Nudity on Broadway- Page 4

[dshnookie]

Posted: 12/24/16 at 11:59pm

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)...M.Cerveris has nothing to be shy about.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 7:52am

Wasn't Kelli O'Hara briefly nude in the bathtub scene in BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY? Or was she wearing a body suit?

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 9:07am

Stark Sands had a nude scene in the original try-out run of Bonnie & Clyde, but this (unfortunately) did not make it to Broadway with Jeremy Jordan. He reportedly tried it early on, and was not entirely comfortable with it, and it was eventually cut. 

 

[victorg]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 11:17am

"let my people come". a true x-rated musical on B-way in the late 70's, at least i scored a date with a cast member after the show.

[jbird5]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 12:23pm

You might catch some in Laisons if you sit front center. Couldn't tell from where I was sitting. Sleep No  More might be your best option at this point.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 12:28pm

There was that one time when Ivy Lynn's slip completely came off during BOMBSHELL previews. I hear they thought about keeping it in the show to emphasize Marilyn's vulnerability or something like that. 

 

 

[gleek4114]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 4:15pm

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Roundabout revival of Cabaret. At the end of the first act the Emcee moons the audience.

[StageDoor3]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 4:42pm

To me nudity means no clothes on, not just partial exposure.  But yeah, I saw "Bonnie and Clyde" at La Jolla Playhouse with the bathtub.  And of course there was "The Nance".

Updated On: 12/25/16 at 04:42 PM

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 11:37pm

Angels in America, Part I. There is nothing salacious about the full frontal scene, because it takes place as part of the medical exam of a very sick patient.

I recently saw a play called "Annapurna." The male lead is naked, but the audience only sees his butt. I don't think this play has been on Broadway.

Audrey

 

 

 

 

 

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/25/16 at 11:49pm

I saw a production of Sweeney Todd awhile back where Anthony unzipped the back of Johanna's dress and revealed her breasts right before the black out at the end of Kiss Me.  I brought my 8 year old cousin and he was completely mortified. Neither of us were expecting it and the house was very small which did not help at all.  Very awkward.

[jwsel]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 12:37am

The 1990 Steppenwolf production of Grapes of Wrath.

Did Ian McKellen's King Lear play Broadway or BAM?  I can't recall.

[Xman8]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 1:16am

I remember SEMINAR having nudity. Hettiene Park's breasts and Lily Rabe's bare butt.

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 1:37am

AHLiebross said: "Angels in America, Part I. There is nothing salacious about the full frontal scene, because it takes place as part of the medical exam of a very sick patient.

I recently saw a play called "Annapurna." The male lead is naked, but the audience only sees his butt. I don't think this play has been on Broadway.

Audrey

 

It played off-Broadway a few years ago with Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman who also did a run just prior to that in L.A. at the Odyssey.
 

 

 

 

 

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[jbird5]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 11:58am

Ensemble Studio Theater is doing a play called Mope next month. It's about the porn industry.

[perfectliar]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 12:40pm

icecreambenjamin said: "I saw a production of Sweeney Todd awhile back where Anthony unzipped the back of Johanna's dress and revealed her breasts right before the black out at the end of Kiss Me.  I brought my 8 year old cousin and he was completely mortified. Neither of us were expecting it and the house was very small which did not help at all.  Very awkward."

You took an 8 year old to a musical about a murderous cannibal and we're mortified by breasts?

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 12:52pm

^He had already seen the film, which is considerably more violent then the musical.  I wasn't super upset about the nudity, but I was concerned about how my aunt would react to knowing that I took him to see a show with it.  She's a little bit more conservative than most.

I do think it's sad that violence has become normalized, while a few curse words and the human body will get you crucified.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 12:52pm

Was there actual nudity in The Nance? The PBS cameras were so prudish for that scene.

[skies]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 5:09pm

Well technically it was the Public Theatre but "Salonika" and Jessica Tandy was on stage the whole time...

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 6:41pm

"Was there actual nudity in The Nance? The PBS cameras were so prudish for that scene." 

You bet there was. No-one who saw Jonny Orsini as Ned step out of that bathtub in Scene 2 wearing nothing but his dignity can easily forget the brilliant impression he made. Sadly the staging kept him facing upstage most of the time until he wrapped that damn towel around his waist, but still.

In all fairness, Mr. Orsini was brilliant in the role while fully clothed as well. His debut in this part was one of the highlights of that season, and we'll be eager to catch him in any role he takes on next.

[VotePeron]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 6:50pm

Fiona Shaw got completely naked at the climax of "The Testament of Mary" a few seasons ago, before plunging into a (surprisingly) deep well in the stage where a ginormous tree later emerged. 

Why? Couldn't tell you. But she was naked!

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 9:44pm

dshnookie said: "In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)...M.Cerveris has nothing to be shy about.

 

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When was there nudity? I saw a regional production and, of course, there was no nudity.

Updated On: 12/26/16 at 09:44 PM

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 11:02pm

I'm surprised no one mentioned Evan Jonigkeit in HIGH... that beautiful man is hung like a horse. I'm very surprised he doesn't get more work. 

[NoName3]

Posted: 12/27/16 at 1:14am

Marat/Sade

You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running

Abelard and Heloise

There was near total nudity in many of the earlier Ziegfeld Follies during the famous Tableaux Vivants.

Applause (bare chorus boy buttocks)

When Jim Dale did Privates on Parade for Roundabout, was that production on Broadway or Off?  I can't remember.
 

Updated On: 12/27/16 at 01:14 AM

[5377brian]

Posted: 12/27/16 at 3:22am

I seem to remember the play Closer with Natasha Richardson having some nudity, but I could be misremembering.  Can anyone confirm?

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 12/27/16 at 5:03am

Not Broadway, but in the last season, there was a musical version of "Mrs. Henderson Presents" in which the major plot point was the nude tableaux which were presented. Needless to say, there was MUCH nudity onstage. (a bit from the gents too - pun intended).

Also not Broadway (off), "If There Is, I Haven't Found it Yet" at the Laura Pels theatre in 2012 in which Jake Gyllenhaal first made NY theatregoers aware of his great presence onstage.