The Rocky Horror Show Playbill Design- Page 4

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 12:31am

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. 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 6:29am

joevitus said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "If they're going to be discouraging call-outs, I'm probably going to sell my tickets and skip it. Don't do Rocky Horror if you don't want to go all out. I'll wait to hear from preview reports, but that's a REAL turn-off."

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?"

Rocky Horror has been a part of my life for 25 years. I worked on multiple productions. The call outs make it a blast and that's the time I want to have when I see it.

you've made clear you don't like them. Good for you. I do. Good for me.

if I don't want to go because they're not allowing them, that's my choice. And guess what? Gasp! It doesn't affect you!!!!!

Updated On: 3/24/26 at 06:29 AM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 6:31am

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]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 7:46am

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?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 8:25am

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. 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 9:53am

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?"

I was responding to two different comments, both made by Joevitus, because I saw them at different times. Who'm I arguing with besides Joevitus? We have both been members a long time, myself over 20 years. Your accusation in this case is pretty ridiculous. 

Updated On: 3/24/26 at 09:53 AM

[joevitus]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 12:52pm

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. 

 

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 1:35pm

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?

Updated On: 3/24/26 at 01:35 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 3:00pm

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. 

[joevitus]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 3:19pm

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 against audience participation as a concept. I think it's fine for the movie, makes no sense with the show. I also think it's weird my one ask here--that not EVERY production has to cater to this--somehow becomes in some people's minds a universal call to ban it forever. I even suggested scheduling specific performances to accomodate those who want to call out lines.

But it is just fundamentally STUPID to hear people screaming something like "Where's your f***** neck?" at an actor who clearly has one, or who otherwise are clearly responding not to a line reading from the cast or a staging moment in the production, but just memories of how it is in the movie. What's the point, other than somehow they can't sit still, or they have to be part of the focus or something? I often think a lot of these people don't get the material to begin with.

Updated On: 3/24/26 at 03:19 PM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 3:50pm

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]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 5:00pm

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). 

[uncageg]

Posted: 3/24/26 at 5:55pm

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.