Bring Rocky Horror back to broadway — Page 2

I love the revival cd...I think it is such a great cast and so much fun to listen to!

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Unfortunately, it's too big of a show to work in the current Off-Broadway financial climate, where even shows with a cast of 4 or 5 struggle to break even. Even at a large (499 seat) Off-Broadway space, the show would have a very hard time succeeding.

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Rocky Horror has a very special place in my heart, so I of course would love to see it come back. However, there is a blatant disrespect for the show within the theatre community. I, personally would love to see a revival of this show, something entertaining, before a revival of another depressing broadway "classic" like Les Mis.

"Yeah, the original Rocky Horror was at the Belasco, and it's the show for which the Belasco's interior was irrevocably destroyed - all for a one-month loser of a show. Another reason to hate Rocky Horror."

Totally your opinion, but I say thank god it played at least one month. IT's not an easy pill to swallow, after all.

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I would love to see it come back. I saw it multiple times a week in the months before it closed.

Watching the movie isnt the same, yelling at the screen is funny but its funnier when the performer can yell back. Some of the funniest moments for me was when the audience would respond to the line "I knew he was in with a bad crowd but it was worse than I had imagined" with ACTORS and the entire cast would flip the bird at the audience.

>Smaxie, what exactly did they remove from the theatre?<

They attempted to create a cabaret-like atmosphere in the Belasco for Rocky Horror. So the four lower boxes in the theatre were removed, and a number of murals were destroyed. (I think I've read somewhere that as many as nine of the theatre's original 14 murals were sacrificed). Also too, there is beautiful woodwork on the sides of the orchestra level that was covered with white paint, though I don't know if that was also done for Rocky Horror, but I would just as much assume so. Unlike other shows that have altered a theatre's interior, the Belasco has never been restored to its pre-Rocky condition, and has been sitting there, maimed and disfigured for over 35 years.

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As much as I LOVE Rocky Horror (hence the username) I really wasn't a fan of the revival. Don't get me wrong, the cast was perfect (with the exception of Joan Jett) and the best cast so far in my eyes, but I just didn't like the staging.

I didn't care much for the abstract set design, as it didn't really set the atmosphere of the scene - eg. a terrifying castle, a lab etc

The costumes were good but I abseloutely hated Columbia's bondage style outfit, complete with leather and chains.

As for a revival - Well if they were to revive the show, I would much prefer to see a version similair to the current UK Tour. The set, lighting, musical arrangements, choreography and costume design are all spot on, as well as having a stellar cast. The new UK tour is a lot less reliant on the audience participation. Some of the dialogue has even been altered in order to lessen the ammount of innapropriate and unnecessary participation. This was a decision made my Richard O'Brien himself, with the help of the director Chris Luscombe.

So I say bring back Rocky, but with a new concept!

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