{"id":160675,"date":"2026-03-11T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/160675\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:53:09","slug":"a-timeline-of-the-rocky-horror-show-on-stage-and-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/160675\/","title":{"rendered":"A timeline of \u2018The Rocky Horror Show\u2019 on stage and screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s just a jump to the left and a step to the right to Studio 54<\/a>. The Rocky Horror Show<\/a> hits Broadway on March 26, and the eagerly anticipated new production marks the latest incarnation of Richard O\u2019Brien\u2019s irresistibly out-there, fan-favorite musical, which has been thrilling audiences since 1973.<\/p>\n

Oh, Mary!<\/a> Tony winner Sam Pinkleton puts his directorial touch-a-touch-a-touch-a-touches on this revival starring Luke Evans<\/a>. He plays the fabulously fluid, fishnet-clad Dr. Frank-N-Furter, who\u2019s creating a creature named Rocky when squeaky-clean couple Brad and Janet land at his mansion. Cue the awakenings! And earworms like \u201cTime Warp\u201d and \u201cSweet Transvestite.\u201d<\/p>\n

What began as a small London stage musical in 1973 has grown into a global theatre and film franchise via the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. On stage and screen, it\u2019s a property noted for its role in LGBTQ+ visibility, gender\u2011bending performance, and cult\u2011classic culture.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Rocky Horror’s major productions and milestones in the timeline below. If it makes you shiver with antici…pation for the Broadway revival, be sure to get your tickets.<\/p>\n

Get The Rocky Horror Show tickets<\/a> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s just a jump to the left and a step to the right to Studio 54. The Rocky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-160675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}