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Stars: Luke Evans
Writer: Cody Williams
Director: Cody Wiliams
Network: PBS.org/gperf
Premiere Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
GREAT PERFORMANCES showcases stage musicals, concerts, operas and dance productions that are worthy of the series’ title Friday nights on PBS, thereafter streaming on PBS.org/gperf. Next up is BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY, premiering Friday, May 29.
Now GREAT PERFORMANCES has expanded into doing shorter online pieces for its Webby-nominated series GREAT PERFORMANCES: STAGEBOUND, which streams on PBS.org/gperf, the PBS app, and PBS’s YouTube and Facebook channels. Episodes drop Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings at midnight.
The new season of STAGEBOUND currently includes MARLA MINDELL’S JOURNEY TO OPENING NIGHT OF “TITANIQUE” and LUKE EVANS’ JOURNEY TO OPENING NIGHT OF “THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW.” ROBERT “SILK” MASON’S JOURNEY TO OPENING NIGHT OF “CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL” premieres May 26/27.
For people familiar with writer/lyricist/composer Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW primarily from its 1975 film version, it may seem that it’s so impossible to follow in the high-heeled footsteps of star Tim Curry (who originated the role of Frank N. Furter onstage before the film’s making) that there’s no point in trying, even in a different medium.
Luke Evans featured on PBS’ GREAT PERFORMANCES: STAGEBOUND | ©2025 PBS
However, the new Broadway production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, currently playing at Studio 54, looks like it has a new and vital vision. Certainly star Luke Evans has his own interpretation of Frank – check out him with most of the cast performing “Sweet Transvestite” for THE JIMMY FALLON SHOW (available on YouTube). While still strutting to the max and then some, Evans gives us a friendlier take on Frank, who sounds like a fan hoping to show off his collection when he sings, “I can show you my favorite obsession!”
LUKE EVANS’ JOURNEY TO OPENING NIGHT OF “THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW” consists of a 12-plus-minute interview with the actor, where he discusses taking on the role, his Broadway debut, while also playing tour guide around the Studio 54 theatre, the rehearsal space, and more. We don’t get to see as much rehearsal as we might like, but we do get to see the array of makeup, wigs, and costumes. We also get to meet Evans’s unflappable dachshund Lala, who apparently is unfazed by encountering her human in full Frank regalia.
GREAT PERFORMANCES: STAGEBOUND has charm and energy. If the interviews don’t go very deep, we at least get a taste of the ambience, the production and the philosophy of the performer in focus.
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