Rock Prodigy Kjersti Long’s LITTLE PIECE OF YOU – AN ATYPICAL MUSICAL Is In Concert At Theatre Royal Drury Lane

ORIGINAL NEW MUSICAL LITTLE PIECE OF YOU - AN ATYPICAL MUSICAL TO HAVE ITS EUROPEAN PREMIERE WITH TWO STAGED CONCERT PERFORMANCES AT LONDON’S THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE ON OCT 31 & NOV 1 2024

A BRAND NEW WORK FROM 17 YEAR OLD RISING SUPERSTAR, KJERSTI LONG WHO WILL ALSO STAR IN THE PRODUCTION

STAR CASTING TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING WEEKS

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Announced today (13 Sep 2024), two exclusive staged concerts will mark the European Premiere of the brand new original musical Little Piece of You - An Atypical Musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Thursday 31 October and Friday 1 November 2024. Tickets are on sale now.

Little Piece of You is penned by rock prodigy and exciting new talent, Kjersti Long, who will also star in the production in the role of Sidney Hill. Now aged 17, Kjersti began to write the music for the show aged just 14, the production will mark her European debut for both writing and performing. 

Long has headlined at some of the most iconic venues in the USA including The Bitter End in New York City, The House of Blues in San Diego and the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem to name a few. In 2022 she signed a distribution deal with Warner Brothers and released her first two songs, Boys in Jersey and IDC, a duet with Ryan Follese of Hot Chelle Rae fame. Both songs have over 2 million streams. 2024 will see an additional single, Sad Song, released alongside the lead single Legs (Keep Dancing) from Vanessa William’s first album in 15 years, co-written by Kjersti.

Burn it Down, a song featured in Little Piece of You, has had nearly 100,000 views on YouTube and can be viewed here.

The concert performances at the iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane are a first look opportunity for London audiences to witness this brand new work from an acclaimed rising new star. Star casting will be announced in the coming weeks.

Kjersti Long said: “It is a dream come true to see the music that I began working on when I was 14 come to life in the iconic setting of London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, one of the biggest theatres in the UK. It is mind-boggling that I get to take to the stage alongside the most extraordinary cast who we will announce in the coming weeks. I can’t wait for London audiences to be a part of history in these first look concerts!”

Immerse yourself in the poignant and electrifying world of Little Piece of You – An Atypical Musical in Concert. This groundbreaking production intertwines raw family drama with the dynamic pulse of modern rock and pop. Follow Shannon and Britt, a courageous mother and daughter, as they confront their family’s hidden struggles and embark on a transformative journey. Together, they shatter the silence that has long held them back and step into a future of hope and resilience.

The full creative team is; Book Writer: Melissa Leilani Larson, Music & Lyrics: Kjersti Long and Jeremy Long, Additional Lyrics: Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga, Wendy Parr, Paul Moak, Hunter Wolfe Co-Directors: Jennifer Tang, Joshua Long, Associate Director: Shelby Noelle Gist, Musical Supervisor: Katy Richardson, Musical Director: Lauren Hopkinson, Set Designer: Justin Williams, Lighting Designer: Tim Oliver, Sound Designer: Tom Marshall, Costume Designer: Elin Steele, Orchestrator and Arrangements: Zach Hansen, Orchestra: London Musical Theatre Orchestra, Co-Choreographers: Jess Williams, Jonnie Riordan, Set Design US Consultant: Brad Shelton, Dramaturg: Janine Sobeck Knighton, Casting Director: Pearson Casting, CSM: Rachael Downey, DSM: Sorcha Doherty, ASM: Sammie Richards, Production Manager: Pete Kramer. General Management is by Carter Dixon McGill Productions.

The full Production Team is; Lead Producer: Visionary entrepreneur Jeremy Long, Executive Producer: Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning producer of iconic Broadway shows and co-founder of Broadway Records/founder and President of Center Stage Records Van Dean, Producer: The team behind Broadway and London sensations including Hadestown, Moulin Rouge, and Dear England 42nd.Club and Assistant to Executive Producer: Tony-Nominated producer with extensive experience in theatre production and management Talia Hankin. 

Little Piece of You was developed at Creekside Theater Group under the title Relative Space.

