SAN DIEGO–When Brad and Janet, a clean-cut young couple from the suburbs, get caught with a flat in the middle of nowhere, they seek help from the devilishly charming transvestite Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter. What they discover in his mysterious laboratory is a time warp of sexual and scientific possibilities – and, perhaps, true love.
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, the musical that became a movie and started a 35-year nonstop cultural phenomenon is back where it is meant to be seen – live on stage at The Old Globe Theatre.
Veteran stage actor James Barbour stars as the famed transvestite from Transylvania, Frank ‘N’ Furter. Barbour created the role of Sydney Carton in the recent musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities and starred in it on Broadway. His other Broadway credits include Carousel, Jane Eyre, Beauty and the Beast, Urinetown, Assassins and Cyrano: The Musical.
The cast of The Rocky Horror Show also includes Andrew Call (Eddie, Phantom), Jeanna de Waal (Janet), Sydney James Harcourt (Rocky), Nadine Isenegger (Columbia), Lauren Lim Jackson (Phantom), Kelsey Kurz (Brad), David Andrew Macdonald (Narrator, Dr. Scott), Anna Schnaitter (Phantom), Laura Shoop (Magenta), Kit Treece (Phantom) and Jason Wooten (Riff Raff).
Oanh Nguyen directs the classic cult musical with book, music and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, choreography by JT Horenstein and music direction by Mike Wilkins.
The Rocky Horror Show will run in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, Sept. 15 – Nov. 6. Preview performances run Sept. 15 – Sept. 22. Opening night is Friday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are currently available by subscription only. Single tickets will go on sale online on Friday, Aug. 19 at midnight. Single tickets will go on sale at the Globe Box Office on Sunday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
