Naked Boys Singing!

A filmed version of the long-running off Broadway musical. It has 10 handsome talented guys singing and dancing while totally nude about being gay. I saw this twice live. First was in 2003 in NYC. I hated it. Then I saw a restaged version of it in PTown in 2012 and LOVED it! The songs are OK. Some are bad--"Robert Mitchum" and "Muscle Addiction" were dreadful--but most were good. Two favorites were "Gratuitous Nudity" and "Perky Little Porn Star". Also the guys are not all white boys--there's a black, latino and Asian guy in the cast too. Kudos to the cast for having no inhibitions to performing totally nude. That can't be easy. Fun and entertaining. Not rated but it would probably get an R or NC-17 for the non-stop full frontal male nudity. Only debit--some bad direction lessens some of the numbers.

This film is a taped showing of a musical which features naked men dancing and singing about men and gay related issues.

Maybe it is because I did not even know about this show, I was pleasantly surprised by it. I was entertained throughout. I especially liked "Fight the Urge", "Jack's Song" and "Perky Little Porn Star" which featured very funny lyrics and hilarious performances. I think the lyrics are witty, and they certainly put effort in to make the lyrics rhyme. "Window To Window" is another good song as it captures yearning for intimacy very well. Others have criticised the miming, but I think it's OK, as they have not attempted to hide this fact.

I think "Naked Boys Singing" deserves more praise, as I was entertained by such a good performance. Let's not forget that takes a lot of courage to perform on stage naked.

This show has been performed live around the country with a wide variety of casts. I saw it first in the Provincetown production the first summer it was in P-town (2001)--before it was, curiously enough, banned in that overwhelmingly gay resort (the codes which resulted in its closing have since been amended). I saw it again later in the off-Broadway, long-running production in New York. Oddly enough, the P-town production was far better than the New York one--fresher, cuter, more spirited and funnier--but that was only in the 2001 showing; subsequent attempts to clone the production ("Bare Naked Lads" in 2007) were definitely third-rate. This filmed production features a Los Angelos production cast, and it is, as other comments have suggested, not the best. I would rate it somewhere in between the top-notch 2001 P-town production and the third-rate "Bare Naked Lads" P-town show from last summer.

What surprised me the most about this filmed stage production was the splendid variety in the musical numbers. The dancing is professional. Each dance is well choreographed. The vocals are entertaining, and pleasant to listen to. All numbers are done with heart and humor. This was truly a unique experience. I'm surprised at the arrogant remarks posted in other IMDb reviews. I found Naked Boys Singing highly enjoyable and fresh. Just look at the expression on the audiences faces. These talented guys offer a good sock in the jaw to convention. Intelligence and humor are the threads that hold this production together. Cheers and applause to all involved.

I finnaly saw the Broadway version, as some years ago i saw the version created in my own country. The musical is very funny! The boys are great artists and talented! It' quite original and I really apreciated it!