Naked Boys Singing!

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Naked Boys Singing!
NBS! musical poster.jpg
Book
SettingNew York City
PremiereJuly 22, 1999: The Actors' Playhouse
Productions1999 Off-Broadway

Naked Boys Singing! is a traditional American Vaudeville-style musical revue, with book and direction by , musical direction by and choreography by Jeffry Denman, that features eight actors who sing and dance naked. The show was produced by , , Hugh Hayes, and .

This campy musical comedy premiered at the Celebration Theatre in West Hollywood, California, on March 28, 1998.[1] It opened off-Broadway on July 22, 1999, at the Actors' Playhouse in New York City.[2] The show transferred to Theatre Four in March 2004, and again in 2005 to New World Stages Stage Four, until it closed on January 28, 2012.[3]

Shortly after the original off-Broadway closed, Producer/Directors Tom and Michael D'Angora decided to transfer their smash hit Provincetown adaption of Naked Boys Singing! to the off-Broadway stage. The official off-Broadway revival opened at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre on April 5, 2012, and is still enjoying a healthy run today.

Synopsis[]

Cast members at New York City Gay Pride Parade, celebrating the show's 10th anniversary.

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 , ,
Jon ,
Tim , , Ryan Lowe
Tom
Daniel Daniel C. Levine
Sean Billy Briggs, , ,
Adam , Patrick Boyd
Trance Stephen Alexander, , Eric Potter,
  • Replacements who performed the "Radio" number: Charles Duff
  • Replacements who performed the "Porn Star" number:
  • Replacements who performed the "Robert Mitchum" number: Frank Galgano,
  • Replacements who performed "The Entertainer" number:
  • Replacements who performed "The Naked Maid" number: , , ,
  • Replacements who performed the "Window" number: ,
  • Replacements who performed the "Bris" number: , Chris Layton,
  • Replacements who performed the "Muscle" number: ,
  • Understudies: , , Phil Simmons

Film adaptation[]

Naked Boys Singing!
Naked Boys Singing poster.jpg
Directed by
  • Robert Schrock
  • Troy Christian
Written by
Produced byKirkland 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 byNic. tenBroek
Distributed byTLA Releasing
Release dates
Fall, 2007
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The show was adapted into a film of the same name, which was released in 2007.[4]

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

Awards and nominations[]

  • 2010 Broadway.com Audience Award Nomination - Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show
  • Off-Broadway Alliance Nomination - Best Long-Running Show

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Manus, Willard (28 March 1998). "Naked Boys Singing! at L.A.'s Celebration Theatre, Mar. 28". Playbill. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ Jones, Ken (22 July 2020). "When Naked Boys Singing! First Appeared Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ Blank, Matthew (30 January 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 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ Lyons, Luisa (April 2017). "Naked Boys Singing!". Filmed Live Musicals. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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