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''Naked Boys Singing!'' is a musical
The show has no plot; it contains 15 songs, about various issues, such as gay life, male nudity,
''Naked Boys Singing!'' Las Vegas
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revue
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that features traditional American vaudeville
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-style music performed by eight actors who sing and dance naked
Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing.
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. The campy musical comedy premiered at the Celebration Theatre
The Celebration Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company in Los Angeles, founded in 1982. The company is located in West Hollywood, on the west end of Theatre Row, and specializes in works representing the LGBTQ+ experience.
History
Ce ...
in West Hollywood
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, California, on March 28, 1998. The show opened off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer th ...
in July 1999, and was subsequently transferred numerous times across New York City. A Las Vegas production at the Erotic Heritage Museum
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opened in September 2021.
Productions
The show openedoff-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer th ...
at the Actors' Playhouse on July 22, 1999, with book and direction by Robert Schrock
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, musical direction by Stephen Bates
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, and choreography by Jeffry Denman Jeffry Denman is an American actor, director, choreographer and author.
Early life
Denman was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from the University of Buffalo as a Musical Theatre Dance major.
Career
He made his Broadway debut in ...
, originally produced by Jamie Cesa, Jennifer Dumas, Hugh Hayes, Tom Smedes
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* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
, 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
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. The show transferred again in 2005 to New World Stages Stage Four, until closing on January 28, 2012.
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.
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.
A production at the Erotic Heritage Museum
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in Las Vegas opened in September 2021.
Synopsis
The show has no plot; it contains 15 songs, about various issues, such as gay life, male nudity, coming out
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
Framed and debated as a privacy issue, coming out of ...
, circumcision
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and love.
Musical numbers
Cast
Awards and nominations
* 2010 Broadway.com Audience Award nomination: Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show * 2011 Off-Broadway Alliance nomination: Best Long-Running Show * 2021BroadwayWorld
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winner: Best Las Vegas Musical
Film adaptation
The show was adapted into a film of the same name, released in 2007.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 – ConductorReferences
External links
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