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July 29, 1995
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Old man Winter is on serious
vacation as the blistering heat turns days
into infernos and even the nights are still
sauna-weather. Luckily, Midnight Insanity
has a solution. Tonight, is, of course,
Lingerie Night, one of our more favored
traditions. The less you wear, the cooler
you are (though everyone else around you
may get a little warmer). NEXT WEEK is our
"Baywatch Beachwear Night". As David
Hasselhoff is rumored to be a future Dr.
Frank-N-Furter in an L.A. revival of the
"Rocky Horror Show" (the play), we thought
we would take an opportunity to encroach
on a little of his turf ourselves! Come
dressed in your favorite beachwear, extra
points for "Baywatch" character accuracy!
You asked, we listened, Midnight Insanity is hosting a truckload of theme nights to fill out the calendar through the end of October. That's right, we want to see YOU in costume! In addition to the "Baywatch" night (above), we will also have a "Labor Day Weekend" special night (Sept. 2), where we expect you to come dressed as ANY sort of labor-worker. Be creative and remember, this is still Rocky, so you'll get more points for more, ummm, "daring" costuming!!! September 9th will be our |
"Sock Hop 50s Night" -- all you "Grease"
fans will finally get to show your stuff!
October is the Rocky month so we have
theme nights on EVERY weekend. We will
feature another "Tacky Horror" night,
coupled with "Terror in the Aisles"; a "Fetish
Night", possibly a "Friday the 13th Show"
(on Friday, October 13th, of course), and as
always, our very special Halloween Weekend
Show. More on these as we get closer to
October. If you don't have a costume ready
yet, better hit those thrift stores now!!!
Also in October will be the the 20th Anniversary to The Rocky Horror Picture Show! Hosted by 20th Century Fox we WILL be there, and you should be too! It's coming up in only a few short months (countdown: 84 days), and already we've seen an increase in cast participation! This past month we've had guests from several different casts around the country!!! We were paid a visit from the San Luis Obispo cast (who left us a lovely thank-you note on the Internet), had guest performances from Kjell (Eddie, at the Nuart -- "Sins of the Flesh"), and Monique (Trixie, from the Berkeley cast -- Indecent Exposure). We've also seen various cast members and audience from the Monclair theatre -- "The Denton Delinquients". Not to be outdone, Midnight Insanity has sent off several of it's |
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own cast members to other theatres as
well. Jeff, half of our crack Pre-Show team
(the non-bulletproof one) has taken the
weekend off to do a guest performance for
the Berkeley cast, "Indecent Exposure" as
"Riff Raff". Additionally, the rest of Midnight
Insanity who went on a mini-cast-road-trip
to the Montclair theatre last night. Two of
our performers, Mandi (Columbia) and
Jason (our Security, their Eddie) performed
along with them last night. More of
Midnight Insanity will be visiting Berkeley
again this next month, and there is always
the possibility of another visit to Montclair.
See the cast if interested! The 20th
Anniversary is scheduled for Saturday,
October 21st. We are told that 20th
Anniversary merchandise will soon be
available at "Spencers" (thanks to our
corporate spy, Diego . . . shhh!!!) Additional
memorabilia may show up in and around the
theatre in the upcoming months. Check
Bev's table for the latest stuff!
If you'll all pull out of your Rocky- archives, the September 24th, 1994 edition of the Transylvanian Tymes, you'll recall that once-upon-a-time, I ran into a late night (Midnight) movie featuring our beloved Tim Curry. The movie is called "Times Square", set in New York (of course) and probably came out around 1978 or 1979. To make a long story short, my quest for a copy of this movie has ended. As I was unable to find it in ANY video store, a quick letter to KABC TV prompted them to REPLAY this movie, just for us! So, if you're a Tim Curry Fan (who isn't?) and you collect Tim Curry |
Movies, set your VCRs for Channel 7,
Tuesday, August 29th, at 12:05am (it's
more than a month away, we'll remind you
next month) . . . the movie is supposed to
run approximately 2 hours. AND, if you have
any other movies you want to see on TV,
write to KABC TV (address is in the TV
Guide) and ask them to show it in their
Midnight Movie slot! I guess I owe myself a
bottle of vodka . . .
A tentative re-opening date of
August 1st for the famed Balboa Theatre
(Midnight Insanity's original home) has
fallen through. We are told that the sale of
the theatre failed not two weeks before the
Grand Re-Opening date and thus, the
theatre is now back up for sale. Anybody
got $550,000 to spare?
Midnight Insanity would like to
congratulate Bill (Brad, me) on his SIXTH
Anniversary in Midnight Insanity, Leisa
(Columbia) on her Fifth Anniversary in
Midnight Insanity and John Downey
(Midnight Insanity's ex-sound guy) as he is
now the new sound guy that is touring with
the band, "No Doubt!" I wonder if we were
on his resume'? We would also like to thank
the Art Theatre management and staff for
letting us perform here *every* week; the
folks down at Seal Beach Denny's (like Cara
and Mauro), and Joe, our major-ultra-cool
Denny's waiter who comes to our show; And,
of course; our audience . . . demented as you
are, we couldn't live without you (literally!)
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