Naked Boys Singing (2007)

Directors:

Robert Schrock
Troy Christian (co-director)

Writers:

Stephen Bates (writer)
Marie Cain (writer)
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Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

No dress code required

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual | Male Frontal Nudity | Based On Musical | Gay Interest | Independent Film

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Andrew Blake Ames	...	Performer
Jason Currie	...	Performer
Marlene Fisher	...	Answering Machine Voice (voice)
David Hawkins	...	Pianist
Jaymes Hodges	...	Performer
Joseph Keane	...	Performer
Peter Lempert	...	Answering Machine Voice (voice)
Anthony Manough	...	Performer
Joe Souza	...	Performer
Kevin Alexander Stea	...	Performer
Phong Truong	...	Performer (as Ethan Le Phong)
Salvatore Vassallo	...	Performer
Vincent Zamora	...	Performer

Directed by
Robert Schrock
Troy Christian		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stephen Bates		writer
Marie Cain		writer
Shelly Markham		writer
David Pevsner		writer
Mark Savage		writer
Robert Schrock		writer
Rayme Sciaroni		writer
Trance Thompson		writer
Bruce Vilanch		writer
Mark Winkler		writer

Produced by
Darryl Anderle	....	co-producer
Kermit Johns	....	executive producer
Ilo Orleans	....	co-producer
Jennifer Schaefer	....	line producer
Kirkland Tibbels	....	producer
G. Sterling Zinsmeyer	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Troy Christian		(director of photography)
Jerry Evans		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Troy Christian
Jerry Evans

Costume Design by
Laura Brody

Production Management
Jennifer Schaefer	....	post-production supervisor

Art Department
David Hawkins	....	property master

Casting Department
Peter Matyas	....	casting coordinator
Michael Schwartz	....	casting intern

Music Department
Nic. tenBroek	....	music producer
Nic. tenBroek	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Troy Christian	....	choreographer
Aria Stewart	....	set production assistant

Production Companies

• Funny Boy Films

Distributors

• TLA Releasing (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (HDCAM) | Color

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Funny Boy Films

Soundtrack:

Window to the Soul

Not the best version

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.