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Theater Pigalle - 1835 Roberto M. Ortiz, Buenos Aires - July - August 1975
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Gil Carretero secured the rights, it was mounted at a "Music Hall" venue.
Directed by Gil Carretero
Design by Alberto Quiven
Stage Managed by Mario Mancuso
Costume - Ivonne Blake
Sound - Hector Bubini
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Frank N. Furter - Frank Burguesa
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Usherette/Magenta - Acomodadora
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Linda Peretz |
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Valeria Lynch |
Brad - Theiro |
Ricardo Pald |
Narrator |
Rolo Puente |
Riff-Raff |
Sergio Villar |
Columbia |
Anna Maria Cores |
Rocky |
Yeffry |
Eddie/Dr. Scott |
Carlos Wibratt |
Music by
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Argentina was in the midst of the "Dirty War" in 1975. Military, Government and Rebels, terrorized the population. Up to 30,000 citizens disappeared, and anything considered "subversive" was attacked.
The show opened at a cabaret style venue, without paying any royalties. Apparently popular, by the time letters were written complaining of it's lack of fee payments, the theatre was destroyed in a fire bombing.
Whether the theatre was destroyed because of the show's content, or it's illegality, is unclear.
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7 members of the Argentinian TV show Tribu S.R.L., 6 of whom appeared in the ill-fated 1975 cast of Rocky Horror in Argentina
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"Pigalle" is the name of the area in Paris, where the Moulin Rouge stands. The word is actually the name of the architect of many of the buildings.
Pigalle has come to mean Cabaret, or Music Hall, thanks to the activity once attributed to the area. Today it's a dangerous, brothel filled drug den.
The Pigalle Theatre, in Argentina, was so-called, because it was this style of "drinks and entertainment". Staging Rocky Horror, saw the end of the building, as it wasn't rebuilt.
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The day after the bombing this reply was sent
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