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Posted: 10/13/07 at 9:13am
I caught NAKED BOYS SINGING (the show, not the movie) at New World Stages last night. First off, the show is in great shape. This is easily the best all around cast I've seen of the show. Trained singers, focused dancers, with great personalities and acting chops to boot.
I was pleasantly surprised to see NAKED BOYS vet George Livengood back in the show. He really shines in the audience participation segment that leads into "Perky Little Porn Star," and he is adorable as ever.
Other standouts include Trevor Southworth, offering a polished rendition of "The Naked Maid;" Matthew Kilgore, as the central focus of "The Bliss Of A Bris" as well as a shining performer in a variety of other numbers; Timothy John Mandala, whose subtle charm infused his role as the central hunk of many numbers; and Eric Potter, who has an amazing voice that really helps light up "Jack's Song" and "The Entertainer."
The unfortunate part of the evening was that, midway through "Window To The Soul" (the next to last song), the show had to be stopped because an audience member in the back started taking photos with his cell phone. One of the actors stopped the song and pointed to the man in the back of the house, and said "Camera!". He made sure the ushers knew who he was talking about, the actors left the stage, one of the ushers ran down to take the man's cell phone, erase any photos he had taken, and escort him out of the theatre.
The actors came back on about 30 seconds later to a round of applause. They jumped right back into the song, finished up the show, and received a huge applause from the audience at curtain call.
There is a cell phone announcement before performances of this show begin that clearly states that all phones must be turned off and put away before the show begins and that if anyone is seen taking photos, the show will be stopped, and the audience member will be evicted from the the theatre. And that's exactly what happened.
Brava to the cast for having a low tolerance for picture takers, for jumping right back into the scene, and finishing the show to perfection. I'm glad to see that this show is still holding up so many years into its run.
I was pleasantly surprised to see NAKED BOYS vet George Livengood back in the show. He really shines in the audience participation segment that leads into "Perky Little Porn Star," and he is adorable as ever.
Other standouts include Trevor Southworth, offering a polished rendition of "The Naked Maid;" Matthew Kilgore, as the central focus of "The Bliss Of A Bris" as well as a shining performer in a variety of other numbers; Timothy John Mandala, whose subtle charm infused his role as the central hunk of many numbers; and Eric Potter, who has an amazing voice that really helps light up "Jack's Song" and "The Entertainer."
The unfortunate part of the evening was that, midway through "Window To The Soul" (the next to last song), the show had to be stopped because an audience member in the back started taking photos with his cell phone. One of the actors stopped the song and pointed to the man in the back of the house, and said "Camera!". He made sure the ushers knew who he was talking about, the actors left the stage, one of the ushers ran down to take the man's cell phone, erase any photos he had taken, and escort him out of the theatre.
The actors came back on about 30 seconds later to a round of applause. They jumped right back into the song, finished up the show, and received a huge applause from the audience at curtain call.
There is a cell phone announcement before performances of this show begin that clearly states that all phones must be turned off and put away before the show begins and that if anyone is seen taking photos, the show will be stopped, and the audience member will be evicted from the the theatre. And that's exactly what happened.
Brava to the cast for having a low tolerance for picture takers, for jumping right back into the scene, and finishing the show to perfection. I'm glad to see that this show is still holding up so many years into its run.
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-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
