"was declared the runner-up along with fellow competitor Roxxxy Andrews. Jinkx Monsoon was the winner of the season. In October 2013, Alaska performed as Dr. Frank N. Furter in Woodlawn Theatre's production of ""The Rocky Horror Show"" in San Antonio, Texas. ""RuPaul's Drag Race"" judge Michelle Visage and season four contestant Willam Belli also starred in the musical. Since appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race, Alaska has toured and performed, appearing in RuPaul's Drag Race Battle of the Seasons shows, the Drag Stars at Sea cruises, custom one-woman shows such as a Stevie Nicks tribute called ""Stevie Forever"", a cabaret show"
"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"
"Peter Hinwood Peter Hinwood (born 17 May 1946) is an English actor and antiques dealer. Hinwood worked as both a photographer and a professional model while he was pursuing his acting career. Hinwood is mostly noted for his film appearance as the well-oiled, muscular and mostly mute creation Rocky in the 1975 cult classic, ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"". Rocky's singing voice was dubbed in post-production by Australian singer Trevor White. Both Hinwood and White were interviewed by Scott Michaels for his 2002 book ""Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult"". His portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter's ""creation"" was the most significant"
"""Prince William"" (2002), ""Stig of the Dump"" (2002), ""Midsomer Murders"" (2004), ""The Brief"" (2005), and ""The Queen's Sister"" (2005). Curry's film appearances include ""The Mini-Affair"" (1967), ""The Brontë Sisters"" (1979), ""Manions of America"" (1981), ""Escape to Victory"" (1981), ""The Missionary"" (1982), """" (1985), ""Fall From Grace"" (1994), ""Loch Ness"" (1996), """" (1996), ""Seven Days to Live"" (2000), and ""Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"" (2004). His appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, include roles in ""Doctor Faustus"" (1969), ""Much Ado About Nothing"" (1969), ""The Hollow Crown"" (1976), ""Pleasure and Repentance"" (1976), ""The Winter's Tale"", (1984), ""The Crucible"" (1984), ""Krapp's"
"initial run of 2,960 performances. After occasional productions in the early 1980s, the play was revived for the Theatre Royal, Hanley tour in 1984 and still is performed regularly in the UK. On Wednesday 8 August 1979 The Haymarket Production of The Rocky Horror Show, presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh and Michael White, began a month-long run at Leicester's Haymarket Theatre. After its Haymarket run followed a major national tour to Wolverhampton, Norwich, Leeds, Bristol, Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton, York, Lincoln, Southsea, Oxford, and ending at Cork, Ireland in December 1979. The lead part of Frank-N-Furter was played by Daniel"
"first week sold out in 72 hours so a second week was added. A charity gala night on 17 September at the Playhouse featured actors Stephen Fry, Anthony Head and former Spice Girl Emma Bunton sharing the role of narrator. A UK-wide tour followed the London production. In 1978, ""The Rocky Horror Show"" received its first regional production of Australia. Under the direction of Terry O'Connell and Les Winspear, the production was staged by the Riverina Trucking Company (RTC) in the city of Wagga Wagga, where it played for a three-week run. The cast featured Terry O'Connell as Frank-N-Furter, Bob"
"directed a benefit performance of ""Rocky Horror"" to celebrate the musical's 35th anniversary. The show was staged as a one-night only event at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, and featured Julian McMahon as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Matthew Morrison as Brad Majors, Lea Michele as Janet Weiss (during the first act), Nicole Scherzinger as Janet Weiss (during the second act) and The Usherette, Evan Rachel Wood as Magenta, Lucas Grabeel as Riff Raff, Melora Hardin as Columbia, Jorge Garcia as Eddie, George Lopez as Dr. Scott, Mike Breman as Rocky Horror, and Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito sharing the role of"
"the film adaptation of ""Equus"". The film was only a moderate box-office success, but earned Firth a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe award in the same category. Further film work quickly followed, most notably Roman Polanski's ""Tess"" (1979). In May 1981, he appeared on Broadway again in Peter Shaffer's ""Amadeus"" as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, replacing Tim Curry. Shaffer had offered him the role in the original London production, but he was unavailable due to film commitments. Other film work has included roles in ""Diamonds on Wheels"" (1973); ""When You Comin' Back, Red"
