Volume V, Issue 7 |
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July 27, 1996
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July . . . the month "Independence
Day" swept all the box office records. The
month marking the Independence of our
country. And, not to be outdone, the
month where Midnight Insanity began to
fight back the tyranny of local cities and
closed-minded individuals (yes, even in *this*
day and age!) But enough of that for the
moment -- Greetings, and welcome once
again, to The Rocky Horror Picture Show!!!
And a hearty welcome to all you virgins out
there . . . we've been waiting for you. As per
Midnight Insanity Tradition, tonight (the
last Saturday of the month) is Lingerie
Night!!! So come on down and strut your
stuff in as little as you can muster without
getting arrested! Heck, we do! Tonight also
marks one of the last performances we'll
see from Tracy. (awww) He will be departing
us shortly to live in Northern California for a
while. Tonight he will be playing the role of
Brad Majors, while I (Bill), am off at a pinball
convention in Las Vegas. :-)
As we said, it was a busy month. We held our first "Leather and Lace" night, at the suggestion of one of our audience members. The response was, shall we say, impressive! Quite a bit of leather, with a fair |
amount of lace (then again, there's also
Lingerie Night for that!), and some even
brought their slaves. We'll be sure to hold
another "Leather and Lace" night, sometime
in the future. Stay tuned for details.
Okay, yes, we *are* a bunch of
weirdos. But placing that aside for a
second, we've also made considerable
donations to the Red Cross (canned food
drives), AIDS Project L.A. (to the tune of
$1,000 dollars), and numerous other
charities and disaster relief funds. Still,
someone out in Cypress was anal enough to
throw a monkey wrench into the works, and
put our Friday Night show off, for the
moment. We sincerely appreciate the
support of all you folks who'd planned on
going. We were looking forward to it as
much as you were. As soon as we have
more information, we'll post it. Until then,
feel free to flip off Cypress as you pass it
on the freeway. :-)
It's been a while, but we just got in a truckload of Tim Curry News. Interested??? We thought so . . . read on. Tim Curry, we're told, is slated to star in a number of upcoming features. The first is "Lover's |
Knot" which has not been reviewed as a
particularly choice flick. However, we're told
that a fully costumed Frank-N-Furter walks
past Tim Curry in the movie, and that Tim
even dragged a few costumes from his own
closet (from Hair, not Rocky). The movie is
apparently only playing, at the Mann
Westwood theatre, in L.A. The next movie is
James Cameron's "Titantic" (another Rocky
reference?), which is presently shooting in
Vancouver. This movie is scheduled to air on
CBS in November as a 4-hour miniseries.
The last is the feature film "McHale's Navy",
which was shot recently in Mexico. A release
date is not presently known.
A couple months ago, we saw the
death of our home Denny's in Seal Beach.
We'd been going there ever since invading, er,
moving to, Long Beach and the Art Theatre.
Of course, Rocky without Denny's just isn't
quite right and the cast as claimed a new
Denny's in which to celebrate each-and-
every show! The new Denny's is located in
Los Alamitos, off of Katella. Take 7th
Street back to the freeway, grab the 605
North to Katella (~1 mile), exit right, off of
the freeway. Denny's will be on your right in
about three blocks. The place is spacious,
the help is friendly, and there are mirrors on
the ceiling! *Do* pay your bills and tip the
waitresses nicely, or we'll strap you down
and make you listen to John Denver `till your
ears bleed!
With summer upon us, old friends seem to be popping up in line . . . good to |
have you all back. In addition, we'll be graced
with the presence of our Midget
Transylvanian, Stephanie, who will be
returning to us for almost a *full month* (in
August), from the East Coast where she's
been pursuing her education. Furthermore,
a reunion show has been scheduled for the
Berkeley cast, "Indecent Exposure".
Performers including Curtis (Frank), Dr.
John (Pre-Show) and Sara (Trixie) will be
appearing on the weekend of August 24th.
Midnight insanity is looking for, at
least one, particularly energetic Disco Ball.
With the departure of Mandi, we are left
without a Columbia Understudy, and as
much as Leisa loves to perform, Disney may
say otherwise. So, if you've always wanted
to twirl around on stage in a gold sequin
jacket and tap shoes, do come and see the
cast after the show. Plus, you'll get that
free turkey!
Midnight insanity would like to thank the Art Theatre Management and crew, for allowing us to perform here *every fucking week*; Bill, who celebrates seven years with Midnight Insanity this month; Leisa, who celebrates six years with M.I. this month; Elizabeth, who suggested Leather and Lace night; Joe, our ultra-cool Denny's waiter who still comes down to see us *every fucking week*; the crew at the new Los Alamitos Denny's, for the efforts they are about to put forth; and as always, to our ever-devoted regulars who always make sure that the virgins will remember their first time. |