[NEohioPAL]THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW AT THE CANTON PLAYERS GUILD!

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There are only a few days left
to catch THE ROCKY HORROR
SHOW, live onstage at the
Players Guild Theatre in
Canton!  The show runs through
Thursday, October 31 with 8 PM
performances Sunday, Oct. 27,
Tuesday, Oct. 29, Wednesday,
Oct.30.  There will be TWO
shows on Thursday, Oct. 31, at
7 and 11 PM.

Read the Canton Repository's
review of the shows, posted at
the bottom of this e-mail.
Call the box office at
330-453-7617 to order your
tickets now! Box office hours
are 10-2, Monday-Saturday.
The box office will also open
one hour before curtain time.
For additional information, be
sure to check out our website
at www.playersguildtheatre.com
or call the main office at
330-453-7619. Tickets are $15.

The live stage version of the
ultimate audience
participation cult musical
comes to Canton in this newly
revised edition. "Don’t dream
it, be it" with Dr.
Frank-N-Furter and his band of
intergalactic weirdoes as they
"do the Time Warp again." For
mature audiences.

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW was
directed by Amy Marie Sima.

Sponsored by Innis Maggiore
Group, Integrated
Communications.

____________________________

Players Guild Theatre
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, Ohio 44702
Box Office: 330-453-7617
Main Office: 330-453-7619
URL:
www.playersguildtheatre.com

To remove yourself from this
mailing list, please send an
e-mail to
audition at playersguildtheatre.c
om.



‘Rocky Horror’ rowdy, racy
fun-filled show
Sunday, October 27, 2002

By DAN KANE Repository
entertainment writer
CANTON — As I was typing, a
piece of shimmery red confetti
just fell to the keyboard from
my hair. My shoes are full of
the stuff. Hours after “The
Rocky Horror Show” came to a
close, the show’s tawdry
sparkle lingers.

This rowdy, racy and wildly
entertaining production is
unlike anything to ever grace
the Players Guild stage. Far
from it. The rock ‘n’ roll
musical is part horror-movie
spoof, part saucy sex romp and
all cheeky fun — although
definitely not for the easily
offended.

Just after the lead character,
Frank-N-Furter, clad in
five-inch spike heels, fishnet
stockings and black vinyl
lingerie, belted out his
signature number “Sweet
Transvestite” on opening
night, I watched with
amusement as a well-dressed
older couple bolted from the
theater in fear, disgust,
embarassment — who knows?

The show is quite a ride.
Based on a 1975 movie musical
that has developed a ravenous
cult following, “The Rocky
Horror Show” encourages
audience participation. Fans
in the know have all sorts of
clever (and frequently crude)
lines to shout out at the
actors. At other key moments,
props such as squirt guns,
rolls of toilet paper and bags
of confetti come into play..
(These are available for
purchase in the theater
lobby). By show’s end on
opening night, the theater
floor looked like the
aftermath of Mardi Gras.

“Rocky Horror” is loose and
frisky and in-your-face and at
times bluntly sexual. Before
the houselights go down,
androgynous chorus members
mingle through the audience
provocatively asking people,
“Are you a virgin?” Willing
“virgins” — people who have
not seen “Rocky Horror”
before — are led onstage for
pre-show fun.

The show’s plotline, which can
be confusing but is not
terribly important overall,
follows the misadventures of a
wholesome young couple, Brad
and Janet, whose car breaks
down one stormy night. In
search of a telephone, they
wander to a nearby castle that
happens to be the lair of mad
scientist and sexual
provocateur Dr.
Frank-N-Furter.

Frank and his minions — butler
Riff-Raff, maid Columbia and
assorted houseguests — take
great pleasure in toying with
the sensibilities of these
innocent visitors. Frank
proudly unveils the muscleboy,
Rocky, he has created in his
laboratory a la Frankenstein.
He then proceeds to seduce
both Brad and Janet, who by
show's end are cavorting in
fishnets and bustiers with the
rest as an evil alien plot is
revealed. Got all that?

The story is merely a
framework for loads of campy
clowning and a series of
high-energy musical numbers,
including the vigorous dance
extravaganza “Time Warp” and
Janet’s song of sexual
awakening, “Toucha Toucha
Touch Me.” There is a hot
on-stage rock band, led by
Steve Parsons, and the lead
actors wear headset
microphones.

Zac Hudak clearly was born to
play Frank-N-Furter.
Resembling a hybrid of Jack on
“Will and Grace” and Liza
Minnelli in “Cabaret,” Hudak
struts the stage in his
towering heels, exuding utter
confidence and never missing
an opportunity for a risque
aside or knowing wink to the
audience. Refreshingly, he
doesn't copy Tim Curry’s famed
performance in the “Rocky
Horror” movie, but instead
gives the role his own twists.

Joseph Wolford and Alisa
Ledyard are perfectly cast as
Brad and Janet, the
all-American lovebirds whose
repressed urges are given full
rein at Frank-N-Furter's
place. Talented at singing and
comedy, this attractive pair
leaps fearlessly through the
show's hoops of sexual
hijinks. Steven Sterling is
deadpan funny as Riff-Raff,
Mark Christine exudes equal
parts innocence and lust as
Rocky, and Jennica McCleary
sings and dances with sexy
swagger as Magenta. The show's
suave narrator, John Popa,
warms up the crowd with
profane humor.

With rolls of toilet paper
soaring overheard, squirt-gun
raindrops falling and raucous
heckling from the sidelines,
the Players Guild’s 400-seat
auditorium never felt more
intimate or alive. Amy Marie
Sima directed this bold
endeavor, which should not be
missed by “Rocky” fans or
jaded hipsters who complain
that there’s nothing to do in
Canton.

