Laverne Cox to star in Rocky Horror on FOX

[Mrtrobz]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:45pm

scheduled for Fall 2016 Laverne Cox will star as Frank-N-Furter in FOX's broadcast. :)

Updated On: 10/21/15 at 06:45 PM

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:50pm

Wow! This is exciting! So far away, can't wait! She is going to be great.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:51pm

That's ridiculous.  The REAL life Frank N. Furter was powder white.

[Mrtrobz]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:56pm

Well my body is ready for this I absolutely adore Laverne and think she will be great. I'm yet to see the BBC Broadcast though I'd love to see that cast unfortunately I can't watch it because I'm in Britain ironically, atleast I will probably get to view this version.

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:56pm

Wow, amazing casting. Can't wait...

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:59pm

Here's hoping her Doubt co-star, Steven Pasquale will join her.

[MikeInTheDistrict]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 7:00pm

I am much more excited to see this now.

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 7:07pm

Did I miss when this stopped being a live show, or was it never one?!

[Scott Rosson]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 7:11pm

Can she sing ?

Updated On: 10/21/15 at 07:11 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 7:11pm

It was announced this year and we assumed it was for this October/November.  I thought about the project yesterday and wondered if it had been scrapped. Found it a coincidence this casting was announced today.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 7:32pm

VERY excited for this! Can't wait!

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 7:41pm

SO EXCITED FOR THIS NOW. Brilliant casting.

 

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:02pm

I'll admit I'm a little worried about this one. Have we seen her do anything close to this that we can see her potential? Aside from Orange, where she was great, has she really done anything that wasn't a variation on her general persona?

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:10pm

Maybe her general persona is right for the role, but can she sing? This is a musical and she'll be the star.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:14pm

I wonder where this idea came from.

 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:15pm

I'm surprised she would do this after stating that she found parts of Hedwig to be offensive.

[JBradshaw]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:28pm

Feel free to hate mail me. 

I think this casting is awful. 

I enjoy her very much. I think Frank should be a guy.

A woman singing she's a "sweet transvestite"?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:30pm

Isn't "Transvestite" the nationality?

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:32pm

Technically Frank is from Transexual, Transylvania. So he's Transylvanian?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:33pm

But Transexual is the planet and Transylvania is the galaxy.  So Transvestite (or perhaps Transvest) is the country.

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:41pm

TotallyEffed said: "I'm surprised she would do this after stating that she found parts of Hedwig to be offensive."

 

Did she say offensive somewhere else?

 

https://soundcloud.com/ewradio/laverne-cox-reveals-her-issue-with-hedwig-and-the-angry-inch

[gypsy101]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 9:07pm

ClydeBarrow said: "I wonder where this idea came from."

 

I immediately thought the same thing.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 9:40pm

A+++++ casting

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 9:58pm

She did Broadway Bares and people told me she slayed-maybe its a side of her we haven't seen. I'm excited about the casting. 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 10:02pm

Maybe she'll be lip-synching for her life.  Like Lucille Ball in Fancy Pants.