"the role of Frankini. In October 2017 Grande appeared in the season 2 finale of the Netflix television series ""Haters Back Off"" as a fictionalized version of himself. In December, he appeared on ""Trivial Takedown"" on ""Fuse"" TV. In January 2018, Grande starred in ""The Unauthorized Musical Parody of: Rocky"" at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles. The following month, he hosted the red carpet and performed at the Make-Up Artists and Hairstylists Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Grande played Frank-n-Furter in ""The Rocky Horror Show"" in Los Angeles and then joined the cast of the off-Broadway show """""
"personality and positive demeanor, YabYum West declared Warpigs to be Phoenix Arizona's ""Miss Congeniality"" on January 1, 2015. On April 11, 2015 Warpigs performed at the 2nd Annual TrunkSpace Indie 500, headlined by Kimya Dawson. Between 29–30 May 2015 Warpigs starred as Frank N Furter in the Firehouse's live action Rocky Horror Show with Serene Dominic and Joobs at the Firehouse ArtSpace in Phoenix, Arizona. at the Firehouse ArtSpace in Phoenix, Arizona. Warpigs is the head of A&R for Hotrock Supajoint's 56th Street Records and hosts Pink Slip Open Mic every Monday at Lawn Gnome Publishing. Andy Warpigs Andy warpigs"
"was playing Frank 'n' Furter in ""Rocky Horror"" in New Zealand. He has performed as Riff Raff in ""The Rocky Horror Show"" over 1,000 times including during the International Tour (2010); the Australian Tour (2014–2015); the UK’s 40th Anniversary Tour (2015); during a West End Live Cinema broadcast in 2015 with Richard O’Brien, the show's writer; and in the 2016 UK Tour. In addition to appearing as Riff Raff he has had leading roles in over 30 professional productions including Jesus in ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" (2014) for the Auckland Theatre Company and in which he was described as ""an authentic"
"also hosted for British TV, ITV's ""This Morning"" and Living TV specials on ""Will and Grace"", ""CSI"", ""According to Jim"" and ""Charmed"". Before leaving London he played one of the leading roles in ""Dick Whittington"" which was London's musical for the new millennium at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London's West End. This production was directed by Gillian Lynne (""Cats"" and ""Phantom of the Opera"") and was nominated for a prestigious Laurence Olivier Award. King played Frank n Furter in ""The Rocky Horror Show"" and starred in and hosted ""Night of the Stars"" at London's world-famous Palladium Theatre. He also created"
"Red Box. In the late 1980s, he appeared in a storyline series of twelve coffee commercials with Sharon Maughan for Nescafé Gold Blend. (A version made for North America featured the American brand name Taster's Choice.) The soap opera nature of the commercials brought him wider recognition, along with a part in the Children's ITV comedy drama ""Woof!"" Head played Frank N. Furter in the 1990–91 West End revival of ""The Rocky Horror Show"" at London's Piccadilly Theatre, with Craig Ferguson as Brad Majors. In 1991 Head's rendition of ""Sweet Transvestite"" was released as a single by Chrysalis Records. Head"
"cast at that time. The Strand cast was put together from former members of an early Berkeley group, disbanded due to less than enthusiastic management. Frank N. Furter was portrayed by Marni Scofidio, who, in 1979, attracted many of the older performers from Berkeley. Other members included Mishell Erickson and her twin sister Denise Erickson as Columbia and Magenta, Kathy Dolan as Janet, and Linda ""Lou"" Woods as Riff Raff. The Strand group performed at two large science fiction conventions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, were offered a spot at The Mabuhay, a local punk club, and performed for"
"feeling ""apprehensive and uneasy"", but must accept any help that they are offered. As Brad and Janet arrive, Riff Raff, the hunchbacked handyman and live-in butler, greets them, and his sister Magenta, the maid, appears. Riff Raff, Magenta and Columbia (a groupie) speak briefly of an unlucky delivery boy named Eddie who fell victim to unfortunate circumstances because he botched a delivery, before performing the show's signature dance number (""Time Warp""*). Brad and Janet try to leave at this point, but are stopped when Dr Frank-N-Furter, a pansexual, cross-dressing mad scientist, arrives. He introduces himself as ""a sweet transvestite from"
"well as in the Performing Arts course until the age of 19. After graduating from Italia Conti Academy in 1998–1999, Manning toured the UK as a phantom understudying the lead role of Janet Weiss [13] in ""The Rocky Horror Show"" directed by Christopher Malcolm with Jason Donovan and Ross King as Frank n Furter, Laurie Brett and Majenta and Nicholas Parsons as the narrator for 18 months. The show later transferred to the West End in April 1999 at the Victoria Palace Theatre. In September 1999, Manning continued touring with ""The Rocky Horror Show"" with actor Darren Day playing the"
"by a transgender performer. D. Garret Gafford, was out of work in 1978, trying to raise enough funds for a sex change operation while spending the weekends performing at the Tiffany. In San Francisco ""Rocky Horror"" would move from one location to the Strand Theatre located near the Tenderloin on Market Street. The performance group there would act out and perform almost the entire film, unlike the New York cast at that time. The Strand cast was put together from former members of the Berkeley group, disbanded due to less than enthusiastic management. Their Frank N. Furter was portrayed by"
