Walking by Studio 54 in midtown on a recent spring evening, one might be convinced it’s the 1970s again. The mirrored lobby of the fabled New York City nightclub-turned-theater is packed with glittering guests filing in beneath trembling chandeliers. The walls are plastered with kitschy posters exclaiming “DON’T GET HOT AND FLUSTERED” and “LET THEM THRILL YOU!” But this isn’t 1977. It’s 2026, and this is the Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show .

The Rocky Horror Show audience arrives at the Studio 54 lobby in New York's midtown.

Julia Abbonizio

The show, which opened on April 23, is the latest production from director Sam Pinkleton, whose critically-acclaimed Oh, Mary! won a Tony award last year.…