What is Frankie's Favorite Obsession? Some info about Las Vegas'#1 RECORD BREAKING Rocky Horror Picture Show Performing Cast!
Frankie's Favorite Obsession was formed in June of 2001 by several dedicated Rocky Horror performers who came together for the common cause of bringing Las
Vegas a quality Rocky Horror Picture Show performing cast. Please check the main
page for show dates, times and special event announcements.
In its first 10 years, FFO has had several major accomplishments:
July 2011: Frankie's Favorite Obsession celebrated its 10th Anniversary show, with several alumni in
attendance or sending in video greetings! To make it to 10 years, overcoming many obstacles and adversity
was quite a feat, and a true testament to Rocky Horror in Las Vegas being done right!
June 2011: Steve, Jonathan and Cory were interviewed on the Vegas Morning Blend Show (KNTV 13-ABC) to promote
the anniversary show!
October 2010: For the BluRay release of the movie, FFO's own Steve VanMeter was given the great honor of representing
Eddie and FFO on the Picture-In-Picture Shadowcast! He was personally selected by many, among of them: Barry Bostwick (Brad)
and Executive Producer Lou Adler! Steve was also interviewed as part of a documentary titled "Don't Dream It, Be It:
The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast"!
September 2010: At the 35th Anniversary Convention (SinsCon) in Los Angeles, FFO's own Steve (Eddie), Jonathan (Crim) and Cory (Rocky/Kirk from Shocky)
won their respective characters in the costume contest, as well as performed in the All-Star shows for both Rocky Horror and Shock Treatment!
April 2009: FFO returned to Tropicana Cinemas (Now owned by the Regency chain), and returned
to a monthly schedule in February 2010.
October 2008: On October 30, over 800 people were in attendance for the big Halloween show
at UNLV, more than doubling the record for any show in Las Vegas! This put FFO back on the map
after two years of limbo.
Fall 2007: From October to December, FFO did a shadowcast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Performing as "Incredibly Hot").
This was the first time Hedwig was shown with a live shadowcast in Las Vegas.
April 2007: FFO was on the cover of the April 26, 2007 issue of the Las Vegas Citylife and was
featured in an article about cult fans.
May 2006: On May 6, nearly 300 people turned out for Pimp 'N Ho Lingerie Night at Hamburger
Mary's - this was a huge night and broke all attendance records for any non-Halloween
show ever in Las Vegas!
October 2005: FFO had 250+ people turn out for the official Las Vegas 30th Anniversary Halloween
show at midnight on October 29th, 2005, where we reprised our own special version
of Thriller in a totally revised, audience-interactive, Rocky Horror-oriented format.
This time we had DVD projection, fog, special lighting and new chorography.
This Tropicana Cinemas record stood until Halloween 2010, when we surpassed it!
June 2005: FFO performed a tribute to Bruce Kimmel's cult classic "The First Nudie Musical"
with our own special rendition of "Hello Honey, What Ya Doin' Tonight?" at Cirque
Du Rockeil, the fan-thrown 30th Anniversary Rocky Horror Picture Show convention.
January 2005: Has been in a feature article written by FFO's own Jonathan Ruggiero in the
January 2005 issue of CLASS! Magazine (For all the high schools in Las Vegas)
December 2004: FFO was the center of a feature article in the December, 2004 issue of Stok'd
Magazine (now defunct).
September 2004: On September 11, FFO broke the then-audience attendance record for any
regular showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Tropicana Cinemas
(220+ people) with the first ever Lingerie Night held at the theater.
June 2004: FFO begins it's first stint at Tropicana Cinemas, performing the full movie for the
first time.
October 2003: Took part in a charity event for AFAN (Awareness For AIDS in Nevada) called 'A Rocky
Horror Halloween' at Irwin Productions' @ Chameleon Studios (a huge thanks
to Robert Warden) over Halloween weekend of 2003. This particular event was
hailed by the Las Vegas Review Journal as "one of THE TOP things to do for
Halloween."
September 2002: A performance of The Time Warp at The Palms Hotel & Casino's Brenden
Theatres
October 2001: The debut performance of Frankie's Favorite Obsession. Halloween at Cafe Espresso Roma in which FFO performed a Rocky Horror
Musical Revue (with the blessing of producer Lou Adler)