Cult classic, 'The Rocky Horror Show - The Musical,' encourages audience costumes
BENTON HARBOR — “The Rocky Horror Show – The Musical” opens Oct. 20 and continues through Oct. 31 at GhostLight Theatre, 101 Hinkley St.
This cult classic pays tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through the early 1960s.
In this musical with music, lyrics and a book written by Richard O’Brien, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. “Frank-N-Furter.”
As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
Beyond its cult status, “The Rocky Horror Show” was one of the first popular musicals to depict fluid sexuality during a time of division between generations and a lack of sexual difference acceptance.
Like the film adaptation, the musical is noted for a long-running tradition of audience participation through call-back lines and attending dressed up as characters from the show.
Audiences are encouraged to dress in any/all costumes to attend the show, and a social media costume contest will take place with an award given each night for best costume.
The musical also features a different guest narrator each evening.
This production is Rated-R for content and is meant for mature audiences only. Only adults 18 and older will be admitted without an accompanying parent/guardian.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20-22 and 27-31.
Two-person VIP tables are available; all other seats are general admission.
Tickets are $75-$12.
For more information, call 269-252-5222 or visit ghostlightbh.com.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: 'Rocky Horror' opens through Halloween at GhostLight in Benton Harbor
