{"id":2462875,"date":"2026-06-16T22:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2462875"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:16:12","slug":"rocky-horror-picture-show-to-rock-the-sphere-in-las-vegas-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rocky-horror-picture-show-to-rock-the-sphere-in-las-vegas-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rocky Horror Picture Show&#8217; to rock The Sphere in Las Vegas in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><story-emphasis util-module-path=\"elements\/story\" section=\"entertainment\" link=\"\/entertainment\"\/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-entertainment\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\">&#8220;The Wizard of Oz at Sphere&#8221; has generated over $400 million in ticket sales and sold more than 3 million since opening in August.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"86568817007\" title=\"See Las Vegas Sphere become a ghoulish pumpkin\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/07\/USAT\/86568851007-pumpkin.jpg?crop=3839,2159,x256,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>See Las Vegas Sphere become a ghoulish pumpkin<\/p>\n<p>The Sphere in Las Vegas turned into a giant pumpkin in time for Halloween.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/2023\/07\/05\/msg-sphere-las-vegas-what-to-know\/70385946007\/\">The Las Vegas Sphere <\/a>is doing the time warp again for its next out-of-this-world experience\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the 50-year-old classic<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/graphics\/2025\/09\/25\/celebrate-rocky-horror-50th-anniversary-guide\/86199331007\/\"> &#8220;Rocky Horror Picture Show.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Amid the wild success of the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/07\/27\/wizard-of-oz-sphere-las-vegas-tickets\/85311489007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/07\/27\/wizard-of-oz-sphere-las-vegas-tickets\/85311489007\/\"> &#8220;Wizard of Oz at the Sphere,&#8221;<\/a> Sphere Entertainment announced Tuesday, June 16, the production of a new super-sized experience\u00a0\u2013\u00a0&#8220;The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Sphere,&#8221; coming in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Sphere Studios will use its technologies to enhance the original beloved 1975 film for projection on Sphere&#8217;s 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen, complete with immersive visuals and spatial audio.<\/p>\n<p>The highly interactive aspects of the &#8220;Rocky Horror&#8221; cult-classic experience \u2013 in which viewers dress up in character costumes, shout back raunchy lines at the screen, sing &#8220;Time Warp&#8221; and throw props \u2013 will continue in the enhanced Sphere version.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8216;Wizard of Oz&#8217; at Sphere <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/wizard-of-oz-at-sphere-opens\/85748697007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Blows away celebrities, fans like a Kansas tornado in Vegas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/16\/USAT\/90579566007-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-at-sphere-announcement-image-2.png bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/16\/USAT\/90579566007-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-at-sphere-announcement-image-2.png?crop=2879,2159,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/16\/USAT\/90579566007-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-at-sphere-announcement-image-2.png?crop=1620,2159,x576,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/16\/USAT\/90579566007-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-at-sphere-announcement-image-2.png?crop=3839,2159,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"The Sphere Entertainment\" caption=\"&quot;The Rocky Horror Picture Show&quot; is coming to The Sphere in Las Vegas in 2027.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since &#8216;The Rocky Horror Picture Show&#8217; premiered in 1975, it redefined audience participation and became a cultural phenomenon,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/playoffs\/2026\/06\/08\/donald-trump-james-dolan-relationship-nba-finals-game-3\/90456034007\/\">New York Knicks owner Jim Dolan,<\/a> CEO of Sphere Entertainment, said in a statement. &#8220;We have the opportunity to take that spirit of immersion to an entirely new level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cult classic movie stars Tim Curry in his iconic, breakthrough role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a flamboyant &#8220;sweet transvestite&#8221; scientist from Transsexual, Transylvania. The film also features Susan Sarandon as the innocent Janet Weiss and Barry Bostwick as her strait-laced fianc\u00e9 Brad Majors, whose car trouble leads them to Frank-N-Furter&#8217;s bizarre castle.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"89128170007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Rocky Horror&#8221; announcement comes nearly a year after &#8220;The Wizard of Oz&#8221; debuted at Sphere on Aug. 28, transporting audiences into the classic 1939 film starring Judy Garland as Dorothy. The $100 million project transformed the movie into a fully immersive experience, with the Kansas twister swirling across Sphere&#8217;s wraparound screen while wind effects, rumbling seats and spatial audio made audiences feel as if they were traveling to Oz themselves.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;The Wizard of Oz at Sphere&#8221; has generated over $400 million in ticket sales and sold more than 3 million total tickets since opening in Las Vegas, according to a Sphere release.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>As USA TODAY\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/wizard-of-oz-sphere-las-vegas-best-moments\/85838131007\/\">Melissa Ruggieri wrote<\/a>: \u201cThere is no succinct way to describe the transformative encounter that begins upon entry into the venue\u2019s atrium, which welcomes viewers into the Land of Oz with Sphere-typical grandiosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Best &#8216;Wizard of Oz&#8217; <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/wizard-of-oz-sphere-las-vegas-best-moments\/85838131007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Moments that prove there&#8217;s no place like Sphere Las Vegas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">When is the &#8216;Rocky Horror Picture Show&#8217; coming to the Sphere?<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;Rocky Horror Picture Show at Sphere&#8221; is expected in 2027 at the Sphere. No further details of the release date were given. To receive\u00a0updates,\u00a0visit\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesphere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thesphere.com<\/a>\u00a0and sign up for\u00a0the\u00a0Sphere Newsletter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-06-16 21:04:46.282300115 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-06-16 22:08:58.263444497 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Wizard of Oz at Sphere&#8221; has generated over $400 million in ticket sales and sold more than 3 million since opening in August. 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