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Volume 3 Number 1 |
April 2002
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Edited by Mike Bennett
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Volume 3 Number 1 |
April 2002
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Edited by Mike Bennett
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LONDON(a.c-m.r-h)--
The infamous coffin clock from the Time Warp scene in RHPS
was sold last month at Sotheby's in London. It was purchased by
an unknown party for £35,000 ($49,872.04 US).
The clock had belonged to the Ken Paul Props Company for some time now. The skeleton is supposedly the remains of the Countess of Rosslyn's lover. She was one of the previous owners of the clock. The clock has appeared in several features since Rocky; it appears on the back of the original video box for "The Worst Witch," it also appeared in "Jonathan Creek" in an episode about an occult magic shop. It was also used in Johnny Depp's latest film, "From Hell" but, it didn't make the final cut of the film. |
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| LOS ANGELES
(Variety)-- Tim Curry and Gary Cole are set to topline
the WB Network's remake of "Family Affair" from Turner TV
and Pariah. In the 21st century "Family Affair," Cole
will tackle the role of Bill Davis, a swinging Manhattan
bachelor-turned-loving uncle to his
two orphaned nieces and a nephew,
while Curry will play Davis' butler Mr. French. In the
original, the roles were played by Brian Keith and Sebastian
Cabot, respectively. Sasha Pieterse has
been cast as Buffy, the young niece often seen clutching her
beloved doll Mrs. Beasley. The parts of Buffy's fraternal twin
Jody and older sister Sissy are still being cast. This past holiday season, Curry starred as Ebenezer Scrooge in Radio City's production of "A Christmas Carol," directed by Susan Stroman. Curry, whose recent film credits include "Scary Movie 2" and "Charlie's Angels." Meatloaf will portray the character Ripper in "John Doe," which stars Dominic Purcell as an amnesiac (Dominic Purcell) who mysteriously washes ashore and is trying to find out the truth about who he is. Ripper is the owner and bartender at an establishment called the Sea, which John Doe uses as a sort of home base, since he also lives in an apartment loft above. Meat Loaf recently starred in the CBS telefilm "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple" and the indie feature "Focus." He next appears in "The Salton Sea." |
Based on true stories of America's World
War II homefront, From Glen Pitre, director
of "Belizaire the Cajun", a new movie of romance and intrigue
on the bayous of Louisiana during World War II.
Cajuns fell under suspicion
when fear turned neighbors to enemies
as Hitler's U-boats prowled the coast.Starring Academy Award Winner Tatum O'Neal, Julian Sands, Tim Curry, Eion Bailey, Lacey Chabert, and New Orleans native Patrick McCullough. Set in writer/director Glen Pitre's home town of Cut Off, Louisiana, the film recounts events that actually took place as German U-boats sank merchant ships in the Gulf of Mexico, often within sight of land, prompting hunts for traitors suspected of helping the Germans. An independent widow, Camille Picou (Academy Award Winner Tatum O'Neal) lives in a bayou village where her husband's unsavory reputation fuels wild speculation even after his death. Whispered rumors torment Camille and swirl around her teenage children: romantic, reckless Florida (Party of Five's Lacey Chabert) and brooding Blue (Patrick McCullough), eager to redeem his family's honor. Mysterious refugee, Doctor Lenz (Room with a View's Julian Sands), arrives just as tension is heightening. The U-boats are wrecking havoc and the local Coast Guard Ensign (Centerstage & Fightclub's Eion Bailey) is authorized to ferret out any suspicious goings-on that might be hindering the homefront's war efforts. 
