Who Have You Seen Naked on Stage?- Page 10

[mc1227]

Posted: 11/24/18 at 7:24pm

Jonny Orsini in the Nance.  

Updated On: 11/25/18 at 07:24 PM

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 11/24/18 at 11:48pm

There is some flesh in The Hard Problem.

[crudup]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 2:22am

Daniel Radcliffe in Equus

Matt Ronzani In a local production of Equus

Edie Falco & Stanley Tucci in Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune

Original off-Broadway cast of Take Me Out

James DuMont In traveling production of Six Degrees of Separation

My friend Rob in a local production of Big Dicks on Stage

Two actors in a local production of Bent

 

Seeing Daniel in Equus was memorable, but I was more excited that Renee Fleming was sitting next to me at the performance. 

 

 

[BillyComet]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 4:52am

Daniel Radcliffe and Anna Camp (Equus), Daniel Sunjata (and most of the cast of Take Me Out), Michael Cerveris (The Vibrator Play), Johnny Galecki (The Little Dog Laughed), the entire cast of Naked Boys Singing, Kathleen Turner (The Graduate), the Spring Awakening kids (Groff and Michele), Cynthia Nixon (Wit), most of the cast of Hair (except for Gavin Creel... grrrrr!)... I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think of any other ones right now.

Updated On: 1/15/20 at 04:52 AM

[magictodo123]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 6:05am

I think there was a bit of Mike Faist nudity in Days of Rage

The whole revival cast of Hair (obviously) 

[amoni]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 8:37pm

" Will Swensons dinger in hair."

Wow consider yourself lucky as the Broadway lore is with speed, lighting and hiding behind the rest of the cast, seeing Will Swenson's "dinger" was rarer than an actual Bigfoot sighting

Not going to relist the usual suspects already listed, one I haven't seen anyone mention is Sigourney Weaver going tits to the wind in "Hurlyburly".

[darreyl102]

Posted: 1/15/20 at 8:54pm

I still remember seeing HAIR at the Hollywood Bowl and when the nude scene came on, the screens that show the stage changed to a simple psychedelic pattern and I shamelessly pulled out my binoculars to see things up close. Totally worth it to see Constantine Rousouli in full glory. Lol

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 12:25am

magictodo123 said: "I think there was a bit of Mike Faist nudity in Days of Rage

The whole revival cast of Hair (obviously)"

You saw his butt and if you were sitting all the way to the left you saw his junk when he put his boxers back on. I know that because I sat there twice. Not for that but that seat was $25...haha. 

[orph3us]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 12:37am

My mom took me to see Choir Boy at it's run at the Geffen Playhouse in LA when I was in 5th grade because she heard good things about it. What she did NOT hear about was the fully scene which lasted several minutes as the characters talked in the shower. I don't know if the nudity was included in the Broadway production but I will forever remember being traumatized by a now tony-nominated genital

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 1:53am

magictodo123 said: "I think there was a bit of Mike Faist nudity in Days of Rage"

I ended up missing this, but I had friends on both sides of the theater at different distances from the stage say they saw a LOT of Faist, so I couldn't quite tell where the best seats for that were, seemed like dealer's choice?!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 3:43pm

Loretta Swit in the long forgotten musical called SHAMBLES.

[sittingovation]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 4:28pm

This didn't happen in a show....but, I was in Carol Channings hotel room overseas conversing with her husband Charles Lowe about a problem that had arisen.  Well, Ms Channing did not hear or see us and walked into the room in her birthday suit.  Boy did I get an eye full.  Top that!

[Wick3]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 5:43pm

orph3us said: "My mom took me to see Choir Boy at it's run at the Geffen Playhouse in LA when I was in 5th grade because she heard good things about it. What she did NOT hear about was the fully scene which lasted several minutes as the characters talked in the shower. I don't know if the nudity was included in the Broadway production but I will forever remember being traumatized by a now tony-nominated genital"

There was brief nudity in CHOIR BOY when it was on Broadway.

 

From reading this thread, it seems to me there has been more male nudity than female nudity on Broadway, especially the last few years or so?

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 7:28pm

Oh yeah, absolutely, especially if we consider that pretty much most gay plays have a (generally unnecessary) nude scene.

[PatrickDC]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 9:44pm

imeldasturn said: "Oh yeah, absolutely, especially if we consider that pretty much most gay plays have a (generally unnecessary) nude scene."

Here in San Francisco the New Conservancy Theater Company produces primarily gay themed productions. It seemed  for a time many years ago that EVERY one had at least one one male nude scene whether or not it was written into the script.
 

It definitely earned its nickname the Nude Conservancy Theater Company. 

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 9:50pm

Jack O'Connell - gorgeous- and Sienna Miller in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in London- Indiscretions had a young Jude Law, Patricia Clarkson in Elephant Man- all of these nude scenes were not essential in any way- all could have been clothed and it would have not made any difference in the production. I find most nudity to be purely commercially motivated. Pointless and cynical way to sell tickets.

[Peter2]

Posted: 1/16/20 at 10:53pm

Anybody else remember John Slattery in “The Lisbon Traviata”?

[Balcony Bill]

Posted: 1/17/20 at 9:41am

Stanley Tucci in Frankie and Johnny. I heard later that the actress who was on stage with him (Edie something) was also naked, but my attention was on the impressively toned Stanley and his tucci, and on how soon I could book a flight to Italy.

