He determined immediately that this was what he'd been looking for, to showcase his new "nightclub theatre" The Roxy, he secured the rights within days. American sites will boast that this is the most common recording that people own, but this is only the case in the USA, where the Film Soundtrack wasn't released till 1979. "The Rocky Horror Show: Original Roxy Cast" is the soundtrack of The Rocky Horror Show in 1974, the first version made in the United States (Los Angeles). Forty years after The Rocky Horror Show first shocked Australia, the original cast come together to remember the good old days. Australian director Jim Sharman was directing the Australian production when he left to direct the Roxy Cast, and many other backstage members came over from the London show, although Tim Curry was the only member of the cast to reprise his role. THE ROCKY HORROR OF 1974 Harry M. Miller the entrepreneur sniffed a sure thing; not only did he have The Rocky Horror Show's original director for his Australian production, he also had its designer, Brian Thomson.. TAGS: 1974 Australian Cast Brian Thomson Jim Sharman John Paramor Reg Livermore Rocky Horror Show Sal Sharah Sue Blane. Article above supplied by Ruth Fink-Winter / Crazed Imaginations. Richard had appeared in the London productions of Hair and Superstar. Little Nell. The Usherette played by Kate Fitzpatrick and later Julie McGregor (Hey Dad), was much like the usherettes we had all seen as kids with their torches and tray of lollies, real, like the run down cinema the show was playing in. ). It received one Tony Award nomination for lighting design but lost. In the UK Kent worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company. For the final few performances, Max Phipps took the role, before opening in Melbourne. It lost its gritty appeal. Home. Born 1 October 1947 Perth, Western Australia Kate is an Australian-based television, film and theatre actress. RockyMusic - Rocky Horror Show - 1974 Australian Cast Song Lyrics. To read more about Reg Livermore, his interpretation of Frank and subsequent incarnations, visit his site at: www.reglivermore.com  Reg revived the role for a short run in Brisbane in 1984, but 10 years later and under different direction, it was a faded rendition. (From Reg Livermore's Archives), The Sword of Damocles       checking the merchandise                                                                                               Striking a Pose. Feedback. 1,011 word HTML document, 6 KB. was a good looking Rocky with an Australian surfie appearance who sang well. ===Australian productions=== The original Australian production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'' premiered in Sydney on 15 April 1974 at … HORROR of horrors for Sue Blane, the English costume designer who's come out to dress the transvestite troupe of The Rocky Horror Show. The Rocky Horror Show -Various Artists. Original 1974 Australian Cast Album. stencilled on it, scaffolding covered the side walls and went right onto the stage where it became the set. The show ran for 9 months, and certainly wasn't followed by London, nor did it "hit the road". Arthur Dignam, already a well respected actor, played a creepy, solemn, deeply spoken Narrator. First two pictures are with and without cellophane. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1975 Vinyl release of The Rocky Horror Show: Original Australian Cast Album on Discogs. Rocky Horror Show [Red Vinyl] [Original London Cast] by Various Artists (Vinyl,…. (Hey Dad), was much like the usherettes we had all seen as kids with their torches and tray of lollies, real, like the run down cinema the show was playing in. Photograph by Jon Lewis, supplied by Jon Fabain, Jim Sharman watches Reg get ready. A lot of people got to play out their fantasies in the creation of The Rocky Horror Show, but the dean of them all is unquestionably its author, Richard O'Brien. They are looking for fish­net stockings, leopard-skin waistcoats, sequined suspender belts and gloves and chiffon slips for the show, which opens at Sydney's New Art Cinema in Glebe on April  19. From Reg Livermore 1974 to Daniel Abineri 1988. The chosen venue was a tacky old movie house in Glebe Point Road called the New Arts Cinema. He was public about his HIV status and directed two theatre productions for Out Theatre Company that addressed HIV and AIDS. TAGS: 1974 Australian Cast Brian Thomson Jim Sharman John Paramor Reg Livermore Rocky Horror Show Sal Sharah Sue Blane This gatefold LP of the Original 1974 Australian Cast was initially released by Festival Records in Australia, reissued in the U.S. a year later by Elephant Records as a budget LP (no gatefold), and finally reissued a decade later by Festival Records … Scott: Steve J. Spears: RECORDED AT FESTIVAL STUDIOS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA *backing vocals*: Terry Peck, Katrina Ballan, Peter Rees, Lisa Shipley ; song listing ; Damn It, Janet (2:34) Sweet Transvestite (3:07) Time Warp (3:31) Hot Patootie (1:48) Rose Tint My World (6:51) I would imagine from everything I have read, people I have spoken too and my own experience that The Original Australian Cast of The Rocky Horror Show was an unforgettable experience on par with the Original London Production if somewhat different in interpretation. Production Design - Brian Thomson Remembering the excitement of greasy Johnny Devlin in New Zealand, he liked the idea of theatre but "wanted the excitement of a rock and roll show with other bits thrown in". Richard O'Brien arrived for that opening night, accompanied by his late Irish-born and Oriental wife Kimi, and together they ogled Cher's new bracelet, Annette Funicello's added poundage and Bianca's husband Mick. Despite the obviously over-qualified cast, and enormous population difference between England, Australia and the USA, it ran for only 9 months. Bits such as garters, corsets, bisexuality, glitter rock, and — above all — sci fi. The Rocky Horror Show closed at the Roxy Theatre on January 5, 1975. ... 1974 Australian Cast (CD Album) Add to cart: £10.00 In cart Not available Out of stock. The producers then took it to Broadway, set up with the audience cabaret style at small tables,  the show was panned and was a dismal flop, running only forty-five performances. Rocky Horror : Kim Milford later Jimmy Sbano I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING IN THIS, I ONLY PUT IT TOGETHER. In Sydney he understudied the role of Rolfe in the Tivoli Theatre's production of The Sound of Music, and acted in Beckett and Oh Dad Poor Dad Momma's Locked You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad with the Independent. Dr. Frank-N-Furter : Tim Curry later Paul Jabara Sharman had worked with O'Brien on the London Superstar, and following that had cast the actor in his Royal Court production of Sam Shepherd's sci-fi squeal The Unseen Hand. Rocky Horror Show. Listen to The Rocky Horror Show (Original 1974 Roxy Cast) by Richard O'Brien, Abigale Haness & B. Miller on Apple Music. The Miller people seem to be anticipating that Rocky Horror will be another Hair; they are talking about a two-year run in Sydney and say that a second company is being recruited for a Melbourne season. After two years in Sydney he emigrated to the UK and spent ten years there. After two previews, The Rocky Horror Show premiered in the USA at The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, opening at the 500-seat nightclub venue on March 21, 1974 ( 3 weeks before the Australian production ). ( Trevor Kent/Andrew Sharp and Max Phipps), (later by Denni Gordon/Gilian Jones/Jackie Rees), interior was covered with dark canvas with. Lou Adler, used his own studio, and employed musicians who didn't take part in the actual show, who perform arrangements that never played at The Roxy. Store. In Australia, the Original Australian Cast was the copy everyone owned, until the release of the Soundtrack in 1975. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW 1974 . This is not strictly a cast recording. The performance nights at The Roxy, were to the benefit of the club not the show. With his own Rocky Horror Show, he brings a trilogy full circle, for tonight's little debacle certainly has relations to those two earlier shows. At The end of 1973, Lou Adler, U.S. music producer and owner of "Ode Records", attended a London performance of The Rocky Horror Show  accompanied by Britt Ekland (the mother of his son). Brian Thomson recreated the look of a cinema proscenium and the set retained the scaffolding and catwalk but the general look was flashier. Tim Curry and Meat Loaf left the cast in September 1974 to begin recording the soundtrack sessions for the film, replaced respectively by Paul Jabara and Alan Martin. 1974: Australia: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Original Australian Cast: Gatefold cover plus inner sleeve bearing lyrics: Festival Records: LP: L35231 MC: C35231: 1975: UK: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Original London Cast: Re-issue of 1973 original: U.K. Records: LP: UKAL 1015 MC: UKMC 1015: 1975: Australia: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Original Australian Cast the Roxy Cast recording is the most listenable of all the Rocky Horror casts! The thing Richard misses most in life is fun. She has discovered that Sydney's op shops and old clothes haunts have been picked clean of reasonably priced forties and fifties regalia. The relationship between Riff Raff and Frank was explored further with a waltz and a rose. The 1974 version of the song "Planet, Schmanet, Janet" from the Rocky Horror Show. 1974 Festival Records release of Richard O'Brien's "The