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EVENINGS OUT

Musical revue series opens

in revamped Brooks Theatre

by Doreen Cudnik

Mark your calendars if you are a fan of musical cabaret. The Cleveland Play House has developed a new series titled "Uptown at the Brooks" and Thursday, December 14 will be a special night out with the Chronicle, featuring the music of the legendary Rogers

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and Hammerstein in "A Grand Night For Singing." The play will take place in the charming Brooks Theatre, one of the original theatres housed in the Play House's landmark facility at E. 85th and Euclid Avenue.

The show promises to be a joyous and magical evening of songs from such titanic works as Oklahoma, South Pacific, Carousel, and The Sound of Music, shows which forever transformed the American musical and made Rogers and Hammerstein the most beloved and influential songwriters of modern times. It will also be an opportunity for members of Cleveland's gay and lesbian community to mix and mingle in a laid-back, no pressure situation at the cabaret-style Brooks, and at the elegant Play House Club after the show. The special $30 ticket price includes the play, plus refreshments (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and food following the performance.

"This is a purely social event," said Peter Cambariere, marketing director of the Play House. "This is not a fundraiser, or a political night out, but rather an opportunity for Cleveland's gay and lesbian community to come back to the theater."

Peter Hackett, the artistic director at the Play House, said that a number of factors went into the development of the "Uptown at the Brooks" series. Hackett said, "We came up with the idea of a musical series for a number of reasons, the first of which is I am a great fan of musicals and I think as an American theater company dedicated to doing a large variety of work, we would not be fulfilling our mission if we skipped the only indigenous American art form-the musical." After much discussion, Hackett and the Play House staff decided on a three-part series, with each show concentrating on the

work of a different American composer. Along with Rogers and Hammerstein's "A Grand Night For Singing," the series will highlight composers Cole Porter and Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton.

The 126-seat Brooks Theater, built in 1927, provides the perfect venue for the series, according to Hackett. "The stage is small and everyone is very, very

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close to the action, so the songs will be sung the way they were intended to be sung, which is without being miked, and the performers will be accompanied by a grand piano, so really it's

going back to a very intimate and

close-up experience," Hackett said.

"We also wanted the atmosphere in the Brooks to be a little less formal than it is in the other theatres, so we re-upholstered

the seats and we removed two rows of seats so there will be more leg room. We put cup holders on the backs of the seats and a bar in the lobby. This will be the only theater in the building where you can actually take a drink into the theater and sit and have a drink while you're watching the show," Hackett added.

Hackett said that he is excited about the "Uptown" series and that tickets for the performances are selling well. "We're way over our goal-[the series] seems to be bringing in people who either used to come here years ago and stopped coming, or people that are new to the Play House, so that's really great."

Hackett said that as artistic director, he plans to provide world-class theater that serves the Cleveland community, including its lesbian and gay members. Through a "playwrights' unit" the Play House is helping to develop the talents of nine local playwrights.

"We had over 70 submissions for these positions and we chose nine individuals," Hackett said. "I think the nine people that we have represent a very strong cross-section of the community, and we went out of our way to reflect the community that is here. So we're hoping that over the next few seasons we'll be getting plays out of that playwrights' unit written by Clevelanders that will move on to premiere on the main stage. And variety really is the heart of the future. We're committed to doing as much and different kinds of theatrical experiences as we can and I think you can already see that reflected in this season."

Tickets for any of the "Uptown at the Brooks" series can be purchased by calling 216-795-7000. Reservations for the Chronicle night out need to be received by December 11.

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