Faq-Maintainer: bc770@po.cwru.edu (George Burgyan) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Editor: As usual... the list is late... I'm too booked up lately... Well... here it is! -GB! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a monthly posting that is posted on or about the 15th of each month. This list is from the Rocky Horror fan club and from people that E-Mailed me. Since I didn't go to all of these theaters, I cannot guarantee their accuracy. Entries marked with `*' have more information about them at the end of the list. Entries marked with `!' are temporary. Some of these entries have been slightly edited (mostly for conciseness) from the original message sent to me, but the content is the same. Also note that this is the official list of the Rocky Horror Fan Club. (Thanks to all the people that helped make it that!) 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If you have any additions or changes to the list, E-Mail me at bc770@po.cwru.edu or snailmail me at: George Burgyan 1380 Dill Road South Euclid, OH 44121-3969 USA +1-216-381-6550 George Burgyan (bc770@po.cwru.edu) ---------BEGINNING OF LIST--------- !*The Loft Cinema - Tucson, AZ Metro Mall - Phoenix, AZ Valley Art Theater - Tempe, AZ Arcata - Arcata, CA Fiesta - Chula Vista, CA Birdcage - Citrus Heights, CA Kings Drive Inn - Hanford, CA *Art Theatre - Long Beach, CA *Nuart - Los Angeles, CA Central Park Fox - San Antonio, CA Ken - San Diego, CA *Rialto - So. Pasadena, CA Noyo - Willits, CA *UC Berkeley - Berkeley, CA *Camera One - San Jose, CA *Montclair GCC - Montclair, CA *Canyon Theatre - San Dimas, CA Bloor Cinema - Toronto, CAN *Mayfair Theatre - Ottawa, CAN Cinema de Paris - Montreal, CAN Lux - Vancouver, CAN Marks - Osgawa, CAN Starlight - Vancouver, CAN Westminster - New Westminster, CAN Roxy Cine-Gog - Victoria, CAN *Uptown - Toronto, CAN *Esquire - Denver, CO *Flatiron - Boulder, CO *Aggie Theater - Ft. Collins, CO Groton UA - Groton, CT *York Square - New Haven, CT Carefree - West Palm Beach, FL Countryside - Clearwater, FL Fashion Village - Orlando, FL Hillsboro West, Tampa, FL Orange Park Mall - Jacksonville, FL Park Cinema - Pinellas Park, FL Regency Mall - Jacksonville, FL *Southport - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Volusia - Daytona Beach, FL Galleria - Atlanta, GA *Northlake 8 - Atlanta, GA *The Georgia Theater - Athens, GA *Henenway Theater - University of Hawaii Manoa campus, HI Billy Joe's - Des Moines, IA *Varsity Theatre - Ames, IA Cineplex Odeon - Nampa, ID Lakehurst - Waukegan, IL Mundelein Cinema - Mundelein, IL New Art - Champaign, IL CrossRoads Theatre - Merrillville, IN *Greenbriar Theater - Indianapolis, IN Boulevard 3 - Topeka, KS Vogue - Louisville, KY Lakeside - Metairie, LA *Harvard Square - Cambridge, MA General Cinema - Shoppers' World - Framingham, MA *Laurel Lakes Center - Laurel, MD *Towson Commons General Cinema - Towson MD !*University of Southern Maine - Portland, ME *Capitol - Flint, MI *Briarwood - Ann Arbor, MI *Uptown - Minneapolis, MN Avalon - St. Louis, MO *Deville Cinema - Jackson, MS *Silver Screen - Biloxi, MS *Rialto - Raleigh, NC The Silver Screen Cafe - Charlotte, NC Fort Cinema - Kearney, NE Blaker Twin - Wildwood, NJ *Cinema 35 - Paramus, NJ *Harwan - Mt. Ephraim, NJ *Cinema Classics - Redbank, NJ *Brook Theatre - Bound Brook, NJ *? - Rutgers University, Trenton, NJ Movie City 6 - Edison, NJ *Torrey Pines Cinema - Las Vegas, NV *Amherst - Buffalo, NY *Lockport Mall - Buffalo, NY Arts - Binghamton, NY Marboro - Brooklyn, NY *Movieland 8th Street - New York, NY *Cinema East - Nyack, NY *Jo-Mor's Stoneridge Theater - Rochester, NY Strand - Plattsburgh, NY ?????? - Staten Island, NY *Hoyts' Cinema - Carousel Center, Syracuse, NY *Cedar Lee - Cleveland Heights, OH Cinema Circle - Circleville, OH *Graceland - Columbus, OH Loews Theater - Glendale, OH Cinema West - Hamilton, OH Neon Movies - Dayton, OH *Real Movies - Cincinnati, OH *Maumee Theater - Maumee, OH *Cla-Zel - Bowling Green, OH Highland Theater - Akron, OH Third Wave Cinema - LaGrande, OR *Clinton Street - Portland, OR *Lehigh Valley Mall - Allentown, PA *The Hollywood Theatre - Dormont (Pittsburg), PA Holly Theater - Mt. Holly Springs, PA Wyoming Valley - Wilkes Barre, PA *Roxy - Philadelphia, PA *State Theater - State College, PA *Meadowbrook - Warwick, RI *Powell Cinemas - Knoxville, TN Franklin - Franklin, TN Jolly's View & Brew - Amarillo, TX Bell-Air - Euless, TX Caruth Plaza - Dallas, TX Dobie Mall Theater - Austin, TX Forum - Arlington, TX *Northcross 6 - Austin, TX *Central Park Fox - San Antonio, TX Town Crossing - Mesquite, TX Windchimes - Houston, TX *River Oaks Theatre - Houston, TX *Tower Theatre - Salt Lake City, UT Camelot - Staunton, VA Naro - Norfolk, VA UA Lynnhavan - Virginia Beach, VA Midlothian Mall - Midlothian, VA Kitsap - Silverdale, WA Lido - Mt. Vernon, WA Lincoln Plaza - Tacoma, WA Magic Lantern - Spokane, WA *Varsity - Seattle, WA Pasco Theater - Pasco, WA City Centre - Green Bay, WI Majestic - Madison, WI *Oriental - Milwaukee, WI *Hoyts Centre - Sydney, Australia !*Cinema Mondo - Helsinki, Finland *Studio Galande - Paris, France *Germany Rocky Horror Shows (Actual plays) *Museums Lichtspiele - Munich, Germany *The Classic - Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland *X-Ta - Tel-Aviv, Israel *Cinema Mexico - Milan, Italy *Paramount Theatre - Wellington, New Zealand *Hollywood Theatre - Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand *Prince Charles Cinema - London, UK ---------END OF LIST--------- These comments are not mine (mostly) but of some of the readers of alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror The Loft Cinema - Tucson, AZ Sat, Midnight, $5.00 Comments: Huge theater, big screen, new film. Audience mostly high school and college students. Some cast members have an awful sense of timing. Virgins are married before sacrificed. (We have morals... NOT :) Comments: By the way, thanks to whomever had that constructive criticism of the cast. It's true, and a lot nicer than it could have been. The Loft has temporarily closed