Numbers July 1998

SPECIAL SECTION
10 Ho One: Drew Andrews
From Studio 2000
10 Big Fiction: Work Rules
By Harry Andrews
26 Ho Two: Jordan Austin
From Forum Studios
36 Ho Three: KC. Hart
From Centaur Films
48 Ho Four : Luke Savage
From All Worlds Video
62 Ho Five: Tod Steward
From Big Video
62 Big Fiction: The Shop Follies
By Ram Emerson
72 Video Watch : Fit ForA Man
From Jocks Studios

EDITORIAL
"Nude Boys Singing"
3,000 miles off Broadway
When ! saw the title, "Naked Boys Singing," I laughed! When I saw the musical, I could not believe my eyes and ears. Sure there have been lots of plays and musicals featuring nudity. I can still picture Sal Mineo strutting across the stage stark naked. And my most memorable moment on the stage was the nude scene in "Hair!" This is so different. Every single person in the play gets naked.
They sing, they dance, they have dialogue that's convincing, clever and very funny. A blank stage for the set, one piano and player for the musical accompaniment and masterful lighting for effect. The cast could not have been easy to assemble. They not only had to sing, dance and deliver dialogue, they had to be naked for 95% of the play. My hat is off to Robert Schrock. It is his conception and he directed. 11 Writers and 6 Choreographers. The stage crew is exceptional and the actors not only have fabulous cocks to stare at all night but wait till you see the ass on T. Bedford Scofield when he conducts "Members Only." At first I thought the nudity came too quickly, which left nothing to the imagination. No seductive teasing or stripping. There you have it, 9 Cocks in a Row. By the time it gets to Broadway, and it will, there will most likely be twelve cocks in a row. The concept is ingenious, the execution is so profoundly professional that by the second act you are forgetting to stare at the cocks and bare asses. ("baskets") You are listening to the meaningful dialogue and spicey lyrics that cover everything from Robert Mitchum to Muscle Addiction. The Mitchum number was so well received I wished for a Broadway stage and full orchestra. D. A. Pawley choreographed the Mitchum number and it is easily the smoothest dancing ensemble work. You are supposed to leave the theater humming and singing the songs. I left wishing I was rimming Scofield but have to admit I feel like I know the lyrics by heart to "Nothin' But The Radio On." An outstanding world premiere that will not die in Los Angeles at the Celebration Theater. It will go wherever they can handle it. It is aimed at a gay audience but there are those straights who get a kick out of anything gay. It could make it to Broadway sooner than you think.
Robert Schrock, you are a genius. Stephen Bates, you can play my baby grand any time you wish!
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CHUCK EDWARDS
Editor-In-Chief