Hi Diane, I’m Chris, and I and Lily started the cast RKO at the Lorenzo in November 1979.
We were the second cast in Nor Cal that I know of, not the first. Double Feature at the Strand in SF had started in, I think, 78. One of my friends played Riff in that cast and I joined as a Transylvania the summer of 79, just for the summer.
The first time Rocky showed at the Lorenzo was the weekend after Halloween in 1979. I approached Dan, the manager, and he (with great hesitation) agreed to let us form a group there. By the following June we were a cast of 6: me, Lily, Jerri, Kevin, Joey, and Terri. Later in the summer our cast got much larger.
I’ve seen this article quoted multiple places; could you perhaps correct that claim?
Hi Diane, I’m Chris, and I and Lily started the cast RKO at the Lorenzo in November 1979.
We were the second cast in Nor Cal that I know of, not the first. Double Feature at the Strand in SF had started in, I think, 78. One of my friends played Riff in that cast and I joined as a Transylvania the summer of 79, just for the summer.
The first time Rocky showed at the Lorenzo was the weekend after Halloween in 1979. I approached Dan, the manager, and he (with great hesitation) agreed to let us form a group there. By the following June we were a cast of 6: me, Lily, Jerri, Kevin, Joey, and Terri. Later in the summer our cast got much larger.
I’ve seen this article quoted multiple places; could you perhaps correct that claim?
Cheers!
Chris