Hangin' Out: That Naked Musical

[quasar]

Hangin' Out: That Naked Musical is playing now through February 15 at the Macha Theatre in Los Angeles. It's produced by Robert Schrock, the producer of Naked Boys Singing. Hangin' Out has six cast members, three men and three women. Some reviews are on the Net. I hadn't seen it mentioned here, so I thought I'd pass it along, though I'm "geographically disadvantaged" from going myself.

http://www.machatheatre.org/home.html

You can order tickets from links on Macha's home page.

[barebuns]

I'd love to see it, might even tie it in with a winter vacation trip. I couldn't find any reviews though, just generic descriptions. I saw one article that classified it as being for mature audiences, but some would classify it mature just because of the nudity.

[David77]

Hangin' Out: That Naked Musical



By Steven Leigh Morris (http://www.laweekly.com/authors/steven-leigh-morris)

Published on January 15, 2009 at 2:21am

Conceiver-creator Robert Schrock is trying to summon lightning to strike twice on much the same concept — stark-naked performers gamely crooning and dancing through songs — that took his Naked Boys Singing from a West Hollywood hit to an off-Broadway success. Here, 19 writers and musical director Gerard Sternbach, on keyboard, serve up a pastiche of almost two dozen ballads and up-tempo musical-comedy standards on themes of nakedness, sexual awakening, sexual arousal, body image and self-esteem. These are performed by three men (Eric B. Anthony, Marco Infante and Brent Keast) and three women (Heather Capps, Carole Foreman and Lana Harper) entirely in the buff, singing and prancing like nudists on a tropical beach to Ken Roht's choreography on and around small wooden blocks on a stage mostly defined by a lush upstage curtain. Like the remake of some very successful movie, it pales slightly when compared to the original, perhaps because it's trying to reinvent that earlier wheel. With a few notable exceptions (“Patron Saint” and “Work of Art”), the songs just don't have the wit and vigor of Naked Boys. It's slightly paradoxical that the company members, with varying ages and body types, some buff, some less so, are so comfortable in their skin, and so charming, that the impact of their nudity eventually wears off, exposing not their flaws but those of the musical itself. They are certainly all profiles in courage. Macha Theatre, 1107 Kings Rd., W. Hlywd.; Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m.; thru Feb. 15. (323) 960-4443.
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Starts: Jan. 9. Continues through Feb. 15, 2009

[DenitaLC]

I'd love to see it, might even tie it in with a winter vacation trip. I couldn't find any reviews though, just generic descriptions. I saw one article that classified it as being for mature audiences, but some would classify it mature just because of the nudity.

Hey Barebuns............where are you guys going for winter break? We're heading to Palm Springs on the 13th and can't wait for some SUN!

:)
Dee

[eagle59]

I would love to see that, but as I am on the other side of the country I will not be able to attend. And, being stuck here in the up tight bible belt, there is no way that show or any other show like it will come anywhere near where i live. Too bad, it would be a fun night out for sure.

[luvnaturism]

[The cast]...entirely in the buff, singing and prancing like nudists on a tropical beach....

I've got to find that beach. There's so much talk about nudists prancing, and I can never find where they are.


It's slightly paradoxical that the company members, with varying ages and body types, some buff, some less so, are so comfortable in their skin, and so charming, that the impact of their nudity eventually wears off, exposing not their flaws but those of the musical itself.

The real paradox here is that reviewer stumbled onto what happens in naturism and didn't even know it. Get the clothes out of the way and you can forget the bodies and focus on the important stuff.

[David77]

The nudity on stage in the Hangin' Out musical would not be a novelty to me as I have seen stage nudity in many stage plays (and one ballet) in St. Louis and in the New York performance of Oh Calcutta.

[matthew_starsberg]

sounds like a fun musical...although honestly there are much more impressive musicals i'd love to see--whether there's nudity or not ;)