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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.
Frankie Valli at the Palace
Oh, what a story. Frankie Valli, who came to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons, is hotter than ever in
the 21st century. Thanks to the volcanic success of the Tony-winning musical –JERSEY BOY- his songs are the rage all over again.
Fee: $99
Cleveland Playhouse Square
Sept 25, Friday, 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Dixie’s Tupperware Party
Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, packed up her catalogues, left her children in an Alabama trailer park and
took Off-Broadway by storm! Now, join Dixie as she travels the country throwing good ol’ fashioned Tupperware Parties filled
with outrageously funny tales, heartfelt accounts, FREE giveaways, audience participation and the most fabulous assortment
of Tupperware ever sold on a theatre stage. Loaded with the most up-to-date products available for purchase, see for yourself
how Ms. Longate became the #1 Tupperware seller in the United States and Canada as she educates her guests on the many alternative
uses she has discovered for her plastics.
Fee: $88
The Fourteenth Street Theatre at the Playhouse Square
Oct 18, Sunday, 9:45 am-5:30 pm
Mount Airy Casino & Resort – Mount Pocono, PA
Enjoy a 3-day get away to the Mount Airy Casino & Resort in the Pocono Mountains. The Casino floor covers 68,000 square feet
with 2,523 slots and a $1,000,000 bar. An entertainment center, spa and swimming pool make this complex not just a casino,
but also a first-class resort in the heart of the Pocono Mountains.
Fee: $357 per person (other expenses apply)
Oct 26-28, 2009
Becoming Gauguin: The Volpini Suite, 1889
This landmark exhibition gathers 75 paintings, works on paper, woodcarvings and ceramics by Paul Gauguin and his contemporaries
– to explore how the artist created his signature style during the year of 1889. Co-organized by the Cleveland Museum of
Art and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Becoming Gauguin re-creates on a smaller scale, the radical independent exhibition that Gauguin organized with his artistic disciples on the
grounds of the 1889 Exhibition Universelle – a display of about 100 paintings now recognized as the first Symbolist exhibition in Paris.
Fee: $74
Nov 20, Friday, 10:15 am – 6:00 pm
Christmas at America’s Inns and Castles
Featuring Foxwoods Casino Resort
Two Nights at the Foxwoods Casino, The Gilded Age Mansions at Newport, Lodging at the Famous Red Lion Inn, Tour of Newport,
Rhode Island, Ventfort Hall Mansion- Victorian Tea lunch at Belhurst Castle, and the Finger Lakes.
Fee: $582 Double/ $541 Triple/ $784 single
Dec 6-10, 2009
The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall
Come enjoy the Cleveland Orchestra’s Christmas Concert as well as the Festival of Trees at the Cleveland Playhouse.
Fee: $84
Dec 13, Sunday, 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm
A Capital Christmas
Have a Christmas experience in our state’s capital with a tour of the Ohio Governor’s Mansion, a trip to Franklin Park Conservatory
and the Columbus Art Museum. We will conclude the day with a Christmas Dinner in the German Village.
Fee: $89
Dec 15, Tuesday, 7:15 am – 9:00 pm
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul at the Severance Hall
One of the original stars of “Riverdance”, All-Ireland fiddle champion Eileen Ivers and her incredible band, Immigrant Soul,
return to Severance Hall for a foot stomping, joyful, Gaelic holiday celebration. Performing original tunes & old favorites
– The Holly Tree, Hark the Herald Angles Sing, The Wexford Carol – Ivers captures the spirit and magic of the season.
Fee: Tickets being priced
Dec 16, Wednesday, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
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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