LISTINGS
Little Piece of You - An Atypical Musical In Concert
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London
Thursday 31 October & Friday 1 November 2024
7:30pm

Kjersti Long
Rock Prodigy. Kjersti Long (pronounced 'care-stee') is a 17 year-old singer-songwriter hailing from Clinton, NJ, currently based in Utah. Long has headlined at some of the most iconic venues in the country: The Bitter End in NYC, in San Diego at The House of Blues, in Asbury Park NJ at The Stone Pony (3x's), The Velour in Provo Utah, and the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem to name a few.

In 2022 she signed a distribution deal with Warner Brothers and released her first two songs on the deal "Boys in Jersey" and "IDC" a duet with Ryan Follese of Hot Chelle Rae fame. Both songs have over 2M spins across all streaming platforms. 2024 will see an additional single, ”Sad Song", released, as well as her first EP along with the lead single from Vanessa William’s first album of new content in 15 years, penned by Kjersti.

2023 also saw Kjersti establish herself as a music influencer across multiple social media platforms with 100's of millions of video views and over 300k followers.

Van Dean
Van Dean is a Tony® Award and Grammy® Award-winning producer of 16 Broadway musicals and plays (including 7 that were Tony® Award nominated): Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, The Hills of California, Jagged Little Pill, Anastasia, How To Dance in Ohio, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Big Fish, Catch Me If You Can, Evita, The Best Man, The Velocity of Autumn), 300+ musical theater-related recordings (including Matilda, The Color Purple, Gutenberg! The Musical! (Broadway), Anastasia, How To Dance in Ohio, My Fair Lady, If The Fates Allow: Hadestown Holiday Album, Caroline, or Change, Assassins, The Lightning Thief), as well as numerous Broadway/National Tours, Off-Broadway musicals, concert events, 3 West End productions (Bonnie & Clyde, Blippi and Master Class). Upcoming: SMASH, Goodbye New York, Figaro: An Original Musical and more.

Van is a co-producer on the forthcoming film musical of “Kiss of the Spider Woman” starring Jennifer Lopez and written and directed by Academy® Award winner Bill Condon. Dean is also a co-producer of the feature film documentary “Midsummer in Newtown” which premiered as a Spotlight selection at Tribeca Film Festival. He also has several other film musicals in pre-production. 

Van is President and Founder of Center Stage Records and also co-founded Broadway Records. His philanthropic work includes being a producer of “Broadway For Orlando: What The World Needs Now is Love”, Broadway United’s “We Are The World”, “Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice”, “From Broadway With Love” benefit concerts for Sandy Hook, Orlando (Emmy Award winner for sound design) and Parkland as well his work with NewArts in Sandy Hook/Newtown, CT and serving on the Board of The Oscar Hammerstein II Museum and Education Center. 

Van Dean is a Tony® Award and Grammy® Award-winning producer of 16 Broadway musicals and plays (including 7 that were Tony® Award nominated): Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, The Hills of California, Jagged Little Pill, Anastasia, How To Dance in Ohio, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Big Fish, The Best Man, The Velocity of Autumn), 300+ musical theater-related recordings (including Matilda, The Color Purple, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Anastasia, How To Dance in Ohio, My Fair Lady, Caroline, or Change, Assassins, The Lightning Thief), as well as numerous Broadway/National Tours, Off-Broadway musicals, concert events, 3 West End productions (Bonnie & Clyde, Blippi and Master Class).

Van is a co-producer on the forthcoming film musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman” starring Jennifer Lopez and written and directed by Academy® Award winner Bill Condon.

Van is President and Founder of Center Stage Records and co-founded Broadway Records.