I also loved Jake Gyllenhaal's 20-minute shower scene in Sunday in the Park with George (at least that's what I've been telling friends who missed it)

 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/17/20 at 10:47am

BWAY Baby2 said: "Jack O'Connell - gorgeous- and Sienna Miller in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in London- Indiscretions had a young Jude Law, Patricia Clarkson in Elephant Man- all of these nude scenes were not essential in any way- all could have been clothed and it would have not made any difference in the production. I find most nudity to be purely commercially motivated. Pointless and cynical way to sell tickets."

I have to disagree about Clarkson's nudity being pointless. That whole scene is about vulnerability and it broke my heart. Sometimes nudity isn't just a ploy. Often, it's unnecessary, but there are times it actually serves the story or character. 

Evan Jonigkeit running around naked in "High" was the definition of exploitative. Served no purpose other than to sell tickets to that dismal show. 

 

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 1/17/20 at 11:52am

Sorry to disagree- but vulnerability is expressed in body language, verbal language- and a skilled actor/actress does not need to show their private parts to communicate vulnerability- my opinion only. The brief nudity in Hair, in my opinion, was important, beaches the hippie movement stressed free love and lack of bashfulness about the human body- so in that  context- fine by me. Seeing Jack O'Connell nude was great- really enjoyed it- though it added nothing to the drama.

But, I have two pet peeves and they are my own- 

1.  I hate seeing baby being born on screen- with all of the moaning and groaning and sweating of the woman- puhleez- spare me!

2.  I cannot stand seeing orgasms and lots of lovemaking on screen- with all of the uh, uh, uh. Not interested in watching other people screw- not my thing. 

Updated On: 1/17/20 at 11:52 AM

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/17/20 at 7:05pm

imeldasturn said: "Oh yeah, absolutely, especially if we consider that pretty much most gay plays have a (generally unnecessary) nude scene."

Unnecessary is in the eyes of the beholder. Considering queer bodies have been shamed for many years and the most we used to get out of gay characters is the sassy asexual sidekick. Nowadays, queer theatre is beginning to embrace queer sexuality through sexual expression in the body more and more, and therefore might be seen as gratuitous because it was once not as commonplace 

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/17/20 at 7:05pm

imeldasturn said: "Oh yeah, absolutely, especially if we consider that pretty much most gay plays have a (generally unnecessary) nude scene."

Unnecessary is in the eyes of the beholder. Considering queer bodies have been shamed for many years and the most we used to get out of gay characters is the sassy asexual sidekick. Nowadays, queer theatre is beginning to embrace queer sexuality through sexual expression in the body more and more, and therefore might be seen as gratuitous because it was once not as commonplace 

[markypoo]

Posted: 1/17/20 at 7:42pm

Some kid who played Alan Strang in Equus here in Chicago a few months ago.
Can't recall his name.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 1/17/20 at 7:47pm

quizking101 said: "imeldasturn said: "Oh yeah, absolutely, especially if we consider that pretty much most gay plays have a (generally unnecessary) nude scene."

Unnecessary is in the eyes of the beholder. Considering queer bodies have been shamed for many years and the most we used to get out of gay characters is the sassy asexual sidekick. Nowadays, queer theatre is beginning to embrace queer sexuality through sexual expression in the body more and more, and therefore might be seen as gratuitous because it was once not as commonplace"

Oh yeah, I'm sure the naked scenes in Afterglow and Skintight have been the best things to happen to the LGBTQ community since Harvey Milk. Not to mention that a lot of these scenes reinforce without critiquing some of the worst aspects of our community, like the morbid obsession for youth and ripped bodies.

 

 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/18/20 at 2:37pm

imeldasturn said: "quizking101 said: "imeldasturn said: "Oh yeah, absolutely, especially if we consider that pretty much most gay plays have a (generally unnecessary) nude scene."

Unnecessary is in the eyes of the beholder. Considering queer bodies have been shamed for many years and the most we used to get out of gay characters is the sassy asexual sidekick. Nowadays, queer theatre is beginning to embrace queer sexuality through sexual expression in the body more and more, and therefore might be seen as gratuitous because it was once not as commonplace"

Oh yeah, I'm sure the naked scenes in Afterglowand Skintight have been the best things to happen to the LGBTQ community since Harvey Milk. Not to mention that a lot of these scenes reinforce without critiquing some of the worst aspects of our community, like the morbid obsession for youth and ripped bodies."

Gay theatre served a very different purpose in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and even into the mid 90s. I remember seeing gay theatre in the 80s on the "purple circuit." These were not only theatre events, but safe spaces. It was gay theatre written by gay voices and were as much activism as it was art. The nudity was political and unapologetic. Gay theatre companies were beacons for the LGBTQ community. The nudity was often unnecessary, but playful, fun, erotic and meant to be counter-culture. Gay people viewing gay bodies in a safe space to do so-where they could gaze without fear of attack or retribution. A very political act. 

Gay theatre is a different beast now. "Straight" companies have tried to co-opt the very lucrative gay audiences and take their dollars by producing gay work. Many gay companies have shuttered as they operated on shoe string budgets and their mission was rooted in creating a gay community as much as producing gay theatre. That is less necessary now but its a loss. Shows like Afterglow were produced to sell  nudity and make a buck. It didn't feel guided by what gay theatre used to be about.