{"id":582345,"date":"2026-08-27T21:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582345\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:50:12","slug":"tim-curry-honored-by-past-and-present-frank-n-furters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582345\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Curry Honored by Past and Present Frank-N-Furters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLuke Evans, Paul Soileau and Jake Shears paid tribute to late Rocky Horror Show star Tim Curry<\/a> on Wednesday following news of his death <\/a>at age 80.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing Wednesday\u2019s Broadway<\/a> performance of\u00a0The Rocky Horror Show, Paul Soileau \u2014 who is currently starring as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the role Curry originated \u2014 honored the late actor after the curtain call.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn videos shared online, Soileau told the audience, \u201cThe role of Frank-N-Furter is a marvelous beast. Frank-N-Furter inhabits spaces and sneaks in spaces and places and old theater<\/a> houses and old theaters like this, movie theaters, teenagers\u2019 bedrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe added, \u201cThe way Frank-N-Furter survives is that he finds vessels and he goes into them and he takes them over and he keeps moving and moving and moving all around. And many people in this room, on this stage, have been a vessel for Frank-N-Furter over the years. But if you trace it all back, 53 years ago, there\u2019s one home and one vessel. One mother ship that Frank-N-Furter could actually call home, and it\u2019s Tim Curry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCurry first took on the Frank-N-Furter role in the original 1973 London production of Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s\u00a0The Rocky Horror Show, following a turn on Broadway in 1975 and in the 1975 film adaptation,\u00a0The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFifty-three years ago, Richard O\u2019Brien laid a piece of paper in front of Tim Curry with ingredients on it,\u201d Soileau also said. \u201cAnd he took all those ingredients and he created this beast that everyone found something within it and could see a piece of themselves inside of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSoileau later welcomed Luke Evans<\/a>, who portrayed Frank-N-Furter in the current revival and played his final performance just three days prior, and Jake Shears, who will take over the role starting Sept. 11.<\/p>\n

\n\tTogether, the past and present Frank-N-Furters performed the song \u201cI\u2019m Going Home\u201d from the musical. The performance was shared on the official social media accounts for the production.<\/p>\n

\n\tRocky Horror creator Richard O\u2019Brien also paid tribute to Curry in a message <\/a>shared by his son online. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTim Curry was a wonderful man by nature who was also a wonderful performer and understood the difference between such delightful achievements. He never sought attention and never put himself before the roles that he played. He was, in short, a good egg and class act,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cIt was both a privilege and delight to have known him and worked with him. Rest in peace dear Tim.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Wednesday, a tribute to Curry was also set up at Rocky Horror\u2019s Studio 54 Broadway theater.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tTribute to Tim Curry in lobby of Broadway Theater.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHR Staff<\/p>\n