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Rocky Horror Picture Show is turning 35 - It was Lou Adler who brought it to the US
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Rocky Horror Picture Show is turning 35 - It was Lou Adler who brought it to the US
Our series of career-retrospective interviews with Lou Adler continues. Lou Adler, the man who brought you Johnny Rivers, Cheech & Chong, The Mamas & The Papas, "Tapestry," and more also recognized the power of The Rocky Horror Show when it was playing in London, brought it to his Roxy Theatre in LA, then got The Rocky Horror Picture Show made. Now, Adler says women have been responsible for many things in his life ... women introduced him to Herb Alpert and Jack Nicholson, for instance ... and it's true in this case, too, as he told The Hollywood Reporter's Alex Ben Block. COME INSIDE for info about the 35th anniversary showing of the movie 9/25 at downtown LA's Million Dollar Theatre, featuring Barry (Brad) Bostwick.
Tim Curry onstage in Rocky Horror.
Tim Curry onstage in Rocky Horror.
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Our series of career-retrospective interviews with Lou Adler continues. Lou Adler, the man who brought you Johnny Rivers, Cheech & Chong, The Mamas & The Papas, "Tapestry," and more also recognized the power of The Rocky Horror Show when it was playing in London, brought it to his Roxy Theatre in LA, then got The Rocky Horror Picture Show made.

Now, Adler says women have been responsible for many things in his life ... women introduced him to Herb Alpert and Jack Nicholson, for instance ... and it's true in this case, too, as he told The Hollywood Reporter's Alex Ben Block.

COME INSIDE for info about the 35th anniversary showing of the movie 9/25 at downtown LA's Million Dollar Theatre, featuring Barry (Brad) Bostwick.

Our series of career-retrospective interviews with Lou Adler continues. Lou Adler, the man who brought you Johnny Rivers, Cheech & Chong, The Mamas & The Papas, "Tapestry," and more also recognized the power of The Rocky Horror Show when it was playing in London, brought it to his Roxy Theatre in LA, then got The Rocky Horror Picture Show made.

Now, Adler says women have been responsible for many things in his life ... women introduced him to Herb Alpert and Jack Nicholson, for instance ... and it's true in this case, too, as he told The Hollywood Reporter's Alex Ben Block.

COME INSIDE for info about the 35th anniversary showing of the movie 9/25 at downtown LA's Million Dollar Theatre, featuring Barry (Brad) Bostwick. News Release from Green Galactic: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) celebrates its 35th year with a very special anniversary screening on Sat. Sep. 25 in Downtown LA at the gorgeous Million Dollar Theater (Sid Grauman's first in 1918; seen in Blade Runner). Barry Bostwick, who stars as Brad Majors in the film, will officiate the madness." "Presented by Sins O' The Flesh, the LA-based volunteer RHPS performance troupe, the evening is part of a larger anniversary weekend - SinsCon - the 35th Anniversary Convention of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which runs the three-day weekend of September 23 - 25, 2010 in Los Angeles. (You may have seen the LA troupe at the Nuart Theater in West LA where they have been performing every Saturday night at midnight since December 1987.)" "Bring your virgins!"