The Rocky Horror Show Riff-Raff, Diane Duncan as Magenta and Trixie, the Westbury Popcorn Girl (a version of The Usherette), Kitty Preston as Columbia, Robert Zanfini as Eddie and Dr. Scott, Michael Hawke as Rocky Horror, Randolph Walker as The Narrator. During the first night, the audience called back to the actors, as they did with the film. The cast were unsure how to react. Despite the unexpected heckling, the show a success. "The Rocky Horror Show" toured North America. The cast featured Frank Gregory as Frank-N-Furter, Marcia Mitzman as Janet, Frank Piergo as Brad, Pendleton Brown as Riff Raff, Lorelle Brina as Magenta/Trixie,
The Rocky Horror Show 230-seat Chelsea Classic Cinema nearby on Kings Road from 14 August 1973 to 20 October 1973. "Rocky Horror" found a quasi-permanent home at the 500-seat King's Road Theatre—another cinema house, even further down Kings Road—from 3 November 1973. The show received critical praise and won the 1973 "Evening Standard" Award for Best Musical. When Richard O'Brien played Riff Raff in the original Broadway production of "Rocky Horror" in 1974 Robert Longden took over the role in London. The show's run at the King's Road Theatre ended on 31 March 1979; it then transferred to the Comedy Theatre (now the Harold