Tim Curry "ROCKY HORROR SHOW" Meat Loaf / American Premiere 1974 Roxy Flyer

Description

This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting ticket sales for the American Premiere
production of the cult favorite RICHARD O'BRIEN  musical "THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW" at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, California. (The Original London production premiered at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) on June 19th, 1973 and in the next seven years played four different venues, closing September 13th, 1980 after 2960 performances. The American Premiere took place at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on March 24th, 1974, where it played for nine months. Most of the Los Angeles cast would make their Broadway debuts at New York's Belasco Theatre on March 10th, 1975, but the show would close after only 45 performances.) ..... What started as the creation of an out-of-work actor, "THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW" has become an international phenomenon, translated into more than twenty languages and performed on every continent. With music, lyrics and book all written by RICHARD O'BRIEN, the show is a humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror movies of the 1940's through the early 1970's. The Los Angeles cast included TIM CURRY as "Frank-N-Furter", JAMIE DONNELLY, ABIGALE HANESS, KIM MILFORD, SUSAN MORSE, BRUCE SCOTT, BONI ENTEN, MEAT LOAF, B. MILLER, JOHN MARK ROBINSON, CLYDE VENTURA and GRAHAM JARVIS as the Narrator ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by RICHARD O'BRIEN; Sets designed by BRIAN THOMSON; Costumes designed by SUE BLANE; Directed by JIM SHARMAN; Produced by LOU ADLER by arrangement with MICHAEL WHITE
..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows. This single page, two-sided handbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes
wonderful graphics on the front and promotional text, excerpts from several London reviews and a ticket order form on the backside ..... CONDITION: This rare handbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.