Yes, they are singing. Yes, they are naked. And yes, they are definitely boys. And while there is a lot of male genitals on display, there is some heart on display, too, in Naked Boys Singing!
This is a film made to look like a taping of the live stage show, and was released in 2007, almost ten years after the stage show premiered. While much of the filming does justice to the campy fun of the show and most of its numbers, some of the transitions between songs are awkward.
I've often wondered if novelty songs were still being written and, if so, from where they are coming. Well, this show provides a couple of good ones that deserve life outside--and you don't even need to be naked to sing them. "Bliss of a Briss" is particularly funny. The two more sentimental numbers are "Window to Window" which includes a lovely pas de deux, and "Kris, Look What You Missed" is a nice song about a man looking back on long-deceased lover
All the performers are very watchable, if you'll excuse the bum, I mean pun. Jason Currie has the nicest singing voice of the bunch and is well used in his two numbers ("Robert Mitchum" and "The Entertainer"--both of which could be clothed solo numbers in either a man or woman's cabaret act). Some of the performers have attributes other than their singing voices to their credit.
And if you're wondering if I went back to watch some, umm, parts again...yes, I did--twice.
Naked Boys Singing!
Created by Robert Schrock
Music and lyrics by a lot of people
Choreographed and Directed for film by Troy Christian
But for sheer hutzpah alone, all of the cast deserve to be listed: Andrew Blake Ames, Jason Currie, Jaymes Hodges, Joseph Keane, Anthony Manough, Joe Souza, Kevin Alexander Stea, Ethan La Phong, Salvatore Vassallo, Vincent Zamora
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