The Threepenny Nudity

[Yankeefan007]

The Threepenny Nudity#0

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:51pm

Stepped inside Studio 54 to pick up my tickets and noticed two things.

The first: the set load in....a bunch of beds crowded the lobby, with production assistants around them trying to figure out which had dust-ruffels.

The second: at the box office window, there was a sign that read:
"This production of The Threepenny Opera contains ADULT SUBJECT MATTER, which MAY OR MAY NOT contain FULL FRONTAL NUDITY."

Does anyone know who may or may not be getting naked?
Updated On: 3/15/06 at 08:51 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#1

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:52pm

May or may not?

... do they not KNOW? hah.

I guess they could still be making changes, but I love that wording. So... sneaky.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 3/15/06 at 08:52 PM

[FOAnatic]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#2

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:53pm

Scott Elliot is paying me to play a drunk whore.

I basically walk on completely naked...stand stage center...and scream: "Where's my damn Mizrahi gown?"

Then I stumble off mumbling gibberish.

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[zepka102]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#3

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:53pm

they wanna keep it a mystery for the audience

::bust a move::

[Yankeefan007]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#4

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:53pm

That's what struck me as funny, Emcee.

Was there any nudity in the original production and subsequent revivals?

[wexy]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#5

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:55pm

I've got the first preview next Friday and friend Phil was in the Sting revival.

will report back.

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'

[Chloe]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#6

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:55pm

I'm seeing this in a month, I'll let you know!

[Yankeefan007]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#7

Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:57pm

Thanks for the offer, Chloe, but I'm seeing the 2nd preview, so I'll be able to tell everyone, right after Wexy.

However, since it's still obviously iffy, they may add it half way into previews?
Updated On: 3/15/06 at 08:57 PM

[FOAnatic]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#8

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:00pm

Yankee.

I told you it's me.

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[Michael Bennett]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#9

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:02pm

I feel a mess comin' on...

[Bohemian1232]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#10

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:05pm

May or may not. You have to love these warnings.

"Nothing's lost forever. In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead."

[Michael Bennett]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#11

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:06pm

Maybe they are doing a DRACULA thing and not doing nudity at blue-hair-kid-friendly matinees.

[myManCape]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#12

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:15pm

Dracula never actually had no nudity shows. They discussed it but I don't believe that it happened. I know that I attended a matinee and there was plenty of unnecessary nudity.

"Have they come yet?"

[Unknown User]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#13

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:17pm

I stopped in last week to ask the box office if it was kid friendly, and the guy told me there was going to be male frontal nudity. He suggested bringing my daughter to The Pajama Game instead.

[BroadwayChica]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#14

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:18pm

I'm looking forward to this show, but I SO don't want to see Alan Cumming's penis.

[wexy]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#15

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:37pm

Me neither Chica,especially since I sit in the third row.

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'

[BroadwayChica]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#16

Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:38pm

I don't think I've ever been happier about my cheap mezzanine seats.

[Tirso de Molina]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#17

Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:00pm

Cumming might not be doing the nude scene; he's not the only guy in the cast.

"Sweet summer evenings, hot wine and bread / Sharing your supper, sharing your bed / Simple joys have a simple voice: It says why not go ahead?"

[TheQuibbler]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#18

Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:06pm

Jim Dale?!?!

[elmore3003]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#19

Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:12pm

With turning Lucy Brown into a male role, Macheath into a bisexual, and now the nudity, I suspect this production has more to do with the director's psychosexual fantasies than a musical by Brecht and Weill.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#20

Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:16pm

Oh bless my lucky stars. I so hope to see Alan Cumming nude. You know, for artistic purposes...

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[BroadwayChica]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#21

Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:25pm

"Cumming might not be doing the nude scene; he's not the only guy in the cast."

True, but...come on! You know it's gonna be him.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#22

Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:43pm

If I'm lucky. *drops to knees and prays* I find him so attractive.

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#23

Posted: 3/15/06 at 11:16pm

U might change yer mind if u see alan.....
someone print a cast list quick and we can discuss the possibilities

[Gothampc]

re: The Threepenny Nudity#24

Posted: 3/15/06 at 11:24pm

I wonder if this has anything to do with Edie Falco bowing out. She probably wasn't interested in seeing AC's penis live and up close.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.