 Secondary Logo Color Palette 15 GE Chandelier Icon Variations 16 GE Chandelier Icon Color Palette 18 Accent Graphic Usage – Retro Sign Mark 19 Accent Graphic Usage – Exclamation Mark 20 Accent Graphic Usage – Stars 21 Accent Graphic Color Palette 22 Fonts 23 Area of Isolation 25 Logo Lockups (Sub-Brands) 28 Incorrect Usage Examples 32 Stationery 34 Punctuation & Special Characters 37 Logo & Footers 38 Use of URL 39 Advertising Templates 40 Quick Reference Color Palettes 51 Logo Options 53 Where to Find... 55 Contact Information 55 1 Mission Statement Playhouse Square is a not-for-profit performing arts center that presents and produces a wide variety of performing arts programs; it advances arts education and creates a destination that is a superior location for entertainment, business and residential living, thereby strengthening the economic vitality of the region. 2 Our Brand Our Brand Who are we, really? Yes, Playhouse Square is theater. We don’t hide the fact that our roots are in the performing arts and the productions that grace our stages will continue to help define who we are. Playhouse Square is far more than just great theater, however. In a broader sense, we are about entertainment in many forms. At the very center of our brand, Playhouse Square is focused on being an exciting and energetic destination.
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Dazzle the District Our Dramatic Neighborhood Transformation
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