Rocky Horror Show" Original Australian Cast Recording starring Reg Livermore as Frank N Furter. But Harry M. Miller, who got the rights for Australia, had a more faithful notion of how to stage it down under. Wide eyed Aussie girls who, like the rest of us, are far removed from Hollywood or Hammer but have all lived it through the screen. Original 1974 Australian Cast Album. It was a thrilling opening night, the tickets fetching as much as $1.30 Australian (we base this figure on the sad decline of sterling). His first show was The Betty Blokk-Buster Follies, a circus filled with bizarre characters and a phenomenal success followed by a string of shows including Wonder Woman, Son of Betty, Sacred Cow and Firing Squad, these were ground breaking during the 1970s and propelled him to the forefront of Australian popular theatre. Original Australian Cast - Reg Livermore & Kate Fitzpatrick. 31, balding and spiderlike, Richard is a sweet-voiced New Zealander who landed in London several years back and quite rightly became an extra in some Carry On movies. In London, Rocky won the prized Evening Standard award as best new musical show. A recording of this cast is available, that shows the level of talent populating this version, although the actual arrangements are not those used for the show. Dressing Room photograph of Paul Jabara by Bev Bremers. (The Usherette was first called "Trixie" at the Roxy.) Kent continued to work with the theatre group until a few weeks before his death in 1989. Has original cellophane. Everyone loved Rocky, and Richard O'Brien (a devotee of Broderick Crawford) was thrilled that his souped-up definition of B movies had hit home. His final acting appearance was a scene with Meryl Streep in the film. Those who think it represents a capture of The Roxy show are mistaken. Columbia : Boni Enten THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW 1974 Australian Programme - REG LIVERMORE Tim Curry Photo Very rare original australian programme from The Rocky Horror Show 1974 dates at the New Art Cinema Theatre - the first production of the show in Australia. Australian Cast Recording. This Frank was a real person with a history and Reg didn't mind telling you this history, sometimes launching into spontaneous monologues found nowhere in Richard O'Briens words. On returning to Sydney in 1974, Kent played Frank'N'Furter, replacing Reg Liverrmore, in the Sydney production of The Rocky Horror Show. Quite honestly, they did not expect all of this to happen, something you should understand perfectly after seeing the show. He moved to Melbourne in 1984 and in 1984–1985 appeared in television soap opera Prisoner as the villainous Frank Burke for several months. Kent continued to work with the theatre group until a few weeks before his death in 1989. B&W Stills, Cast and Crew, Color Stills, DVD Captures Original Music and Arrangements by Richard Hartley, Directed by Jim Sharman laments Patti Mostyn, chief publicity- getter for the Miller organisation, backers of the "transvestite science fiction rock 'n roll award-winning musical." 4 November 1989) was an Australian theatre and television actor who achieved a level of public recognition in the 1980s. Hedwig and the Angry Inch Soundtrack. Graham Matters was a good looking Rocky with an Australian surfie appearance who sang well. The Rocky Horror Show -Various Artists. Where Lou Adler had the show hyped up for The Roxy (a nightclub) and the music re-orchestrated on the recording, to make it more palatable to the American audience, in Australia they could do as they pleased. In March of last year, Jim Sharman mounted the premiere American production at Hollywood's Roxy Theatre (actually a rock climb) and the show was no turkey, but rather a smash sleeper which did boffo biz. He received an AO in 1996, and an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship enabled him to write his biography Chapters and Chances published by Hardie Grant Books in 2004, I advise anyone with any interest in Reg's work to buy this book, it is a treasure trove. Bruce Scott and Susan Morse record The Time Warp for the cast recording. Kate left Rocky after 3 months to be replaced by Julie McGregor. When American producer Lou Adler took The Rocky Horror Show, originally a British hit, to Los Angeles, he presented a homogenized version that emphasized the campy aspects of the musical in a glitzy, slick production. The cast featured controversial rocker Gary Glitter as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Jenni Anderson as Janet Weiss, John Collingwood-Smith as Brad Majors, Sal Sharah as Riff-Raff (reprising his role from the original Australian premiere), Sharron Skelton as Magenta/Usherette, Suburban Reptiles vocalist Clare Elliott (under the stage name "Zero") as Columbia, Paul Johnstone (a former understudy from the original