"in """". Curry also voices Dr. Frankenstein in . His audiobook work includes Lemony Snicket's ""A Series of Unfortunate Events"", Geraldine McCaughrean's ""Peter Pan in Scarlet"", Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"", Bram Stoker's ""Dracula"" and the ""Abhorsen"" trilogy by Garth Nix. Aside from his performances on various soundtrack records, Curry has had some success as a solo musical artist. Curry received classical vocal training as a boy. He has mentioned that his musical influences included jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong and idolised the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as a teenager. In 1978, A&M Records released"
"before poor ticket sales forced it to close. A French language version of the musical was staged at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris in 1975. Production by Jean-Pierre Reyes in association with Michael White. Original text and music booklet by Richard O'Brien; adapted into French by Javier Arroyuelo and Rafael Lopez Sanchez, the song's lyrics were translated by Alain Boublil; directed by Pierre Spivakoff; sets and costumes by Elisabeth Saurel and choreography by Victor Upshaw. The cast featured Pierre Spivakoff as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Nathalie Brehal as Janet Weiss, Roger Mirmont as Brad Majors (renamed Paul in the production),"
"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"
"the Twain"" between 1981 and 1991. He also played the ruthless Sontaran Commander Stor in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Invasion of Time"". His many film appearances include roles in ""The Canterbury Tales"" (1972), ""Queen Kong"" (1976), ""Jabberwocky"" (1977), ""The Glitterball"" (1977), ""The Big Sleep"" (1978), the film version of ""Porridge"" (1979), ""A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"" (1979), ""The Apple"" (1980), ""Time Bandits"" (1981), ""Never Say Never Again"" (1983), ""Bullshot"" (1983), ""Brazil"" (1985), ""National Lampoon's European Vacation"" (1985), """" (1991), and the barman of The Leaky Cauldron, Tom, in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" (2001). Deadman died of"
"reprising their portrayals of Frank-N-Furter and Brad, Norma Hendy as Janet, Karel Deruwe as Riff Raff, Daisy Haegeman as Magenta/Usherette, Annick Christiaens as Columbia, Jan de Bruyne as Eddie/Dr. Scott, Jo De Backer as Rocky Horror, and David Davidse as The Narrator. The show closed in early January the following year. Credits: Production 1983-1984. Director: Jaak Van de Velde; Decor and Costums: Jacques Berwouts; Choreography: Daan Van Den Durpel; Photography: Guido De Leeuw; Backing: Erna Plasterman; Orchestra: Tony Boast, Bart Bracke, Filip Demeyere, Willy Seeuws and Walter Stes. The musical opened at the Gladsaxe Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark on 28"
"The Fury (1978 film) The Fury is a 1978 supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma. The screenplay by John Farris was based on his 1976 novel of the same name. The film stars Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving and Andrew Stevens. The music, composed by Academy Award–winner John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, was highly praised by critic Pauline Kael, who called it ""as elegant and delicately varied a score as any horror film has ever had"". Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas), a former CIA agent, searches for his son Robin"
"August 1977 at The Warner Theatre. Max Phipps, Tommy Dysart and Joan Brockenshire went on to reprise their roles from the Melbourne production. Directed by Roland Roccheccioli, the Adelaide staging – not based on the pervious Sydney and Melbourne productions, was not as successful and closed after only two months. After several weeks, Jon Finlayson replaced Max Phipps as Frank-N-Furter, other cast members included Tony Preece as Brad, Diana Greentree as Janet, Keith Reid as Riff-Raff, Joan Millar as Columbia, Bill Binks as Eddie/Dr. Scott and Shane Bourne as Rocky Horror. In early 1975, Adler closed the show at the"
"sequel. In 1978, he began work on a script titled ""Rocky Horror Shows His Heels"", which found Frank and Rocky resurrected, Brad and Dr. Scott turned gay, and Janet on the verge of giving birth to Frank's baby. Director Jim Sharman was resistant to revisit the material and Tim Curry had no desire to reprise the role of Frank, but O'Brien had put some work into the songs, so he decided to retain them and simply revise the story. The new script was titled ""The Brad and Janet Show"". This version is closer to what ultimately became ""Shock Treatment"" and"
"a five-week New Zealand tour in November and December with Richard O'Brien making a rare appearance as the Narrator. On 3 May 2006, a benefit concert version of the musical to raise money for Amnesty International. Entitled ""The Rocky Horror Tribute Show"", it was staged at the Royal Court Theatre (where the show had its world premiere in 1973) as a one night only event hosted by Richard O'Brien. The cast featured Anthony Head and Michael Ball sharing the role of Frank-N-Furter, Ade Edmondson and Stephen Gately sharing the role of Brad, Joanne Farrell and Sophie Lawrence sharing the role"
