Songs from two of the greatest Rock Musicals, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and The Rocky Horror Show, will shake the Beachland Ballroom Friday, December 30th.

Performing the songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be the reunion of the original cast members from the 2000 & 2001 Cleveland Public Theatre production. Following suit the cast from this summer’s production of The Rocky Horror Show will come together to do the pelvic thrust for the fans that made record-breaking ticket sales for the Chagrin production. Rounding out the night will be a rare appearance by Cleveland’s notorious Vanity Crash. Get advance tickets here.
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In 2000 Cleveland’s finest and most outlandish musicians came together to pull off the pomp and attitude of 70’s glam rock (a la Bowie, T Rex, Lou Reed) to become the Angry Inch. The rhythm foundation was Steve Mehlman (Pere Ubu, Rocket From the Tombs), the hardest hitting drummer in the world, and rock solid bassist Mark Gamiere (The Wake, Screw Tractor). To add the harmonic structure glitter boy pianist Mike Seevers and wild queen guitarist Miss Melvis (Chump, Flat Can Co) joined sonic guitarist Dennis Yurich (Queue Up, Vanity Crash). Fronting the Angry Inch were Cleveland’s most dynamic voices, über lungs Alison Garrigan (Queue Up) and theater’s rising star Dan Folino (Vanity Crash).

The ensemble paid off with the CPT production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch exceeding all ticket sales expectations prompting a three-week sold-out extension, making the show the highest yielding production in CPT’s history.

Unfortunately Alison Garrigan cannot make this performance and will be replaced by her lovely understudy Kristy Lee Miller.

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This summer The Rocky Horror Show took the conservative town of Chagrin Falls by storm. Under the skillful direction of Greta Rothman, the show met with rave reviews and record-breaking ticket sales. The Rocky Horror Show never looked or sounded better. With an outstanding cast backed by a rocking band, Rocky Horror exploded onto the stage becoming one of those rare star-aligned productions.

After all of the blood sweat and tears, ending a production like this was sad, but the cast vowed to recreate the magic again some day. So they have rejoined as the Phantoms to perform the songs from The Rocky Horror Show – and take you all on “a strange journey” for one more night.
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Vanity Crash has been rockin’ the scene with outrageous performances, opening for the likes of the New York Dolls, Poison, Semi Precious Weapons, the Darkness, Gogol Bordello and Constantine Maroulis. They released their self-titled debut CD to critical acclaim, and placed two songs in the movies Kingsbury Run and Hellweek. Lead singer Dan Folino has been acting full time at the Barter Theater in Virginia so Vanity Crash hasn’t hit the stage in 2 1/2 years. Now is the opportunity to witness them before they disappear again.
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Musicals That Rock
9pm – The Phantoms – Songs of The Rocky Horror Show
10pm – Vanity Crash – Songs about girls, sex, drugs, murder and stardom
11pm – The Angry Inch – Songs of Hedwig and the Angry Inch

ONE NIGHT ONLY
The Beachland Ballroom
Friday, December 30
Doors 8:00pm; Show 9:00pm
Tickets $10, All Ages, Get advance online tickets here.
15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland 44110 – (216) 383-1124

Queue Up is excitedly rising from the dark tomb for this year’s best goth rock show. The show will feature the  acclaimed The Birthday Massacre. The band has been performing internationally, traveling extensively across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia, the U.K. and Europe. They have become renowned for their high-energy live performances, drawing large, mixed crowds through their appeal to fans of a surprisingly wide range of genres. Their fourth full length album “Pins And Needles”, released September of 2010, landed on the Billboard Top 200 chart and in the top 10 of Billboard’s Heatseekers chart.

Adding to an evening of creep will be Cleveland’s own Lestat. Reuniting a year and a half ago, the band has resurrected the legend it created ten years earlier. Dark and deep and daring.

Rounding out the night will the industrial musing of Filament 38.

The video from our Vampire’s Kiss CD release show is looking amazing, so we have been thinking of pressing and releasing the video for purchase. Shoot us an email and let us know if this would be something you would be interested in. We plan to get a couple of the clips up on youtube by June 1.