Russell Crowe "ROCKY HORROR SHOW" Daniel Abineri 1986 New Zealand Tour Program

Description

This is a rare souvenir program from the 1986 New Zealand Tour
of the cult favorite RICHARD O'BRIEN  musical "THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW". (The Original London production premiered at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) on June 19th, 1973 and in the next seven years played four different venues, closing September 13th, 1980 after 2960 performances. The American Premiere took place at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on March 24th, 1974, where it played for nine months. Most of the Los Angeles cast would make their Broadway debuts at New York's Belasco Theatre on March 10th, 1975, but the show would close after only 45 performances. The Original Australian production opened April 19th, 1974 at the New Art Cinema in Sydney, New South Wales.) ..... What started as the creation of an out-of-work actor, "THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW" has become an international phenomenon, translated into more than twenty languages and performed on every continent. With music, lyrics and book all written by RICHARD O'BRIEN, the show is a humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror movies of the 1940's through the early 1970's. The 1986 New Zealand Cast included RUSSELL CROWE (then known as "Russ Le Roq") as both "Eddie" and "Dr. Scott", DANIEL ABINERI (shown in the ninth scanned image) as "Frank-N-Furter", PERRY BENSON as
"Riff Raff", ANN WILSON as "Janet Weiss", ANDREW BINNS as "Brad Majors", ANDREA CUNNINGHAM as "Magenta" and the "Usherette", RACHEL KING as "Columbia", MARK RIMINGTON as "Rocky" and PAUL MINIFIE as the Narrator ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by RICHARD O'BRIEN; Sets designed by BRIAN THOMSON; Costumes designed by SUE BLANE; Choreographed by DONNA FITZGERALD;
Directed by
DANIEL ABINERI;
Produced by WILTON MORLEY and PETER DAVIS with THEATRE PROMOTIONS (ONE) LIMITED in association with STRADA HOLDINGS LIMITED
..... DETAILS: The oversized 32 page program measures 8 1/4" X 11 3/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, scenes and musical numbers, photos and bios of each of the actors, bios of each member of the creative team, two pages of costume sketches and several full color production photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.