The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
#1The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 6:48pm
Sally Jessy Raphael, Luke Perry, Joan Jett, Robin Leach, Jerry Springer, Penn & Teller, Gilbert Gottfried, & Sebastian Bach?
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Updated On: 6/11/09 at 06:48 PM
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 6:56pm
Jett opened the show as Magenta; Bach was a replacement Rocky; Perry was a replacement Brad.
The rest were 1-week stunt narrators after Dick Cavett left.
#2re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 7:10pmI thought Daphne Rubin-Vega opened the show as Magenta?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#3re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 7:17pmHe meant Columbia.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#4re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 7:19pm
It's also a show that has a history of stunt casting, going back a pretty far ways.
Some of them were quite good 
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#5re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 7:49pmBach was a replacement Riff-Raff, not Rocky. Unless he covered both roles. I saw him as Riff-Raff
#6re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 8:02pmJoan Jett started off as Columbia. Ana Gasteyer had a stint as Columbia and was absolutely fantastic. Daphne Rubin-Vega opened the show as Magenta. Bach took over for Riff Raff during the ROCKY RETURNS portion of the show after it closed due to 9/11. Terrence Mann took over for Tom Hewitt opposite Bach's Riff Raff. Luke Perry was great as Brad, actually. Oh, and of course: Alice Ripley was Janet and was wonderful.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#7re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 8:07pm
Jett opened as Columbia
Bach was a replacement Riff Raff
If you want to talk about an insane amount of stunt casting lets take a look at just 2 roles in the 90's revival of Grease
Teen Angel:
Chubbie Checker
Charles Gray
Al Jarreau
Kevin Anthony
Darlene Love
Rizzo:
Rosie O'Donnell
Linda Blair
Debby Boone
Sheena Easton
Joely Fisher
Deborah Gibson
Jasmine Guy
Lucy Lawless
Maureen McCormick
Mackenzie Phillips
Brooke Shields
#8re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 8:35pmI wish there were clips of Sally Jessy Raphael. That's the one I just can't picture. The others I can sort of see working, but Sally... I dunno.
#9re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/11/09 at 11:21pmWhich Charles Gray was that that played Teen Angel? Cuz there's no way it could be Charles Gray of Rocky Horror fame!
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#10re: The Rocky Horror Show sure did have quite the interesting casts.
Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:08amI saw SJR. She was very dry and did little if any improv/audience interaction unlike many of the other narrators. Then again, each of them only had a week's run with what I imagine was limited rehearsal. They mostly just read from the script which they had right in front of them.
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