RHPS due to problems with teenage drinking outside. The owner has tentatively agreed to re-open the film in August, taking care of the security problems and some advertising. Price, however, is tenatively to go up to $5.00. Art Theatre - Long Beach, CA 2025 E. 4th Street at Cherry Ave. (310) 438-5435 Sat. show $6.00 Comments: The cast here is VERY good. Their props & costumes are some of the best anywere. The show is very fun but if you get sick of it their are always cool people in the forier to hang out with. This is a very modifyed version of the old "Sat. Balboa" cast. (only a handful of the Balboa people are still left...) You can throw almost everything. Thay even let you use lighters! A word of advice if you go... Don't join cast if you like your sanity... Good show but... Thay also have a very nice "uncut", Super Heros print! All in all this is truly a cast worth seeing... -Zenin (aka Byron) Nuart - Los Angeles, CA Comments: Took over about 8 years ago when the Tiffany closed its long-time Los Angeles run. Cast of Sins of the Flesh has gone through many changes over the years, but the big fixture is Dennis Miller (not the TV Dennis, the Rocky Dennis) who stands out front of the theatre and collects fan club memberships every weekend. Dennis is an original, who used to (and occasionally still does) play Riff. (He is noted in Creatures of the Night, Sal's book). The BEST virgin sacrifices on the West Coast (sorry Berkeley :-) The ultimate virgin sacrifice: two rows of virgins, guys in one aisle and girls in the other, with their legs spread while a selected guy and girl virgin had to crawl on their backs all the way up the aisle and then come back to the front of the theatre on their stomachs, between the legs of the other virgins (opposite sexes, of course :-) Nuart played Rock-bye-Bear (by Fred Quimby) for a long long time until it broke. Several other cartoons have been aired over the years, plus the ultimate rock-video, The Wall, as trailers (why do they call them trailers when they come at the BEGINNING of the show? :-) Rialto - So. Pasadena, CA Sat, Midnight, runs about 8 months per year Comments: This place is in the National Registry of Historical Landmarks. It is one of the few remaining original vaudville theatres, complete with orchestra pit, bizarre pseudo-Egyptian decore, and gaudy paint. The balcony is usually closed. You might recognize it, because it has been used in _many_ motion pictures. I recall at least Kentucky Fried Movie being filmed there. It has been several years since I saw Rocky Horror there, but they still line up every Saturday. Comments: "The Player" is the best known most recent film which takes place at the Rialto. UC Berkeley - Berkeley, CA Sat, Midnight, $6.00 Cast Name: Indecent Exposure Comments: It's about 5 blocks below UCB. The cast is excellent and it is considered the best cast in the country (so say the fan club in NY). We have official virgin hunters outside the theater before the show. The virgins are marked with "V" or "Fuck Me" in lipstick on their faces so that they can be easily identified by those with rice and other projectiles. We also have Super Heroes in the uncut version of the film. We also show shorts or music videos before the main feature. Sometimes the cast isn't there, but we have a good time anyway. About four times a year we have lengerie night complete with a competition for the best outfit. Other goofy things are known to happen, like last night when the entire cast was dressed as Star Trek characters who had been forced to play out the roles of RH. Our next lengerie night is tentatively scheduled for early July. Comments: Berkeley has been running the longest of them all.. Comments: Call Becky Milanio at (510) 236-5491 for more info. (The Indecent Exposure Entertainment line) Camera One - San Jose, CA Sat, Midnight Phone: 408-294-3800 Comments: Camera One's cast is Velvet Darkness, and no matter what the Berkeley cast says, Sal Piro designated VD the "best cast in the country" for 1993. VD started playing at Fremont's UA which is now a foreign language theatre (no, they don't show a subtitled version of RHPS :-) many years ago and switched to the Camera One in early 1993. They recently celebrated their first anniversary at Camera One. There is a weekly virgin sacrifice in which one virgin is forced to strip and don a wedding dress and then is placed in the opening wedding photograph scene with the cast. Excellent cast, costumes and props (full lighting equipment, a castle, a casket, red and blue sheets, a candelabra, etc., etc.) Audience props are only minimally supervised. Best line heard first at Camera One: "..called the human race (that's why your phone bill is so high!)" Montclair GCC - Montclair, CA Monta Vista exit off the 10 fwy. Turn north, 1 blk, turn right in to the mall. - Their are 2 theatres in the mall... you want the one next to 31 flavors. Fri./Sat. Show $5.00 or $3.50 if you have a "Fan Club" card! Comments: Friday night: This is a fun theatre! The cast is Ok. But the aud. is great. (VERY friendly :) It's the way Rocky used to be...:) Just a bunch of friends, having a good time. ...I like it. -Zenin (aka Byron) Canyon Theatre - San Dimas, CA Fri. show $3.00? ...it keeps changing. Comments: Not bad for a new cast. Good cast, good tech, nice people. All in all a rather good show. :) ...but I still want to know what that cat piss smell was in some of the side seats? ...just keep to the center section and you'll be fine. :) -Zenin (aka Byron) Mayfair Theatre - Ottawa, CAN Show RHPS two or three times a month Uptown - Toronto, CAN Price: $7-8 (Canadian) Comments: I think the cast was just starting out, the props and performances were both rather limited. Shows seem to be every other saturday night, price I racall as being about 7-8$, audience seemed to be mostly high school & university students.Nearly everyonr went as conventionists. Rocky looked a bit ?very waifish & wore a cassock instead if bandages, later a gold speedo. Narrator was rather annoying, led the audience in monty python singalongs instead of doing lines. No virgin sacrifice but their names were entered in a book. Audience was requested to throw props onto stage rather than at screen or cast, lighters and water were allowed (but my squirtgun leaked).Superheroes was included. They showed a Woody Woodpecker cartoon (R.I.P. Walter Lance) beforehand where at one point he dresses up as a mermaid , and someone yelled "Do't fuck ck with the Hair". 