[NEohioPAL] "OLIVER!" opens tonight at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Fri Nov 14 12:36:20 PST 2014

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  Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

    /OPENING THIS WEEKEND!/

    Oliver!

*book, music, lyrics by LIONEL BART*

*November 14 - December 14, 2014
Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM
Sundays 11/23, 11/30*** & 12/14 at 2 PM*

*TICKETS: *$20 regular, $16 students and seniors.

*Details & Tickets online at http://www.cvlt.org/85thSeason/oliver.php 
<http://www.cvlt.org/85thSeason/oliver.php?utm_source=NEOPAL&utm_medium=email> 

Visit the CVLT Box Office or call 440-247-8955
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre - 40 River Street, Chagrin Falls 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chagrin+Valley+Little+Theatre>*

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre continues its holiday tradition of a big, 
family-friendly musical with Lionel Bart's OLIVER! which runs November 
14 - December 14 on CVLT's Main Stage. Charles Dickens' classic tale 
will be brought to the stage by the same team which has driven the past 
three years' holiday blockbusters at CVLT: director Michael Rogan, 
musical director John Krol, and choreographers Jen Justice and Pamela 
LaForce.

Although Dickens' story of an orphan who is sold to an undertaker and 
then falls in with a gang of pickpockets might not seem easily adapted 
to the musical theater, Lionel Bart's wonderful adaptation ran for 
twelve years in London after its 1960 premiere, and holds the record as 
the longest-running British musical presented in New York. Featuring the 
songs "Food, Glorious Food", "As Long As He Needs Me" and "Consider 
Yourself", OLIVER! was the first London stage musical to be transplanted 
to Broadway with the same kind of sensation it received in Britain. 
CVLT's own 1974 and 1989 productions were resounding successes.

The cast of fifty includes many local families, including the 
Apanasewicz family from Euclid, the Edwards and Firehammer families of 
Chagrin Falls, the Moughan and Sullivan families from Solon, the Sloop 
family of Mentor, the Mulvaney family of Aurora, and the Benedict family 
of Novelty. At the fore are twelve-year-old vocalist Eugene Gurary in 
the title role, and Ryan Kacmar as "The Artful Dodger." Claire Mulvaney 
appears as "Nancy," the good-natured woman who befriends Oliver, with 
Ron Davis as her abusive boyfriend "Bill Sykes" and Elyse Mulvaney as 
her friend "Bet." The orphans' criminal mentor, "Fagin," is played by 
CVLT veteran Eric Oswald. Paul Sloop and J.B. Miller appear as the 
undertakers, and Brian Diehl and Amanda Litherland as the orphanage 
taskmasters.

*** Tickets for the November 30th matinee are available exclusively 
through Friends of WomenSafe, a 501(c)3 non-profit with the sole mission 
of generating unrestricted funds for WomenSafe. If you wish to attend 
the 11/20 matinee, we encourage you to call (440) 285-3741 for tickets. 
Tickets for all other performances be purchased from the box office by 
phone at (440) 247-8955 or via the CVLT website at www.CVLT.org.

CVLT is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga 
Arts and Culture and supported by the Ohio Arts Council. CVLT is a proud 
member of the American Association of Community Theatre.

  CVLT.org - 440.247.8955

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