The Threepenny Nudity

[Yankeefan007]

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]

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.

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

[FOAnatic]

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.

[zepka102]

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

they wanna keep it a mystery for the audience

[Yankeefan007]

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]

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.

[Chloe]

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

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

[Yankeefan007]

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]

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

Yankee.

I told you it's me.

[Michael Bennett]

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

I feel a mess comin' on...

[Bohemian1232]

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

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

[Michael Bennett]

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]

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.

[Unknown User]

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]

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]

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

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

[BroadwayChica]

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

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

[Tirso de Molina]

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

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

[TheQuibbler]

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

Jim Dale?!?!

[elmore3003]

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]

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...

[BroadwayChica]

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]

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

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

[CurtainPullDowner]

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]

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.