Naked Boys Singing!

Synopsis

New York's most outrageous musical comedy Naked Boys Singing is back following its triumphant run at the Arts last year. This hilarious revue features 16 original songs, 8 gorgeous guys and no clothes - a winning combination if ever there was one! From the sassy opening number Gratuitous Nudity to the screamingly funny Bliss of a Bris, audiences and critics alike have hailed Naked Boys Singing! a sure-fire crowd-pleaser.

Our Review:

10 July 2009

This flimsy New York cabaret piece – apparently a huge hit across America – originally did just what it says on the poster. In Phil Wilmott’s production, it has been rejigged so that the cast only fully disrobe towards the end of the 65-minute show. Most of the time, it’s more a case of Clothed Boys Singing About Being Naked.

Willmott’s version – grandly entitled Naked Boys Singing! 2009 – takes the form of 16 numbers sung by a troupe ostensibly auditioning for the event we’re seeing, in a knowing homage to the putting-on-a-show musical A Chorus Line. There are solo audition songs (“From now until my ship comes in, I really wouldn’t trade/ The satisfaction that always comes/ with being your naked maid”); ensemble numbers as the hopefuls slug it out for a place in the line-up; and even a wistful hymn by the show’s pianist, Leigh Thompson, in which he rejects the buffed perfectio...

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Latest User Review

A nonymous - 11 October 2011:

My friend and I went to see this production at the Charing Cross Theatre. What can I say - it's a delight for the homosexual audience (who were in the majority) and it's just about average for the hetrosexual audience. Some funny bits with a lot of tackle being flung about!...

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