Lisa Kurtz Sutton
Lisa Kurtz Sutton is an American Rocky Horror fan. Her history with The Rocky Horror Picture Show began in in 1975 when she saw the trailer for the film, before it opened, at the UA Westwood in Los Angeles, CA. At the end of it's initial run at the UA Westwood, Sutton became the owner of one of two one-sheets that were displayed at the theater, starting a life-time of Rocky collecting. She went to early screenings of the film at the Nuart Theater and the Fox Venice Theater, and later became a staple at the legendary Tiffany Theater on the Sunset Strip. She appeared as part of both The Rocky Horror Revue (as a Transylvanian) and The Tiffany Troupe in various roles.
Sutton was the the first to use props at the Nuart Theater, as she brought noisemakers (for the creation scene) and a teddy bear to hold up during "Eddie's Teddy" in March of 1977 (though she confesses she saw someone carry a teddy bear into a February, 1977 screening at the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades, indicating possible prop usage earlier at other theaters in L.A..)
Although long since retired from performing, Sutton went on to co-produce and design the 15th Anniversary Box Set for Ode and Rhino. That started an over 10-year relationship with the company, with involvement in several projects helmed by Lou Adler and Howard Frank including the 20th and 25th Anniversaries. In every package she designed for Ode Records, Sutton snuck in a line-art background made from her very first pair of fishnets as an homage to her past as a fan and performer. In 1999, she worked alongside Richard O'Brien on his CD Absolute O'Brien. Later that year, she brought O'Brien to the US to perform live at Rhino Records' "Retrofest" at the Santa Monica Civic and recruited the Long Beach Rocky Horror cast to perform with him for the Rocky numbers.
40 years after the release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sutton still attends occasional screenings and remains a trusted source of knowledge on the early years of the cult. She also was proudly instrumental in helping rescue the theater marquee from the legendary Rocky Horror venue, the Tiffany Theater when it was demolished on August 30, 2013.
