Watch the ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Broadway cast tribute Tim Curry in the sweetest way last night

Broadway’s current crop of Frank-N-Furters had an unexpectedly serious and moving moment together on Wednesday, August 26.

Following the death of Tim Curry at age 80, the cast of The Rocky Horror Show paid tribute to the legendary actor at the end of the night's performance at Studio 54, where the Broadway revival is currently playing. Curry originated the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the original stage production and reprised it in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, making the character inseparable from his singular mix of glamour, menace and deliciously unhinged theatricality.

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At the end of Wednesday’s performance, current Frank-N-Furter actor Paul Soileau addressed the audience and remembered Curry as the person who first brought the character to life. He described Frank as a “marvelous beast” and spoke about the generations of performers who have inherited the role, as well as the fans who have made it their own.

The tribute then became a family reunion of sorts for the Rocky Horror lineage. Soileau was joined by Luke Evans, who played Frank-N-Furter in the Broadway production through August 23, and Jake Shears, who is set to take over the role beginning September 11. Together, the three performed “I’m Going Home,” turning the song into a farewell to the man who started it all.

A memorial honoring Curry was also set up in the Studio 54 lobby, giving theatergoers a place to remember the actor before or after the show.

Curry died at his Los Angeles home at age 80 after a career that stretched across nearly six decades. While Frank-N-Furter remains his most iconic role, his résumé ranged wildly from Tony-nominated Broadway performances in Amadeus, My Favorite Year and Monty Python’s Spamalot, to movies including Clue and Annie and the 1990 television adaptation of Stephen King’s It, in which he played Pennywise.

But it was Rocky Horror that turned Curry into something more than a star. He helped create a character who would become a permanent fixture of pop culture—and one that generations of performers continue to put on fishnets to play.

The current Rocky Horror Show revival, directed by Sam Pinkleton, is playing at Studio 54 through February 28, 2027. And though Curry may be gone, Frank-N-Furter lives on and on.