Posted: 1/18/17 at 1:16am
Hi all, two part post. 1. What is the general consensus on the original revival ? It looks like it had some great names (Terrence Mann/ Raul Esparza/ Alice Ripley/Joan Jett/Mathew Morrison in the ensemble! ) over the course of its run and the clips on youtube make it seem quite good. Question 2: When are we going to get a new revival or even a freaking tour ??
Posted: 1/18/17 at 2:06am
I loved the revival at Circle in the Square. The cast, the orchestrations, the scenery, the costumes all brilliant.
Posted: 1/18/17 at 12:12pm
It ran for over a year, taking a break after 9/11, reopening in time for Halloween. I'd second everything CATSNY said. Great campy fun.
Terrance Mann was a replacement for Tom Hewitt (both were fantastic, though)..They also had a fun roster of narrators. The original one was Dick Cavett, who was witty, dry, and quick with an adlib. Penn & Teller even took a shot at it.
Deidre Goodwin was one of the phantoms. Daphne Rubin Vega was a great Columbia. Jarrod Emick was a sexy Brad, and Lea Delaria was an interesting choice as Eddie/Dr Scott.
I doubt we'll be seeing a revival or tour anytime soon,
Posted: 1/18/17 at 12:18pm
It was a fun show and worked well in the space. I actually saw it with Luke Perry (who went into the show for a month while Jarrod Emick was on vacation) as Brad and Ana Gasteyer (who was still on SNL at the time) as Columbia. Raul Esparza had left the show by that point to do Tick Tick Boom. I believe the rest of the original cast was the same: Cavett, DeLaria, Rubin-Vega, Ripley. I know that production had some rabid fans who saw it multiple times, but I don't believe it was much of a box office hit overall.
Posted: 1/18/17 at 12:36pm
Always thought Rocky Horror could go into one of the smaller New World spaces for a long haul. If iLumination or the Bubble Show were to finally close, those would probably be the right size.
Posted: 1/18/17 at 12:48pm
Couple things - the shock value of the original story is simply non-existent in 2017. They'll have to revise characters/settings but I can see it being appealing if done properly. I wouldn't mind seeing, say, a highly politicized take.
The Fox (pre-recorded) Live! production was very poorly conceived and received. I don't see financiers pouring in money on a stage version anytime soon.
Posted: 1/18/17 at 12:55pm
I really enjoyed the livestream of the recent UK production. The tour just ended in the UK but I hope it comes to the US.
Posted: 1/18/17 at 1:06pm
I thought that revival was like a Disney entertainment; it had less sex and audacity than Bambi.
Posted: 1/18/17 at 1:24pm
At this point, the most revolutionary form a Rocky production could take would be to return to the original "B-movie" fueled fantasy of an usherette set in a derelict cinema.
Posted: 2/13/17 at 2:56pm
I hate to bump an old thread, but I just saw the original movie this weekend...for the first time. (Blasphemy, I know.) I had to share this somewhere: you mean to tell me that Rocky couldn't be destroyed by a dark-matter laser but could die from falling into a swimming pool?!
Carry on.
Posted: 2/14/17 at 6:52am
Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "I hate to bump an old thread, but I just saw the original movie this weekend...for the first time. (Blasphemy, I know.) I had to share this somewhere: you mean to tell me that Rocky couldn't be destroyed by a dark-matter laser but could die from falling into a swimming pool?!
Carry on."
I always took it that the laser did kill him, it just took several hits with it before it finally worked and that's what made him fall into the pool. Hmmm... Interesting.
As to the original reason for this thread, the Circle in the Square revival of ROCKY was one of mall time favorite things, EVER! I was lucky enough to usher it for several months and was in heaven! I miss it a LOT! I wish they would've filmed that for TV instead of that thing they did on TV last October. The revival was perfection!!!
Posted: 10/31/17 at 12:41pm
Posted: 10/31/17 at 12:48pm
Alan Cumming would be a terrific Frank-N-Furter, no?
