NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Hot Patootie!" Backstage at the Old Globe's Rocky Horror Show With Sydney James HarcourtSydney James Harcourt, who takes on the role of Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show at the Old Globe, takes Playbill.com on a backstage tour of the San Diego theatre.
By
Matthew Blank
October 12, 2011
We meet cast and crew, get a glimpse of the iconic design elements and view the company's backstage antics.
Time warp with Harcourt and friends as we go behind the scenes at Rocky Horror:
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at Old Globe's Rocky Horror Show With Sydney James Harcourt
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at Old Globe's Rocky Horror Show With Sydney James Harcourt
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Anna Schnaitter, Jeanna de Waal and Lauren Lim Jackson start the day as anyone would in October: at the beach! (You gotta love San Diego.)
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Let's go fly a kite!
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After a day of fun in the sun, we arrive to work at The Old Globe.
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Our Janet, Jeanna de Waal, grabs some much-needed (and caffeinated) fuel.
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Michael Van Duzer (the Equity business representative) visits our wacky cast.
Lauren is very excited about getting ready for the show.
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Kit Treece arrives and immediately flashes the guns.
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Anna concentrating intensely on becoming a Phantom.
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Collect all nine Rocky Horror trading cards! Trade with your friends!
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Matt McGrath and Jason Wooten, our Frank and Riff Raff. Everyone's got a showmance.
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The gorgeous ladies of wardrobe wait to suit us up: Suzanne Noll, Beth Merriman, Heather Premo and Kelly Jones.
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Rocky's sweet kicks.
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Who wears short shorts? Rocky wears short shorts!
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There's a strange creature in my dressing room! Oh, it's just Anna.
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Kelsey Kurz "gets his hair did" to become Brad.
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The cast congregates in my dressing room. Clockwise from top: Andrew Call, Kit Treece, Lauren Lim Jackson and Jason Wooten.
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Giving my head the Midas touch.
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Wait... I think I saw one of them move.
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Audio Technician Rachel Eaves dutifully checking our mic packs.
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Good-girl Janet is ready for action! Well, not TOO much action...
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Brad walks the runway to his entrance.
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Kelsey and Jeanna flank Shelly Williams, assistant costume designer.
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Pre-show pump up stage left.
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Suzanne Noll harnesses Andrew up. Every Phantom needs a good harness.
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One last photo before the show begins! Master Sound Technician Erik Carstensen, Carpenter/Flyman Christian Thorsen, Jeanna de Waal, Prop Master Trevor Hay and our Narrator/Dr. Scott, David Andrew MacDonald.
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Our Columbia, Nadine Isenegger, flexes her tats in the pit next to Rocky's chamber.
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Working out the knots at intermission.
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Laura Shoop takes a breather, but she's still got that Magenta look in her eye!
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Changing shoes into my big girl heels (size 14).
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Lauren shivers with antici... pation!
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Do these pantyhose make me look fat?
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Just your average water cooler chat. Don't people dress like this where you work?
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The things Kelsey will wear for money.
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Frank 'N' Furter marks his territory.
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A look at the theatre as we leave for the evening. Come see us at The Old Globe through Nov. 6!
The Rocky Horror Show, with book, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien, direction by James Vásquez, musical staging and choreography by JT Horenstein and music direction by Mike Wilkins, runs in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, to Nov. 6 in San Diego, CA.
The cast includes Andrew Call (Eddie, Phantom), Jeanna de Waal (Janet), Sydney James Harcourt (Rocky), Nadine Isenegger (Columbia), Lauren Lim Jackson (Phantom), Kelsey Kurz (Brad), David Andrew Macdonald (Narrator, Dr. Scott), Matt McGrath (Frank N Furter), Anna Schnaitter (Phantom), Laura Shoop (Magenta, Usherette), Kit Treece (Phantom) and Jason Wooten (Riff Raff, Usher). Here's how Old Globe bills the rock classic: "The musical that became a movie and started a 35-year nonstop cultural phenomenon is back where it is meant to be seen — live on stage. When Brad and Janet, a clean-cut young couple from the suburbs, get caught with a flat in the middle of nowhere, they seek help from the devilishly charming transvestite Dr. Frank N Furter. What they discover in his mysterious laboratory is a time warp of sexual and scientific possibilities — and, perhaps, true love."
The creative team also includes Donyale Werle (scenic design), Emily Rebholz (costume design), Rui Rita (lighting design), Kevin Kennedy (sound design), Aaron Rhyne (projection design), Carrie Gardner, CSA (casting) and Anjee Nero (stage manager).
Rocky Horror tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the box office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