Performances continue at 8
p.m. today, Tuesday and
Wednesday, and 7 and 11 p.m.
Thursday.

Tickets, $15, may be ordered
at (330) 453-7617.








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Tickets are $15.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DTahoma>The live stage version of the ultimate audience=20
participation cult musical comes to Canton in this newly revised =
edition. "Don=92t=20
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<P><FONT face=3DTahoma><SPAN class=3D470093412-27102002>THE ROCKY HORROR =
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<P><FONT face=3DTahoma>Sponsored by Innis Maggiore Group, Integrated=20
Communications. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DTahoma><FONT=20
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<DIV class=3Dsecond>=91Rocky Horror=92 rowdy, racy fun-filled show</DIV>
<P><B>Sunday, October 27, 2002</B> </P>
<DIV class=3Dthird>By DAN KANE Repository entertainment writer</DIV>
<P class=3Dthird>CANTON =97 As I was typing, a piece of shimmery red =
confetti just=20
fell to the keyboard from my hair. My shoes are full of the stuff. Hours =
after=20
=93The Rocky Horror Show=94 came to a close, the show=92s tawdry sparkle =
lingers.=20
<P>This rowdy, racy and wildly entertaining production is unlike =
anything to=20
ever grace the Players Guild stage. Far from it. The rock =91n=92 roll =
musical is=20
part horror-movie spoof, part saucy sex romp and all cheeky fun =97 =
although=20
definitely not for the easily offended.=20
<P>Just after the lead character, Frank-N-Furter, clad in five-inch =
spike heels,=20
fishnet stockings and black vinyl lingerie, belted out his signature =
number=20
=93Sweet Transvestite=94 on opening night, I watched with amusement as a =

well-dressed older couple bolted from the theater in fear, disgust, =
embarassment=20
=97 who knows?=20
<P>The show is quite a ride. Based on a 1975 movie musical that has =
developed a=20
ravenous cult following, =93The Rocky Horror Show=94 encourages audience =

participation. Fans in the know have all sorts of clever (and frequently =
crude)=20
lines to shout out at the actors. At other key moments, props such as =
squirt=20
guns, rolls of toilet paper and bags of confetti come into play.. (These =
are=20
available for purchase in the theater lobby). By show=92s end on opening =
night,=20
the theater floor looked like the aftermath of Mardi Gras.=20
<P>=93Rocky Horror=94 is loose and frisky and in-your-face and at times =
bluntly=20
sexual. Before the houselights go down, androgynous chorus members =
mingle=20
through the audience provocatively asking people, =93Are you a =
virgin?=94 Willing=20
=93virgins=94 =97 people who have not seen =93Rocky Horror=94 before =97 =
are led onstage for=20
pre-show fun.=20
<P>The show=92s plotline, which can be confusing but is not terribly =
important=20
overall, follows the misadventures of a wholesome young couple, Brad and =
Janet,=20
whose car breaks down one stormy night. In search of a telephone, they =
wander to=20
a nearby castle that happens to be the lair of mad scientist and sexual=20
provocateur Dr. Frank-N-Furter.=20
<P>Frank and his minions =97 butler Riff-Raff, maid Columbia and =
assorted=20
houseguests =97 take great pleasure in toying with the sensibilities of =
these=20
innocent visitors. Frank proudly unveils the muscleboy, Rocky, he has =
created in=20
his laboratory a la Frankenstein. He then proceeds to seduce both Brad =
and=20
Janet, who by show's end are cavorting in fishnets and bustiers with the =
rest as=20
an evil alien plot is revealed. Got all that?=20
<P>The story is merely a framework for loads of campy clowning and a =
series of=20
high-energy musical numbers, including the vigorous dance extravaganza =
=93Time=20
Warp=94 and Janet=92s song of sexual awakening, =93Toucha Toucha Touch =
Me.=94 There is a=20
hot on-stage rock band, led by Steve Parsons, and the lead actors wear =
headset=20
microphones.=20
<P>Zac Hudak clearly was born to play Frank-N-Furter. Resembling a =
hybrid of=20
Jack on =93Will and Grace=94 and Liza Minnelli in =93Cabaret,=94 Hudak =
struts the stage=20
in his towering heels, exuding utter confidence and never missing an =
opportunity=20
for a risque aside or knowing wink to the audience. Refreshingly, he =
doesn't=20
copy Tim Curry=92s famed performance in the =93Rocky Horror=94 movie, =
but instead=20
gives the role his own twists.=20
<P>Joseph Wolford and Alisa Ledyard are perfectly cast as Brad and =
Janet, the=20
all-American lovebirds whose repressed urges are given full rein at=20
Frank-N-Furter's place. Talented at singing and comedy, this attractive =
pair=20
leaps fearlessly through the show's hoops of sexual hijinks. Steven =
Sterling is=20
deadpan funny as Riff-Raff, Mark Christine exudes equal parts innocence =
and lust=20
as Rocky, and Jennica McCleary sings and dances with sexy swagger as =
Magenta.=20
The show's suave narrator, John Popa, warms up the crowd with profane =
humor.=20
<P>With rolls of toilet paper soaring overheard, squirt-gun raindrops =
falling=20
and raucous heckling from the sidelines, the Players Guild=92s 400-seat =
auditorium=20
never felt more intimate or alive. Amy Marie Sima directed this bold =
endeavor,=20
which should not be missed by =93Rocky=94 fans or jaded hipsters who =
complain that=20
there=92s nothing to do in Canton.=20
<P>Performances continue at 8 p.m. today, Tuesday and Wednesday, and 7 =
and 11=20
p.m. Thursday.=20
<P>Tickets, $15, may be ordered at (330) 453-761<SPAN=20
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