[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: CVLT brings full orchestra to the stage for "Roar of the Greasepaint"

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 9/10/12

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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 are freely available for download at 
www.CVLT.org/promo <http://www.CVLT.org/promo>


    CVLT brings full orchestra to the stage for "Roar of the Greasepaint"

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, now opening its 83rd 
season, presents its fifth annual musical event featuring the nearly 
30-piece Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra, as director Don Edelman and 
conductor Stephen A. Eva team up for Leslie Bricusse and Anthony 
Newley's 1965 Broadway musical THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT -- THE SMELL 
OF THE CROWD this weekend. It has become increasingly uncommon for a 
local theater to present a complete musical with full orchestration, 
making CVLT's annual collaborations with the CFSO a rare treat.

Just in time for the heat of the election season and relevant as ever, 
ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT is an allegorical satire on the British class 
system, which demonstrates how the working class can't get ahead because 
of the constantly changing rules and social structures. Many of the 
songs in the score became standards, including "A Wonderful Day Like 
Today", "The Joker", "Who Can I Turn To?", "The Beautiful Land" (made 
famous by Tony Bennett), and "Feeling Good" (a hit for Nina Simone, and 
more recently Michael Bublé).

Writer/composer/lyricist Leslie Bricusse is a multiple Academy Award 
nominee, with nominations for nine Grammys and four Tonys. He has two 
Oscars, a Grammy and eight Ivor Novello Awards. Bricusse's other 
musicals include /Stop The World -- I Want To Get Off /(1961), /Goodbye, 
Mr Chips/ (1969), /Scrooge /(1970), /Sherlock Holmes -- The Musical 
/(1989) and /Jekyll And Hyde/ (1997). Anthony Newley, who also was also 
the book writer, composer and lyricist also had an acting, singing and 
directing career that spanned more than 50 years - he died in 1999. The 
duo collaborated on many works, including the beloved songs for Gene 
Wilder's /Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/ film.

CVLT's production features Bob Keefe as the aristocratic 'Sir', and Dan 
Hoy as the working class 'Cocky'. Caitlin Houlahan appears as 'The Kid', 
Evie Koh as 'The Girl', Brian Keith Johnson as 'The Negro' and Jerry 
Schaber as 'The Bully'. The production also features a chorus of young 
street urchins, played by Sophi Dennis, Jeanne Greminger, Sophie Longo, 
Emily McCulley, Ashleigh Nagy, and Lilly Saunders. Ida Porris serves as 
choreographer.

Tickets for THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT -- THE SMELL OF THE CROWD are 
$20. Performances are 8 PM on Friday 9/14 and Saturday 9/15, and at 2 PM 
on Sunday 9/16. Tickets are available by phone at 440-247-8955, Monday 
through Saturday from 1-6 PM at on the theatre's website at CVLT.org 
around the clock. The theater is located at 40 River Street in historic 
Chagrin Falls Village, and is generously funded by Cuyahoga County 
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and supported by the Ohio 
Arts Council.

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