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We’re less than a week away from premiere night of “The Actors” The Rocky Horror Show On Broadway, Luke Evans, who plays Dr. Frank-N-Furter, is getting ready to take the stage in fishnets and seven-inch platform shoes.
“I guess I love the process of technology … because you still have the license and freedom to try and change things,” Evans said, “but if we opened tomorrow, I feel very, very good about what we have.”
“I feel dizzy,” responded director Sam Pinkleton, also known for ” Oh Mary!. “In live theatre, you tinker until you die…at some point you have to say, ‘Pencil down.’ I think especially with this show, we had a lot of fun making it.” “
The pair were joined by guest host Marley Marius, FashionSenior Editor, Features & News, About penetrate Discuss their collaboration and the cast’s collaboration with Norman Jean Roy and Tonne Goodman for the April 2026 issue of Fashionwhen the actors first met.
“I’m not just saying this because I’m Fashion Podcast: Tonne and Norman did it on a molecular level,” Pinkleton said. “I was like, oh, this is like the DNA of this thing… That shoot created a path for the show to be made in a way that I didn’t expect at all. “
As the cast prepares for opening night, Pinkleton also begins rehearsals this week with Maya Rudolph, who will take over the lead role. Oh Mary! this spring.
“You know, when Cole [Escola] The first thing I did was Oh Mary!we were like, ‘Well, no one’s going to play this character but Cole. I mean, no one can really do that except me, dunno maya rudolph.’So now we’re really going back on our word,’ said Pinkleton, who also saw the show’s tie-in with Rocky Horror.
“Mary Todd Lincoln was a remarkable person. There was no one like her… like Dr. Frank N. Foote,” he continued. “She was a character who was largely misunderstood by the world. Who knew she contained greatness. Who wanted to show the world and the audience all she was capable of… just like Dr. Frank-N-Furter.”