All hell breaks loose when a cache of fuel comes up missing, German POWS brought in to work the sugar cane fields escape, and a group of horribly wounded American seamen are brought in from an attack in the Gulf. As ships continue to be torpoedoed, tensions rise. On a fishing coast notorious for smuggling, someone must be guilty. Filmed entirely on location in Louisiana. (This film is not yet rated. It contains some sex and violence.) |
The stage musical based on the book by
Ian Fleming (Yeah, the James Bond guy...) with songs by
the Sherman Brothers is due to hit the stage in London's West
End. The Palladium to be exact, and you can pick up tickets if you'll
be in the area straight from the Official website, which you
can handily find by clicking
here
. Naturally, we're featuring it because Richard is in the production. Somewhat unsurprisingly, he appears as the villainous Child Catcher, the character responsible for giving many many people (myself included) nightmares as a young child. The website now has some more information besides the nifty little Flash(r) animations and the title song (from the film) played ad nauseum. It also has a feature where the actress who portrays Baroness Bomburst details her thoughts in a diary. Look for a mention of Richard's designing skills in her wrap-up of week one. The Sunday Times in the UK also printed a story in their most recent (3/24/02) edition of their Culture section, along with a few sneak peeks of Richard in full Child Catcher costume. Here's what they had to say about our boy: "The Shermans have resurrected or newly minted several songs for the show, including one for the demonic Child Catcher, the leering villain of the piece who must have single-handedly inspired more children’s nightmares over the years than any other film character. “It’s a fun, scary song, and oh is it nasty,” says Sherman with relish. “It’s called 'Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies'. I’m telling you, it’ll get the kids scared.” The Child Catcher is a role that the actor Richard O’Brien was born to play, and —to give him credit— he knows it. “My agent phoned up and said: ‘Are you interested in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?’” he recalls. “My first question was: ‘Are we talking about the Child Catcher?’ They said yes, so I said: ‘Yeah, I’ll crawl over broken glass.’" Even when he’s not in character, sitting next to O’Brien is just a little scary. And with Brian Blessed (who plays Baron Bomburst) on the other side, it feels a bit like being sandwiched between a friendly lizard and a hyperactive bison. "With me, the emotions are very close to the surface," the lizard tells me, in a break between songs. “I can go from happy to bleak just like that." (He snaps his long fingers.) “Mother Teresa to Freddy Krueger in five seconds." Does he think the children in the audience will be scared? "Yeah. I don't have to work too hard to do that, he drawls." |
Scene Update
by Gatsby
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Psychotic Cabaret is *still* seeking a permanent home to love and cherish.
We have been having some problems with the Arcata Theatre lately.
However, we are happy to report that we are still performing and
hosting some fantastic shows! We will begin performing Cabaret shows on campus at Humboldt State University on April 26th. The HSU shows will be much more than Rocky Horror, with drag shows, exotic dancers, juggling, live music, talent contests, and a cabaret-style atmosphere. HSU will host us on a semi-monthly basis to raise money for our "big" shows. The HSU Cabaret shows cost about $5 and are more creative and more adult-oriented than our Rocky Horror Picture Show performances. The next shadow-cast performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show is on May 3rd and 4th at the Eureka Theatre. The Eureka Theatre is a BEAUTIFUL old building, very ornate and currently under renovation. We perform there at 8pm both Friday and Saturday night. Saturday is also Arts Alive! Eureka, a monthly city-wide showcase of local artists. The Eureka shows will be much more movie-accurate and rated R. Ticket price is $6.50. As always, for the latest information on the Psychotic Cabaret, log into their YahooGroup: groups.yahoo.com/group/humboldtrockyhorror |
| I hate Portland's Rocky cast. And this
isn't some simple little irk, more like a deep rooted vehemence. The kind
of hatred that that can only come out of being great at something, only to
find someone else that does it as great or *gasp* better. And the Clinton