2Policemen were in attendance but quite friendly & posed with us for photos. It's a couple of blocks from the Victoria College campus you can look it up if you're in T.O. P.S. I'm not sure if the Bloor is still showing RHPS. Flatiron - Boulder, CO Every other week (?) Phone: 303-442-1944. Comments: The theater is at the corner of 13th Street and College, just one block from the CU-Boulder campus. It seems to show only every two weeks. The cast is called Deep Throat Nine, and they are a crazy bunch: they yell backa t the audience and throw things at them, including a two-quart pitcher of water in the water-cooler scene in Sweet Transvestite. Before the show are cast-lead cheers and songs and jokes. No Super Heroes. A lot less structure than the show at Berkeley CA. Comments: Rocky does play at the FlatIrons in Boulder, CO, everyother weekend, unless the manager decides he doesn't want a bunch of happy transvestites in his theater that weekend and says the projector or broken. Esquire - Denver, CO 6th and Downing street. addmission : $6.00 time : 11:45 theatre lets in 12:00 virgin stuff and rules 12:15 Show starts Every saterday night Comments: Not the best show in the world, but has been improving steadily Only cast and crew is allowed on stage. Our theatre is dry and no open flames (flamming ok) allowed. all other props OK. we distribute "Official Certificates of Non-Virginity" to those recently popped. Audience participation scripts with OUR lines also available for the cost of copies. We have also been running a small spotlight for 6 months with limited success. Our film has superheros intact, high quality print (no glitches). try outs are held regulary for new players, If coming into town with some notice, drop me a line, we may be able to arrange something. our theatre seats 200, we have 25-75 on average. Contact: Leo Lionetti lionetti@beethoven.cs.colostate.edu Aggie Theater - Ft. Collins, CO Price: $4.00 Comments: Rocky Horror has returned to the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins Colorado. The theatre is located at 204 S. College. The show is organized by the Rocky Horror Society at Colorado State University. The show is $4.00. The cast The Rocky Whores is well rehearsed and features the best frank in the state. Preshow festivities include the S&M Man and "Let's fake an orgasm." Due to the addition of new seats to the theatre, it is a no fire or water allowed show. All other props are allowed, and flashlights are encouraged during "There's a Light." The show most recently played the weekend of April Fool's with great success. RHPS should return for Halloween and April Fool's from now on. York Square - New Haven, CT Fri & Sat, 11:30, $5.50 Comments: Brand new print with Super Heroes. Southport - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Saturdays at midnight, $6 Comments: Tremendous dinner-theater type place. Audience actually sits at tables, and there are waiters who actually bring food and drink (even beer!) during the performance. Upon entry, you receive a bag containing toast and rice. Audience is rather unruly (due to being somewhat drunk), but the cast is usually very good. (Note I said usually.) The pre-show is interesting... sometimes the actor playing Brad will play "Great Balls of Fire" on the actress playing Magenta, sometimes Brad will lip synch "The Masochism Tango" with Frank. They used to have a Friday show, but I hear tell that they've cancelled it. Northlake 8 - Atlanta, GA Comments: If you are looking for a really professional cast, might I suggest the Northlake 8 in Atlanta. The cast really does a good job (and, I played Brad/Riff/Magenta there for a year prior to moving to Gainesville). The Northlake 8 is a great theater! For directions, just take I-75 to Northlake Drive and head east. You cannot miss the Mall, it is on the right side of Northlake Drive, and the AMC is near Toys-R-Us. Tell them Tom Servo sent ya! Ask for Kim McFarland, she is the area Rep of the Nat'l Fan Club, as well as a teriffic Frank! Comments: I've been preforming at the Northlake AMC 8 theatre in Atlanta GA for the last 4 years now, mostly as Brad Majors, but have played every part at least 2 times. We have a VERY good, and you could say a more 'professional' cast than most places (id assume). We preform every friday and Saturday night at approx 12:30 p.m. at the Northalke Festival AMC 8 theatre off of LaVista Rd near I-285 in Atlanta, GA. We welcome all types and persuasions, and are always looking for fresh flesh... erm.. new cast members. :> Comments: The cast at Northlake is cool. However, I would reccomed that you live in the Atlanta area to join. I live in Athens, and the commute got to me after a year. The Georgia Theater - Athens, GA Comments: It used to be a regular movie house but now it is a bar...which still occasionally shows movies. There is a big stage and the balcony is, so far as I've seen, always open. They put on RHPS once per academic quarter and I believe the admission is $2. A group of RHPS players just recently formed and performed for the first time at the winter quarter show. Because the theater is generally a club, there is a wet bar and smoking is allowed during the show. If you don't want to sit in the regular (well worn) seats, there are tables and standing room in the back by the bar. The management is very cool about all the stuff fans like to do and ask only that you do not touch the screen. The crowd tends to be almost exclusively college students, since Athens is a college town. It's a great time for $2. Henenway Theater - University of Hawaii Manoa campus, HI Saturday at midnight, $4.00 Varsity Theatre - Ames, IA Shown Halloween, the day before Halloween, and during our