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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><U>Reviewers are invited to the May 13 and 14 performances at 8 p.m., and the May 15 performance at 3 p.m. RSVP to me or call Deb Foster at 518.677.2495.</U></SPAN></B></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">patalamb@aol.com</SPAN></U></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN></SPAN></U></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>debfoster@hubbardhall.org<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">THE THEATRE COMPANY@HUBBARD HALL PRESENTS <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S ‘MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG MAY 12-JUNE 4<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">*TCHH Founding Artistic Director Kevin McGuire Returns <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">CAMBRIDGE, NY (April 26, 2011)—</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Kevin McGuire, the Founding Artistic Director of the award-winning Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall (TCHH), returns to the area to direct the upcoming TCHH production of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking musical, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Merrily We Roll Along</I>, which will be performed May 12 through June 4.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in"><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Merrily We Roll Along,</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> with a book by </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Furth"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">George Furth</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> and lyrics and music by </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Sondheim</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">, is based on </SPAN><A title="Merrily We Roll Along (play)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrily_We_Roll_Along_(play)"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">the 1934 play of the same name</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> by </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">George S. Kaufman</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> and </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Hart"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Moss Hart</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">. The story revolves around Franklin Shepard who, having once been a talented </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">composer</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> of Broadway musicals, has now abandoned his friends and his songwriting career to become a producer of Hollywood flicks. The musical begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank's life that shaped the man that he is today.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Merrily</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">, which debuted on Broadway thirty years ago, was revised 11 years later in a production that ultimately played in the West End of London and won </SPAN><A title="Laurence Olivier Awards" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Awards"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Laurence Olivier Awards</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> for Best Musical, Best Actor and Best Actress. The TCHH <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Merrily</I> marks the regional premiere of this revised production, widely considered the definitive version of the musical.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">McGuire will direct a cast that includes Josh Gray as Franklin Shepard, </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonny_Price"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Frankie</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Kraft as Charley, </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Morrison"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Megan</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Ward as Mary, </SPAN><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Finn"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Amy</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Northup as Gussie and Kara Cornell as Beth. The musical director is Richard Cherry and assistant director is Janet Scurria, with sets and costumes by Karen Koziol.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I have wanted to work on <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Merrily We Roll Along</I> for many years,”</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">said McGuire, who directed and starred in celebrated TCHH productions of Sondheim’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sunday in the Park with George</I> and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Sweeney Todd</I> in the company’s early years. “<SPAN style="COLOR: black">It is a stunning piece of theatre, and for me speaks of my early years growing up as a child who loved the theatre. I am honored to work with this talented cast from the Capital Region and New York City." </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">There will be 13 performances of <EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Merrily We Roll Along, </SPAN></EM>May 12 (Pay What You Will / Open Rehearsal) at 8 p.m., May 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 28, and June 3 and 4 at 8 p.m.; May 15, 22, and 29 at 3 p.m.; and June 4 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $22 for Hubbard Hall members, $25 for non-members and $15 for students and children. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Tickets are available at </B></SPAN><A href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">www.hubbardhall.org</SPAN></B></A><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> or by calling (518) 677-2495.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">An <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Opening Night Dinner, <B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Spring Community Bread Oven Feast!</I></B>, will take place<B> </B></SPAN>Friday, May 13 at 6 p.m. outside the Freight Depot (rain site, inside the Freight Depot). The menu will feature local cheese, fruit and cucumber with smoked salmon appetizers; a main course of grilled marinated chicken breast, fresh herb focaccia, lightly roasted fresh asparagus, roasted new potatoes and local baby green salad; and strawberry rhubarb pie with homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert. Coffee, tea, seltzer and wine are included. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Reservations are requested by Tuesday, May 10 at 5 p.m. Visit </B></SPAN><A href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">www.hubbardhall.org</SPAN></B></A><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> or call 518-677-2495 for tickets.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> The cost: $50.00, including theatre ticket /$30.00, meal only (for season subscribers). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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