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The Great Escapes tours are organized by Great Escapes, Inc., a locally owned and operated tour company. Please register directly
with Great Escapes, and mention ElderCollege when registering. Contact Lisa Shunka at 440.282.8977 or email at her lshunka@yahoo.com.
CHICAGO
There’s never been a better time to experience Chicago, Broadway’s razzle-dazzle smash. A sensational tale of sin, corruption
and all that jazz. Chicago has everything you could want in a musical – knockout dancing, an edge-of-your-seat story, and
one showstopper after another. The show has earned six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing
ovations.
Fee: $85
Jan 24, 11:45 am – 7:00 pm
In the Heights
In the Heights is a quintessential New York Musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan.
The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on
the brink of transition.
Fee: $89
Feb 21, 11:45 am – 7:00 pm
Big Band Cruise – MSC Cruise Line
A weeklong cruise on the Poesia cruise ship. “Poesia” is the Italian word for poetry and each deck is named after an Italian
poet. The Big Band Cruise will feature the 15-piece Les De Merle Big Band with vocalists, Bonnie Eisele. Enjoy the sounds
of Ellington, Basie, James and Miller – plus Broadway hits, rock and roll classics, hot Latin grooves and show-stoppers from
the 40’s through today. The trip will make stops in Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, Georgetown, Grand
Cayman, Montego Bay, Jamaica and Nassau Bahamas. The package includes roundtrip transportation to the Cleveland Airport,
roundtrip non-stop flights from Cleveland to Ft. Lauderdale, transportation from Ft. Lauderdale Airport to Hilton Gardner
Inn, 1 night pre-cruise at the Hilton Gardner Inn, transportation to the pier, seven night cruise on the beautiful MSC Poesia
and transfers from the pier to the airport on day of departure.
Fee: Packages start at $1,124.00 per person
Feb 27 – March 6, 2010
Xanadu
Taking audiences back to 1980 California, this hilarious new musical follows the beautiful Kira, who travels to Earth to inspire
a struggling young artist named Sonny, as she helps the aspiring painter to find his voice, discover the true love and build
the world’s first Roller Disco.
Fee: $85
March 14, Sunday, 11:45 am – 7:00 pm
San Antonio, Texas
A 9-day and 8-night Motor coach trip to San Antonio, Texas that includes a 4-night stay in San Antonio. This trip includes:
14 meals (8 breakfasts & 6 dinners), a guided tour of the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch, a visit to San Fernando Cathedral, a visit
to El Mercado – like an authentic Mexican market, a visit to the famous Alamo, IMAX theatre show “Alamo – The Price of Freedom”,
a cruise at San Antonio’s famous River Walk district, a guided tour of San Antonio, a tour of the Clinton Presidential Library,
a visit to the Texas School Book Depository (Sixth Floor Museum – dedicated to President John F. Kennedy) and a visit to Casey
Jones Village in Jackson, Tennessee.
Fee: $750 per person/double occupancy (add $240 for a single supplement)
April 17-25, 2010
August: Osage County
A grand, gripping new play which tells the story of the Weston’s, a large extended clan that comes together at their rural
Oklahoma homestead when the alcoholic patriarch disappears. Forced to confront unspoken truths and astonishing secrets, the
family must also contend with matriarch Violet (Estelle Parsons), a pill-popping and deeply unsettled woman at the center
of the storm. This production is a rare theatrical event.
Fee: $93
April 25, Sunday, 11:45 am – 7:00 pm
Grease
Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds. Bad Boy Danny and the girl next door Sandy, fall
in love all over again to the tune of your favorite songs: You’re the one that I want, Summer Nights and Hopelessly Devoted
to You.
Fee: $99
May 23, Sunday, 11:45 am – 7:00 pm
Dirty Dancing
Step inside the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds, who come together
in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives – told by a tremendous cast of 39 and featuring
35 hit songs including: Hungry Eyes, Hey Baby, I’ve Had the Time of my Life and Do You Love Me.
Fee: $117
June 27, Sunday, 11:45 – 7:00 pm
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