Fox-TV’s revamp of The Rocky Horror Picture Show was broadcast October 20 from 8-10 PM ET/PT.
Unlike its recent prime-time predecessors, Rocky Horror was not a live broadcast, but a pre-shot film remake.
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The two-hour special, which is branded as The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again, stars Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Tim Curry as Criminologist Narrator, Victoria Justice as Janet Weiss, Ryan McCartan as Brad Majors, Reeve Carney as Riff Raff, Christina Milian as Magenta, Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia, Adam Lambert as Eddie, Staz Nair as Rocky Horror, Ben Vereen as Dr. Everett Scott, and Ivy Levan as Usherette.
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Kenny Ortega directs and choreographs Rocky Horror along with Tony Testa. It is executive-produced by Lou Adler, Gail Berman, and Ortega.
The brand-new production is based upon the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O’Brien with lyrics and music by O’Brien.
Rocky Horror Picture Show, according to Fox, follows “sweethearts Janet (Victoria Justice, Victorious) and Brad (Ryan McCartan, Liv & Maddie, Heathers the Musical), who stumble upon Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s (Emmy Award-nominated actress Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black) bizarre abode. Frank-N-Furter, a sexually ambiguous, flirtatious mad-scientist, is holding an annual Transylvanian science convention to showcase the birth of Rocky Horror – a muscle-bound specimen created solely to fulfill Frank’s desires.”