Street Cabaret is, I'm sorry to admit, at the top of their form. Where should I begin to catalogue their many egregious offenses of quality? For starters, their theatre is freaking beautiful. The next time I drive 10 hours to watch another Rocky Cast perform, I want to feel good about myself. The last thing I want to see is a gorgeously intimate theatre that is perfectly suited for a cult classic that thrives on audience participation. At the very least, the Clinton Street cast could have had the decency to ignore their good fortune. They could have simply bemoaned their lack of space and envied our Humboldt cast's spacious theatre. But no! These bastards are sneaky. They kept their house lights on for the preshow, and Sam the MC took every opportunity to make the nearby audience part of the show. I wish I could say it stopped there. I could have forgiven Sam for his wit and sense of humor. I would have been reluctantly OK with a great preshow, just as long as the actual cast sucked big time. But what do you think, my friends? Would they go along with this humble hope for extreme suckage to satisfy my rapidly bruising ego? No! I had hopes, it being "Fuck With Your Character Night," it was extremely likely that everybody would be so disrupted by the wild changes in character that they wouldn't be listening to each other, much less attempting movie specific choreography. But even with all these cards stacked in failure's favor, they managed to overcome the odds. The fuckers were excellent. Everyone was incredible, though special notice goes to Nick's portrayal of Frank. He operated with such amazing specificity that I didn't detect even an eyebrow twitch that didn't have his full intention behind it. Special kudos also to the trannies, not only for being incredibly hotties (especially their Trixie, Diana), but also for their enthusiasm and involvement. I must admit a brief amount of pleasure at their aftershow... somebody (ED: It was Balo) had the brilliant idea of putting on a string of movie trailers that progressed for so long that most of the spectators wanted to chew their arms off to mistake. Sadly, most of the audience quickly left, so they didn't get to see the one glorious mistake at what was otherwise an unbearably incredible performance. So in closing, if you find yourself in Portland, whatever you do, don't go see the Clinton Street Cabaret. You'll only feel inferior in comparison. And if you're ever in Humboldt County, be sure to stop in and see us, Psychotic Cabaret, still the best damned cast found in Northern California. That is, unless Clinton Street ever came to visit us. The talented freaks!!! |
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-- Hello Rozaylia here. I just got donne talking with the president
of the Board of Directors of the Eureka theater, Lance Madsen. I asked him
his reasoning behind cancelling our show. He says that we have exhibited
(and I quote), "out of control" behavior on several occasions, and that we
have caused the Arcata theater too many problems and if they dont' want us,
then they Eureka theater doesn't want us. He claims that the decision of the board was unanimous, however, the theater manager, Bob Rickard is all for us being there. Mr Madsen, also claims that having "those kind of people" (meaning what?) in the theater is putting the whole place at risk, and he says that, to quote him, "It's my house, my money, and my livelihood at stake here!" He was angry and used a raised voice as he was talking to me. He believes basically that we are a lot of people with no sense of control. He then told me that it wasn't personal to the people attending the show. Raul, a volunteer at the theater, then says, "why not just show the movie then. How can you tell the adults of Eureka what not to watch?" Mr Madsen said it would attract the wrong kind of people, contradicting what he had just said. He also said that the Arcata theater is much more liberal than the Eureka theater, and if they won't allow us, Eureka theater certainly won't. What does this have to do with the facts, since he also claimed the decision was based on the "fact" that we have legal problems with the Arcata theater. Which is funny, since every problem that we had, which as I recall, was only one, we took care of! Anyway... we need to let Mr Madsen, and the entire Board of Directors know how we feel. This is censorship, it is wrong. We as performers, patrons, entertainers, audience members, and people just having a good time have the right to do this! Just because it is different from what the "typical" person would do does not mean that we do not have the right to do it. For information on how to put your two cents in... contact me, Rozaylia , or Gatsby . |
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What's a poor guy to do? I took a new job that caused me to move
hours away from my closest Rocky Horror fix. Granted the job was doing
what I truly love (making beer), and I *was* working right on the beach in
Pacific City (can anyone say surfing)... but still no Rocky Horror. I
