[NEohioPAL]Last show! FRIDAY -Oct.17th 8pm "Michael Stanley Superstar"
Last Call Cleveland
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LAST CALL CLEVELAND presents
MICHAEL STANLEY SUPERSTAR:
THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF THE CUYAHOGA MESSIAH
Live at Clevelands Black Box Theater
LAST SHOWING!!
Comedy troupe Last Call Cleveland is pleased to announce their MICHAEL STANLEY SUPERSTAR: The unauthorized biography of the Cuyahoga Messiah stage show coming to Clevelands Black Box Theater for shows on Friday, December 10th and Friday, December 17th, both starting at 8pm. The Cuyahoga Messiah was born out of the wildly popular Michael Stanley-based skits from the groups previous stage productions. This is the local comedy troupes eighth stage production, and their first since returning from two sold-out shows at the famed Improv Olympic West Theater in Los Angeles.
"MS Superstar" is the mostly-fictional life-journey of Cleveland's beloved regional-rocker Michael Stanley. The inspiring tale spans his troubled youth, his lifelong struggle
against his arch-nemesis: Pittsburgh's Donny Iris, the on and off romance with his beloved Lana, his rise to relative fame, and his fall to the oblivion of Drive-Time
Radio. But the show is also a love letter to Stanley's constant companion in life, the beleaguered but spirited city of Cleveland itself.
Last Calls stage shows are always met with critical acclaim and roaring laughs. Last Calls cast is Chad Zumock, Keith Carr, Jef Etters, Aaron McBride, and Mike Polk. The show will also feature local theater favorites Matt Zitelli and Mike Hagesfeld and newcomer Marcella Gattuso.
Tickets for the shows can be purchased for $10 in advance (check lastcallcleveland.com for locations) or at the door of the Cleveland Black Box Theater (http://www.cabaretdada.com/blackbox.html), 1210 West 6th Street in Clevelands Warehouse District. Fans are reminded that The Black Box Theater allows you to carry in your own beverages, which will make for a fun and inexpensive start to your night out. Friends and fans of the show are also invited to the after party at the Warehouse District Paninis, 1290 West 6th Street .
*Cool Cleveland Review*
Michael Stanley Superstar @ Cleveland Black Box Theater 12/10
What: Last Call Cleveland's rollicking stage mockumentary about the rise and fall of Cleveland's home-grown "rock messiah."
Reasons to go: This comic pastiche of a show-biz bio is a high-energy barrel of laughs with many funny local references. A fictionalized Michael Stanley (Mike Polk, in school-pageant Abe Lincoln beard) joins a band at Rocky River High, lusts after love interest Leah (Marcella Gattuso, nubile in leggings and go-go boots), and sells his soul to the devil in order to become a rock god -- but is so naive he lowballs it, settling for being famous "between Brunswick, Willoughby, and Sheffield Lake". Jef Etters steals the show as his evil nemesis, Pittsburgh rocker Donnie Iris. Delightful multimedia clips, from faux family footage (Stanley grows up in a plastic Tyco playhouse) to a comic sex scene.
Caveats: There's plenty of intentional cheese, from a smirking-wooden narrator (think Rocky Horror) to wigs so bad they could crawl offstage by themselves. The show doesn't aim high, and its performers are comics, not actors, but it hits its low-comedy targets way more often than not. A similar show in Chicago might run for 6 months or more -- so what's up with only two area performances?
Backstory: One of the area's handful of improv comedy-theatre companies, Last Call Cleveland is now on its eighth stage show, and its first since its two sold-out performances at L.A.'s Improv Olympic West Theater. The 90-minute piece is a spin-off of its popular "Michael Stanley" sketches in earlier shows.
Target audience: Comedy lovers with a taste for the sweetly silly.
Details: Fri. 12/17 at 8 pm, at Cabaret Dada's Cleveland Black Box Theater, 1210 W. 6th. http://www.cabaretdada.com/cbbt.shtml www.lastcallcleveland.com
from Cool Cleveland contributor Linda Eisenstein Linda at coolcleveland.com
Last Call Cleveland
1583 Lauderdale Rd
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
www.lastcallcleveland.com (website)
Contact: Chad Zumock (Public Relations Director)
chad at lastcallcleveland.com (email)
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Tickets for the shows can be purchased for $10 in advance (check </FONT><A href="http://www.lastcallcleveland.com/" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New
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<DIV><FONT size=3><STRONG>*Cool Cleveland Review*</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+1><STRONG>Michael Stanley Superstar @ Cleveland Black Box Theater 12/10</STRONG></FONT><BR clear=all><STRONG>What:</STRONG> Last Call Cleveland's rollicking stage mockumentary about the rise and fall of Cleveland's home-grown "rock messiah." <BR clear=all><STRONG>Reasons to go:</STRONG> This comic pastiche of a show-biz bio is a high-energy barrel of laughs with many funny local references. A fictionalized Michael Stanley (Mike Polk, in school-pageant Abe Lincoln beard) joins a band at Rocky River High, lusts after love interest Leah (Marcella Gattuso, nubile in leggings and go-go boots), and sells his soul to the devil in order to become a rock god -- but is so naive he lowballs it, settling for being famous "between Brunswick, Willoughby, and Sheffield Lake". Jef Etters steals the show as his evil nemesis, Pittsburgh rocker Donnie Iris. Delightful multimedia clips, from faux family footage (Stanley grows up in a plastic Tyco playhouse) to a comic sex scene. <BR
clear=all><STRONG>Caveats:</STRONG> There's plenty of intentional cheese, from a smirking-wooden narrator (think <EM>Rocky Horror</EM>) to wigs so bad they could crawl offstage by themselves. The show doesn't aim high, and its performers are comics, not actors, but it hits its low-comedy targets way more often than not. A similar show in Chicago might run for 6 months or more -- so what's up with only two area performances? <BR clear=all><STRONG>Backstory:</STRONG> One of the area's handful of improv comedy-theatre companies, Last Call Cleveland is now on its eighth stage show, and its first since its two sold-out performances at L.A.'s Improv Olympic West Theater. The 90-minute piece is a spin-off of its popular "Michael Stanley" sketches in earlier shows. <BR clear=all><STRONG>Target audience:</STRONG> Comedy lovers with a taste for the sweetly silly. <BR clear=all><STRONG>Details:</STRONG> Fri. 12/17 at 8 pm, at Cabaret Dada's Cleveland Black Box Theater, 1210 W. 6th. <A
href="http://www.cabaretdada.com/cbbt.shtml" target=_blank>http://www.cabaretdada.com/cbbt.shtml</A> <A href="http://www.lastcallcleveland.com/">www.lastcallcleveland.com</A> <BR clear=all><STRONG>from <EM>Cool Cleveland</EM> contributor Linda Eisenstein <A href="mailto:Linda at coolcleveland.com">Linda at coolcleveland.com</A></STRONG></P>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><STRONG>Last Call Cleveland</STRONG> <BR></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>1583 Lauderdale Rd</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Lakewood, Ohio 44107<BR></FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT face=arial>www</FONT>.lastcallcleveland.com</FONT></FONT> (website)<BR><STRONG>Contact: Chad Zumock (Public Relations Director)</STRONG> <BR><A href="mailto:chad at lastcallcleveland.com">chad at lastcallcleveland.com</A> (email)</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><p>
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