The show ran for a total of 2,960 performances and won the 1973 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical.
It later moved to several other locations in London and closed on 13 September 1980. The original London production of the musical was premièred at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) on 19 June 1973 (after two previews on 16 and 18 June 1973). The show was produced and directed by Jim Sharman. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist, Dr Frank-N-Furter, unveiling his new creation, Rocky, a sort of Frankenstein-style monster in the form of an artificially made, fully grown, physically perfect muscle man complete 'with blond hair and a tan'. The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. 2015 40th Anniversary Live Cinema Broadcast.2010 35th Anniversary Benefit Performance, Los Angeles.2004 Neighbours Charity Concert, Melbourne.1978 Wagga Wagga (first Australian regional production).
