The Rocky Horror Show Gérard Surugue as Riff-Raff, Myriam Mézières as Magenta/The Usherette, Celia Booth as Columbia, Ticky Holgado as Eddie/Dr. Scott, Jeffrey Kime as Rocky Horror, Geoffrey Carey as The Narrator. In 1980, two different interpretations of the musical were staged in Germany. The first production, an un-authorized staging directed by Walter Bockmayer, opened on 20 January 1980 at the Grillo-Theater in Essen and was said to deviate greatly from previous productions in regards to characterisation, costuming and set design. Frank-N-Furter was played by the American guest star Decoven C. Washington, who thus became the first black man to embody the main antagonist.
Shades of magenta is called "electric magenta" or "electronic magenta". Amaranth (color) is a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant. The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. At right is displayed a Crayola color formulated in 1949; it was originally called "brilliant rose" but the name was changed in 1958 to "magenta". This color has a hue angle of 329, which is close to the hue angle of the color rose, which is 330. Displayed at right is the Crayola color shocking pink. This is a Crayola crayon color formulated in 1972