"in the Toronto and US National tour of Matilda the Musical and received a Toronto Theatre Critics Award. Dan is currently in Stratford playing Dr. Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. It has been extended three times and completed it's run on December 2nd, making it the longest running show in Stratford Festival history. Dan appeared in two seasons of Little Men on PaxTV as Laurie Lawrence a philanthropist and husband to Amy March (Amy Price Francis) in the continuing stories of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. He has had several reoccurring roles on television most recently the CW's Reign"
"Frank Nicotero Frank Joseph Nicotero (born March 4, 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian widely known as the host of the syndicated comedy game show ""Street Smarts"". Frank Nicotero got his start in Pittsburgh doing stand up, quickly finding success when he landed his first stand-up gig at Pittsburgh's famed Funny Bone comedy club in 1988. Shortly afterward, he toured college circuits, appearing with other comedians including Drew Carey, Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider – and appearing at more than 300 colleges and clubs throughout the country. He has been a regular for over 10 years at The"
"were very influential in the early New York City punk rock scene. They broke up in 1977 but reformed in 2004. While they often performed in dresses, long hair and glitter/glam makeup, at least one reviewers called their genderfuck ""quite subtle."" Dr. Frank-N-Furter from the 1973 musical, The Rocky Horror Show, and later the cult film / midnight movie, ""Rocky Horror Picture Show"", is a male bodied person but wears lingerie, clothing, and accessories considered feminine in the English and American culture of the era. The character also wears heavy make-up influenced by 1940s female film stars like Joan Crawford."
""""""""", McGill choreographed for the aerial dance company, ""Grounded Aerial"", as well as """"Filament"","" a new circus work by Joseph Pinzon's company, Short-Round Productions. He has also choreographed the feature film called ""Diamond Soles"", which has yet to be released. In 2017, he trained Laverne Cox in Los Angeles for her role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" on Fox Broadcasting Company In 2016, McGill started Broadway Masters with internet entrepreneur Marcus Lovingood. The program is an online streaming digital masterclass series bringing together Broadway stars and their advice on how to make it on Broadway. The"
"role of Frank n Furter. She also appeared with the show at the Royal Albert Hall in a concert for Stonewall organised by actor Michael Cashman, who was playing the role of the narrator in the show. Manning also appears on the ""Cast Album The Rocky Horror Show"". In 2001 she appeared in ""Spend Spend Spend"" understudying the lead role of 1960's football pools winner Viv Nicholson at the English Theatre in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2002 she was invited to star as Janet Weiss in the European Tour of ""The Rocky Horror Show"". In 2003 she played the leader of"
"from 2006 to 2014, but did not return to the show when it was revived in 2018. Cousins has also performed on stage. He played the Prince in Rodgers and Hammerstein's ""Cinderella"", Munkustrap in ""Cats"", and Frank N Furter in ""The Rocky Horror Show"" in the West End. He has performed pantomime, playing Jack Frost in ""Santa Clause"" and the ""Return of Jack Frost"" at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton. Prior to this he played the Prince in ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" at the Grand Opera House, Belfast. Cousins has worked with the British synchronized swimming team. In 2005,"
"(reprising their roles from the New Zealand tour), Bob Baines (and later Greg Parke) as Riff Raff, Luz Yeomans as Magenta/Usherette, Walter Grkovic as Eddie /Dr. Scott, Anthony Russell as Rocky Horror, and Bernard King as Narrator. The production ended with a second New Zealand tour, which was directed by Terry O'Connell (late of the Riverina Trucking Company productions) with Simon Westaway as Frank-N-Furter. The rest of the cast mainly comprised New Zealand talent, including actor/director John Banas and comedian Billy T. James alternating as the Narrator. The tour visited Wellington, Auckland, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Dunedin and officially came to"
"""One Reason Why"" and ""On My Own"". He toured the UK and Europe with his band Check 1–2. In 1993 McLachlan starred as Danny Zuko in the West End revival of the musical ""Grease"" alongside Deborah Gibson and Sonia Evans. In his stage musical career he starred as Frank N Furter in ""The Rocky Horror Show"", Caractacus Potts in ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", Bob Wallace in ""White Christmas"" and Billy Flynn in ""Chicago"". In the mid 1990s McLachlan starred in three seasons of the BBC television series ""Bugs"" and appeared in ""Catherine the Great"" alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones and Omar Sharif."