Australian premiere) as Eddie/Dr. £10.00 Cast recording from the original 1974 Australian production, starring Reg Livermore as Frank n Furter. Lighting by - Chipmonck A far cry from the critical response in Australia where reviewers and public alike raved and the show ran for two decades. I DON'T OWN ANY OF THIS STUFF. The case has a few scuff marks and the sticker on the tape has wrinkled a little bit due to its age, but it works excellently and sounds great. Vincent Price climbed the stairs with the wonderful Coral Brown on his arm, and London's newest and handsomest lovebirds guffawed as loudly as two Tallulah's. The Australian love of the grotesque and bizzare came to the fore. His version, which opened at the stroke of … Thanks to Lou Adler's company ODE Records, his access to the best musicians, and a cast of amazing singers. Eddie/Dr. Scott, Kim Milford as Rocky, Boni Enten as Columbia, Jamie Donnelly as Magenta/Usherette Trixie. It's a great pity that The Roxy cast were the least successful of the international casts, as they should have been the most popular. 1. His final acting appearance was a scene with Meryl Streep in the film A Cry in the Dark (1988). The songs were sped up for the LP, and Sword Of Damocles is sung in a different style than was actually used. Paul Jabara replaced Tim Curry, and although popular in the role, it has been said that his interpretation was too camp. Reg Livermore "The Rocky Horror Show - 1974" - Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1974 Australian Cast of The Rocky Horror Show talks about the original production, as well as some of the later revivals in Australia. Condition is Acceptable. One cast member has said "they just didn't get it" - referring to the American people, and also the American producers. He truly believes every­thing should be fun, and forever seems to be listening to a trannie inaudible to others. This was an extreme Frank, one who terrorised the audience night after night, leaping into the crowd and harrassing hecklers physically by shaking them into submission. Song Lyric Categories. And who better to direct the opus but Jim Sharman, who had delved into 50's sci-fi rock via his Aussie celluloid dream, Shirley Thomson Versus The Alien. Drawing on his experiences and love of Frank N Furter, Reg devised a bizarre entertainment in which he spent much of the time in fishnets again. Reg revived the role for a short run in Brisbane in 1984, but 10 years later and under different direction, it was a faded rendition. Wide eyed Aussie girls who, like the rest of us, are far removed from Hollywood or Hammer but have all lived it through the screen. The other bits are perhaps the key to Richard. Hope you enjoy! When Reg Livermore left the cast after 9 months, he was replaced by Trevor Kent. Sharman had once screened his film to a lady mogul in New York; she had described it as "the ugliest thing I've ever seen", then advised little Jim to catch Shirley Bassey at the Royal Box "for real raw emotion". Absolute O'Brien, ... Rocky Horror Show - 1974 Australian Cast: 15 song lyrics 18,197 views. "Even Melbourne, with its op shops, would be better than Sydney." Bill Miller and Abigale Haness as Brad and Janet, and Susan Morse as backing and understudy. One of these, Unnatural Acts, toured pubs, theatres and colleges in Melbourne and Sydney. The relationship between Riff Raff and Frank was explored further with a waltz and a rose. Paul Jabara had been playing Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar in London in 1972, with Richard O'Brien as his understudy, when he met Sharman and Thomson. Reg left the cast to pursue a new avenue of performance for him, the one man show! Designer Brian Thomson — who could well have been Shirley's brother— was just one of them. Jabara had been in the original cast of Hair on Broadway. The 1974 version of the song "Sweet Transvestite" sung By Tim Curry. His first show was. already a well respected actor, played a creepy, solemn, deeply spoken Narrator. Shop Vinyl and CDs and complete your collection. A tribute to the original stagings of Rocky Horror in Australia. Eddie Skoller was born in 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA to a Swedish mother and a Russian father. Richard O'Brien. Meat Loaf joined the cast as Eddie/Dr. Rocky Horror: Jay Hackett: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Brian de Courcy: Eddie/Dr. Patricia Quinn, the original Magenta, says, “The show lost a lot of its naiveté. Trevor was later replaced by Andrew Sharp and Max Phipps. HORROR of horrors for Sue Blane, the English costume designer who's come out to dress the transvestite troupe of The Rocky Horror Show. 2. Condition is "Very good". After Trevor left the role, Arthur Dignam, wore Frank's costume, for a few performances! http://www.reglivermore.com/musicals_rocky.html. In 