Luke Evans and Sam Pinkleton on Reviving The Rocky Horror Show

About this episode

Luke Evans and Sam Pinkleton discuss their experiences and creative process in reviving the Rocky Horror Show on Broadway.

It’s less than a week to go until opening night for the cast of the Rocky Horror Show on Broadway and Luke Evans who plays Dr. Frank-N-Furter is ready to march out on stage in his fishnets and 7 inch platform heels. “I think I enjoy the process of tech…because you still have the license and the freedom to try things and change things up,” says Evans, “but if we open tomorrow, I feel very, very good about what we have.” “I feel giddy,” echos director Sam Pinkleton. “Always with live theater, you could tinker until death…And at a certain point you have to be like, "Pencils down." And I think with this show especially, I mean, we've had such a good time making it.” The duo joined guest host Marley Marius, Vogue’s Senior Editor, Features & News on The Run Through podcast to talk about their collaboration in Rocky Horror Show on Broadway. Recently, the cast photographed for Vogue by Norman Jean Roy and styled by Tonne Goodman . The photo shoot took place on the first day that the ensemble met each other. “I'm not just saying this because I'm on the Vogue podcast. Tonne and Norman got it on a molecular level,” explains Pinkleton. “And I was like, oh, it's like the DNA of the thing……

People in this episode

Host: Marley Marius

Guests: Luke Evans, Sam Pinkleton

Topics covered

• Broadway
• Theater
• Collaboration
• Fashion
• Performance
• Creative Process

Keywords

• Rocky Horror Show
• Broadway
• Luke Evans
• Sam Pinkleton
• Theater
• Maya Rudolph
• Fashion
• Vogue

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vogue

Books & works: Rocky Horror Show, Oh Mary!

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