Bare: A pop Opera

[KristiAnn85]

Bare: A pop Opera#0

Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:11pm

Does anyone know if they're planning on making a soundtrack of this musical? Or, recording? Anything?

[NYSinger1]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#1

Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:21pm

Your post depresses me . I wish they would. There should still be demo recordings floating around of at least some of the songs.

I hope it comes back to life, with more power then before. But, I am skeptical.

[KristiAnn85]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#2

Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:22pm

Demo recordings? Is there any way to get ahold of one of those?

[Craig]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#3

Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:24pm

http://www.sh-k-boom.com/bare.html

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

[commasplice]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#4

Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:24pm

http://www.bareapopopera.com/

You can download 11 songs off the official site.

[Gooch]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#5

Posted: 3/15/05 at 5:29pm

Or you could, um, download the songs from the internet.

[uncageg]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#6

Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:24am

I chatted with Damon last April after a performance of the show and he was telling me about the Demo. I asked him if he planned to record the whole show and he said he would love to but indicated that it was too expensive to do at the time. I had been keeping in contact with him but he has changed his e-mail address in the past year. He worked on Michael Arden's new CD but I fear that we won't hear all of BARE on disc for awhile if ever.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 3/16/05 at 12:24 AM

[HeyMrMusic]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#7

Posted: 3/16/05 at 3:20am

It's a shame, it had real potential. And my cousin was in it, which is pretty cool, I would love to have a family member singing on an OCR. I mean I guess she did some ensemble stuff on the demo, but she's not credited, at least I don't think so. Hm, o well.

~Steven

[BlueWizard]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#8

Posted: 3/16/05 at 11:47am

Really HeyMrMusic? Who was your cousin? The entire BARE cast was amazing and very kind.

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[HeyMrMusic]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#9

Posted: 3/16/05 at 3:29pm

I'm cousins with Kay Trinidad. I think she's back in school now or something. She's leaving soon to do some kind of production out in California.

~Steven

[BWW Contests]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#10

Posted: 3/16/05 at 9:45pm

Check out this ebay listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7501343565&ssPageName=_ReBay_Pr_PcN_

there are some other BARE cd's this person is selling:
concept
act 1 live reading
live LA cast performance

[Katecab99]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#11

Posted: 3/16/05 at 10:12pm

LOVE the music!

[Feathah]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#12

Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:30am

When I went to Dodger Stages to see Altar Boyz I asked about Bare. They said it's definitely not happening unless someone comes up with a couple million dollars. *sigh*

"The theater is my life. I live it. I breathe it. I fondle it till it falls asleep." Jack (Will And Grace) http://feathah.blogspot.com

[broadwaybelter]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#13

Posted: 3/17/05 at 7:47pm

i wish i had that couple million dollars to mount that show!!

[centerstage]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#14

Posted: 3/17/05 at 8:01pm

Dont we all wish that? *heavy sigh*

Feathah- That is the worst news I've recieved all day, however I suppose it was time to face reality.

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"Past the point of no return, no backward glances: our games of make-believe are at an end" Phantom

[Feathah]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#15

Posted: 3/17/05 at 9:18pm

Sorry. :o(

I just hope someone out there will finance the show some day. It may not be around for awhile but hopefully it will staged some other time.

"The theater is my life. I live it. I breathe it. I fondle it till it falls asleep." Jack (Will And Grace) http://feathah.blogspot.com

[magic8ball]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#17

Posted: 3/17/05 at 10:46pm

"Check out this ebay listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7501343565&ssPageName=_ReBay_Pr_PcN_

there are some other BARE cd's this person is selling:
concept
act 1 live reading
live LA cast performance"

Or... wait for it... you could ask around (considering that you're on a BROADWAY message board) and get it for lots less than $20. Because, frankly, the cost of the blank CDs does not justify that price.

"Goodness is rewarded. Hope is guaranteed. Laughter builds strong bones. Right will intercede. Things you've said I often find I need, indeed. I see the world through your eyes. What's black and white is colorized. The knowledge you most dearly prized I'm eager to employ. You said that life has infinite joys."

