Take Me Out - embarrassing moments?

[nhprof]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 4:30pm

With all the male nudity - I am wondering if there have been any embarrassing moments (on or off Broadway) for any of the actors. Also wondering if they have 'fall back" plans just in case... If an actor felt things were headed in that direction, do they have an "escape plan." This must be considered in any show with male nudity and maybe some of you more seasoned people can shed some light. Also, does anyone know why one of the actors was replaced when the show moved to Broadway? Thanks.

[Albin]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 4:43pm

embarrasing moments...such as....?

Posted: 6/11/03 at 4:43pm

the embarrassing moments are when they step on stage nude night after night. lol, no i dunno havent' seen it. i guess you're asking if any little men stould at salute when they weren't supposed to?

well, i don't think that would ever happen, i mean you're on stage being stared at by hundreds of people. unless there are sex scenes?? i dunno , yah, someone who's seen it shine a light for us?? lol

come on crazyatestevos, i know you've seen it... lol

[CJR]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 4:53pm

I have yet to see it -- I will be seeing it soon though.. but Daniel Sunjata (be still my heart!) gets naked onstage and takes a shower. I am told that 99% of the show takes place in the locker room with the guys showering. Now that is MY kind of show! lol

Posted: 6/11/03 at 4:55pm

shame on you CJR, i thought you were a lady! Ladies don't stare at naked men. LOL

[CJR]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 4:57pm

HA -- this lady does. As a matter of fact, this lady was damn near drooling over Daniel Sunjata during Stars in the Alley last week, and all he did was get up to present... fully clothed... lol

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 4:58pm

Most of the play does indeed take place in a locker room and 99% of the cast does take showers during the course of the action. If the question here is whether these men have unplanned erections, I doubt that it ever happens. When you have a theater full of people watching you and you are concentrating on your character, I don't think there would be any unexpected activity in the nether region. If it did happen, then so what? It happens to men all the time.

[Max Bialystock]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 5:05pm

I never even had a "Run Thru..." without an erection!
And that includes the Nativity Play in Grade 3!
The audience makes it all possible!

Posted: 6/11/03 at 5:15pm

Me neither, but I've never been nude on stage either!!

How many of us bdwayworld.comers have been nude on stage?

Posted: 6/11/03 at 5:25pm

Are you kidding? I don't even like to take my shirt off on stage!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 5:26pm

I was semi-nude in BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE. That was many years ago.

Posted: 6/11/03 at 5:27pm

lol

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 6:29pm

Almost. i played Al Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. The director didn't want full nudity, but I was in soaking wet longjohns.

Posted: 6/11/03 at 6:58pm

o no! crazyatestevos in wet longjohns!!

attack of the water serpent, lol

[Albin]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 7:01pm

"I was semi-nude in BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE. That was many years ago."

AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!! MY EYES! MY EYES!!!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 7:07pm

instead of embarrassing, shouldn't this thread be caled 'exciting'.

Most guys try to fix the problem by masturbating before they go on stage. I know in a ninterview, a former cast member of Naked Boys Singing said that most of them do that before perfoming. MOSt guys do have the tendency to not be able to get it up for a little while after they... you know. Most. Not all, but most.

Posted: 6/11/03 at 7:10pm

lol, wow....um...crazy8, that's a very interesting post. lol

my god to think of what these actor's have to face day in and day out, oh the horror, i feel sorry for them. lol

really, the performers result to mastering the bation before each performance? thats scary.

lol

Posted: 6/11/03 at 7:23pm

oh albin, come on, it couldnt have been that bad!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 7:24pm

Yes it could.

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 8:18pm

the closest I "came" to onstage nudity was modeling for drawing classes in undergrad. And there were very attractive people in the classes (and as fellow models), but nothing ever happened "down south"; and I certainly didn't masturbate to insure that. The most unusual thing was one day an artist showed me their portfolio of my modeling and not only was my muscalature enhanced (like some kind of comic book hero), there were drawings of the member in question also enlarged, and a few of it standing for attention. I asked about it and was told by the artist that was the way I was seen in their imagination. Food for thought...wish I had those drawings now as the facial likeness was good enough for ID purposes!

I also caught TAKE ME OUT and the males were wonderful to look at as well as good actors. The nudity is central to the theme of the play as well. And from what I heard, the actor replaced wanted to pursue other projects and the parting was amiable. I only saw it at the Pubic (pun intended) and not on Broadway, so I don't know how his replacement looks or fares in the role.

Updated On: 6/11/03 at 08:18 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 8:21pm

never posed myself, but holding the same pose for so long would be difficult for me. They enlarged your woohoo?? LOl. hmm.

Posted: 6/11/03 at 8:23pm

o come one bdwy guy, dont poke fun, some of us arent crazyate, lol

[sabrelady]

Posted: 6/11/03 at 8:24pm

Too much information hon? "brain needs a wet nap" Just say It was a dream just a dream and it will all be better!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/12/03 at 10:08pm

Albin, stop being so rude and crude. I happen to have the body of a god!!!!!!!!!