Profile for joevitus

darquegk said: "I think it's less that they don't understand it, and more the fact that the world Rocky Horror reflected and subverted in 1973 no longer exists. The show's commentary on the transition from the naivite of the 1950s to the jaded cynicism of the 1970s, and the grotesque Americanization of Britain, were a blast to hip 1970s audiences across the UK. The Roxy production was hip, contemporary and funky when rock musicals and sexual transgression still felt naugh

RussT2 said: "My gut instinct tells me this show is going to be a dud. I'm a huge RHPS fan since the late1980s. I saw the 2000 Broadway show and it was OK. RHPS is so iconic with songs and characters that I just feel that no matter who plays the roles they will pale in comparison to the people who have been cemented in our psyche as those characters since 1975 (or the cast members from the original UK show from the early 70s. I hope I'm wrong....."

I think it

iluvtheatertrash said: "I'll agree with joevitus here. It was a hit elsewhere and doesn't NEED the callouts. In my case, I just have so many great memories associated with the callout culture,that I don't really want to see it without that factor. I'm curious to hear what happens in previews.

joe, you may know - am I right in recalling it started at the royal court?"

The show did, yes. At the Theatre Upstairs.

I'm not aga

TheatreFan4 said: "joevitus said: "Reserve that stuff for midnight showings of the movie, or let there be specific performances of the show reserved for audience participation, with the bulk of the performances free from it. It's so frustrating for this play get buried underneath what is mostly crap now anyway. It is strong enough to entertain on its own."

Is it really? Because the only reason the show and film have stood the test of

scottcain said: "I saw the William Finn version of Muscle in Chicago. It was fine - the score was very Finn, which I like, but the source story and characters really didn't scream out for musicalization or dramatization, honestly."

When I saw the link, post I thought, "Based on that book? Or just the coincidence of the title." From the song (which is all I listened to--granted, I found a lot of lyrics hard to hear clearly), it didn't sound like it h

TheatreFan4 said: "joevitus said: "
What? Are the jokes in the show itself not good enoughor something? Do you insist on turning stagings of The Sound of Music into Sing-A-Long occasions?"

If Sound of Music had a near 50 year history of sing-a-longs in their stagings? Yeah... kinda.

Rocky Horror has call backs. It just does, attempting chastise people for it andcurtail it at this point is INSANE behavior. As if they're doing something

Jordan Catalano said: "I spoke to a cast member yesterday and asked About audience participation in that huge space (something all my Rocky friends have been pretty skeptical about) and was told “oh yeah we were thinking about that but we’re not sure. I mean, people will definitely do it but this isn’t like the movie so it’s not encouraged or anything”.

And my heart just SANK."

Personally, I like that approach. I've always

Bettyboy72 said: "BJR said: "Thank you for sharing your story, TheatreAddict.

Personally I see no evidence that Liza doesn’t know what’s going on. And on the contrary, she seems to be happy to be there and happy to promote the book.


So, as sad as it is to watch her in this shape, I don’t see the evidence this is all Michael’s doing."

Well if Michael is the “friend” he claims to be he’d

Jay Lerner-Z said: "☹️

Just as I arrived in New York. Just as I let myself believe it was gonna happen.

It’s okay. I knew it might. I'll cope. I’m still gonna make the most of my time here and see shows I might otherwise have missed.

I still love Liza."

You're a mensch. I feel like a lot of people gave you grief over your hesitation to purchase tickets and airfare for this event because you've been bur