Spring Celebration, called Veishea. That usually the third week in April. Greenbriar Theater - Indianapolis, IN Sat. Midnight $4.00 Comments: We are an up-and-comming cast that has been around for a while but is just now getting up on our feet. If you have just come to Indiana for college or whatever and are looking for a regular Rocky, we can use some dedicated cast members. We get wild and out of control, but hey, it's Rocky Horror and it is a hell of a time. To get to Greenbriar, take the northern leg of I465, take the Meridian street exit and go south and then turn right onto 86th street and go for several blocks until you get to 86th and Ditch. Harvard Square - Cambridge, MA Midnight on Fri and Sat, $6.75 Comments: Across the street from Harvard. Comments: Cambridge,Mass' "Full Body Cast" puts on the RHPS with a real flair for perfection and, er, eagerness to please. With two full multi- talented companies, plus understudies, many of whom can play more than one role, and whose onstage appearances, costumes, and personas greatly resemble those of their characters, as well as full costumes, lights, props, and security tech crews, this exciting bunch has won popularity among Boston area audiences, and has earned many awards and much acclaim nationwide at RHPS conventions/competitions. The film itself is the original version (with "Super Heroes", and "Science Fiction - Reprise"), and has no breaks or skips. Viewers can exoect a great-looking performance and show, and maybe a few surprises, such as a special visit from "Animal", or "Barney", from Alex/655321, from a member of "the Clown family, or from Ed Norton or Phyllis Diller, or, if they're lucky, a gender-switched role or two, such as a male Columbia, a female Scotty, a male Trixie, or a Criminologist in drag! Show rituals include: 1.) Full musical pre-show, with one or two pre-rehearsed numbers, (e.g. "Y.M.C.A.", "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)", "Hot For Teacher") along with one or two RH faves (stage versions), usually "Time Warp", and either "Sweet T", "Dammit Janet", or "Hot Patootie", also pre-rehearsed. Numbers change monthly. 2.) Warm-up audience welcome/greeting speech; during which the whole house gets to warm up its wit and wisecracks, due to the "pun-tiful" words of either the (very!) Good Doctor or Commander Riff-Raff. Rules are laid out (LAID??) herein, that is: Rule #1 - "NO PUFTAS" (python), Rule #2 - No burning lighters, matches, flammable hairdos, etc (no "open flames") during "Frankenstein Place", and Rule #3 - No props! No tossing any rice, toast, etc, or using squirt guns (except tossing "off"/ using your "Love Gun" in the bathroom). 3.) One or two virgins get their symoblic "cherries" popped (by way of a nice big shiny red balloon between the legs), and as an extra treat, get to play Betty Hapschatt in the wedding scene. If two picked, either the "lame-ometer" is used to judge who needs it more, or if they're both dead fucks, one pops the other! Laurel Lakes Center - Laurel, MD Sat, Midnight, $6.75 Comments: While the show is new, the cast is experienced (many from the now-closed Marley Station Mall cast), and very good. Management has agreed to keep it around as long as an it pulls a decent audience. If audience grows sufficiently, management will consider a lower price. Water and TP are not permitted, but the rest is cool. Towson Commons General Cinema - Towson, MD Address: 435 York Road Towson Maryland, 21204 Phone: (410) 825-5233 Directions: I95 to 695 towards Towson (not Essex) to Dulaney Valley Rd exit south. Stay on Dulaney Valley Rd as it changes names to York Rd (at Joppa) Theater is on the left at the corner of York Rd and Pennsylvania Ave. Comments: Our first night was April 8th. There were over 100 people that night. On our second night we had over 200 people! The theater manager is completly behind the cast. He let's the cast in for free, even though the ticket price is $1 for students and $2.50 for all others. He gives us time to do introductions, virgin hunts, and general info before the show. The theater holds about 300 people and has a changing area behind the screen. Our cast "Castle Transylvanians" performs Friday and Saturday. Our official opening show will be May 6. We are on a probationary period. That means that after the four weeks, the theater has a right to close.We don't think that will happen! The audiences are very enthused about Rocky comming back to Maryland! University of Southern Maine - Portland, ME [ed: shows moved to unspecified date] Contact Pete for more info. Capitol - Flint, MI Comments: Does it once a year Briarwood - Ann Arbor, MI Sat. Midnight Uptown - Minneapolis, MN Sat, Midnight Comments: I saw the RHPS there many times growing up: The Uptown is a relatively small theatre with great atmo. Don't try to sneak in alcohol or too much rice, they frisk you at the door. Their motto: "Drink it before you get here." The cast is good, the crowd is odd, as usual, and the people are relatively friendly, if messed up. Comments: They have a fairly new print with "Superheroes" & "SFDF - reprise" at the end. Deville Cinema - Jackson, MS Comments: I was told that they haven't shown the movie regularly since the 15th anniversary. They only show it *very* occasionally, on "special occasions" (whatever THAT means), so anyone wanting to see the show there would be wise to call first and see if it's a "special occasion." Silver Screen - Biloxi, MS Fri & Sat, Midnight, $4.50 Comments: As I said, they show it every Fri. and Sat. at 12:00. Entry is $4.50, but that includes pizza and beer (if you're of age.) Great theater, primo sound system, HUGE screen...all in all, a great place to see RHPS. Rialto - Raleigh, NC Friday, 11:30 pm The Wild and Untamed Players Comments: Rialto theatre is located at Five points on glenwood Ave in downtown Raleigh. This is one of the best Rocky shows around. I've been to shows in Pittsburgh-Dormont theatre, other NC shows, and even at Prince Charles theatre in London. This show is awesome because of its dynamic nature and its liberal management. All Rocky props