"The Rocky Horror Show" is one of the few pieces of musical theatre that ventures into the territory of pornography... which is just fine with us. The Bastion caught "Rocky Horror" at the Mercury Theatre on its opening night and had a sexy sweaty funny time.

For those of you out there who are only familiar with the film version of the show, "The Rocky Horror Show" is the adapted stage musical. When the Bastion saw the show, half the audience were movie devotees who showed up in costume, and while they were certainly rowdy and enthusiastic, it seemed as though even the non-superfans got a kick out of the show.

The cast was terrific, led by the absolutely delightful Scott Alan Jones as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Jones holds absolutely nothing back and is a hilariously engaging performer. Molly Callinan and Robert Felbinger were wonderfully creepy and charismatic in their roles as the incestuous brother-sister team Magenta and Riff Raff, and Amy Armstrong was a scene stealer in the duo of roles that she filled. The stage design is a little awkward (the theatre also houses "The Men and their Music", a much different show than Rocky Horror) but the cast dances up a storm in spite of the cumbersome set. Not sure whether it's the work of the choreographer or the director, but some really clever mic work goes on in passing around the hand-held microphones for soloists. There was some slick hand-offs (some phallic ones too!) that made the microphones work as part of the show instead of as a distraction.

"The Rocky Horror Show" is playing at the Mercury Theatre (3745 N. Southport) until December 2nd. The performance schedule for The Rocky Horror Show is Mondays at 7:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 11:00 p.m., Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range in price from $30 to $42.50 and are available by calling the Mercury Theatre box office at 773.325.1700. Comedy aficionados, the tickets may be a little pricier than your average stand-up or improv show, but in addition to a night at the theatre, you get to see a truly amazing set of breasts (the folks seated around us couldn't stop talking about them) and a whole troop of glistening scantily clad writhing bodies. Well worth the ticket price.

-Dyan Flores