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| − | The first production of [[The Rocky Horror Show]] was at the 63-seat Royal Court Theater, in the Theater Upstairs.It opened on June 19, 1973 and ran there until July 20. The original production won the 1973 ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award for Best Musical, and moved first to the Chelsea Classic Cinema (8/14/73-10/20/73) and then to the King's Road Theater (11/3/73-3/31/79). Record producer and owner of UK Records, Jonathan King, saw the production on its second night, and hastily signed the cast to make a cast recording which was reportedly recorded over one weekend. | + | [[File:1973London-FrontCoverL.jpg|250px|thumb|right| ]]The first production of [[The Rocky Horror Show]] was at the 63-seat Royal Court Theater, in the Theater Upstairs.It opened on June 19, 1973 and ran there until July 20. The original production won the 1973 ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award for Best Musical, and moved first to the Chelsea Classic Cinema (8/14/73-10/20/73) and then to the King's Road Theater (11/3/73-3/31/79). Record producer and owner of UK Records, Jonathan King, saw the production on its second night, and hastily signed the cast to make a cast recording which was reportedly recorded over one weekend. |
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Revision as of 12:33, 10 September 2015
The first production of The Rocky Horror Show was at the 63-seat Royal Court Theater, in the Theater Upstairs.It opened on June 19, 1973 and ran there until July 20. The original production won the 1973 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical, and moved first to the Chelsea Classic Cinema (8/14/73-10/20/73) and then to the King's Road Theater (11/3/73-3/31/79). Record producer and owner of UK Records, Jonathan King, saw the production on its second night, and hastily signed the cast to make a cast recording which was reportedly recorded over one weekend.
ORiGINAL CAST
Tim Curry - Frank N Furter
Patricia Quinn - Magenta/Usherette
Nell Campbell (as Little Nell) - Columbia
Julie Covington - Janet Weiss
Richard O'Brien - Riff Raff
Jonathan Adams - The Criminologist
Paddy O'Hagan - Eddie/Dr. Scott
Rayner Bourton - Rocky Horror
Christopher Malcolm - Brad Majors
Musical Numbers fromTheatre Upstairs at The Royal Court
"Science Fiction/Double Feature"
"Dammit, Janet!"
"Over at the Frankenstein Place"
"Sweet Transvestite"
"The Time Warp"
"The Sword of Damocles"
"I Can Make You A Man"
"What Ever Happened to Saturday Night?"
"Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me"
"Once in a While"
"Eddie's Teddy"
"Planet, Schmanet, Janet"
"Rose Tint My World/Don't Dream It, Be It/Wild and Untamed Thing"
"I'm Going Home"
"Superheroes"
"Science Fiction/Double Feature (Reprise)"
At the Classic Cinema and King's Road Theatre (Formerly the Essoldo Cinema), the following songs were added: "I Can Make You a Man", a reprise of the same and "Eddie's Teddy"
