Naked Boys Singing!
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| Naked Boys Singing! | |
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| Book | Robert Schrock |
| Premiere | March 28, 1998: Celebration Theatre, California |
| Productions | 1999 Off-Broadway |
Naked Boys Singing! is a musical revue that features traditional American vaudeville-style music performed by eight actors who sing and dance naked. The campy musical comedy premiered at the Celebration Theatre in West Hollywood, California, on March 28, 1998.[1] The show opened off-Broadway in July 1999, and was subsequently transferred numerous times across New York City. A Las Vegas production at the Erotic Heritage Museum opened in September 2021.[2]
Productions
[edit]The show opened off-Broadway at the Actors' Playhouse on July 22, 1999,[3] with book and direction by Robert Schrock, musical direction by Stephen Bates, and choreography by Jeffry Denman, originally produced by Jamie Cesa, Jennifer Dumas, Hugh Hayes, Tom Smedes, and Carl D. White.
The show transferred to Theatre Four in March 2004, and gained attention when producers offered discounts to those attending the 2004 Republican National Convention.[4] The show transferred again in 2005 to New World Stages Stage Four, until closing on January 28, 2012.[5]
Productions of Naked Boys Singing! have been performed throughout the United States, with international shows in Norway, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Japan, Italy, South Africa, and Australia.[4]
Shortly after the original off-Broadway production closed, Producer/Directors Tom and Michael D'Angora decided to transfer their Provincetown adaption of Naked Boys Singing! to the off-Broadway stage, with a revival at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre on April 5, 2012.[6][7]
A production at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas opened in September 2021.[2]
Synopsis
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The show has no plot; it contains 15 songs, about various issues, such as gay life, male nudity, coming out, circumcision and love.
Musical numbers
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| 1 | "Gratuitous Nudity" |
| 2 | "The Naked Maid" |
| 3 | "The Bliss of a Bris" |
| 4 | "Window to Window" |
| 5 | "Fight the Urge" |
| 6 | "Robert Mitchum" |
| 7 | "Jack's Song (I Beat My Meat)" |
| 8 | "Members Only" |
| 9 | "Perky Little Porn Star" |
| 10 | "Nothin' But the Radio On" |
| 11 | "Kris, Look What You've Missed" |
| 12 | "Muscle Addiction" |
| 13 | "The Entertainer" |
| 14 | "Window to Window (reprise)" |
| 15 | "Window to the Soul" |
| 16 | "Finale" |
| 17 | "Naked Boys Singing!" |
Cast
[edit]| Role | Opening night cast | Replacements |
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| Glenn | Glenn Seven Allen | Timothy Connell, Eric Dean Davis, Trevor Richardson |
| Jon | Jonathan Brody | Richard Lear, Steven Spraragen |
| Tim | Tim Burke | William DiPaola, Kristopher Kelly, Ryan Lowe |
| Tom | Tom Gualtieri | Jeffrey Todd |
| Daniel | Daniel C. Levine | George Livengood |
| Sean | Sean McNally | Billy Briggs, Robert McGown, John Sechrist, Luis Villabon |
| Adam | Adam Michaels | Patrick Herwood, Patrick Boyd |
| Trance | Trance Thompson | Stephen Alexander, Ralph Cole, Jr., Eric Potter, Dennis Stowe |
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 1998 Back Stage West "Garland Award" for musical score (Stephen Bates, Marie Cain, Shelly Markham, Jim Morgan, David Pevsner, Rayme Sciaroni, Mark Savage, Ben Schaechter, Robert schrock, Mark Winkler and Bruce Vilanch)
- 1998 LA Weekly Theatre Award nomination: Musical of the Year
- 2010 Broadway.com Audience Award nomination: Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show
- 2011 Off-Broadway Alliance nomination: Best Long-Running Show
- 2021 BroadwayWorld winner: Best Las Vegas Musical[8]
Film adaptation
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| Produced by | Kirkland Tibbels |
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| Music by | Nic. tenBroek |
| Distributed by | TLA Releasing |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The show was adapted into a film of the same name, released in 2007.[9]
Cast and songs
[edit]- Kevin Alexander Stea – Naked Maid
- Joe Souza – Bliss of a Bris
- Phong Truong (also called Ethan Le Phong) – Window to the Soul
- Jason Currie – Entertainer
- Joseph Keane – Perky Little Porn Star
- Anthony Manough – Muscle Addiction
- Andrew Blake Ames – Jack's Song
- Vincent Zamora – Window to Window
- Jaymes Hodges – Nothin' but the Radio On
- Salvatore Vassallo – Conductor
References
[edit]- ^ Manus, Willard (March 28, 1998). "Naked Boys Singing! at L.A.'s Celebration Theatre, Mar. 28". Playbill. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ a b Tomeo, Marissa (March 6, 2022). "NAKED BOYS SINGING! Celebrates 100 Performances". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Jones, Ken (July 22, 2020). "When Naked Boys Singing! First Appeared Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ a b "Naked Boys Singing records". Online Archive of California. 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Blank, Matthew (January 30, 2012). "Naked Boys Singing!, the 15-song celebration of the male form, played its final performance Off-Broadway at New World Stages Jan. 28 at 8 PM". Playbill. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (March 22, 2012). "New Team of Naked Boys Begin Singing March 22 Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Mamary, Jennie (April 8, 2012). "NAKED BOYS SINGING! Opens at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre!". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Winners Announced for the BroadwayWorld 2021 Las Vegas Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. January 12, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Lyons, Luisa (April 2017). "Naked Boys Singing!". Filmed Live Musicals. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