are allowed including lighters and water throwing devices. Want to stand up and move around wherever you want, no problem, anything goes! This Rocky features an underwear run, wherin the audience strips and runs around after guess who Rocky! Cool Virgin ritual! Original lines! If you are a visitor from far away, ask someone for a place to stay for the night and go to the party after each show! Cinema 35 - Paramus, NJ Fri & Sat, Midnight, $5.00 Comments: Our cast went to the Rocky Horror mini convention in Washington DC on April 24th. Out of the six of us who went, three of us pulled first places in the costume contest. Out of all the other theatres represented there we were told by all of them that we had the loudest most enthusiastic Rocky crew any of them had ever seen. Even Sal heard some lines he never heard before. Our lines are always up to date. On that weekend we had some David Koresh lines strewn about by us. Our theatre allows most things except it only allows cast members and the five transylvanians we haqve to go up to the first few rows of the theatre and up to the screen. THere are no open flames permited in our theatre (well except for mike but hes okay) so the lighter scene is done with flashlights. We are allowed to throw just about anything. New lines are always welcome. The only problem with our theatre is that our film is falling apart. The entire dinner scene is cut from when Frank turns off the magnet until Eddies Teddy begins. During the wedding scene a huge blue line runs accross the screen back an forth. Its cool sometimes because every so often our film's mess ups lead to new lines. We are currently in the process of getting a new film fron TC Fox. Harwan - Mt. Ephraim, NJ Saturday, midnight, $5.00 Comments: One of the oldest casts in the country (15 years old), and the only cast in South Jersey and surrounding Philadelphia area. The Transducer Players are pictured on pages 120-121 of Sal's 15th anniversary book, as well as pictured on the back cover with the eastside cinema cast. (That was just after they lost the 8th street playhouse in the village.) Shows EVERY saturday night at midnight, admition is still only $5.00. The theater itself is a single screen, 600 seat vaudville theater complete with stage. An average show is 150-250 people. Virgin of the week every week. Theme nights and prizes all the time. Origonal pre-shows. Professional cast. Highest recomendations. Phone: 609-931-8869 -- For more info on the Transducer Players, or to subscribe to our weekly newsletter, (Non-profit. Just pay the postage. A stamp a week.) mail to: The Transducer Players 110 Warren Avenue Voorhees, NJ 08043-1235 -- [ed: directions deleted, if you want them, mail me and I'll send them] Brook Theatre - Bound Brook, NJ Comments: The Brook Theatre on Hamiltong Street in Bound Brook, NJ shows Rocky Horror on Friday and Saturday nights. [ed: They have a cast, I met some of them at Age of Consent :) ] ? - Rutgers University, Trenton, NJ Fridays. Comments: My name is Jeff Mach and I'm the director of the cast commonly known as Midnight Decadence, the Decadent Midnights, or The Decadent MidKnights In Their Scarlet Tights (a play on our school's colors and sports teams). We run the show at Rutgers University. We're fighting the administration, but we've managed to have some regular shows..Friday nights, so far, although we'll be doing some Saturdays to let Orthodox Jewish people come (no, really! Honest! My Janet here (her name's Nancy Martin, just thought I'd mention it because I'm babbling anyway) thinks the Orthodox Jewish thing is a joke, but it's not...[end digression] Anyway, we have a perfect 16mm film with Superheroes and a particularly..um...innovative show, even by Rocky standards..(we'll probably be posting soon on the net about our proposed de-virginization game, Full-Body Twister)...not that that's necessarily a good thing ;) ....um...well, if you have any questions, or even if you don't, just e-mail me... Jeff Mach Cinema Classics - Redbank, NJ Saturdays Torrey Pines Cinema - Las Vegas, NV Fri-Sat, ca. Midnight, $3.50 Comments: Cast, virgin ceremonies, the usual (?). No Super Heroes. Torrey Pines also runs Heavy Metal, Sid and Nancy, animation, anime, other midnight-type movies on the same schedule. (93 May 14) Amherst - Buffalo, NY $5.00 or $3.50 w/ID Comments: If you're in Buffalo, stop in and visit the cast of "Crazed Imagination" sometime....:) Lockport Mall - Buffalo, NY Price: $5.50 Comments: The crowds are small and the cast is sporadic..but it's fun!! It is off of Transit Rd.,FYI Movieland 8th Street - New York, NY Price - $7.50 (Just like most New York City movies...Yuck) Every Friday and Saturday night Comments: Rocky is still going in New York City at Movieland, on 8th St. (Just 1 block from the, now closed, 8th St. Playhouse). While the cast is constantly changing, there are a few regulars, including several people who date back to the Playhouse, and even the Waverly, before that. Rice isn't allowed, but lighters, and noisemakers are. In fact, they are sold by the cast for people who forgot to bring props. Cinema East - Nyack, NY Comments: I enjoyed this theater. went there twice. they have a pink panther short at the beginning, and (when i was there) a good cast. mostly the same lines as 8th street playhouse. Comments: This theater has been playing the RHPS on & off since it it came out! Collectively about 15 yrs. It's even in the RHPS Book! Cinema East had been a legend for a while, but now it is hopping once again! Early October '92, it had an audiance of 5 and no cast. On Halloween '92, there was a cast and an attendence of 316!! That cast (The "Inside Insanity" Cast) is still there over a year and a half later and is working like hell to regain Cinema East the rep. it once had! But it's hard, because people just don't seem as interested anymore. But if you are interested, It's a great place to see it! The theater is a 750 seat auditorium with with a stage and a GREAT atmosphere!! The cast is very friendly & enthusiastic and it's members are ages 14-25! They have a pre-show crowd booster and 'Virgin Sacrifices' before the show as well as a Pink Panther 'Inspector' cartoon which is also acted out on stage! Their costumes are great, including a Rocky costume that falls apart like the one in the movie! They also have a lot of props (i.e.