Rosie O’Donnell takes to Broadway tonight: she takes the Narrator role in “The Rocky Horror Show” for two weeks

Tonight, 6 October, Rosie O’Donnell takes to the Broadway stage again — this time as the Narrator in “The Rocky Horror Show,” the hit revival of the cult musical at Studio 54. As Playbill reports, the former talk-show star will play the role from tonight until 18 October, in a limited two-week engagement, while Tony nominee Rachel Dratch takes a short break and returns on 20 October.

For O’Donnell, this is a double comeback. The actress, who moved permanently to Ireland at the start of 2025, returns briefly to the United States — and returns to the Broadway stage after 21 years, apart from a brief appearance at the Tony Awards ceremony in 2014. As Entertainment Weekly reports, she previously performed on Broadway in “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Seussical” and “Grease.”

The actress herself welcomed the news with enthusiasm: in a post to her followers she said she “couldn’t be more excited,” calling Broadway the place where show business truly lives its dream. The engagement comes two months after the end of her one-woman show, “Common Knowledge,” at The Daryl Roth Theatre (22 July – 8 August), and after a well-received guest-hosting appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

The revival of “The Rocky Horror Show,” with Jake Shears as Frank-N-Furter and Lorna Courtney as Janet, directed by Tony winner Sam Pinkleton, officially opened on 23 April and has been extended twice — tickets are on sale until 28 February 2027. As Playbill reports, the production broke Studio 54’s box-office record in the week ending 28 June, with $1,215,225 — the highest gross ever collected at that theatre.