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Richard O'Brien's
Rocky Horror Show

Following it's Korean success, see the Fabulous Reviews from the New Zealand run! and then January 2011 in Singapore!

Ready to thrill you with its frothy, fun, and naughty moments, this is the boldest bash of them all, so sharpen those stilettos for the rockiest ride of your life!  Don’t dream it – be it!

It’s the biggest and baddest rock ‘n’ roll musical ever!

On the way to visit an old college professor, two clean cut kids, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss, run into tyre trouble and seek help at the site of a light down the road. It's coming from the Frankenstein place, where Dr Frank'n'Furter is in the midst of one of his maniacal experiments…

Follow squeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet on an adventure they’ll never forget, with the scandalous Frank'n'Furter, rippling Rocky and vivacious Magenta. Get ready for a night of fun, frolics and frivolity in this thrilling production of Richard O’Brien’s classic original script! Bursting at the seams with timeless classics, including Sweet Transvestite, Damn it Janet, and of course, the pelvic-thrusting Time Warp, Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror show is a non-stop party!

Created by Richard O’Brien who wrote the book, music and lyrics, this homage to the horror film is as ‘sexy and funny as ever’. 

The Rocky Horror Show originally debuted in 1973 on a small experimental stage in London. A live parody of the classic sci-fi and monster movies of the 40s and 50s, it was the brainchild of actor Richard O'Brien and director Jim Sharman. It starred Tim Curry and with catchy rock music, larger-than-life characters and a bewildering plot, it was immensely popular with audiences and won the award for Best Musical of 1973 from The London Evening Standard.

In 1974, the show came to America, opening at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, where it played for nine months to full houses. Tim Curry reprised his role, but many new faces joined the cast, including the rock musician Michael Lee Aday, a.k.a. Meatloaf. The production caught the attention of 20th Century Fox, who acquired the rights and set out to make it into a motion picture,

In 1975, the motion picutre version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened in the United States. In the roles of Brad and Janet, it featured relative unknowns Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon. It received mixed reviews initially, but promoters quickly realized the film was attracting a cult following. They began to hold discount midnight screenings, which turned out to be very good idea. Audience members were returning time after time and, having memorized the film, were shouting alternate lines and dancing "The Time Warp" in the aisles. Soon "shadow casts" developed, who wore elaborate costumes and pantomimed every scene in the film on the stage in front of the screen. Now, more than 30 years later, it is still the quintessential cult film, with a huge international following, yearly conventions and midnight showings in many major cities

The New Zealand TV ad:

Photos of the touring production:
a scene from Rocky Horror Show Australasian tour

The production travels at all times with 43 touring company members which includes all foreign crew, cast/musicians and management.  The basic financial terms include a guarantee, per diem for company, plus percentage of shipping/trucking, plus flights/hotels from previous city.

View the Print and TV Press, Various Interviews and Reviews or Poster

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Mr. Simkin is a Broadway producer of such Tony award winning hits as I Am My Own Wife, Death of a Salesman, Long Days Journey Into Night and the The Crucible. He has also produced I Am My Own Wife and Death of a Salesman on the West End of London.  Toby developed Broadway concepts and strategies within the China region that secured a national theatre network and enabled Broadway touring productions to be presented throughout China.  In Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Suzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanning and Hangzhou and elsewhere in China - 42nd Street, FAME the musical, Disney's production of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA.  In Taiwan, starring Brad Little, Jekyll & HydeJekyll and Hyde performed in Taipei, Tainan, Taichung and Kaohsiung. In Seoul Korea, Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington New Zealand, The Rocky Horror Show.  He has worked extensively in the broadway internet and broadway marketing industry throughout Australia, the U.S., England and Canada, with more than 120 shows, ranging from the Broadway shows of Blood Brothers and Victor/Victoria, to the live concert spectacular of The 3 Tenors to international tours of The Shanghai Ballet. He produced a critically acclaimed production of The Long & The Short & The Tall and was Stage Manager of the Royal Command Performance of The Tempest, starring Keith Michell, which opened the XII Commonwealth Games Festival in 1982. Mr Simkin produced a recording of a new musical The Promised Love in Leningrad, Russia during the coup. Over the last twelve years Mr. Simkin has worked in the entertainment technology sector, both for Microsoft Corporation and as an entrepreneur creating over 150 theatrical internet web sites for the vast majority of Broadway shows, joint technology ventures and bulletin board systems.  Mr. Simkin pioneered bringing broadway theatre to the Internet with a Bulletin Board Service in 1989 called ShowCall in conjunction with the League of American Theatres & Producers.  Since then, Toby has produced and developed websites for broadway shows, broadway plays, broadway musicals and generally, the majority of broadway theater.  Mr. Simkin pioneered bringing Broadway theater to the Internet in 1995 with a web site for the broadway show Victor/Victoria. In March of 1994 he built his first web site.  In April of 2000, Mr. Simkin sold the Internet company he founded in 1995, Theatre.com.  Mr. Simkin was Associate Producer of the Tony Award nominated Broadway play revival of Arthur Miller'sThe Crucible starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.  He is Associate Producer ofLong Day's Journey Into Night starring Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In addition, Toby is managing all broadway internet and broadway marketing initiatives online for Long Day's Journey. He is currently involved with the Broadway production of I Am My Own Wife.   In conjunction with Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, Toby produced 4 Broadway shows directed/choreographed by Wayne Cilento for Celebrity Cruises to launch the Constellation in Europe. Broadway Plays include Long Day's Journey Into Night and The Crucible. Mr. Simkin is currently Executive Producer of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, responsible for the development and production of new business in both the legit, cruise, technical & web industries and foreign markets, and producing Savion Glover improvography throughout the world.  He also served as Chief Technology Officer of Broadway Digital Entertainment, managing the broadway internet and broadway marketing for the Broadway Theatre Archive and Broadway Tonight series, and is a consultant to Music Theatre International, the leading licensor of the majority of broadway musical theatre, responsible for all broadway internet and broadway marketing. 伦敦 纽约 上海 北京 剧院 剧院管理 戏剧性产品 百老汇的演出 制作 音乐剧剧场 音乐剧 百老汇的魔力 舞台表演 百老汇 获奖 《牺牲》 《牺牲杨贵妃》 《一场豪华的中国大秀》 百佬汇中国合资公司 百老汇国际剧院管理