The Rocky Horror Show Casting Announcement

[RW3]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 3:38pm

Not sure what to say.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/victoria-justice-disney-star-ryan-851968?utm_source=twitter

[RW3]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 3:43pm

Updated:

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/183347/heathers-ryan-mccartan-reeve-carney-more-join-laverne-cox-for-foxs-rocky-horror/

[Sunny11]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 4:02pm

I  like how young the leads look,younger than in the movie,  it will make them getting trolled at the house all the more funnier, and it fits the ( supposedly) wholesome newlywed characterisation at the start.    

Reeve Carney was Spider-Man on Broadway right?  If he survived that show he can handle anything! 

Updated On: 1/4/16 at 04:02 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 4:21pm

engaged!

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 4:32pm

Victoria Justice is a talented gal, and her acting is very campy. So this could totally work. Fingers crossed for some really good Broadway names for Magenta and Columbia.

[Sunny11]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 4:36pm

Oh year, the friends wedding at the beginning threw me. it's been too long since I last saw it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 4:52pm

I still can't get over the awful and ridiculous casting of Laverne Cox. 

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 5:10pm

Neither can I Jordan. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 5:11pm

She can't sing, and she would have never been offered the role if she wasn't transgender. Hopefully her brilliant acting can make up for it.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 5:25pm

The role of Frank requires constant action, with agility in movement, while singing. I just don't see it with Laverne Cox.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 8:15pm

Cox is a terrible actress, Cinders. That's what makes this all the more terrible casting. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 8:19pm

Has she done more than "Orange is the New Black"? I think she's quite compelling in that medium.

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/4/16 at 9:44pm

Cox is an adequate actress. As a biological male or biological female, she would be no great shakes but not embarrassing. However, her position as the first successful trans woman in mainstream Hollywood has given her more accolade than her actual chops do.

It's similar to Sondheim's "dancing bear effect" that Ethel Merman had: the sheer prominence of the notable performer's adequacy, their failure to disappoint, comes off as a success.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 3:09pm

Interesting new rehearsal photos. I wonder if they've even found their Columbia and Magenta yet. Seems weird to rehearse without them, given that most scenes that include Frank include them as well.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 3:13pm

Awesome pics! I can't wait to see how they bastardize the material for network TV! Millennials will love it! 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 3:19pm

That's the spirit!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:13pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Awesome pics! I can't wait to see how they bastardize the material for network TV! Millennials will love it! "

 

Die-hard Rocky Horror fan here. Attended Friday and Saturday midnight screenings while I was in high school at the famed 8th Street Playhouse. Sal Piro hosted the shows and I always got a kick when Dori Hartley performed and shadowed Tim Curry as "Frank".

 

I'm with you on this one Jordan. They are going to sanitize/bastardize this material for the tweens. If you need any further indication of how, then look no further and watch that godawful episode of glee: "The Rocky Horror Glee Show".

 

I wanted to punch Ryan Murphy and all of the Fox executives for that travesty.

 

This is going to reek.

 

 

 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:37pm

See, that episode of "Glee" is why I'm so over this. Same network, same rules. I'm sure they'd love to not make any edits, but they have to, and that's why this shouldn't even be happening on FOX. It should be happening somewhere they won't have to say "It only leads to trouble and bad fretting."

 

The only thing that can save this for me are stage actresses I love for Magenta and Columbia.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 5:08pm

Carlos, you may have seen me shadowing Eddie on occasion at the 8th St. If not Eddie, I was a transylvanian every week. Anyway, this is going to suck big time. Besides having Cox as Frank, they're now saying TimCurry will be the criminologist. Really? As a result of his massive stroke, he has a hard time speaking. 

 

oy vey

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 5:16pm

Jane2 said: "Carlos, you may have seen me shadowing Eddie on occasion at the 8th St. If not Eddie, I was a transylvanian every week. Anyway, this is going to suck big time. Besides having Cox as Frank, they're now saying TimCurry will be the criminologist. Really? As a result of his massive stroke, he has a hard time speaking. "

Oooh Jane I'm sure I have seen you as Eddie! I was there on an almost weekly basis! I was obsessed! Cool!

 

 

 

oy vey

 

"

 

[darreyl102]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 9:19pm

I still can't see Cox being a good Frank- I just can't see it.....

[Soapguy2]

Posted: 1/23/16 at 12:33am

Isn't Laverne a dancer? If I'm not mistaken, I think that's what her degree is in. (Or maybe she switched to acting at some point). 

Her modest acting chops aside, we've never actually seen her range as an actress. I hope she surprises us.

I find her OITNB performance to be particularly two note. Maybe the campy, over-the-top nature of an alien, transvestite, evil scientist will be her thing. That's not often the case with two note performers, but I'm cautiously optimistic because Cox is so damn likable to me. 

[Dave19]

Posted: 1/23/16 at 6:15am

So "Toucha toucha toucha touch me, I wanna be dirty" will become "Watcha watcha watcha watch me, I want to be happy"?

Or is that still too much?

Updated On: 1/23/16 at 06:15 AM

[jpbran]

Posted: 1/23/16 at 2:53pm

Ever since ABC got away with Jack Falahee's character on "How to Get Away With Murder" reminiscing/bragging: "He did things to my ass that made my eyes water," I've figured there's more of a pass these days on "naughty" stuff. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/23/16 at 3:05pm

That show has the 10pm time slot, though. They can get away with more than something at the 8 or 9pm slots.