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<h1 style="font: 12pt sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);
text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: -30px;"><strong>PRESS
RELEASE</strong><br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h1>
<p style="font: 10pt sans-serif;" align="right">Date:
6-20-11</p>
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width="100%">
<p style="font: 10pt sans-serif;">Contact: Andrew Rothman<br>
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre </p>
<p style="font: 10pt sans-serif;">40 River Street<br>
Chagrin Falls, OH 44122<br>
Phone: 440-247-8955<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:cvlt@cvlt.org">cvlt@cvlt.org</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/">www.cvlt.org</a></p>
<h4 style="font: bold 12px sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 0,
0);" align="center">HIGH-RESOLUTION PRESS PHOTOS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT: <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/promo">www.CVLT.org/promo</a></h4>
<h2 style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; font-family:
sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"> "The Rocky Horror
Show" TO DO the 'Time Warp' in Chagrin</h2>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left">CHAGRIN
FALLS, OH - When Richard O'Brien's campy musical comedy, <strong>THE
ROCKY HORROR SHOW</strong>, 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, <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</em>.
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 <em>Glee</em> in October
2010 inspired an entirely new generation of <em>Rocky
Horror</em> fans.</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left">Premiering
in 1973, <strong>THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW</strong> 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 <em>The Time Warp</em>,
<em>Science Fiction Double Feature</em>, and<em> Sweet
Transvestite</em>.</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"><strong>THE
ROCKY HORROR SHOW</strong>, while containing the same
music, characters and story as its popular <em>Picture
Show</em> 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 <strong>THE ROCKY
HORROR SHOW</strong> on Cleveland's East Side. Audiences
are invited to dance along to <em>The Time Warp</em>, 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.</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>THE ROCKY
HORROR SHOW </strong>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 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a>, 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 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a>. Chagrin Valley Little
Theatre is located at 40 River Street in historic Chagrin
Falls Village.</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chagrin Valley
Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is
supported by the Ohio Arts Council.</p>
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