BROADWAY: “The Rocky Horror Show” Pays Tribute To Tim Curry

Broadway’s “The Rocky Horror Show” took a moment to honor Tim Curry, who died late Tuesday night. Curry originated the role of that “sweet transvestite” Dr. Frank-N-Furter in 1973’s stage play then reprised it in the 1975 film. At curtain call, actor Paul Soileau, who plays Frank, spoke of the actor saying “The way Frank-N-Furter survives is that he finds vessels and he goes into them, and he takes them over, and he keeps moving and moving all around,” adding, “But if you trace it all back, 53 years ago there’s one home and one vessel; one mothership that Frank-N-Furter can actually call home. And it’s Tim Curry.” Soileau then shared “Obituaries always say that he didn’t have children. And that’s bulls–t, because he has so many children in this world. Tim Curry has more family than I think any of us could ever imagine.” Tony Award nominee Luke Evans, the first actor to play Frank in this revival, and Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, who will step into the stilettos on Sept. 11, then came on stage as the cast sang “I’m Going Home.”