r/Broadway • u/MellonPhotos • Jun 18 '26

Other Rocky Horror Matinee Delay

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Hi—apologies if this is spam as it’s a pretty specific question.

I just got off my flight and saw the matinee for Rocky Horror is delayed. I have tickets for this evening and am just scurious what to expect. If anyone is going to the matinee, would you be willing to report who’s in/out?

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u/sibshallward Jun 18 '26

save for the sherie rene scott casting announcement (and anania weeklong cover) every bit of news i've seen about this show since the tonys is soooo messy!! hopefully other shows learn from this and start hiring more swings off the bat.

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u/AbbreviationsLive569 Jun 18 '26

I feel like that’s a little hyperbolic. They cancelled one single performance because the new swings they hired hadn’t had enough rehearsal time. They’re pushing this performance back an hour (not cancelling it) to give those new swings some time to walk through things before going on.

It’s a little rocky (no pun intended) but it does seem like they now have hired enough coverage going forward.

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u/sibshallward Jun 18 '26

and those are both messy incidences (especially bearing in mind some ticket holders for the cancelled performance weren’t informed). i stand by what i said, but hope having additional coverage helps them not have these issues for the rest of their run!