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<h1 style="font: normal 12pt sans-serif;
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-30px" class=""><strong class="">PRESS RELEASE</strong><br
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h1>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial, sans-serif;" class="" align="right">Date: 4/27/2022</p>
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<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial, sans-serif;" class="">Contact: Andrew Rothman<br
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From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre </p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-family:
arial, sans-serif;" class="">40 River Street<br class="">
Chagrin Falls, OH 44122<br class="">
Phone: 440-247-8955<br class="">
E-mail: <a href="mailto:cvlt@cvlt.org"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">cvlt@cvlt.org</a><br
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Website: <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/" class="">www.CVLT.org</a><br
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<h3 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12pt;" class="">Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
to present ELLIOT & ME, a new musical comedy</h3>
<h4 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11pt;" class="">Subhead: CVLT hosts a special
engagement featuring professional NY actors<br class="">
</h4>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"
class="">CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - The stage at Chagrin Valley
Little Theatre will be hosting a limited run of ELLIOT
& ME - a new musical comedy written by Steven
Willensky and Scott Coulter, with music composed by Elliot
Willensky and arranged by Michael Holland. Performances
will be at 40 River Street in Chagrin Falls on Fridays and
Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM, from June 10 - June
25, 2022. Tickets, available at <a href="http://CVLT.org"
class="">CVLT.org</a>, are $21 with a $4 discount for
students, seniors, and military.<br class="">
</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Based
on the Willensky brothers' real lives and their powerful
bond, ELLIOT & ME is a two-man musical filled with
humor, colorful personalities, unexpected situations, and
uplifting moments. It follows the adventures of Steven,
the younger and more business-minded sibling, and Elliot,
the charming, free-spirited ladies' man overflowing with
songwriting talent, joie de vivre, and a knack for driving
Steven crazy. The score features pop songs that the
real-life Elliot Willensky wrote for stars like Smokey
Robinson, Tony Orlando and others, as well as several
never-before-released compositions that have been adapted
for the production.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"
class="">The Willenskys reflect on the volatile ups and
downs of their shared experiences: from their raucous
"wonder years" growing up in Bayonne, NJ; to the painful
conflict when Elliot defies the expectations of his
traditional middle-class Jewish family and drops out of
medical school to write pop songs; to Elliot's rise to
stardom writing hits for the likes of Michael Jackson and
Whitney Houston and Steven’s starry-eyed admiration for
his Hollywood lifestyle; and eventually to their role
reversals when Elliot’s career hits a few bumps in the
road leading him to rely on Steven for help.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"
class="">CVLT audiences will be treated to professional
actors Eric Briarley as 'Elliot' and Drew Seigla as
‘Steven.’ Briarley and Seigla, under the direction of
Michael Bias, premiered ELLIOT & ME just across the
river from Manhattan at Hudson Theatre Works in late 2021.
"Both men showcase not only stunning voices but also
superb acting chops," said a review of the production from
NJArts.<br class="">
</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"
class="">Eric Briarley has traveled the world playing
iconic characters such as 'Rhett Butler' in a musical
adaptation of <em class="">Gone With The Wind</em>, and
'Sam Carmichael' in the international musical sensation, <em
class="">Mamma Mia!</em> Briarley's other credits
include: <em class="">Les Misérables</em> (Broadway
National Tour), <em class="">My Fair Lady</em> (Royal
National Theatre - USA Tour), <em class="">A Little Night
Music</em> (Goodspeed), <em class="">Show Boat</em> and
<em class="">Man Of La Mancha</em> (Westchester Broadway
Theatre), and <em class="">Ben, Virginia and Me</em> (New
York Music Festival). </p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"
class=""> Drew Seigla made his Off-Broadway debut as
'Matt; The Mute' in <em class="">The Fantasticks</em>
where he continued for a solid two-year stint. He gained
his second NYC credit after joining the cast of <em
class="">Sweeney Todd</em> as their Standby
'Anthony/Tobias/Beadle' at Barrow St. Theatre. Regional
Theatre highlights include <em class="">Kiss Me Kate</em>
at Flat Rock Playhouse and 'Jack' in <em class="">Into
the Woods</em> at Barksdale Theatre. Before returning to
NYC in 2014, Mr. Siegla made his opera debut with Lyric
Opera Virginia, where he sang 'Gastone' and covered
'Alfredo' in <em class="">La Traviata</em>. He was last
seen as 'Pertshik' in <em class="">Fiddler on the Roof in
Yiddish</em> at Stage 42, directed by theater legend and
Cleveland native, Joel Grey. He holds a B.M. from The
Juilliard School, and studied Music Theatre at Elon
University.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt"
class=""> Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit funded through individual and corporate
contributions. Our programming is made possible in part by
the citizens of Cuyahoga Country through Cuyahoga County
Arts and Culture and by state tax dollars allocated by the
Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC
is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts
experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally,
educationally, and economically. </p>
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