ask you, what's a poor guy to do?Well, I'll tell you. Last September, I walked right into the historic Bijou Theatre in Lincoln City (pop. 5000), and asked them to show Rocky Horror. The owners Keith and Betsy Altomare said "Sure!!! We normally play it around Halloween anyway." I was dumbfounded. *Never* in my years of doing Rocky Horror have I had such an easy time with theatre management. It seems that they had been trying to get in touch with someone "in the scene" for a couple years, and were looking to get a shadow cast to perform at their theatre. Being associated with the casts in Eugene and Portland, they found themselves as lucky as I was. I contacted the casts in hopes that they'd be able to do the show. I was hopng to have an ensemble cast from both Forbidden Fruit from Eugene and the Clinton Street Cabaret from Portland. Unfortunately, the show fell on the same date as the Cabaret's Halloween performance, so I was only able to snag two people from the Cab; Karen Moore who played a fabulous Magenta, even though she was wracked with the flu, and Samantha their (and my) Lighting Goddess. Anyway, I was able to book a couple of ocean front suites at the Seagull Motel and the Bijou came through with a surprise pizza party. So after spending the afternoon playing on the beach, the cast members got into costume and we proceeded to freak the locals. I guess you're just gonna have to trust me (since the cast photographer still hasn't sent me the photos) that jaws were hitting the floor when our very own Ivan (the Terrible) van Norman walked into Doug's Pool Hall and Pizza Parlor in full Sweet-T costume flanked by four of the *hottest* Trannies you could imagine. The theatre hold about 190 people and as expected the show was a sell out. The pre-show was MC'd by Betsy and myself. I was pleasantly surprised that the number of virgins was quite low (considering), which meant that they drew a sizable return crowd. I actually ran out of virgins before I ran out of sacrifice skits. The show itself came off without a hitch, with a flawless performance from the cast and substantial audience participation from the crowd. Thanks to everyone who made this poor guy's dream come true. |
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| Greetings, I would like, if I may, to provide
you with a current look at the people who make this cast run. This cast
is led by a high energy elite group of 3 know to many as the EC. They
meet outside of Rocky, outside of the cast gatherings, converse possibly
on a daily basis and more. Eric the president, known to many by his nearly record setting long mullet, organizes the group as some large form of a human day planner finding new ways for the cast to expose themselves…ummmm, open up to the community and more. Who would have known that this mind would have put Terror World together with a Rocky Horror cast for Halloween? Then you have his other half, Jerusha (seig-heil) the cast Director and his wife. Together from Chicago with a past rich in theatre they joined the cast a little more then a year ago and have put a great deal of time and energy into the look of the cast for this last year. Jerusha has a great passion for theatre and directs from her great love of musicals and her own experience is willing to take time to do full cast rehearsals all the way down to personalized one on one rehearsals with those who need extra help with their character or just can’t make it to rehearsal due to work or other events. Hell they even go on location to rehearsals instead of making people drive to Hillsboro (BFE to Portland (sorry MIB)). Then there is Steff, a long time supporter of the fishnets, Steff has been the Secretary-Historian for almost 3 years now, maintaining and keeping records for the group, she has compiled a great deal of history in volumes of photos, programs, the website, and more. Steff has also performed but not limited to playing Magenta or Frank and even President of the group at one time or another during her tenure with the group. She is one of the now few members of the group that precedes myself, her main goal is to make sure it is here for others in the future (Yes we have a young cast!)! From here many people that never take an onstage appearance bring you the performance that you see on a regular basis. They aid the group in many ways from the photographer, videographer, lighting crew, props builders, make-up artists and more, they bring you a show with a complete cast of lunatics ready to put on this show in slinky underwear (possibly with some weird performance theme in mind) with programs, props for sale and more. Who could ask for anything more? Me, but that’s another story! The Rocky Horror Picture Show shown weekly since April 8th, 1977 The Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street, Saturdays at Midnight - Tickets $6. Shows 1st, 3rd, &5th Saturdays with live cast, just the movie on the others! www.RockyPDX.org & www.epix.com |
T-shirt Front |
To commemorate 24 continuous years of showing The
Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Clinton Street Theatre, we are offering
Original Limited Edition T-shirts. They are a great shirt at a great value and some are even 100% Preshrunk Cotton. They will be available for sale THIS SATURDAY in front of the Clinton Street Theater. There are a limited number, so come with cash in hand. No checks, credit cards, etc. We will not hold one for you... first come, first served. M, L, or XL only $12!!! XXL and XXXL only $15!!! |
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The Clinton Street Cabaret is currently looking
for performers for their semi-annual, "18 and over" performance. Applicants
must be able and comfortable performing 'nekkid' in front of a large and
rowdy crowd. Applicants interested in joining the cast for this special
show should leave a message on to the Cast Bulletin Board at:
http://www.velocitydms.com/cgi-bin/rpdxubb/ultimatebb.cgi |
