Naked Boys Singing has closed

I feel bad for them. I'm pretty sure one of the cast member's grandmother runs their website and socials, because they've come and gone so many times at so many venues, no one has any idea.

Impeach2017 said: "Damn, I had plans to not see it."

Some good news for you: You don't have to change your plans at all.

Last time I saw it, there was no acknowledgment of who the cast members even were. Just anonymous people with rent to pay...

My brain read this as "Naked Boys Singing has clothed."

dramamama611 said: "Hater! Long time no see! Hoping all is well with you."

Doing fine. Just realized this site is NOT blocked by my latest employer whereas so many other things are, heh.

Still attend lots of things and visit NYC far too often, but less concerned about writing/commenting about it all that much. Hope all is well with you, too.

jimmycurry01 said: "I've seen the filmed version. It is definitely a snoozer once the novelty wears off. I can't say I'm surprised."

This revival was at least a shortened version that ran as one act and cut a few songs so it was shorter than the filmed version. I mean the run time was shorter. Ahem.

This thread is cracking me up - as someone VERY close to the show for MANY years, just thought I'd pop on to clarify a few things :)

Yes, it closed last week. As a show that has played several venues, moved, closed, reopened, etc over the past 26 years - There was no announcement since, who the hell knows, it will probably pop back up again somewhere down the line. Also, outside fo BwayWorld no one really runs the press releases. The show continued to sell very well/consistently up until the end.

In a world were advertising on facebook/instagram (meta) is seemingly the most important place to advertise - meta wouldn't run ANY ads for the show. Trust me, it was explored a hundred different ways by several marketing people at meta. Even regular posts wouldn't get pushed out to people past anyone following the socials already. In a world where fb/insta is everything, it was next-to impossible to spread the word there (god bless Grindr ads!)

The show was never cancelled because of a quota or lack of ticket sales. It was cancelled once or twice over the last few years always due to illness within the company.

I loved the comment about the film being a snoozer so they're not surprised - well, the show still ran almost 15 years after the film was released...so yes, the film maybe doesn't have the same excitement once the novelty wears off, but it had zero effect on the stage shows success.

And the cast not always being the most publically advertised - trust me, a good handful of the cast members over the years have had their fair share of stalkers and creepers. And while they loved being in the show and were very proud of it, being easily found on social media was something most of them wanted to avoid after some/a lot of inappropriate stuff from audience members.

So, just wanted to pop on here to clarify some things that people seemed to have questions (or opinions) about. Having played pretty consistantly since 1999 in NYC - probably won't be the last hurrah! :)

Updated On: 2/3/24 at 07:16 PM