[wickedfiyeroofoz]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#18

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:24am

if anyone has the tracks from bare i'd apriciate it! I mean other than the ones on the site...i love bare and i want to hear all of the music!!!

How can they see with sequins in their eyes?

[KristiAnn85]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#19

Posted: 3/19/05 at 3:23am

Thank you all for being so helpful! Updated On: 3/19/05 at 03:23 AM

[XOsweet_dancerOX]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#20

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:40pm

That would be soooo cool!

Kristin Chenoweth could barely control a Great Dane she trotted onto the stage. "Great, they gave me a dog that weighs five times what I do", she quipped. For the record, she weighs 93 pounds, and has a Maltese.

[rent1988]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#21

Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:28pm

its already been said, but you can download 11 tracks free off the website. you just have to fill in a quick survey thing. i just heard bare a couple weeks ago and ive fallen in love! anyone have a favorite song?

life is PANDEMONIUM.

[rent1988]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#22

Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:31pm

and while we are on the subject of bare...
like i mentioned before i am very new to this musical and i was wondering if anyone could give me a synopsis of the show? i really have no idea what its about.

life is PANDEMONIUM.

[renthead2005z]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#23

Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:44pm

ACT I
Peter is a sensitive gay senior who is closeted and trying to reconcile his faith with his sexuality. During mass, he is outed and condemned by his friends and the Church, but wakes up and realizes it was all a dream (EPIPHANY). Later in the school hallways, he bumps into Jason, his roommate and secret boyfriend. Jason is the most popular guy in school but is also closeted, and the two lovers find it hard hiding their relationship within the public space of the school (YOU & I). Peter convinces Jason to try out for the school play, Romeo & Juliet. After Jason leaves, Peter sings about his inner turmoil, having to keep their love secret and wondering about their future together (ROLE OF A LIFETIME).

At the AUDITIONS for the play, directed by the dynamic Sister Chantelle, Jason wins the role of Romeo. Peter gets the role of Mercutio, their friend Matt is Tibalt, and Ivy, the most popular girl in school, gets the role of Juliet. After receiving a package from their father, Nadia – Jason’s chubby sister and Ivy’s roommate – laughs with her brother over their distant parents’ lack of parenting (LOVE, DAD).

Later that night, the group of friends – Jason, Peter, Ivy, Matt and their classmate and drug dealer, Lucas – decide to go to WONDERLAND, a rave. Lucas supplies them with a powerful new drug that could be lethal if taken in large doses. Uninterested in the rave, Nadia decides to stay home (A QUIET NIGHT AT HOME).

At the rave, Peter and Jason dance together. Peter tries to kiss him, but Jason backs away, and the two run out and quarrel over their relationship. Peter wants to come out and tell the world about them, but Jason wants to keep their love secret (BEST KEPT SECRET). Peter tells Jason he loves him. The two kiss, not knowing that Matt sees them. Meanwhile, Ivy suffers an overdose in the club and is taken away.

The next day, the students of St. Cecilia’s begrudgingly go to CONFESSION, calling it a “poor man’s therapy session.” Peter and Matt go into their confession booths and they each ask the Priest what they should do. Ivy, having returned shaken but not harmed by her drug incident, receives sketches of her Juliet costume and reminisces about her image (PORTRAIT OF A GIRL). Matt, in love with Ivy, watches her from afar.

On her birthday, Ivy is brought drunk to her surprise birthday party and everyone serenades her with a crass tribute (BIRTHDAY, BITCH!). Peter accidentally eats some pot brownies and leaves the party after Jason intentionally ignores him. In a drunken stupor, Ivy turns away a lovelorn Matt and tries to seduce Jason (ONE KISS). Having left the party, Peter and Matt express their frustration over the insensitivity of their beloveds (ARE YOU THERE?). Drunk and high, Peter tells Matt his secret and Matt leaves. Peter then has a vision of the Virgin Mary who, looking remarkably like a Motown-singing Sister Chapelle, urges Peter to call his mother and tell her he’s gay (911! EMERGENCY).