"the Fox network on October 20, 2016. The film is directed by Kenny Ortega and use the original script written by Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman but O'Brien was not involved in the project. In this version, Frank-N-Furter is played by Laverne Cox, Janet by Victoria Justice and Brad by Ryan McCartan. The original United States cut of the film from 1976 changed the ending of the film slightly by omitting the musical number ""Super Heroes"" and cutting to the Criminologist's speech at the end of the number. The scene was omitted because 20th Century Fox thought it was ""too"
"featured a cast of English actors, which included Jeff Shankley as Frank-N-Furter, Philip Bretherton as Brad, Perry Bedden (a cast member from the film adaptation of ""Rocky Horror"") as Riff-Raff, Zig Byfield as Eddie/Dr. Scott, and Nicholas Courtney as The Narrator. The musical premiered on 11 October 1977 at the Oslo Nye Centralteatret in Oslo, Norway, boasting a cast of both established actors and popular names from the music industry. The production was directed by David Toguri (with assistance from Brian Thomson), while Richard O'Brien's original script was translated into Norwegian by actor Johan Fillinger and musician Ole Paus. The"
"After two years starring in ""Hair"" he moved on to ""The Tooth of Crime"" by Sam Shepard at Nimrod, his own musical ""Lasseter"" for the Old Tote, and then joined the cast of the acclaimed Australian production of ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" for Harry M. Miller, where he won rave reviews for his show-stopping performance as King Herod. In 1974 he was rewarded with one of his greatest and best-known roles, Dr Frank’n’Furter in the original Australian production of ""The Rocky Horror Show"", and he also performed the role for the Australian cast recording. In 1975, at the request of producer"
"his performances in musicals. On Broadway, Hewitt has appeared in ""The Lion King"", ""Art"", ""The School for Scandal"", ""The Sisters Rosensweig"", ""The Boys from Syracuse"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", and ""Amazing Grace"", and he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Frank-N-Furter in the 2000 revival of ""The Rocky Horror Show"". Hewitt's Off-Broadway credits include acting in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of ""Othello."" Tom Hewitt's first above-title credit came when he played the title role of Dracula in Frank Wildhorn's ""Dracula, The Musical"" on Broadway from August 19, 2004 – January 2, 2005. In 2006–2007, he"
"8 British acts from the 60's and 70's were flown to Las Vegas to make their American debuts. Theatrical roles include Liberace in ""Liberace's Suit"" (Jermyn Street Theatre), ""Dr Frank N. Furter"" in ""The Rocky Horror Show"", ""Billy Flynn"" in ""Chicago"", ""Vernon Gersch"" in ""They're Playing our Song"", ""L.M."" in ""Pump Boys and Dinettes"" and Liberace in ""Liberace, Live from Heaven"" (Leicester Square Theatre / New Zealand tour / Edinburgh Festival). Bobby also appeared in the 2018 tour of ""Summer Holiday, the Musical"" playing the role of ""Jerry"". His radio broadcasts include his own week of shows on BBC Radio"
"Frank Ferrante Frank Vincent Ferrante (born April 26, 1963) is an American stage actor, comedian and director known for his stage portrayals of the legendary American comedian Groucho Marx in the Arthur Marx/Robert Fisher play """" and in ""An Evening With Groucho"", which tours internationally. Born in Los Angeles, California, Ferrante was raised in Sierra Madre, California by the offspring of Italian immigrants Dominic and Theresa (Torres) Ferrante. His father was a stockbroker; his mother a housewife and preschool teacher. He attended Catholic schools including Christian Brothers-run La Salle High School in Pasadena, California where he first performed comedy. Discovered"
"magazine. He has written music on SongFight! under the name ""Level Nivelo"" - the band name is a reference to the Esperanto used in ""Red Dwarf"" He is also the creator of and head photographer for ""The Naughty Jewish Boys Calendar"", a photographic pinup calendar highlighting the erotic side of Jewish men. Duncan Pflaster Duncan Pflaster (born 1973) is an American Off-Off-Broadway playwright, composer and actor. His first play ""Wilder and Wilder"" (a transvestite adaptation of Alice in Wonderland), was produced in 1995 at Florida Playwrights' Theatre in Hollywood, FL. He now lives in New York City, where many of"
"in the Los Angeles production in 1995 along with many of the original broadway cast members. In 1997, Mann created the role of Chauvelin in the Frank Wildhorn musical ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" on Broadway. He has also starred in other musicals on Broadway including: ""Rags"" (1986), ""Jerome Robbins' Broadway"" (1989), ""Getting Away with Murder"" (1996) and the 2000 Broadway revival of ""The Rocky Horror Show"" (in which he played Frank-N-Furter, replacing Tom Hewitt in the role), in addition to the (then) Off-Broadway musical ""Assassins"" (1990) as Czolgosz. He has appeared in all four ""Critters"" films as an alien bounty hunter"
