Luke Evans and Sam Pinkleton on Reviving The Rocky Horror Show
4/17/202643 min
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… That shoot set a path for making the show in a way that I didn't totally expect.”
And while the cast prepares for opening night, Pinkleton has also started working this week with Maya Rudolph as she is set to take over the titular role in the hit play ‘Oh Mary!’
"You know, when Cole [Escola] and I were first making “Oh, Mary!”, we were like, 'Well, no one will ever play this part other than Cole.' I mean, no one could really do it other than, I don't know, like Maya Rudolph." So we're really eating our words now,” says Pinkleton who sees parallels between the two shows.
“Mary Todd Lincoln is such an amazing character. There's no one like her…Much like Dr. Frank-N-Furter.” says Pinkleton. “She is a character who is largely misunderstood by the world. Who knows that she contains greatness. Who wants to show the world and the audience all of the things she's capable of…Much like Dr. Frank-N-Furter.”
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First 90 secondsMarley Marius· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is The Run Through. I'm Marley Marius, senior editor of features and news. Today I'm joined in the studio by Luke Evans and Sam Pinkleton, the star and director respectively of the Rocky Horror Show on Broadway, which has actually just been extended through July 19th, very exciting, due to untamed demand as the [laughs] press release said.
Luke Evans· Guest0:24
Untamed.
Marley Marius· Host0:24
Untamed.
Luke Evans· Guest0:25
Untamed.
Marley Marius· Host0:25
And I was like, honestly, sure. Totally, I see that. Before we really get into it, what are we wearing today? 'Cause I... Let's start with you, Luke.
Luke Evans· Guest0:33
Oh, um, I'm wearing Todd Snyder.
Marley Marius· Host0:36
Oh, fab.
Luke Evans· Guest0:37
And some Levi's.
Marley Marius· Host0:38
Okay, cool. Yeah, I like this jaunty tie. Like this on... jaunty jacket.
Luke Evans· Guest0:40
Yeah, I love it. I chose it out of a pile of ties.
Marley Marius· Host0:43
Okay.
Luke Evans· Guest0:43
I love the pa- the paisley, little homage, part of the paisley design.
Marley Marius· Host0:47
That's such a long day.
Luke Evans· Guest0:48
Just nice, you know, when you're wearing fishnets, jockstrap, and corset eight times a week- Totally ... to sort of put clothes on.
Marley Marius· Host0:53
You can do it all. [laughs] [laughs] You can wear it all. It's amazing. And you, Sam, what's the shirt?
Sam Pinkleton· Guest0:58
The shirt is Acne. It's Acne from the, like, super headquarters- Oh ... in Stockholm.
Marley Marius· Host1:03
Oh, I love that.
Sam Pinkleton· Guest1:03
Um, and I've never seen it anywhere else, and I love it so much.
Marley Marius· Host1:07
It's... I love. It's so good.
Luke Evans· Guest1:08
Did you go to Stockholm to buy it?
Sam Pinkleton· Guest1:09
I did.
Luke Evans· Guest1:10
Oh, I love it.
Sam Pinkleton· Guest1:10
I mean, not ex- [laughs] I didn't just go to Stockholm to buy a shirt.
Luke Evans· Guest1:12
No, no, no, I know.
Marley Marius· Host1:13
Straight there. Go straight.
Luke Evans· Guest1:13
If you go to Stockholm and you like clothes, you have to go to the Acne store.
Sam Pinkleton· Guest1:16
Correct.
Marley Marius· Host1:16
No, this is fab.
Luke Evans· Guest1:17
Yeah.
Marley Marius· Host1:17
Well, okay. Congratulations to you both, certainly, on the show. I went with my mom to the matinee on Sunday, and we had such a good time. It was so fab. [laughs] It's funny to walk into a show on 3:00 PM on a Sunday