2005/06 he starred as Max Bialystock in the new Mel Brooks Musical, The Producers. Reg left the cast to pursue a new avenue of performance for him, the one man show! I will always be honest … These people improvised and made it glitzy.” Clive Barnes wrote in The New York Times, “It was unexpected, unpretentious, and the cinema itself [in the original London production], from the peeling walls to the grubby seats, provided it with the perfect ambiance. Interestingly, in a mirror early career, Reg Livermore was in the Australian cast of Hair, also played Herod in the Australian JCS, and was Frank here too. Unlike the London and Sydney shows, this production wasn't playing in an abandoned cinema, but a nightclub with tables and bar service. 1973 London Cast, 1974 Australian Cast, 1974 Roxy Cast, 1976 Mexican Cast, 1981 Australian Cast, 1986 Mexican Cast, 1994 Argentinian Cast, 2001 Broadway Cast, 2001 Korean Cast, 2001 Peruvian Cast, 2006 U.K. Tour, 2008/09 European Tour, Miscellaneous; Shock Treatment. With an unbeatable cast, if it had played in its original setting of a Movie Palace in decline, I believe it would have played for years instead of months. The Rocky Horror Show Original Australian Cast 1974 Cassette Tape. (24 April 1940 – 4 November 1989) was an Australian theatre and television actor who achieved a level of public recognition in the 1980s. Meat Loaf joined the cast as Eddie/Dr. Costumes - Sue Blane A rotting cinema, as the venue gave the story a setting that reflected the loss of the past and innocence. This recording of the Original 1974 Australian Cast of The Rocky Horror Show was initially released as a gatefold LP by Festival Records in Australia, reissued in the U.S. a year later by Elephant Records as a budget LP (no gatefold), and finally … Discover releases, reviews, songs, credits, and more about The Rocky Horror Show: Original Australian Cast Album at Discogs. Scott, Rayner Bourton … I hope you enjoy this! The character was adored and didn't really die with the end of his run, Reg morphed Frank into many more characters based on the kind of self delusions the Frank'n'Furter character had, so deliciously, entertained us with for 8 months. Rocky Horror: Graham Matters. O'Brien and Sharman have already completed a film version. 1974 Preview SONG TIME Science Fiction. Phantom of the Paradise Soundtrack. Drawing on his experiences and love of Frank N Furter, Reg devised a bizarre entertainment in which he spent much of the time in fishnets again. Last Revised: 15 July 2012 Entry from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rocky Horror: Graham Matters. Reunited 1974 Rocky Horror cast remember a rather special night Like London Cast Recording, it is one of the most important soundtracks, because this is where the producer and the director who later created the film a year later came out.. This is a … The Roxy Cast recording was only sold in Australia, as an import, and was one of the rarest for a long time. Contact. Taking the show out of it's signature setting, only led to confusion, although the show did gain a cult following and was attended by the rich and famous, including John Lennon, and Elvis. Minor wear to cover and gatefold sleeve. Only payed once or twice. What's more, Richard got to act in it. The Rocky Horror Show Original Australian Cast Album LP. He made his debut as the director of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Gladsaxe Theatre 1974. I would imagine from everything I have read, people I have spoken too and my own experience that The Original Australian Cast of The Rocky Horror Show was an unforgettable experience on par with the Original London Production if somewhat different in interpretation. Condition: The condition of this tape is very good. The Narrator : Graham Jarvis later Ray Stewart, Understudies : Susan Morse, Alan Martin, John Mark Robinson. The pair went straight from the latter into Rocky rehearsals, gathering a quite amazing team in the Court's tiny Theatre Upstairs. 1974 was the year for Rocky Horror in Australia, many incarnations have come since then, but none have held a candle to the outrageous period in Sydney when Reg first donned his corsetry and shocked Australia. The lead singers include Tim Curry, Meat Loaf, Jamie … Lou Adler wanted an LP that anyone would buy, as a stand alone recording. Kent initially worked as a primary-school teacher, teaching for three years in Nambour and Buderim in Queensland while acting in amateur theatre groups. 