-coffin, elevator, tank, juke box, weight set, etc.) and a whole Crim. set!! They encourage field trips, as for there have been a few to the theater already. Once three bus loads of people showed up for a show. Admision is $6.50 and when the cast can afford it, they make up 'Virgin Kits' full of props & goodies! They have a weekly newsletter called "The Insanity Insider" and are working on putting out a Fanzine! They enjoy theme nights and special shows every once in a while to keep it fun and interesting for the audiance as well as themselves! Their achievments are an audiance of 406 on Halloween '93, & 350 on a 'normal' night once! They have performed at Ramapo College (and look forward to performing there again) and also at Movie City in Edison, NJ. They look forward to possible shows at Drew University, St. Thomas Aquintas, and a possible production of "The Rocky Horror Show!" They can occasionally be found in local Nyack and Nanuet newspapers, and were once in "The Asbury Park Press!" If you want to see the show, the Theater's # is +1-914-358- 6631 for rec. or +1-914-358-6632 for directions. Any donations to the cast are very much apprieciated. Even scrap matieral or ideas and comments/criticizims are welcome! They are used to keep up our costumes and props and do fun things for the audiance!! DON'T LET NYACK DIE OUT AGAIN!!! SEE THE RHPS EVERY SAT. @ MIDNITE!!"Stay Sane 'INSIDE INSANITY'"!!!!!! :* Jo-Mor's Stoneridge Theater - Rochester, NY Fri & Sat, midnight, $5.00 Comments: I am a former member of the cast that performs here, "Sweet Temptations". When I left, the show had deteriorated to the point of being just not fun anymore--obnoxious management, random horsing around while in costume, etc. However, the cast finally saw the low attendance which resulted from this, and is now trying to get serious and rebuild itself. I'm always willing to give second chances when they're due...so go check 'em out, and give them some well-needed encouragement. Comments: I'm a current member of the cast. It's fairly open, and we're always trying to recruit new cast members. We enjoy good relations with management, the cast and regulars regularly hang out together (after the show, and otherwise), and we interact strongly with our audiences. Hoyts' Cinema - Carousel Center, Syracuse, NY Comments: Carousel is a large, semi-expensive mall and the cinemas are appropriate to that setting. Amazingly enough, they will let you bring pretty much everything, including water, toast, rice, etc... Rocky fans in the area have been quoted as saying "We're not sure if the management is naive or just plain nuts." One other note: the cinemas are very centrally located in the mall, so if you go in costume, you get to parade through past everyone. Ah well. 'Tis the price we must pay. :) Cedar Lee - Cleveland Heights, OH Sat, midnight, $6.50 Address 2163 Lee Road Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 Phone +1-216-321-5411 (Show information) +1-216-321-8232 Comments: There is a good show here. People that saw it in other theaters say that this is very good. There is a fine cast and good managment. This is where the editor of this list goes. Graceland - Columbus, OH Fri & Sat, Midnight, $4.00 (614) 888-3523 Comments: The Rocky Horror Picture Show is playing at the Graceland Twin Cinema in Columbus, Ohio at the Graceland shopping Center off of High Street. It plays both Friday and Saturday nights at midnight (of course) with a live cast both nights (two members of which are writing this message). Price of admission is $4.00, though the cast does get in for free. If you have any questions, call the theatre at (614) 888-3523 and ask for Brian, Mae, or Wendy. If you have any virgins amongst you, ask for Brian, he'll take care of them. P.S. only rice is allowed for audience props! and no fucking rice at the cast!!! Real Movies - Cincinnati, OH Every other weekend Maumee theater - Maumee, OH Every now and then Cla-Zel - Bowling Green, OH Every now and then Clinton Street - Portland, OR Sat, $4.00 with cast, $3.50 without Comments: Shows run every Saterday night with the Caberiet performing about every other weekend. It has been showing RHPS for almost 17 years which I believe makes it the longest running show in the US. Audience varies, tends to be louder on cast nights, but good. There are often theme nights, last night, for example was "Fuck with your character night" The one con is that you are considered a virgin if you have never seen RHPS at Clinton Street. Overall it's lots of fun. Lehigh - Allentown, PA Fri & Sat, Midnight, $5.50 Comments: Name of the cast is "Sins of the Flesh" out of Bethlehem, PA. Excellent cast, all ages and skill levels. Has been known to perform RHPS at more than one location at the same night. (ie enuff talented cast for two complete performances.) Comments: All props are allowed except open flames and water. They have Superheroes. The Hollywood Theater - Pittsburgh, PA Sat, 10pm, $3.00 Comments: They have a performance cast. They also show TWO Tim Curry Videos before Rocky starts, Paradice Garage and I do the Rock. They are the only place in the Pittsburgh area that has the current rights. You are allowed all standard props except WATER. we also have a brand new Print of it and it looks GREAT! Comments: Not only that, but it *does* contain the entire "Super Heroes"--only time in 10+ years of viewing in both SoCal and Pittsburgh I have ever seen that scene. Roxy - Philadelphia, PA Midnight, $5.50 Comments: "The cast is compleatly crazy." They're good, but sometimes get carried away. The theater is small, but large enough to do a good show. You are not allowed to throw anything or have open flames either. State Theater - State College, PA Comments: I just saw the May Rocky listings and thought you might want to know about Vanilla Challice. We are State