Rentaholic2 said: " Exactly. Like many other shows that were set in "present day" when they came out (Rent, Hair, Bye Bye Birdie, etc. etc.), it should be treated like a period piece now, because it's too rooted in that specific time and place. It's not just about changing a few lyrics - you'd have to change a principal character (whose lines and interactions are all very much specific to that particular real-life person), replace whole songs that don't
BrodyFosse123 said: "Who truly cares about this crap?! It’s lip-synced and every performance and choice of song gets dissected and criticized on here. WTF are people expecting? It’s an abridged musical number performed using a pre-recorded track on a carpeted performance space in front of Macy’s. Nothing more. So much more important things to do Thanksgiving morning than havingmy ass planted in front of a TV."
Y'all saw how long it took for understudies/standbys to get actual Costumes made for them that weren't bought off a department store shelf. This shouldn't be a big shock lol.
inception said: "This show spoofs the tropes if old horror films. Dr. Frank-N-Furter aligns with a character like Dracula from the old Universal Studiis film who kidnaps the unsuspecting young couple coming to his castle for assistance. He's a mad scientist who has built a monster like in the Universal Studios picture Frankenstein.Dr. Frank-N-Furter is actually thevillainof the piece if it were played seriously.
witchoftheeast2 said: "Someone who's buying a ticket solely because Luke Evans is cast might not know anything about the show, yet there's nothing anywhere on the site that tells you you're going to be part of an interactive experience. All of you are seriously okay with that? It's stupid to think everyone who buys a ticket will know that, because not everyone knows Rocky Horror. Don't assume everyone does."
witchoftheeast2 said: " Isn't that good because not everyone will want to hear people shouting? How about people who haven't seen the show before and actually just want to hear the actors?"
Rocky Horror just passed 50 years old. If you're unfamiliar with its game, now is not the time to play ignorant that's gonna get loud. I'm sure the ticketing website will inform them of that.
You ever been to Horse Meat Disco? Fire Island? If your bar is he's a muscular white guy, you can throw a rock in any direction and hit 15 of them. He's boring.
Jordan Catalano said: "TheatreFan4 said: "If Rocky Horror is THE SELL then it needs to be in the Fall. Otherwise there's nothing special seeing it outside of that time frame."
Hard disagree here. Rocky fans will go to a screening of it on Christmas Eve, if it's playing. While it can be extra fun at Halloween time, it's a year round good time."
But a Rocky screening is cheap and this is objectively not. Why take out money for
Jackie Siegel is a Republican donor and huge Trump supporter. Why are any of them involved in this show like it was THE story that had to be told? I'm just perplexed by all of it.
Broadway61004 said: "Kad said: "Roundabout typically has some kind of anchor casting for their tentpole productions like this that gets announced either along with the production or soon after. It just helps solidify subscription sales and build excitement."
Yes, but I think if they were going to do that, they would have announced it with the others. They simultaneously announced Byrne and O'Hara in Fallen Angels, Strong and Manville in Oedipus and P
Theatrefanboy1 said: "Yeah, I don’t know why it would even matter if the guy is white, cisgender, male. If they deliver on the role. Cheyenne JacksonI would see regardless if the role was straight or not. I guess I don’t really care about much of anything off stage. If they deliver on stage. "
I think if people are in the market for this show they'll see it regardless of the sexuality of the actor in the role, but that doesn't mean they should say what they want out of casting for the role. People have watched Straight People play the role for decades, they are in fact used to it.
I've just seen very few straight white guys put forth that actually would be a wow factor.
They wanna give the role to Daniel Radcliffe? I'd be for it 100%! Someone who has actually spent his adult career playing absolute weirdos.
Theatrefanboy1 said: "I guess I don’t know why there would be a need for any sexuality publicly attached to the actor played Frank… this is a sweet transvestite from transsexual, Transylvania. This other worldly character could be portrayed by whoever. And “if” it was someone like a Chalamet.,.. so what. "
Because handing over a role to another cis straight (probably white) boy is boring. Chalamet in particular has the sex appeal of a noodle.
