Video: Rosie O’Donnell Joins THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW on Broadway

The anticipation is over… Rosie O’Donnell is back on Broadway! After a 20 year absence, the Tony Award winner is filling in for Rachel Dratch as the ‘Narrator’ in The Rocky Horror Show. Watch videos from her debut performance below!

As O’Donnell turned around in her chair for her first entrance, she received a standing ovation from the audience. Watch the moment below.

Watch O’Donnell take her first bow below, which was followed by a reprise of the “Time Warp.”

O’Donnell is playing a two-week special limited run through Sunday, October 18, 2026. Dratch will return to the role on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

The Rocky Horror Show cast currently includes Lorna Courtney as ‘Janet’, Rachel Dratch as ‘Narrator,’ Amber Gray as ‘Riff Raff,’ Kevin McHale as ‘Brad’, Jimin Moon as ‘Rocky’, George Salazar as ‘Eddie/Dr. Scott’, Sherie Rene Scott as ‘Magenta’, Jake Shears as ‘Frank-N-Furter’, Valentina as ‘Columbia’ as well as Renée Albulario, Anania, Boy Radio, Tassy Kirbas, Preston Perez, Caleb Quezon, Andres Quintero, Larkin Reilly, Paul Soileau and John Yi.

Tickets for the critically and widely-acclaimed musical have been extended twice since the show opened, and are currently on sale through Sunday, February 28, 2027 at Studio 54 on Broadway.

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show has been in continuous production throughout the world for the last 52 years, the only musical to have achieved this record.

The legendary rock-‘n’-roll musical takes on new life as a guaranteed party at the legendary Studio 54 and will feature some of the most iconic musical show stopping classics of all time, including ‘Dammit Janet,’ ‘Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me,’ ‘Hot Patootie’ and of course, ‘Time Warp,’ the party floor-filler.