The Rocky Horror Picture Show ‘very queer scene’, which increased visibility for the queer community: “The folks standing in line outside the State in fishnets and makeup every Saturday night undoubtedly widened the sphere of possibilities for gender expression on Main Street.” "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" remains a cultural phenomenon in both the U.S. and U.K. Cult film participants are often people on the fringe of society that find connection and community at the screenings, although the film attracts fans of differing backgrounds all over the world. "Bisexuality, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Me", by Elizabeth Reba Weise, is a piece in ""
The Rocky Horror Show Pinter Theatre) to begin performances on 6 April 1979. At the new venue, "Rocky Horror" required some restaging, for the Comedy was the first theatre at which the musical had played that possessed a traditional proscenium arch stage. For the first time, the musical was also broken into two acts with an interval. It finished its run there on 13 September 1980. Beyond its cult status, The Rocky Horror Show is also widely hailed, alongside other experimental theatre works such as Hair (musical), to have been an influence on the countercultural and sexual liberation movements that followed on from the