The Threepenny Nudity
The Threepenny Nudity
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#0The Threepenny Nudity
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
#1re: The Threepenny Nudity
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.
#2re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
#3re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:53pm
they wanna keep it a mystery for the audience 
::bust a move::
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#5re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#6re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 8:55pmI'm seeing this in a month, I'll let you know!
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#7re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
#8re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
Bohemian1232
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/26/05
#10re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:05pmMay 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."
#11re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:06pmMaybe they are doing a DRACULA thing and not doing nudity at blue-hair-kid-friendly matinees.
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#12re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:15pmDracula 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?"
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#13re: The Threepenny Nudity
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.
#14re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#15re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:37pmMe 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.'
#16re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 9:38pm
I don't think I've ever been happier about my cheap mezzanine seats.
Tirso de Molina
Featured Actor Joined: 1/1/05
#17re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:00pmCumming might not be doing the nude scene; he's not the only guy in the cast.
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Sharing your supper, sharing your bed /
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elmore3003
Leading Actor Joined: 3/31/04
#19re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:12pmWith 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#20re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:16pmOh 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
#21re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#22re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 10:43pmIf 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#23re: The Threepenny Nudity
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#24re: The Threepenny Nudity
Posted: 3/15/06 at 11:24pmI 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.
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