The Rocky Horror Show Playbill Design — Page 4

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 time is because of those antics. Otherwise it would have stayed a 70s flop. I know you're bitter because younger people took on the mantle of what you did in the 70s and 80s and have made changes you don't like, but its silly to in 2025 expect it to stop or to have your audience held back by shushing ushers in the aisles. The moment they attempt that, the bad press will hit this production like a ton of bricks. That will happen, I promise you.

No one said audiences shouldn't get to experience that. I said I don't want to experience that. The two things are not the same. Hope this helps.

ColorTheHours048 said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "No one said audiences shouldn't get to experience that. I said I don't want to experience that. The two things are not the same. Hope this helps."

Forget to log into your other account to argue with yourself, friend?"

The DID is HITTING.

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 time is because of those antics. Otherwise it would have stayed a 70s flop. I know you're bitter because younger people took on the mantle of what you did in the 70s and 80s and have made changes you don't like, but its silly to in 2025 expect it to stop or to have your audience held back by shushing ushers in the aisles. The moment they attempt that, the bad press will hit this production like a ton of bricks. That will happen, I promise you."

Okay, so you don't know what you're talking about. That's clear now. The show was a massive hit in the UK, Austrailia, New Zealand, around the globe and in the U.S. in L.A. No need to continue talking further.

I can't be the only one who thinks it would be silly to do this show without embracing the culture around it, but also extremely concerned about how this is going to play out with today's belligerent, drunken, and entitled general audiences. It's not so much about the callbacks being an issue, but what kind of behavior these jackasses will interpret it as encouraging or allowing.

That's fair. I hadn't really considered just how belligerent some may be today either. I think, for me, it's so meshed as part of it for me, I would have a hard time not shouting something out. 😆 and I'd wind up just frustrated the whole time.

CJRochester said: "At a local production in my city a few years back they had a page in the program with a list of suggested(approved) callouts. These included shouting asshole for Brad and slut for Janet, but nothing that would have applied only to the movie (like the narrator's neck)."

I was going to comment that something like that would be great. Embrace the callbacks without going overboard. JMO

I have attended 2 of the movie tour screening's and people were just randomly shouting things out during the entire movie. And not as a group. Things I don't remember hearing in the years I have seen it starting in the late 70's. I feel so many things have been added over the years. The movie tour also bans certain items and gives out a small bag of things you can throw.