Roundabout To Revive ROCKY HORROR- Page 2

[Kad]

Posted: 3/6/25 at 7:35pm

I’ve heard Chalamet too and it frankly (pun unintended) makes little sense to me. 

As for the “it’s problematic” discourse, Rocky Horror has largely managed to avoid it. Every so often someone tries to make an issue out of it, and every time they are rightfully shouted down. 

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 3/6/25 at 7:58pm

It's just insane to me that they'd even consider casting someone like Chalamet when Adam Lambert exists. I understand he has nowhere near the star power that Chalamet does but why even bother mounting a production of RHS if you cast a Frank does not have the chops to do the role?

Also, Tom Hewitt and Terrence Mann were HOT as Frank. Chalamet is so waifish his entire body could fit into one of their platform heels. I just don't see it. 

But if we're talking stunt casting: give me Daniel Radcliffe as Brad. 

Updated On: 3/6/25 at 07:58 PM

[verywellthensigh]

Posted: 3/6/25 at 8:03pm

I wonder if they'll put a disclaimer in the program to appease the "THAT'S ASSAULT!" contingent.  

As for casting, Chalamet is an inane idea.  He can't even sing, really.

I don't really care who they cast just as long as it's not a lazy choice like Neil Patrick Harris Billy Porter Jim Parsons etc etc. 

Updated On: 3/7/25 at 08:03 PM

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/6/25 at 8:29pm

With all the discussion about Rocky Horror casting, I neglected to realize that this, along with Oedipus, is part of a pretty damn good Roundabout season.  The best, on paper at least, that Roundabout has had in years. 

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 3/6/25 at 10:33pm

I really can’t see Chalamet, hot off of a second Oscar nomination where he probably placed a very close #2, whose proven himself to be a movie star who’s trajectory is only going up, even wanting to do this. Is there any legitimacy to this rumor? It sounds like something birthed by a MadLib. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 7:09am

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 11:44am

Pinkleton is a perfect choice for this material.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 11:53am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Pinkleton is a perfect choice for this material."

Can Cole sing? If so, they're a perfect choice for Frank.

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 2:48pm

ACL2006 said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Pinkleton is a perfect choice for this material."

Can Cole sing? If so, they're a perfect choice for Frank."

They give me more of a Riff-Raff vibe. 

[CarmenDeBris]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 2:57pm

The oracle was fan casting it on instagram and they had Cole as Janet which honestly I would kill to see. 

[Phillytheatreguy10]

Posted: 3/7/25 at 3:20pm

Throwing out Dylan Mulvaney’s name for Janet. 

[MezzA101]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 6:55pm

Just Before It Was a Cult Film, ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Was a Broadway Flop

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/theater/rocky-horror-show-broadway-curry.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U4.JbCU.dEyZuHgTbJTC&smid=nytcore-android-share

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 8:03pm

Phillytheatreguy10 said: "Throwing out Dylan Mulvaney’s name for Janet."

I don't know about Dylan Mulvaney in particular, but I do feel that this production should be Queer and Trans as f*ck. They really need to do a good casting search and this could be a very transgressive production in this hellish climate. No safe casting. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 8:16pm

TheatreFan4 said: "Phillytheatreguy10 said: "Throwing out Dylan Mulvaney’s name for Janet."

I don't know about Dylan Mulvaney in particular, but I do feel that this production should be Queer and Trans as f*ck. They really need to do a good casting search and this could be a very transgressive production in this hellish climate. No safe casting."

I wonder if Roundabout is going to have any say in casting since it’s part of their season and not a commercial production renting the space. I wholeheartedly agree that it should be CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL level of casting, but I’m also wary that, being in a subscriber house where the built-in audience is decidedly older (regardless of whether they like the movie) - they may balk at anything they deem “too much”. (Doesn’t mean they are right.)

This could also very well be a production that runs for a while and prints money for a dying Roundabout the way CABARET did.

 

[Kad]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 9:02pm

Of course Roundabout has a say in casting- it is their production. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 9:08pm

I feel like every professional production I've seen in the last 20 years have been a desperate attempt to be the movie and its so uninteresting and far too clean. The 2000s Revival has been the only one to actually want to look like something different. Seeing the cast recording at the library growing up with a short hair bleach blonde Frank was just so... awesome.

Updated On: 3/8/25 at 09:08 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 9:14pm

TheatreFan4 said: "I feel like every professional production I've seen in the last 20 years have been a desperate attempt to be the movie and its so uninteresting and far too clean."

I agree. I want rough edges, I want sleaze, I don't want squeaky-clean, gym-toned musical theatre kids trying to be edgy while giving you generic Broadway pop vocals.

 

Updated On: 3/8/25 at 09:14 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/8/25 at 9:51pm

Kad said: "TheatreFan4 said: "I feel like every professional production I've seen in the last 20 years have been a desperate attempt to be the movie and its so uninteresting and far too clean."

I agree. I want rough edges, I want sleaze, I don't want squeaky-clean, gym-toned musical theatre kids trying to be edgy while giving you generic Broadway pop vocals."

If Pinkleton's work on musicals at Pasadena is any indication, this will have a very diverse cast (in all senses of the word) and perhaps will take some big swings on the casting front, whihc may or may not work.

I also expect it to be a little messy (something he has stated he values).

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 3/9/25 at 7:47am

My issue with Rocky is people think it’s camp. The movie is far from it, one scene breaks the forth wall, but it’s played like everything that is happening is natural. The last Australian production with a woeful Jason Donovan was so misconceived that it was an embarrassment. Somewhere in the late 90’s people missed the point.