| Naked Boys Singing! | |
| Premiere Date: | March 28, 1998 |
| Premiere Location: | 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]
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. The show transferred again in 2005 to New World Stages Stage Four, until closing on January 28, 2012.[4]
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.[5]
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]
The show has no plot; it contains 15 songs, about various issues, such as gay life, male nudity, coming out, circumcision and love.
| Title | ||
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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!" |
| Role | Opening night cast | Replacements |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Naked Boys Singing! | |
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| Producer: | Kirkland Tibbels |
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| Music: | Nic. tenBroek |
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| Distributor: | TLA Releasing |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The show was adapted into a film of the same name, released in 2007.[9]