![]() ![]() ![]() Whether in Australia or in the UK, the musical is getting new stagings to mark its 50th anniversary.Īccording to the UK's Mirror newspaper , "The Rocky Horror Show" has been seen by 30 million people around the world so far. Musical still strong at 50Īs one of the first hit musicals to depict fluid gender identity, "The Rocky Horror Show" remains a highlight in the history of sexual liberation movements. ![]() Furter, actor Tim Curry, was also part of the remake - this time in the role of the storyteller. Adam Lambert, who has sung in the rock band Queen since 2011, plays the unlucky fellow Eddie who is murdered and ends up as part of a dinner. Singer Christina Milan took on the role of housemaid Magenta. Furter, was portrayed by transgender actor Laverne Cox, known as the jailed hairdresser Sophia Burset in the TV series "Orange is the New Black." It was directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega, who also choreographed the dance scenes in "Dirty Dancing," as well as dancers for Madonna and Michael Jackson and the Michael Jackson documentary "This is it" (2009). The cult film inspired a remake in 2016, produced by US television broadcaster Fox. Fans still participate by throwing around rice and toilet paper. The musical stage show has remained in continuous production to this day. But soon, some cinemas got the idea to market the film as a "midnight movie." That attracted a lot of party goers - and the rest is film history. In 1977, the film started to run in Germany.Īt first, it wasn't particularly successful. It kept attracting more and more people in costumes, who'd throw around rice and other props.Ī year after the premiere of the musical, O'Brien got together with film director Jim Sharman to write the screenplay for the film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." It premiered on August 14, 1975, in London. The musical was also presented by other theaters, including one in New York. Originally planned to run for five weeks, it was shown for seven years without interruption.įans started to turn the theater show into a happening. He wanted to create a parody of trashy American B-movies of the 1950s such as those directed by Jack Arnold, the master of monster, horror and sci-fi classics, including "Tarantula" and "It Came From Outer Space."Īlthough the budget of the production was very tight, audiences and critics loved it. "The Rocky Horror Show" premiered to 63 people on June 19, 1973, at London's Royal Court Theatre.Īctor Richard O'Brien wrote the script while he was bored, waiting for a job in his London apartment. The cult musical's beginnings were more humble. ![]() The film still runs in a movie theater in Munich, which found its way into the Guinness World Records for exactly that reason. Furter or as the maids, Magenta and Columbia. In the early 1980s, people were crazy about "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." They loved the characters, the music and the happenings in the theaters. After a few months, vermin started invading theaters because of the rice thrown during the screenings. No other film has been known to attract mice to the cinema either. No other film has been accompanied by such cult rituals. A wild party on the screen - and the audience often joins in Image: Imago/ZUMA Press Still, the next screening will start soon enough. Furter's creature Rocky is unwrapped from its bandages, moviegoers throw around toilet paper while singing the film's songs.Īfter the movie, the theaters always look like a mess. On screen, people are dancing the "Time Warp": moviegoers join in. The woman and her boyfriend then enter a castle where a party is taking place. When she sings, "there's a light," hundreds of cigarette lighters are held up by the audience. Meanwhile, in the cinema, water guns spray water all over while others hold newspapers over their heads too. She holds a newspaper over her head to protect herself from the rain. In the film, a blonde woman gets out of her car. There's a wedding on the screen: Moviegoers throw rice in the theater. ![]()
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