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Firehouse Center for the Arts | Market Square, Newburyport MA | firehouse.org | 9784627336 A Guide for Rocky Horror Picture Show Virgins A marriage proposal, a romantic drive on a rainy night, a flat tire these are the elements that lead everyone’s favorite cultfilm couple, Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, to the castle of that “sweet transvestite” Dr. Frank N. Furter. Since 1975, to the delight of Rocky Horror Picture Show fans the world over, this British musical comedy film has parodied science fiction and horror films. Part of the film’s cultappeal lies in the audience participation that is encouraged. Fans across the country continue to show up at theaters dressed as their favorite Rocky Horror characters and follow along with the dialog both verbally and with an assortment of props! In addition, Rocky Horror Picture Show conventions keep the fan base alive and thriving. It has become a wellloved tradition for many, and is a fitting event for Halloween weekend, marrying costumes with theatrics. Visit the official fan website for tips on how to participate (see link on webpage). The film was first released in the U.S. in Los Angeles in September 1975. Although it did well there, it failed to draw crowds in other cities until a cult following became established at the midnight showings of the film at the Waverly Theater in New York City. April Fools’ Day 1976 was the first midnight screening and by that Halloween people were attending in costume and participating in the movie dialog. Less than two years later there were Friday and Saturday midnightshowings in fifty locations and by the year following that, the number of locations had jumped to over 230 theaters and Rocky Horror Fan Clubs could be found all over the country. Still in limited release, the Rocky Horror Picture Show has the longestrunning theatrical release in film history. Now wellknown to mainstream audiences, the film has even been selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for its cultural significance. Although reviews initially were negative, the critics praised the music and the performance of newcomer Tim Curry as the lovable Dr. Frank N. Furter. Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick played the newly engaged Janet and Brad early on in their film careers. You’ll also see Meat Loaf playing the delivery boy, Eddie, as he zooms in on a motorcycle singing “Hot Patootie”! Grab your costume and come learn to dance like an alien transvestite to the tune of The Time Warp down at the Firehouse – “It's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right. With your hands on your hips, you bring your knees in tight…” Let’s do the Time Warp again!

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Firehouse  Center  for  the  Arts  |  Market  Square,  Newburyport  MA  |  firehouse.org  |  978-­‐462-­‐7336    

   A  Guide  for  Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show  Virgins      A  marriage  proposal,  a  romantic  drive  on  a  rainy  night,  a  flat  tire  -­‐  these  are  the  elements  that  lead  everyone’s  favorite  cult-­‐film  couple,  Brad  Majors  and  Janet  Weiss,  to  the  castle  of  that  “sweet  transvestite”  Dr.  Frank  N.  Furter.  Since  1975,  to  the  delight  of  Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show  fans  the  world  over,  this  British  musical  comedy  film  has  parodied  science  fiction  and  horror  films.                              Part  of  the  film’s  cult-­‐appeal  lies  in  the  audience  participation  that  is  encouraged.    Fans  across  the  country  continue  to  show  up  at  theaters  dressed  as  their  favorite  Rocky  Horror  characters  and  follow  along  with  the  dialog  -­‐  both  verbally  and  with  an  assortment  of  props!  In  addition,  Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show  conventions  keep  the  fan  base  alive  and  thriving.  It  has  become  a  well-­‐loved  tradition  for  many,  and  is  a  fitting  event  for  Halloween  weekend,  marrying  costumes  with  theatrics.  Visit  the  official  fan  website  for  tips  on  how  to  participate  (see  link  on  webpage).    The  film  was  first  released  in  the  U.S.  in  Los  Angeles  in  September  1975.  Although  it  did  well  there,  it  failed  to  draw  crowds  in  other  cities  until  a  cult  following  became  established  at  the  midnight  showings  of  the  film  at  the  Waverly  Theater  in  New  York  City.    April  Fools’  Day  1976  was  the  first  midnight  screening  and  by  that  Halloween  people  were  attending  in  costume  and  participating  in  the  movie  dialog.  Less  than  two  years  later  there  were  Friday  and  Saturday  midnight-­‐showings  in  fifty  locations  and  by  the  year  following  that,  the  number  of  locations  had  jumped  to  over  230  theaters  and  Rocky  Horror  Fan  Clubs  could  be  found  all  over  the  country.    Still  in  limited  release,  the  Rocky  Horror  Picture  Show  has  the  longest-­‐running  theatrical  release  in  film  history.    Now  well-­‐known  to  mainstream  audiences,  the  film  has  even  been  selected  for  preservation  in  the  U.S.  National  Film  Registry  by  the  Library  of  Congress  for  its  cultural  significance.  Although  reviews  initially  were  negative,  the  critics  praised  the  music  and  the  performance  of  newcomer  Tim  Curry  as  the  lovable  Dr.  Frank  N.  Furter.  Susan  Sarandon  and  Barry  Bostwick  played  the  newly  engaged  Janet  and  Brad  early  on  in  their  film  careers.  You’ll  also  see  Meat  Loaf  playing  the  delivery  boy,  Eddie,  as  he  zooms  in  on  a  motorcycle  singing  “Hot  Patootie”!    Grab  your  costume  and  come  learn  to  dance  like  an  alien  transvestite  to  the  tune  of  The  Time  Warp  down  at  the  Firehouse  –  “It's  just  a  jump  to  the  left,  and  then  a  step  to  the  right.    With  your  hands  on  your  hips,  you  bring  your  knees  in  tight…”  Let’s  do  the  Time  Warp  again!