29 October 2025

The Rocky Horror Show is heading to New York! Directed by Tony Award-winner Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary!), the show will play at Studio 54 on Broadway from 26 March until 21 June 2026.

The cast of Richard O’Brien’s cult musical will be led by stage and screen star Luke Evans, making his Broadway debut as Frank-N-Furter.

Luke is a star of both stage and screen. He last performed in the West End in 2023 in Backstairs Billy at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Evans’ other stage credits include Rent, Miss Saigon and Piaf. He is best known for his roles in films including Clash of the Titans, Beauty and the Beast, and The Hobbit trilogy. His TV credits include Nine Perfect Strangers.

Writer Richard O’Brien said: “It is music to my ears to hear that a cast of very fine actors is on its way to NYC in order to play let’s dress-up and make-believe, sing and dance and uplift the hearts of all those who enjoy the gift of free thinking and the pleasure of love. Break out the fishnets and let’s have a party.”

Director Sam Pinkleton said: “I’m giddy to crack this untamable classic open with the razor-sharp Luke Evans at the centre. And I hope to do at Studio 54 what The Rocky Horror Show has done for people around the world for decades – open a dimension to another possible reality. It seriously is the honor of a lifetime to bring the freakiest people I’ve ever met into the freakiest theatre I’ve ever been in to revisit the freakiest show there’s ever been. No pressure, of course. Rocky Horror is, to me, a sublime, ridiculous, giant-hearted act of love – a trashy little musical that means so many things to generations of tender weirdos with mascara streaming down their faces. I hope we can make something joyous, unfathomable, straight from outer space and I can’t wait to welcome, really WELCOME you into the slimy tentacles of Studio 54.”