[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: "The Rocky Horror Show" to do the 'Time Warp' in Chagrin

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 6-20-11

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Contact: Andrew Rothman
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

40 River Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44122
Phone: 440-247-8955
E-mail: cvlt at cvlt.org <mailto:cvlt at cvlt.org>
Website: www.cvlt.org <http://www.cvlt.org/>


        HIGH-RESOLUTION PRESS PHOTOS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT:
        www.CVLT.org/promo <http://www.cvlt.org/promo>


    "The Rocky Horror Show" TO DO the 'Time Warp' in Chagrin

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - When Richard O'Brien's campy musical comedy, *THE 
ROCKY HORROR SHOW*, premiered in London nearly forty years ago, it was 
in a theater with one-fourth the capacity of the 262-seat Chagrin Valley 
Little Theatre, where it opens on July 22. From this tiny seed sprung a 
world-wide phenomenon, with over twenty professional productions, over 
thirty separate cast recordings, dozens of books, two computer games, 
and most notably O'Brien's 1975 film adaptation, /The Rocky Horror 
Picture Show/. The film became a cult sensation after audiences at New 
York's Waverly Theatre started arriving at the regular midnight showings 
in costume, hurling bawdy comedic responses and sometimes physical 
objects at the screen. It has continued to play monthly and even weekly 
in many cities worldwide with little sign of stopping (the Cedar-Lee in 
Cleveland Heights has carried the local torch for over twenty years), 
and holds the distinction of "longest-running theatrical release in 
cinematic history." An homage on FOX Television's /Glee/ in October 2010 
inspired an entirely new generation of /Rocky Horror/ fans.

Premiering in 1973, *THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW* musical combined the 
flamboyant glam rock of the late 1960s and the lowbrow B-movie 
aesthetics of the early 1960s into an oddball narrative that's 
ultimately about fierce individuality and sexual freedom. The Narrator 
(Don Bernardo) tells the unlikely tale of naive teenagers Brad (Damian 
Henri) and Janet (Arianna Taxman), who get a flat tire on the way to 
announce their engagement to their favorite teacher, Dr. Scott (Eric 
Sofer). Seeking a telephone at a nearby spooky mansion, they are swept 
into the dominion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Steven R. Tiderman), a 
cross-dressing mad scientist with a laboratory-built loverboy named 
Rocky Horror (Ralph DiLudovico). Along with his creepy servants, Riff 
Raff (Brandon Hood) and Magenta (Leah Frires), groupie Columbia 
(Michelle Unger) and delivery boy Eddie (Chad Duwe), Frank draws these 
unwitting teens into his unconstrained world of devious schemes and 
kinky space aliens. Also populating this bizarre realm are The Phantoms, 
an ensemble of lost souls played by Kelly Aker, Brianna Arko, Nikolai 
Fedyszyn, Samantha Gebler, Laura Rightnour-Henri, Andrew Kondik, Alex 
LaForce-Marzullo, M.J. Mihalic, Jennifer Ryan, Patricia Welsh, and Scott 
Zolkowski. The plot is typical B-movie nonsense, serving mostly as a 
framework for O'Brien's catchy rock songs like /The Time Warp/, /Science 
Fiction Double Feature/, and/Sweet Transvestite/.

*THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW*, while containing the same music, characters and 
story as its popular /Picture Show/ offspring, has a substantially 
different script. Devotees of the film will certainly recognize much of 
the raw material that became their beloved movie, but should expect a 
new perspective. Rather than simply mimicking the film, director Greta 
Rothman has re-examined every aspect of the show, while retaining a few 
nods to the movie as well as to the 2000 Broadway revival (which she saw 
numerous times while still living and working in the NYC theater world). 
Along with musical director David Keith Stiver, choreographer Pamela 
LaForce, costumer Brian Smith, her production co-designers Andrew 
Rothman and Edmond Wolff, and producer Paula Pike, Ms. Rothman sets out 
to bring an original flair to what is believed to be the first community 
production of *THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW* on Cleveland's East Side. 
Audiences are invited to dance along to /The Time Warp/, and to arrive 
in costume if they please, but are asked not to bring any of the cult 
movie 'props' to the theater --- the majority of which don't figure into 
the play's script, regardless.

*THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW *plays Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 PM, 
July 22 - August 20, with a midnight performance on Saturday, August 6. 
Tickets are $18 regular, $14 for students and seniors, and are available 
at www.CVLT.org, or by phone at 440-247-8955, Monday through Saturday 
from 1-6 PM. The show is not recommended for younger audiences. Group 
discounts and dinner packages are available. Complete details on CVLT's 
81st Season are available online at www.CVLT.org. Chagrin Valley Little 
Theatre is located at 40 River Street in historic Chagrin Falls Village.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County 
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is supported by the Ohio 
Arts Council.

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