The Rocky Horror Glee Show "Time Warp". When casting "Glee", series creator Ryan Murphy required that auditioning actors without theatrical experience demonstrate their ability to sing and dance as well as act. Mays, who was cast as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, auditioned with the song "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". In April 2009, Murphy told the "Los Angeles Times" that he would like to have Mays perform the song on "Glee". In October 2009, cast member Chris Colfer deemed "Time Warp" the song he would most like to perform on the show, and suggested a "Rocky Horror"-themed Halloween episode.
The Rocky Horror Show sexuality and gender have created cultural and legal change, coming closer to realizing the musical’s futuristic vision of an accepting sexual revolution. The original London production won the award for Best Musical of 1973 at the Evening Standard Awards in January 1974. Additionally, both the original Broadway production and the 2000 revival of the musicals have accrued nominations for both Tony Awards and Drama Desk Awards. The Rocky Horror Show The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s