Broadway Bares...do the guys take EVERYTHING off?- Page 2

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/12/05 at 1:38pm

naked boys closed??? it was just open last week... wtf?

[Dummy]

Posted: 6/12/05 at 3:19pm

I would add Pentecost to the list of shows with full frontal male nudity. Not that this is a particularly sexy case in point.

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 6/12/05 at 6:33pm

Well, I was talking about another show, but never mind. Let's just say it was located very near to the thaeter playing "Beauty & The Beast"

[zoran912]

Posted: 6/12/05 at 6:46pm

Eh? I don't get it. Was this a real show, or a strip joint?

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 6/12/05 at 6:55pm

Depends on your perspective LOL But it had the word THEATER on its listing

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/12/05 at 8:47pm

NAKED BOYS SINGING! is still very much open. However, it only performs on weekends now.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/12/05 at 9:53pm

Gaeity closed?! What?! Why?! Anyone know?

By the way, this post has proven that full-frontal male nudity is allowed in theatre, so why not in Broadway Bares? I say we write Jerry Mitchell! :)

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 3:12am

It did Foster ! I think it was due to financial reasons. It now exists only in our fond memories

[Roger-the-Cabin-Boy]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 5:19am

"By the way, this post has proven that full-frontal male nudity is allowed in theatre, so why not in Broadway Bares?"

It's to protect Broadway stars that have ...shortcomings.

There are some bodily qualities that cannot be obtained at the gym.

And the steam room doesn't count.

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 5:28am

omg you guys carry on like you've never seen d!ck before...

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:00am

Yeah but we wanna see hot Broadway dick!

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:33am

it's not like you're gonna get some. . .

[bpmendoza]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:34am

and a staircase away from, well...before the new 42nd street rehearsal studios were unveiled obviously, the best rehearsal space money could buy, just...feed the cats, please.

and yes, this was way before NBS--and much more entertaining--and you could always find a seat. somewhere. now that's what i call forbidden broadway, honey.

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 7:04am

Gaiety closed because it lost its lease just as Howard Johnson's did, which is also closing. Time Square renovation keeps on rolling along.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:07am

Well forget about Gaeity! They closed Howard Johnson's?? What?? Man, it sucks to be me.

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:10am

Sad really. I spent lots of hours at both Gaiety and Hojos.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:17am

The Gaiety closing made the NY Times. I guess Starbucks will fumigate the place and percolate there.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 2:40pm

Since B.BARES is a charity event I suspect many of the male performers do it because they don't have to go all the way. Not all gay men are exhibitionists. AS for it being illegal on the New York stage there have been far more naked men on stage in plays than naked women. Think of PASSION, THE MOST FABULOUS STORY..., ANGELS IN AMERICA, PARTY, TAKE ME OUT .... come to think of it maybe there are more exhibitionists out there than I thought! (Does New York have a nude beach yet? Toronto does!LOL!)

[OnMyWay]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 10:29pm

Can I please bump this

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 10:40pm

Wow. This is one interesting thread.

[HOUFlip04]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 10:44pm

You all forgot about Oh Calcutta!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 11:03pm

I was under the impression that women in NYC could go topless if they wanted.

[nycdncr]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 11:50pm

To the best of my knowledge, you can be naked onstage in NYC IF no alcohol is being served. If there's alcohol being served, gotta keep it covered.

As for Bares, we got naked in the number I was in this year. Go Rockettes!!!! Everything came off, but we were strategically covered. Trust me, with the choreography that's being done in Bares, you wouldn't wanna see penises flopping around.

Broadway Bares lets us gypsies be exhibitionistic (I think I just created a word...go me) in a safe setting for a wonderful cause.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 12:02am

So what is the current rumour?
Which Broadway performer has the
Largest Part this Season?
You know, the most Stage Presents?
Be Clever, don't get us erased.

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 12:29am

Yeah... interesting thread.

StageManager2 - Yes, women can indeed go topless in NYC - and I don't know this from personal experience!

Trisha Jeffrey (from All Shook Up and Little Shop had her most recent headshots done by a guy named Jordan Matter. He does amazing headshots that actually look like real people, but that's besides the point. He did a photo project called Uncovered: Celebrating Women in New York City where he photographed all types of women topless in various locations in the city.

[The link to his site is below; the photos from the project are beautiful along with interviews of each woman from the project and videos of the project in tv segments. To get to Uncovered, enter the site, go to "Photography" and go to "Uncovered."]

More info straight from Jordan's site: A woman's right to appear topless in public was legalized in New York in 1992. Since New York is the only state with such a law, forty-nine out of fifty states deem it illegal for a woman to remove her shirt in public. However, men are free to take off their shirts with impunity. Challenging this inequity between the sexes is the purpose of my work. There has been a recent shift in America towards a socially conservative philosophy, so right after Janet Jackson's breast was exposed at the Super Bowl, I started asking women to appear topless in New York City. I wanted to document what the Federal Communications Commission called "great outrage among the American people" over a bare breast. But soon I realized there was very little outrage. Of the thousands of people who saw the women topless, most reacted with enthusiasm, humor, and encouragement. This project has been featured by the Today Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The BBC, the New York Daily News, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, WOR Radio, CBS Radio, NY1 News, and the Foley Gallery in Chelsea.
Jordan Matter Photography