"1996. Their final show was performed in Melbourne on 11 November 2006. Lano and Woodley reunited to tour nationally with a new show named ""Fly"", beginning in Canberra March 2018. Their stage productions include ""Curtains"", ""Fence"", ""Glitzy"", ""Slick"", ""Bruiser"", ""The Island"" and ""Goodbye"" - all original shows that they wrote and performed themselves. The show known as ""Fence"" was co-written and directed by Neill Gladwin who also directed ""Curtains"". The show follows the adventures of Frank and Colin after a nasty confrontation at the local gym where Frank accidentally is challenged to a fight by the local strongman 'Bruiser'. Both"
"original, uncut, version of ""Rocky Horror"" including the then scarce “Super Heroes” ending. The Tiffany was legendary in its day for the over-the-top audience participation, which included a real-life hopeful transsexual, Garrett Gafford, appearing in the pre-show cast as Frank N Furter. On more than one occasion, a real motorcycle rode around the theater during Meatloaf's “Hot Patootie” number in the movie as well. As a result of the mayhem, a number of media outlets began to cover the wild activities. It has been noted by patrons in the late '70s and early '80s that the line outside the Tiffany"
"Alison Garrigan Alison Garrigan aka Alison Hernan (born September 1958) is an American actress, singer, and costume designer, the daughter of actors Jonathan and Jo Farwell. She is well known for playing both male and female roles. She has performed in gothic/industrial bands as well and has a cabaret/nightclub act with Michael Seevers called Torch. She is a self-described ""goth-punk vampire bat"". She and co-writer/guitarist Dennis Yurich reformed their Goth/Steampunk band ""Queue Up"" in 2008. She appeared in David Hansen's ""I Hate This"". She is married, mother of a grown up son, and is openly bisexual. She played Dr. Frank-N-Furter"
"Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad"" with the Independent. After two years in Sydney he emigrated to the UK and spent ten years there. In the UK Kent worked with Director Bil Keating and later with the Royal Shakespeare Company. On returning to Sydney in 1974, Kent played Frank'N'Furter in a stage production of ""The Rocky Horror Show"". Several appearances on Australian television followed, including roles in ""Rush"", ""The Sullivans"", ""Cop Shop"" and ""Carson's Law"". He moved to Melbourne in 1984 and in 1984–1985 appeared in television soap opera ""Prisoner"" as the"
"TV's Frank can be seen in random scenes. On the DVD commentary for these episodes it is confirmed that it was intentional as Frank Conniff also wrote for ""Invader Zim"". TV's Frank TV's Frank, played by Frank Conniff, is a fictional character who is lab assistant to mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester in the television comedy series ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". He appears at the beginning of Season 2, with the departure of Forrester's earlier co-scientist Dr. Laurence Erhardt, and continues through Season 6. According to ""The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide"", Dr. Forrester discovered Frank working"
"In 2015, he hosted another CMT game show, ""Pontoon Payday"". Nicotero is a graduate of North Allegheny Senior High School and is the cousin of special effects artist Greg Nicotero. Nicotero resides in Studio City, California with his girlfriend Courtney and Dodger the Dachshund. Frank Nicotero Frank Joseph Nicotero (born March 4, 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian widely known as the host of the syndicated comedy game show ""Street Smarts"". Frank Nicotero got his start in Pittsburgh doing stand up, quickly finding success when he landed his first stand-up gig at Pittsburgh's famed Funny Bone comedy club"
"fan cast. The cast was originally run by former schoolteacher and stand-up comic Sal Piro and by Dori Hartley, one of several performers in a flexible, rotating cast to portray the character of Frank N. Furter, shadowing the film above. According to J. Hoberman, author of ""Midnight Movies"", it was after five months into the film's midnight run when lines began to be yelled by the audience. The first person to yell out an audience participation line during a screening was Louis Farese Jr., a normally quiet teacher who, upon seeing the character Janet place a newspaper over her head"
"Driesen as Frankie Valli, René van Kooten as Tommy DeVito, Dieter Spileers as Bob Gaudio and Robbert van den Bergh as Nick Massi. A national UK tour was launched in autumn 2014, opening at Palace Theatre, Manchester, where it ran from September 4 to October 4. This production has the same creative team as the Broadway and West End productions. The cast includes Tim Driesen reprising his role from the Dutch production as Frankie Valli, with Stephen Webb as Tommy DeVito, Sam Ferriday as Bob Gaudio and Lewis Griffiths as Nick Massi. A second national tour began on December 2017"