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Naked Boys Singing!

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

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

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

#	Title
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

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

Awards and nominations

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

Naked Boys Singing!

Directed by	Robert Schrock Troy Christian
Written by	Bruce Vilanch Stephen Bates Marie Cain Shelly Markham Jim Morgan David Pevsner Ben Schaechter Robert Schrock Rayme Sciaroni Trance Thompson Mark Winkler
Produced by	Kirkland Tibbels
Starring	Kevin Alexander Stea Joe Souza Phong Truong Andrew Blake Ames Anthony Manough Salvatore Vassallo Vincent Zamora Joseph Keane Jason Currie Jaymes Hodges
Edited by	Troy Christian Jerry Evans
Music by	Nic. tenBroek
Distributed by	TLA Releasing
Release date	October 2007 (2007-10)
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

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

^ 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.

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