Center Stage Records
Center Stage Records is the new label from Broadway Records founder, Grammy Award and Tony Award-winner, Van Dean. The label is dedicated to the preservation of Broadway, London, Off-Broadway, new musicals in development and theater-related solo albums. Center Stage Records premiered with the original Broadway cast recordings of How to Dance In Ohio and Gutenberg the Musical, Steven Pasquale’s “Some Other Time” with John Pizzarelli and the Original London Cast Recording of Mandela the Musical. Other 2024 releases include Lea Salonga’s “Sounding Joy - The Holiday Album”, JC Chasez and Jimmy Harry’s “Playing With Fire”, Patti LuPone’s new double album “A Life in Notes”, and the London recording of Alice Down the Rabbit Hole. Select highlights of the Center Stage Records back catalog include the Grammy-nominated albums of Burt Bacharach & Steven Sater’s Some Lovers and Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots, as well as the Classic Stage Company hit revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins, Lewberger’s The Wizard of Friendship, and the West End cast albums of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Ride. Additionally, solo albums from Norbert Leo Butz, Bobby Conte, Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, Sierra Boggess, Laura Benanti, Orfeh and Andy Karl, Micky Dolenz, Michael Longoria and many more. Follow Center Stage Records on all social platforms @centerstagercds.

42nd.club
42nd.club is a six-time Tony Award-winning production team comprised of some of the most prolific Broadway producers. Productions on Broadway include Hadestown, Moulin Rouge, & Juliet, Jagged Little Pill, Beetlejuice, Lehman Trilogy, The Piano Lesson, Company (revival), Anastasia, Waitress, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Parade (revival), Peter Pan Goes Wrong, New York New York, Life of Pi, Tootsie, King Kong, Be More Chill and Once on this Island (revival). Recent productions in London include Dr. Semmelweis, A Strange Loop, Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Crucible (revival) and Dear England.​ 

Jeremy Long
Jeremy’s professional career as a sales leader and Real Estate professional has spanned 20 years building companies and teams valued in the billions. Jeremy's business experience has included food and beverage franchises, solar energy, an innovative private school, a record label, and multiple real estate holdings. He is a founding partner of Axia Partners, an emerging vertically integrated commercial real estate platform, where he specifically works with artists and producers in the industry to help them grow their wealth through real estate investing. 

Jeremy is a songwriter and fierce supporter of his kids dreams. This passion and trait came together in producing and co-writing the music in LPOY with his daughter, Kjersti. Watching her career blossom into musical phenom status has been one of the most fun and fulfilling things in his life, next to supporting her siblings softball, volleyball and swim callings. Being the best husband and father he can be is his definition of a life well lived. 

Carter Dixon McGill Productions
CDM is an Olivier nominated production and general management company with offices in London and Glasgow. Co-founded by John-Webb Carter, Jamie Chapman Dixon & Stephen McGill, they have over 30 years of experience within the entertainment industry.

Recent productions include: Your Lie in April the Musical (Harold Pinter Theatre), Blippi: The Wonderful World Tour (Harold Pinter Theatre), Your Lie in April the Musical in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Wild About You (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Death Note the Musical (London Palladium & Lyric Theatre), Death Note Original cast Album, Blippi: the Wonderful World Tour and Treason the Musical (UK Tour).

Previous productions include; Blippi the Musical (Apollo Theatre & Lyric Theatre); Chess (Drury Lane Theatre); Kinky Boots (Drury Lane Theatre); Treason (Drury Lane Theatre), Wonderville: Magic & Illusion (Palace Theatre, London); Death Drop (Criterion Theatre, Garrick Theatre & UK Tour); Icon: The Kpop Musical (Workshop); Operation Crucible (Sheffield Crucible); Tomorrow Morning (Feature Film); The Pyjama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre, London); Fame (UK/International Tour & West End); the Art of Banksy (Exhibition); Madagascar (UK/International Tour); Spamalot (UK, Dubai & South Korea); Hair 50th Anniversary Production (UK Tour & Cologne); The Steamie (SSE Hydro in Glasgow); The 39 Steps (Windsor Theatre Royal); Operation Crucible (59E59 Theater, New York); Tonight at the London Coliseum (London Coliseum); Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (UK Tour); Lottys War (UK Tour); American Idiot (UK Tour & West End); Crucible (UK Tour); Judy! (Arts Theatre); Footloose (UK Tour); Flashdance (UK Tour); Of Mice & Men(UK Tour); Treason the Musical In Concert (Cadogan Hall); Little Shop of Horrors (UK Tour); The Crucible (UK Tour); Dark Sublime (Trafalgar Studios); The Last of the De Mullins (Jermyn Street Theatre); Facing East: In Concert (Lyric Theatre); The Tailor Made Man (Arts Theatre); An Incident at the Border (Trafalgar Studios) and Pippin (Southwark Playhouse).