College's RHPS cast. The State theater (usually where we perform) currently doesn't have Rocky but if CinemaWorld (the owners of the State) believes in consistancy Rocky will be back to Central Pennsylvania in mid-October. The price of admission is roughly $6 and the theater is located on College Ave. (Rt. 26) in State College, PA. The cast is a motley crue of old actors and new virgins out for a good time. Warn the prudes though. One of our most popular Janets is male and we have two women who play Rocky him/her/itself. New people are welcome and travelling members of other casts frequently guest star. The show is (as always) at midnight Fridays and Saturdays. We expect it to start in mid-Octoberand last until (cross the fingers) late January. That's really it but in case you're wondering about our name. A Vanilla Challice is two shots of Fruit Punch, Pink Lemonade, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mugs rootbeer, and Mountain Dew. Mix well. The concoction tastes like vanilla and comes from the cast hanging out at Taco Ball after the show. Guess which drinksthe place has. Meadowbrook - Warwick, RI Comments: (This show has suffered greatly due to a pissing contest between the former cast and the current cast, when it should have been between the former cast and the management. Since the last review was written by a disgruntled former cast member, I will give you a more fair picture.) The film is a mono print with Science Fiction reprise (no Superhero's) and has some skips (one of them cuts out most of 'I'm going home'). The audience has to sign a waver to enter (it just releases the theater from people claiming whiplash when hit with rice or toilet paper) but you are free to throw props and dance in the isles. Although the cast suffers from what seems to be lackluster support from management, they perform with much enthusiasm, despite the fact that they are sometimes undermanned. And the ongoing cast war between them and the former cast, who feel any cast currently here should suffer due to their poor relationship with the theater management, has not detered them from putting on the best show they can. Powell Cinemas - Knoxville, TN Friday, Midnight, $3.00 Comments: Most of the cast members are really good, though sometimes one member wil not show up and hapless friends of the cast get pressed into service, sometimes with hilarious results. Audience members can bring props with the only two rules being that you're not allowed to throw liquids, or those industrial-size rolls ot toilet paper. This seemed to be a common sense thing, but some dolt brought them and someone got nailed, so it's now an "official" rule. -- Oh yeah, this cast will also be doing the show at the Bijou in Downtown Knox-Vegas the first two weekends in August, admission is still unknown at this time though last year it was a suggested donation of $3, but if you were broke, or just plain cheap, you could get in free. :) From what I heard, the rules at the Bijou are a bit stricter, and you can only throw popcorn. I'll update you on the admission and other things if you want me to.. David Gridley Northcross 6 - Austin, TX Fri & Sat, midnight, $4.50 Northcross Mall 2525 West Anderson Lane (512) 454-1650 Comments: It's a decent theatre in a north Austin shopping mall. My teenaged daughters go regularly and have a great time! Central Park Fox - San Antonio, TX Fri & Sat, 10pm, $1.50 Comments: Cast is on Friday only. (Cast does not get in free, tho) River Oaks Theatre - Houston, TX Price: $6.00 Tower Theatre - Salt Lake City, UT Irregular, usually at least once a month, always at a midnight show. Varsity - Seattle, WA Saturday, midnight, $6.50 ($4.50 w/Seven Gables discount pass) Address: Varsity Theater 4329 University Way NE (Right across from the University Bookstore) Seattle, Washington (206) 632-3131 Comments: Since November 26, 1993. Moved around the corner from the Neptune where it ran for over 15 years. Virgin games before the show. Live cast. Comments: There are still virgin games before the show (although they open the doors at 11:45, leaving us precious little time to get anything done before the show). The theater is open on Christmas and New Year's, so if they fall on a Saturday (as they did this year), we'll be there. Oriental - Milwaukee, WI Saturdays at Midnight, Admission $6 Comments: Located on the corner of Farwell and North on the fashionable east side of Milwaukee. A Landmark theatre which seats about 500, 1000 with balcony (only open for huge crowds, such as Halloween [775 people this year])--and and all important center isle to do the Time Warp in! Performing cast is "Sensual Daydreams", which performs every Saturday except holidays and a limited schedule in the summer. The cast is big on timing and performance. They also have some excellent large props (tank, control panel, weight set, etc). Weekly virgin contest (randomly selected on the Virgin Wheel). Props such and rice and toast are allowed. Masterbation is allowed in the back row. [ed:!!] Hoyts Centre - Sydney, Australia Fri, 11:30pm, AUS$11.50 Concession AUS$8 Comments: Cast usually hang out in the bar at Hoyts, so come by and say hello! Hoyts is a 'family' cinema, so no fucking swearing, alright? We have been running in this incarnation for four years (Anniversary show is Fri May 28, 1993). The cinema is quite good, and we have a great print, *including* the SuperHeroes ending! Props are mostly cool, just no fried rice or anything squishy :( As always, we need fresh lines, so feel free to bring your along! Comments: Good cast, some innovative callbacks, and a good quality film (with Super Heroes at the end, incidently). Movie doesn't start until around 12:00, with the cast building the atmosphere with audience participation prior to the screening by sing-a-longs and virgin introductions etc. All props are permitted and encouraged (with the exception of naked flames). Sheets of newspaper handed out at the door, to bewilder the virgins who don't know what to expect. Cinema Mondo - Helsinki, Finland Sat, 11:00 - Used to be every Sat at 11:00, but it has been