"Tim Curry and Daryl Hannah, and a spin-off live-action television series (1998–1999). A decade later, a live musical adaptation featuring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth opened on Broadway and was nominated for two Tony Awards and eight Drama Desk Awards. The franchise has become a staple of popular culture and has also spawned a video game series, , and soundtracks based around its Grammy-nominated theme song. The family has had a profound influence on American comics, cinema and television, and has been seen as an inspiration for the goth subculture and its fashion. According to ""The Telegraph"", the Addamses ""are"
"by Adler, included Curry's rendition of The Supremes' hit ""Baby Love"". Since 1988 Curry resides in Los Angeles, California. In July 2012, Curry suffered a major stroke. As a result of the stroke, he uses a wheelchair. His condition has continued to improve in the years following the stroke but he remains fully dependent upon a motorized wheelchair in order to have any amount of mobility. Curry has never married, nor had any children. Tim Curry Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for working in a diverse range of"
"Brighter Day"", ""As the World Turns"", ""The Doctors"" and ""A World Apart"". His big screen roles included: Reverend John Witherspoon in the film version of the Broadway musical ""1776"" (1972); assorted roles as doctors in films such as ""One Summer Love"" (1976), ""10"" (1979) and ""Promises in the Dark"" (1979); Kaufman, the president's chief of staff, in ""Being There"" (1979); Father O'Flanagan in the comedy sequel """" (1982); Sinclair in ""A Tiger's Tale"" (1987); Chief Wilkins in the comedy ""Paramedics"" (1988) and Dr. Bailey in ""Chances Are"" (1989). In 2005, he co-founded Open the Gate Pictures with actress Colleen Murphy,"
"Taylor in the double role as Columbia and Usherette, and Ron Reeve as Rocky Horror. During the Perth season of the tour, ""Neighbours"" star Jason Donovan took over from Marcus Graham as Frank-N-Further. When production completed its tour in Adelaide, the final cast featured Boom Crash Opera vocalist Dale Ryder as Frank-N-Furter, Jane Turner as Janet Weiss, Peter Rowsthorn (who started the tour in the role of Riff Raff) as Brad Majors, Richard Piper as Riff Raff, Lucy Briant as Magenta/Usherette, Annie Jones as Columbia/Usherette, George Kapiniaris as Eddie/Dr. Scott, Ron Reeve as Rocky Horror, singer Kamahl as Narrator. The"
"premiered on Broadway on 11 December 1980 at the Broadhurst Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Salieri, Tim Curry as Mozart, and Jane Seymour as Constanze. It ran for 1,181 performances, closing on 16 October 1983, and was nominated for seven Tony Awards (Best Actor for both McKellen and Curry, Best Director for Peter Hall, Best Play, Best Costume Design, Lighting, and Set Design for John Bury), of which it won five (including Best Play and Best Actor for McKellen). In 2015, Curry stated in an interview that the original Broadway production was his favorite stage production that he had ever"
"production of Joe Papp's version of ""The Pirates of Penzance"" opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews. In the mid-1980s, Curry performed in ""The Rivals"" and in several plays with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, including ""The Threepenny Opera"", ""Dalliance"" and ""Love For Love"". In 1988, Curry did the national tour of ""Me and My Girl"" as the lead role of Bill Snibson, a role originated on Broadway by Robert Lindsay and followed by Jim Dale. In 1989-90, Tim Curry returned once again to the New York stage in ""The Art of Success"". In 1993, Curry played Alan Swann"
"on ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"". He appeared on ""Barney Miller"" in 1975 (episode: ""The Arsonist"") and again in 1981 (episode: ""Resignation""). In 1979, he starred as Tom Voorhies alongside Michael Constantine in Disney's ""The North Avenue Irregulars"". He appeared again opposite Peter Sellers in 1980's ""The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu"". He acted and directed in various episodes of the religious television anthology series ""Insight"". He appeared in small roles in such contemporary television series as ""Murphy Brown"", ""The King of Queens"" and ""Seinfeld"". From 2002 to 2003, he provided voices for ""Law & Order"" computer games. He"
"Simplicity (Tim Curry album) Simplicity is the third and final album recorded by the English actor/singer Tim Curry, released in 1981. Whereas his previous album ""Fearless"" had been almost entirely original songs, ""Simplicity"" is a half-originals, half-covers mix and contains a wider variety of source material than the covers on his first album ""Read My Lips"" (1978). Covers include a version of The Zombies' ""She's Not There"" and Martha and the Vandellas' ""Dancing in the Streets"", both of which were hits in 1964. Curry also performs a version of ""Take Me, I'm Yours"", originally a 1978 hit by Squeeze. The"
