Oh, the Girly Boys of Follies!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 12:13pm

Can't fool me with those chunky legs and male torsos.

But the audience seemed clueless, which made me laugh out loud.

How you pulled it off in those gorgeous costumes!

Well done, marvelous missies!

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 12:16pm

what else would you expect in a musical on Broadway????

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 12:24pm

Yep, Follies has it all.

Even Bernadette.

Gasp.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 3:30pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6lzmSk2o

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 4:11pm

Really?! I was up in the mezz and couldn't see from there.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 4:53pm

[SPOILER]

Hahaha.

I was up in the mezz, too.

When they do the little promenade of the "girls" coming forward to show their incredible costumes off, the last two are not. Updated On: 9/11/11 at 04:53 PM

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 5:10pm

Sounds like steam escaping

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 7:40pm

Really??? or are you pulling my leg? (or just being judgemental)

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 8:58pm

Wtf??

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:01pm

^ All that needs to be said is "consider the source".

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:24pm

SondheimFan5, you didn't notice?

Given the size of some of the headpieces, it would make sense to have them on the stronger males.

Have the boys here all lost their gaydar again?

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:26pm

I highly doubt two of those showgirls are males.

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:29pm

In nomdeplume's mind they are.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:29pm

Given that they are all lurking around upstairs in the shadows most of the time, I would not be.

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:31pm

K

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:33pm

I think I pay more attention to male torsos than you do-ha!

I'm rather fond of the shape of the male torso, particularly a lithe, youthful one.

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:34pm

That's nice.

[AndersonTours]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 9:55pm

This thread is just silly.
Let's talk about the theater. Not silly gay stuff.
I'm gay and this thread is just stupid.

[chewy5000]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 10:38pm

Let's talk about the theater. Not silly gay stuff.

The difference being...?

[egghumor]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 11:17pm

keep it up, chorines!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/11/11 at 11:26pm

It gives a little nuance of meaning to this cryptic statement about Follies by its designer to the Wall Street Journal:

"It's like sacred ground," said the current show's costume designer, Gregg Barnes, as he walked around backstage on Thursday. "And some of the choices that we landed on fly in the face of the original."
Follies Costume Drama

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 9/12/11 at 12:03am

Gregg looks like he's having a ball.

Too bad you have to subscribe to read the article...

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/12/11 at 12:12am

You don't have to, TheatreDiva90016.

Just google "Follies costumes," find the article and click through.

Clear your cookies first. You'll get a free read, and notice there is a tab to click to see about eight photos, though none of the lovely androgynes in question, nor their costumes.

I didn't realize this was some big secret. Not to me it wasn't anyway.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 9/12/11 at 12:30am

And the first giveaway was I was looking at an Asian male torso, a Southeast Asian male torso, to be specific. I've seen so much Southeast Asian art and so many Asian people it was a dead giveaway to me.

The Asian, especially Indian and Southeast Asian, male torso (look at all the Buddha statues and art and Hindu dieties and dancer art) is smooth on the surface and wears its musculature and strength below the surface, unlike the more muscle-bulging Caucasian forms as in Greek and Roman art. I've seen enough representations of Buddhas to know that form anywhere--haha. And the Southeast Asian men are often more diminutive in size and more elegant and graceful in form than the bigger burlier Caucasians. Often, but not always, of course.

The first male I would say was probably Mathew deGuzman, whom I'd imagine is Filipino. The second male, I am guessing more, it is perhaps Amos Wolf, less sure on that one. The second is considerably taller than the first, and appeared Caucasian.

I really was wishing they wouldn't hide the gorgeous costumes in the shadows so much. I'd still like to see them more. Updated On: 9/12/11 at 12:30 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/12/11 at 12:34am

deGuzman is a swing. Unless he was covering a role, he was not on the stage.