The Rocky Horror Show Will Return to Bucks County Playhouse Starring Frankie Grande

Actor, producer, and reality star Frankie Grande, recently seen Off-Broadway in Titaníque, will again play Dr. Frank-N-Furter when The Rocky Horror Show returns to the Bucks County Playhouse.

The Richard O’Brien musical, which played the New Hope, Pennsylvania, venue in October 2023, will again be seen October 11–November 3.

Again directed by Playhouse Artistic Associate Hunter Foster with choreography by Shannon Lewis, much of the 2023 company will return.

Joining Grande will be Mike Bindeman as Rocky, Stephanie Prestage as Janet, Tim Shea as Riff Raff, Alyssa Wray as Magenta, Larkin Reilly as Columbia, Benjamin Howes as Narrator/Dr. Scott, and Stanley Martin as Eddie with Julia Joy and Natalie Welch as Phantoms. Casting for the role of Brad will be announced at a later date.

"I am beyond thrilled to be slipping back into the fabulous heels of Frank-N-Furter at Bucks County Playhouse,” Grande said in a statement. “This role is pure magic, and I'm ready to bring every ounce of glam, sass, and rock 'n' roll to the stage. Get ready for a wild ride, darlings—let’s do the Time Warp again!”

Written and created by O’Brien, The Rocky Horror Show bowed in London in 1973. It played Broadway's Belasco Theatre March 10-April 5, 1975, with a cast led by Tim Curry, Jamie Donnelly, and Meat Loaf. The 1975 film also cast Curry as Frank-N-Furter opposite Susan Sarandon's Janet Weiss and Barry Bostwick's Brad Majors. The Tony-nominated 2000 revival at New York's Circle in the Square Theatre boasted a cast that included Dick Cavett, Lea DeLaria, Jarrod Emick, Tom Hewitt, Joan Jett, Alice Ripley, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Raúl Esparza, Sebastian LaCause, and Kevin Cahoon.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again, a remake of the cult classic, was broadcast on Fox in October 2020 featuring 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.

The musical tells the story of Brad and his fiancée Janet, two squeaky clean college kids who meet Dr. Frank-N-Furter, an extra-terrestrial mad scientist from the galaxy of Transylvania where people really like to party.

The Bucks County production also has scenic design by Jeffrey Perri, costume design by Nicole V. Moody, hair and wig design by J. Jared Janas, lighting design by Travis McHale, and sound design by Bart Fasbender with musical direction by Evan Zavada. Kellian Frank is the production stage manager. Casting is by Paul Hardt.

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