1974 was the year for Rocky Horror in Australia, many incarnations have come since then, but none have held a candle to the outrageous period in Sydney when Reg first donned his corsetry and shocked Australia. Links. The character was adored and didn't really die with the end of his run, Reg morphed Frank into many more characters based on the kind of self delusions the Frank'n'Furter character had, so deliciously, entertained us with for 8 months. The interior of a rotting cinema was recreated within the confines of a nightclub setting, Richard O'Brien and Brian Thomson L.A. 1974. Piero von Arnim as Brad Majors in "Over at the Frankenstein Place"and additional vocals Perhaps the most striking feature to Richard is an almost ruthless naivete, something which comes across in the excellent lyrics and melodies he wrote for Rocky. The original Rocky confronted and challenged its audience, when it was made slick and expensive, when the sets got better, when the film score was orchestrated, some believe it lost its soul, its politics, its pre-punk sound, its edge. Produced by Harry M Miller. His characterization grew after Sydney. The music remained as it was originally, the cast were encouraged to put their own twist on the characters and so a creation was born rather than a carbon copy, in doing so the same freshness that had made the London production such a hit, struck again in Australia. Her t heatre roles include The Lady of the Camellias, Hamlet, Celluloid Heroes, The Ride Across Lake Constance, Shadows of Blood, Rooted, Kennedy's Children. Laura Elizabeth Campbell (born 24 May 1953), better known as Nell Campbell or by her stage name Little Nell, is an Australian actress, singer and club owner.She is best known for her role as Columbia in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the original stage play from which it was adapted. This was an extreme Frank, one who terrorised the audience night after night, leaping into the crowd and harrassing hecklers physically by shaking them into submission. The Theatre  interior was covered with dark canvas with ACME Demolition Co stencilled on it, scaffolding covered the side walls and went right onto the stage where it became the set. The USA's sexual immaturity, compared to the rest of the West, is part of the humour, and perhaps wasn't as obvious when shown there. Back in 1974 Reg Livermore made Frank his own, a nasty grotesquery with a penchant for Bette Davis (with an appearance somewhere between Baby Jane Hudson and Sydney's old vintage Amusment Park entrance, the Luna Park face). Andrew Sharp took the role for the last 6 weeks of the run in 1975. Why didn't someone understand – before the Los Angeles paint job – that the entire point of The Rocky Horror Show in London was that it was tacky?” ROCKY HORROR - AUSTRALIA . Maureen Elkner (Photo supplied by Jon Fabian), Jane Harders, photographed by Philip Morris. Richard's opening night gift to the cast was a set of bondage photographs, and he hardly seemed to notice that Broderick Crawford did not attend. Scott, Kim Milford as Rocky, Boni Enten as Columbia, Jamie Donnelly as Magenta/Usherette … Back in 1974 Reg Livermore made Frank his own, a nasty grotesquery with a penchant for Bette Davis (with an appearance somewhere between, and Sydney's old vintage Amusment Park entrance, the, face). With the original director and designer being Australians, the sensibilities could be explored further on home turf. It now looks flashy, expensive, and over-produced. Sent with Australia Post Standard. Stream songs including "Science Fiction/Double Feature", "Dammit Janet" and more. ROCKY HORROR MERCHANDISE! Many of the people involved with the London production of Rocky Horror have said in interviews that they believe the subsequent American productions in Los Angeles and New York and the film version lost much of what’s important about the show, its grit, its rawness, its confrontational directness, its relationship with its audience. Scott : Meatloaf later Alan Martin / Tony Hoty Kent moved to Sydney to train as an actor with the Independent Drama School in the early 1960s, supporting himself during this time with teaching. He soon made himself noticed in musicals and comedies and was instrumental in the 1970s in a series of revues . Kent, who was gay, learned he was HIV positive in the mid 1980s and at that time volunteered as a care-taker for people living with HIV and AIDS. Several appearances on Australian television followed, including roles in Rush, The Sullivans, Cop Shop and Carson's Law. So he wrote his sparse little Rocky Horror script and crammed it full of all the bits that had been lurking in him for years. An American newspaper review of the Roxy Cast Recording. backers of the "transvestite science fiction rock 'n roll award-winning musical.". Australian director Jim Sharman was directing the Australian production when he left to direct the Roxy Cast, and many other backstage members came over from the London show, although Tim Curry was the only member of the cast to reprise his role. He took Danish citizenship in 1950. Opened The Roxy Theater Los Angeles March 21st 1974, Closed January 5th 1975, Book, Music & Lyrics by Richard O'Brien