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Former Downtown Jersey City Resident, The Late Sal Piro, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Superfan

By Tris McCall

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Brother and Sister Sal and Lillias Piro
Sal and Lillas Piro

Richard O’Brien, Tim Curry, and Susan Sarandon made the Rocky Horror Picture Show a hoot.

Sal Piro made it a phenomenon.

He did not do it from the screen, or from the director’s chair, or from behind a camera, or from the offices of a movie studio. The Jersey City native did it from the audience. Piro, who died at 71 after a highly unusual and consequential career in show business, spent decades as the president of the Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club. In that role, he helped transform fandom from the passive activity it had been into the creative act that it is today — something akin to artistry.

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RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW-TTC Travels to Jersey City ‘s Cemetery for Two Rocking Performances

October 13, 2012 at 4pm & 8pm

The Theater Company of Hoboken (TTC) will be presenting two special, live performances of Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW this Saturday at the Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cove Cemetery. This is TTC’s fourth time producing this Sci-fi cult hit, which has gotten its own cult following within the Hoboken/Hudson County community.

“We are thrilled to be able to help support a local community organization like the Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cove Cemetery by presenting THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at the cemetery,” notes Producing Artistic Director David Zimmerman. “We performed THE PRIATES OF PENZANCE there last July and had a wonderful reception from the audience and the volunteers at the cemetery.” Continue reading RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW-TTC Travels to Jersey City ‘s Cemetery for Two Rocking Performances →