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 next month.

The Richard O’Brien musical, which played the New Hope, Pennsylvania, venue in October 2023 and October 2024, will again be seen October 10–November 2.

Again directed by Playhouse Artistic Associate Hunter Foster with choreography by Shannon Lewis and associate choreography by Julia Joy, the company will also feature returning cast members Jordan Bollwerk as Brad Majors, Natalie Welch as Janet Weiss, Tim Shea as Riff Raff, Alyssa Wray as Magenta, and Stanley Martin as Eddie, joined by Madeline Benoit as Columbia and Patrick Richwood as Dr. Scott/Narrator. 

The ensemble will include Mary Grace Humphries, Annie Gagen, and Hank Santos. Casting for the role of Rocky will be announced soon. Casting is by Paul Hardt. 

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Grande has appeared on Broadway in Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages and on screen in Big Brother and Henry Danger.

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. A Broadway revival is scheduled for 2026.

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 upcoming production will also have 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. The musical director is Evan Zavada, and Kellian Frank is production stage manager. Greg Santos is resident director.

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