on a break for few months now, though they promised that it'll get back to programme. Was 40 FIM, what is about $8.00 Comments: A small one, but shows used to be good. And as I said: RHPS hasn't been on the programme for some months, but it might come back next autumn or later on the summer. Studio Galande - Paris France 42, rue Galande 75005 PARIS Metro St Michel (Near Notre-Dame) 42 Francs Friday 22H30 & 0H30 Saturday 22H30 & 0H30 Fan-Club : The Zen Room (Newsletter, Penpal list) Comments : 2 casts, The Absent Friends & The Zen Room. Both can be seen mostly on Friday night. Germany Rocky Horror Shows (Actual plays) - Dresden, Staatsschauspiel, opens Oct 10 1993, directed by Klaus Dieter Kirst - Erfurt, Schauspielhaus, opens Sep 25 1993, dir. by ??? - Gelsenkirchen, Musiktheater im Revier, opens Dec 12 1993, dir. by Dick Top - Saarbruecken, Staatstheater, opens Oct 5 1994, dir. by Matthias Davids - St. Gallen, Stadttheater, opens Sep 25 1993, dir. by Anna Vaughan - Vienna, Raimund-Theater, opens Sep 7 1993, dir. by Alexander Goebel Museums Lichtspiele - Munich, Germany Every day, early evening, on weekends late night, ca. DM 10 Location: Near the ``Deutsches Museum'' in Munich, Germany Comments: This theatre is extra-ordinary one. They play every day the RHPS (since 15 or so years) and the ``Blues Brothers'' (since 8 years). ``The Big Blue'' is shown at least weekly in the long, english version (with french subtitles). Other cult movies are shown reguarly as well. There is a special RHPS packet available at the cash bar, containing rice, a (loaded :-) water pistole and some other stuff you need for *really* enjoying the show. The Classic - Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland. Fri & Sat 11:00 pm Comments: As far as I know, it's the longest running RHPS in the world at over 11 years... and it's still going strong. [ed: not the longest] Comments: I've just read the list, and I'd just like to give you some info on the Harolds X cinema. There are about 30 regulars who dress up for the show, some of whom have been attending for 11 years. The rest of the cinema is filled with virgins and occasional attenders. The cinema is quite large (in Irish Terms) and there has never been a case when the film hasn't gone out on the Saturday or Friday or both. The during film shouts and chants are totally different from those on the soundtrack, but this ain't a crime. X-Ta - Tel-Aviv, Israel Comments: There's one theatre in the Tel-Aviv area that about once or twice a month screens RHPS, it is called X-Ta and is VERY small.. The next show there will be on the 26.2.94. From time to time there is at least a partial cast, depending on whoever arrives. Cinema Mexico - Milan, Italy Fri 8:00pm & 10:00pm Comments: water is not allowed. Paramount Theatre - Wellington, New Zealand Either Fri or Sat at 11:15pm, $8.00 or $6.50 Comments: Either Friday or Saturday nite at 11:15pm. Generally best to watch the papers to see if it's on. Admission is $8, or $6.50 if you have a Radio Active Sub Card. The theatre is pretty small, but any props are allowed except water. There's a fairly large hardcore cast, but the average age of them is pretty low (~17- 19). We're loud, and we're rowdy, but it's good fun and we love to come up with new AP. The film is somewhat cut, missing the entire reprise of 'I can Make you a Man' to halfway through the Narrator's speech, and it jumps in a few places. We've moved from 3 other theatres; we're running out of options, but we stillknow how to party. Hollywood Theatre - Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand Sat, 10:00pm, $8NZ (~$4US) If a group of 6 or more come dressed as members of the show's cast you get in for only $6NZ. Postal_Address: Actual_Address: P.O. Box 19106 Avondale 20 St Georges Road Auckland Avondale New Zealand New Zealand Tel: ++64-9-8288393 for recorded schedule of current showings Tel: ++64-9-8289285 for manager Comments: Yes you can bring your rice (I checked) or confetti and your toast, and your water pistols, and your newspapers. Naked flames not allowed (I suggest you bring a flash light)! Currently (25Feb94) showing every Saturday at 10:00. The first Saturday of each month is regarded as particularly dangerous for virgins. Seats 320 people downstairs, and 180 upstairs. (500 total) Has run RHPS every Saturday (almost) from 1979 to 1989 and has ran RHPS intermittently ever since. Also, the Holly Wood is one of the last remaining Theatre to still have an original German "Wurlitzer" Organ from the days when Pictures were silent. They operate an active "Wurlitzer" appreciation society of sorts. However I am not sure of the exact details, ring the Manager to check this out. -- BTW: you can get a souvenir RHPS bic-ball-point-pen for only 0.50c complete with the jaws/lips printed on it! [ed: write to ncd@3tt.kiwi.gen.nz (Neville C. Dempsey) for info] Prince Charles Cinema - London, UK Fridays Comments: off Leicester Square, and they are still performing there, every Friday. Their Space Riff & Magenta are a couple called Stephanie and David who run the British RHPS Fan Club. Their address is: Time Warp Fan Club 1 Elm Grove Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent TN11 9HE, ENGLAND If you write to them and enclose an international reply coupon, they can send details of how to join, and they have loads of info on casts around the UK. (And there are some!) Comments: There seems to be some confusion about whether Rocky still plays at the Prince Charles cinema in London - well, it definately does. Every Friday at midnight, usually to a packed (but rather virginal) audience. Stephanie & David are still in charge, although many of the cast members have left over the last year - they were advertising for new members last time I heard from them. I'm not involved personally, as I can't get there regularly, but quite a few of the cast are friends of mine. The virgin sacrifice is a bit tame, but it's funny, and they're fairly lenient about props - no naked flames, and no pissing off the balcony is all they ask. 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