Peter tells Jason that they should come out to their parents, but Jason refuses because his future is on the line (REPUTATION STAIN’D). As their argument builds, Jason pushes Peter down. Peter, hurt and in disbelief, wonders if this is the boy he thought he’d “always follow,” and how they ever lost their future together (EVER AFTER). He leaves, but Jason tells him not to tell anyone about them. As SPRING approaches, the students get ready to go home for the break. After Peter leaves, Ivy visits Jason and tells him about her feelings for him. Confused between what he wants in life, he gives in to her sexual advances as a last attempt to be “fit in” (ONE).


ACT II
In another dream, an ecstatic Peter and Jason are getting married…in Massachusetts, with go-go boys dancing and Sister Chappelle presiding (WEDDING BELLS). Unfortunately, the wedding is interrupted by another bride, Ivy, and Peter is barred from the ceremony. He wakes up from the nightmare scared and alone. Spring break is now over, and IN THE HALLWAY of St. Cecilia’s, Peter runs into Jason. The two try to talk but are interrupted by Ivy. After Peter leaves, Ivy confesses to Jason her love (TOUCH MY SOUL), but Jason rejects her, saying their night together was a mistake, and that he’s not interested.

Peter, no longer able to live in the closet, calls home and desperately tries to come out to his mother, who is unwilling to listen (SEE ME). After the phonecall, she wonders when she ever went wrong, and if she ever knew her son at all (WARNING). At the play rehearsals, Ivy is missing. They try to continue with her inept understudy, but instead Peter steps forward and eloquently acts as Juliet to Jason’s Romeo, and the two have noticeable chemistry together (PILGRIM’S HANDS). After rehearsals, Sister Chantelle makes Peter stay behind. Saying that “it ain’t a rainbow without the pink” and that “there’s a black woman inside the soul of every gay man,” she also tells him that GOD DON’T MAKE NO TRASH – which is exactly what Peter needs to hear.

Ivy discovers she is pregnant (ALL GROWN UP) and tries to find Jason. She meets him before the next rehearsals, and he is taken aback by the news. Matt walks in, and as the cast members arrive – Peter, Nadia, and the other students – Matt angrily reveals all. Sickened and appalled, Peter storms out. Ivy slaps Matt and also leaves. Left alone, afraid and aware of the mess he has caused, Jason goes to confession to seek help; however, while Jason grows in desperation, the Priest just tells him to suppress his feelings and focus on other things (CROSS).

On the night of the performance, the cast does final preparations (TWO HOUSEHOLDS). Jason arrives and asks Peter if they could run away together and forget everything, but Peter tells him that he’s tired of hiding. The performance begins, and Jason takes a fatal dose of the drug that Lucas gave him. As the night progresses, Peter notices that Jason is getting more and more disoriented (QUEEN MAB), and takes him backstage. There, Jason finally confesses to Peter that he is sorry, and that he has always loved him (BARE). As they are hurried back out into the spotlight, Jason stumbles and falls onstage. He is carried away and dies.

Peter, in mourning (A GLOOMING PEACE), goes to the confession booth to speak with the Priest. Peter tells him that Jason had looked to the Priest and the Church for guidance in a time of need, but that they failed him. Peter tells the Priest that he and Jason were in love, and that when Jason loved him, he never felt so close to God (ABSOLUTION). “I’m sorry, Peter,” says the Priest, to which Peter replies, “And I forgive you, Father.”

At graduation, each of character – Nadia, Ivy, Matt – tries to cope with their loss. Peter, reconciled with his mother, finally says good-bye to Jason. As he and the others graduate from St. Cecilia’s, Peter tosses up his hat in one final release (NO VOICE).

-Synopsis by BlueWizard

"Why do we play with fire?-Why do we run our fingers through the flame?"

[musicalfandukie]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#24

Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:54pm

i now have an early concept recording of bare...it's interesting to listen to how different some of the music is on it and there is some cut songs...it's a different cast but it's the closet thing to a full recording there is.

[EclipstHeart]

re: Bare: A pop Opera#25

Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:58pm

would anyone happen to have tracks other than those from the demo?
if you do, could u please pm me?
much luv <3