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Les Misérables Comes To CLOSE UPS Summer 2009 Your Backstage Pass to Pittsburgh CLO Don’t miss Broadway’s Best LET THE right in your backyard! REVOLUTION BEGIN! Les Misérables comes to Tony®-winner Beth Leavel Pittsburgh CLO! Into The Woods Robert Cuccioli Les Misérables David Osmond Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Celebrate the sounds of the 70s all summer long at the CLO Cabaret! NOW PLAYING! Les Misérables Photo courtesy of Theatre Under The Stars in Houston, 2009 Make the CLO your Staycation CLOSE UPS Destination this Summer! This summer, forget about those plane tickets, rental cars and cramped hotel rooms. Pittsburgh CLO is bringing Broadway’s best to your doorstep. Our 63rd season heats up the Benedum Center stage with a sizzling lineup of proven blockbusters, bold new productions and musical theater treasures. No need to pack a bag – we’ve got the best Table of Contents value for your entertainment dollar right here in the heart of the city’s Cultural District. 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See you at the shows! starts the season in style . 2 Legally Blonde The Musical . 3 CLO premiere of Swing! . 3 Les Misérables. 4 Barry Manilow’s Copacabana. 5 Van Kaplan, Executive Producer Into the Woods . 5 Camps offer summer on-stage for kids . 6 The Gene Kelly Awards. 6 The National High School Musical Theater Awards debut in NYC . 6 Educational Musicals for your schools . 6 CLO Directory Tickets for Summer Musicals 412-456-6666 or pittsburghCLO.org Tickets for 8-TRACK NOW PLAYING 412-456-6666 or AT THE CLO CABARET Conceived and Directed by Rick Seeber CLOCabaret.com THRU SEPT. 27 Subscription Hotline 412-281-2822 or 8-TRACK, The Sounds of the 70’s is a celebration of that decade’s greatest hits, starring the pittsburghCLO.org 8-TRACK is perfect music of The Emotions, The Carpenters, The Doobie Brothers, Labelle, Barry Manilow, Marvin Group Sales Hotline for groups of Gaye, The Bee Gees, Helen Reddy and many more! 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May 26-June 7 Fun for the entire family *1/2 price for Children 3-14, 2nd Tier only on select shows his colorful retelling of the story of Joseph, his coat of many Starring Tcolors and his amazing ability to interpret dreams is a David Osmond We’ve also got a Wicked musical blockbuster of Biblical proportions! Andrew Lloyd narrator in store for you! Webber and Tim Rice’s award-winning musical parable features a delightful array of musical styles, SHOSHANA BEAN makes from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ‘n’ roll, entertaining young and old her Pittsburgh CLO debut after alike with such hits as “Go Go Go Joseph,” “Close Every Door” and “Any Dream Will Do.” previously starring in the Broadway THE PRODUCTION AND ITS ORIGINAL CLO LEAD ARE BACK! productions of This Summer Season-opening production marks the first time since 1998 that Pittsburgh CLO has staged Joseph Wicked and and also welcomes back the actor who put his unique stamp on that role – DAVID OSMOND. A member of the Hairspray and world-famous Osmond family, David served as the understudy to his uncle Donny during various National Tours the National Tours from 1992-97 and then performed as Joseph in a National Tour produced by Pittsburgh CLO. He’s also fresh off of Wicked and an appearance on “American Idol.” Leader of the Pack. She’s also been a back-up singer for , Pittsburgh CLO Cast | Photo: Matt Polk Pittsburgh CLO Cast | Photo: , superstars such as Whitney Houston, Destiny’s Child, Usher, ’N Sync, Ray Charles, Britney Spears and Michael Jackson. Pittsburgh native ready for his role as a rockin’ Pharaoh Did you know? PETER MATTHEW SMITH makes his Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat features Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Pittsburgh CLO debut, although he is recognizable to local audiences 75 students from Pittsburgh CLO Academy and all over Western thanks to his numerous Pittsburgh Musical Theater and Point Park Pennsylvania. Several of these students also will appear in University Playhouse credits. A Sewickley native and Point Park Les Misérables later this season. Don’t miss your chance to catch alumnus, he has performed on Broadway in Cry Baby, Fiddler on these rising stars as they showcase their remarkable talents this the Roof, Hairspray, RENT and Mamma Mia. season and beyond. David Osmond and Eric A. Martsolf in A. David Osmond and Eric It’s Not Too Late 412-456-6666 2 Learn more about the cast @ pittsburghCLO.org To Subscribe! pittsburghCLO.org Groups Save atically! Dram GET READY FOR SOME It only takes 10 to save! BLONDE VIP Service AMBITION! Flexible Payment Terms Les Mis by the Number Recognition June 9-14 More than 51 million people Event Planning t’s here, and it’s “AN ELLE OF A worldwide have seen Les Misérab ISHOW” (TIME Magazine). The including 25 million-plus in Behind-the-Scenes News hilarious MGM film is now a smash hit the U.S. alone. musical, and now LEGALLY BLONDE 56 productions of THE MUSICAL is coming to you. Groups of 10+ Les Misérables have played in Legally Blonde follows sorority star 38 countries and in 223 cities. 412-325-1582 Elle Woods, an underestimated blonde who doesn’t take “no” for an answer. Les Misérables has won 50 majo When her boyfriend dumps her for theater awards, including 8 Tony® someone more “serious,” Elle puts Awards (Best Musical among them down the credit card, hits the books, and 2 Grammy Awards. and sets out to go where no Delta Nu There have been 31 cast recordin has gone before: Harvard Law. Along of Les Misérables internationally Girls’Girls’ the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. Les Misérables has been translated NightNight After turning Broadway and into 21 languages OutOut MTV hot pink, this “Feel-Good Song and Dance Juggernaut” (New York Magazine) Joseph…Dreamcoat is “The Best New Musical & The Capital Grille ~ June 3rd Around!” (WOR). Les Misérables & The Capital Grille ~ July 15th Barry Manilow’s Copacabana & Palomino ~ July 29th See Page 1 for information about OMG, you guys, she’s tickled whole lot of swing and one thing b Girls’ Night Out with 8-TRACK! pink to be here! Space is limited. Call today! BECKY GULSVIG takes to the Pittsburgh CLO You won’t miss “Dancing with th 412-325-1582 stage for the first time as Elle Woods in the First her Pittsburgh CLO debut in Swing National Tour of Legally Blonde The Musical. She served as the understudy to lead Laura Bell Only $68.50 per person! Bundy in the Broadway production of Legally Blonde The Musical and Price includes a theater ticket, played Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray on Broadway. She also starred as meal, tax and gratuity. Wendy in the National Tour of Peter Pan and has been seen on “All My Children” and in MTV’s telecast of “Legally Blonde The Musical.” 412-456-6666 It’s Not Too Late Kate Loprest Alan H. Gr 3 Becky Gulsvig as Elle Woods and Frankie as Bruiser in the National Tour of pittsburghCLO.org To Subscribe! Legally Blonde the Musical. | Photo: Joan Marcus Caitlin Carter and Conrad Korsch from the Original Broadw PITTSBURGH CLO IS PREPARING FOR A REVOLUTION! July 7-19 n 1985, Les Misérables began its journey into musical theater history. The show opened in London on IOctober 8, 1985, and was an instant hit with audiences. The entire run was sold out and moved to the West End two months later.
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