"included Tony Roberts, Stockard Channing, Victor Garber, Anita Gillette, Diana Canova and Ted Wass. An original cast recording was released by Casablanca Records. Film rights were purchased by Rastar Films in late 1979. Producer Ray Stark planned a 1982 release through Columbia Pictures with new songs contributed by Hamlisch and Sager. The film, however, was never produced. The first U.S. national tour opened in 1979 with Victor Garber and Ellen Greene. The musical opened in the West End on October 1, 1980 at the Shaftesbury Theatre with Tom Conti and Gemma Craven, who won a 1980 Laurence Olivier Award for"
"on Mars?"" for the ""Times Square"" soundtrack. It has not been confirmed whether or not Bowie re-recorded a studio version of ""Life on Mars?"" in 1980. Times Square (film) Times Square is a 1980 American drama film directed by Allan Moyle and starring Trini Alvarado and Robin Johnson as teenage runaways from opposite sides of the tracks and Tim Curry as a radio DJ. The film is set in New York City. The plot embodies a punk rock ethic of misunderstood youth articulating their frustrations toward adult authority through music. Nicky Marotta (Robin Johnson) and Pamela Pearl (Trini Alvarado) are"
"by an Actor for John Wood and Best Comedy), as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play), and Curry's performance as the famous dadaist Tristan Tzara received good reviews. In 1981, Curry formed part of the original cast in the Broadway show ""Amadeus"", playing the title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was nominated for his first Tony Award (Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play) for this role but lost out to his co-star Ian McKellen, who played Antonio Salieri. In 1982, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane"
"professional career at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan, where in 1976 he premiered his musical ""Revelation"". His other stage musicals include: ""Quarks - The First Minute"", ""Three Down, Four Across: Love"", ""Gypsies"", and ""Tidal Wave"". He was the Musical Director and arranger for the original San Francisco production of ""The Rocky Horror Show"", and wrote the song that became an unofficial anthem for the city of San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s: ""San Francisco Bye-Bye."" He is also known for his work on the movies ""Twice Upon a Christmas"" and ""North 'Cross Jordan"", as well as his contributions"
"incorporated into the show. (For example: The lyric ""What ever happened to Faye Wray"" in the floor show sequence was changed to reference popular Brazilian samba singer Carmen Miranda.) The cast featured Eduardo Conde as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Diana Strella as Janet Weiss, Wolf Maia as Brad Majors, Tom Zé as Riff-Raff, Betina Viany as Magenta, Vera Setta as Columbia, Zé Rodrix as Eddie and Dr. Scott, Acácio Gonçalves as Rocky Horror, Nildo Parente as The Narrator, and Lucélia Santos as Baleira (a character possibly based on The Usherette from the original show). In July 1975, Héctor Cavallero and Leonardo Barujel"
"the ""Doctor Who"" tie-in audio play ""Nekromanteia"". His film appearances were few but included roles in ""Inn for Trouble"" (1960), ""Attack on the Iron Coast"" (1968), ""One More Time"" (1970), and the 1975 Children's Film Foundation movie ""The Firefighters"". He appeared regularly on the West End stage and in fringe theatre. He appeared at Edinburgh with Tom Courtenay in ""Hamlet"", and made numerous appearances at Hampstead between the late 1960s and the 1980s. He appeared in musicals and pantomime, including ""The Four Musketeers"" with Harry Secombe at Drury Lane, ""Dick Whittington"" with Ken Dodd at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and"
"the season 10 finale of the sitcom ""Cheers"", and, in 1995, in an episode of the show's spin-off ""Frasier"". In the episode of ""Frasier"", he played Dr. Schachter, a couples therapist who counsels the Crane brothers together. He appeared in the pilot episode of ""Early Edition"" as Sherman. Other stage appearances include ""Mass Appeal"" (1981) in which he originated the role of ""Father Tim Farley"" (for which he was nominated for a Tony Award as ""Best Actor"" in 1982), the musical ""Dear World"" in which he played the Sewer Man opposite Angela Lansbury as Countess Aurelia, ""Corpse!"" (1986) and a"
"Olivier Award for his performance as the Prince/Wolf in ""Into the Woods"". Other UK stage credits include a national tour of ""Oklahoma!""; ""Putting It Together"" at the Old Fire Station Theatre in Oxford; ""Macbeth"", ""As You Like It"", ""Henry V"", and ""'Tis Pity She's a Whore"" at Northcott, Exeter; ""A Little Night Music"" and ""Mrs. Warren's Profession"" at the Nottingham Playhouse; and ""Godspell"" at the Leicester Haymarket. He starred as Frank-N-Furter in a European tour of ""The Rocky Horror Show"". On UK television Carter has appeared in ""Rep"", ""EastEnders"", and ""Dalziel and Pascoe"". He had a small role in the"