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Scene Update
by Tonya
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Feb. 15th, Led Lawless retired as Director and the cast voted in ~Labyrinth~
as Cast Director with her Co-Director being Gawd. Since that time
changes have been made. We held cast auditions and set up two rotating casts. We still have a few holes that need to be filled. We have also been working on costumes and props. At the end of next month, we will be working on our website and promoting the hell out of our show. Furthermore, Sue (our theater manager) is trying to get us another double feature for Halloween. Sorry, no Shock Treatment. We loved it, but that is a one-time deal. The condition of the print was really bad. Dare I say it... but we could end up with Clue, Breakfast Club, or Wizard of Oz. We have a great following down here, with attendance of about 120 every week. We hope to increase that number to 150 before summer. |
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Cherry Poppers Take A Vacation
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Patrick
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Well, I have some bad news for everyone. Since
we have been having such a low turn out lately, the theatre has decided
to stop showing Rocky for awhile. We normally get this low turn
out further along in the spring. And
we normally take a spring/summer break until the fall and start things off again in October. We are just starting this a little earlier this year. Rocky WILL be back! I hope everyone will be back with us this fall. We are going to take this time to improve on the Cherry Poppers and bring Rocky back to you all stronger and better than before. I hope all the Cherry Poppers performers will stay in touch with me during this break. I will be getting back with you all on the status of things. Who knows maybe might put a few shows on before Halloween. SO those of you are interested in staying with the show, PLEASE stay in touch with me. I am going to use this time off to rest up, rededicate myself to the show and think of how to make it even better. When we come back I want us to be stronger and recomitted. I will consider all your input in the reforming and restruction of the Chery Poppers this fall (or sooner). I have had fun performing with you all and I hope you all had fun too. Again please stay in touch and I will keep you posted on things. |
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| EUREKA, CA Psychotic Cabaret [email protected] |
Venue and Ticket Prices Vary |
See the Psychotic Cabaret's YahooGroup for their up-to-date performance schedule. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humboldtrockyhorror/ |
| EUGENE, OR Forbidden Fruit [email protected] |
EMU Ballroom University of Oregon Ticket price varies |
No shows scheduled at this time. |
| PORTLAND, OR Clinton Street Cabaret [email protected] |
Clinton Street Theatre 2522 SE Clinton Street (503) 238-8899 Ticket price: $6 |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is shown every
Saturday Night. The Cabaret performs on the 1st, 3rd, & 5th Saturday of every month. |
| TACOMA, WA The Blue Mouseketeers [email protected] |
The Proctor Blue Mouse Theatre 2611 N. Proctor Street (253) 752-9500 Ticket price: $5 |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
is shown and performed every Saturday, with the preshow starting at midnight. |
| SEATTLE, WA The Vicarious Theatre Company [email protected] |
The Admiral Twin Theatre 2343 California Ave. SW (206) 938-3456 Ticket price: $5 |
The Rocky Horror Picture
Show is shown and performed on the first Saturday of every month at midnight. |
| BREMERTON, WA Charleston Cherry Poppers [email protected] |
Charleston Cinema 333 N. Callow (360) 373-6093 Ticket prices: $6 for either Friday OR Saturday night. $10 for a pass for both nights |
The Cherry Poppers are currently on vacation. |
| VANCOUVER, BC The Rich Weirdos [email protected] |
The Rich Weirdos are currently homeless. | |
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| Jun 28-29, 2002 |
Merrillville IN |
The Anti-Con |
http://www.pinkinvaders.com/anticon.html
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| Oct 2002 ??? |
Philadelphia PA |
Philly-Con |
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The Official Rocky Horror Picture
Show Fan Club Website
http://www.rockyhorror.com
Oregon Rocky Horror Club
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/oregonsrockyhorrorclub
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| Eureka CA |
Psychotic Cabaret |
http://www.weirdo.org/rhps/
groups.yahoo.com/group/humboldtrockyhorror |
| Eugene | Forbidden Fruit | http://www.geocities.com/mjbennett69/rockyhorror.html |
| Portland | Clinton Street Cabaret |
http://www.rockypdx.org
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| Tacoma | The Blue Mouseketeers | http://www.bluemouseketeers.com
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| Seattle | The Vicarious Theatre Company | http://www.thezenroom.com/ |
| Bremerton | Charleston Cherry Poppers | http://www.rockycast.net/cherrypoppers |
| Vancouver BC | Rich Weirdos | |
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