Naked Boys Singing!

The show opened off-Broadway at the Actors' Playhouse on July 22, 1999,{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/naked-boys-singing-features-well-naked-singers-com-82826 |title=When Naked Boys Singing! First Appeared Off-Broadway |last=Jones |first=Ken |date=July 22, 2020 |website=Playbill |access-date=January 18, 2022}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-naked-boys-singing-closes-off-broadway-com-186960 |title=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. |last=Blank |first=Matthew |date=January 30, 2012 |website=Playbill |access-date=January 18, 2022}}

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.{{cite web | title=Naked Boys Singing records | website=Online Archive of California |year=2013 | url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c80866v7/entire_text/ | access-date=April 23, 2022}}

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.{{cite web | last=Gans | first=Andrew | title=New Team of Naked Boys Begin Singing March 22 Off-Broadway | website=Playbill | date=March 22, 2012 | url=https://playbill.com/article/new-team-of-naked-boys-begin-singing-march-22-off-broadway-com-188685 | access-date=April 23, 2022}}{{cite web | last=Mamary | first=Jennie | title=NAKED BOYS SINGING! Opens at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre! | website=BroadwayWorld.com | date=April 8, 2012 | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Photo-Flash-NAKED-BOYS-SINGING-Opens-at-Theatre-Rows-Kirk-Theatre-20120408 | access-date=April 23, 2022}}

A production at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas opened in September 2021.

File:NBS! at NYC Gay Pride Parade 2009 (3670825440).jpg, 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.

• 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{{cite web | title=Winners Announced for the BroadwayWorld 2021 Las Vegas Awards | website=BroadwayWorld.com | date=January 12, 2022 | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/las-vegas/article/Winners-Announced-For-The-BroadwayWorld-2021-REGION-Awards-2001010197 | access-date=April 23, 2022}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Naked Boys Singing!

| image = Naked Boys Singing poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = {{plainlist|

• Robert Schrock
• Troy Christian}}

| producer = Kirkland Tibbels

| writer = {{plainlist|

• Bruce Vilanch
• Stephen Bates
• Marie Cain
• Shelly Markham
• Jim Morgan
• David Pevsner
• Ben Schaechter
• Robert Schrock
• Rayme Sciaroni
• Trance Thompson
• Mark Winkler}}

| starring = {{plainlist|

• Kevin Alexander Stea
• Joe Souza
• Phong Truong
• Andrew Blake Ames
• Anthony Manough
• Salvatore Vassallo
• Vincent Zamora
• Joseph Keane
• Jason Currie
• Jaymes Hodges}}

| narrator =

| music = Nic. tenBroek

| cinematography =

| editing = {{plainlist|

• Troy Christian
• Jerry Evans}}

| distributor = TLA Releasing

| released = {{Film date|2007|10}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The show was adapted into a film of the same name, released in 2007.{{cite web |url=https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/naked-boys-singing.html |title=Naked Boys Singing! |last=Lyons |first=Luisa |date=April 2017 |website=Filmed Live Musicals |access-date=January 18, 2022}}

• 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

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.nakedboyssingingvegas.com Naked Boys Singing! Las Vegas]
• {{IOBDB title|187|Naked Boys Singing!|(1999–2012)}}
• {{IMDb title|qid=Q6960446|title=Naked Boys Singing!|description=(2007 film)}}
• {{Rotten Tomatoes|qid=Q6960446|title=Naked Boys Singing! {{noitalics|(2007 film)}}}}

Category:1999 musicals

Category:Off-Broadway musicals

Category:Original musicals

Category:Nudity in theatre and dance

Category:LGBTQ-related musicals

Category:American plays adapted into films

Category:All-male revues