Interview: ‘Rocky Horror’ Producer Lou Adler on Audience Participation, Cursing, and Richard O’Brien

Posted on Thursday, October 20th, 2016 by Fred Topel

After the enormous success of Grease Live, Fox is putting on another musical this year. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not live, but it has a twist. The new remake of the 1975 film includes an audience who participates in the show, like performance groups have done at midnight shows of Rocky Horror for 40 years.

Fox presented a Rocky Horror panel to the Television Critics Association this summer that included director Kenny Ortega, cast members including Tim Curry himself, and producer Lou Adler. At the Fox TCA party that evening we got to speak with Adler about the history of Rocky Horror leading up to the new version.  Read More »

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How Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Will Be Different From The 1975 Movie [TCA 2016]

Posted on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 by Fred Topel

Fox presented a panel on The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the Television Critics Association. While not a live musical like their Grease Live!, the televised feature adds a new layer. Since its 1975 release, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has played midnight screenings with audience participation. The Fox version incorporates an audience watching the performance and performing along themselves.  Read More »

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‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Being Remade as TV Event

Posted on Friday, April 10th, 2015 by Russ Fischer

Combine a tendency to remake just about everything under the sun with an increased interest in musicals and “event” programming on TV, and we get this: a planned event version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Fox is setting up a two-hour special event Rocky Horror remake, potentially called The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event, with Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, This Is It) set to direct and choreograph. Read More »

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