The Sunday Giveaway: Two Tickets to Nutcracker Rouge!
This ain’t your momma’s Nutcracker.
In this Nutcracker, you might just see some . . . . Nope. Not gonna go there. Gonna bite my e-tongue on that one and let your imagination fill in the bad “punny” joke yourself.
You see, Nutcracker Rouge (now at the Minetta Lane Theatre through January 5th) is a “baroque-burlesque confection of dance, theatre, circus, opera and sumptuous design” that tells the story of the “beloved Nutcracker tale told with erotic, sensual and opulent flair.”
Sounds sexy, doesn’t it? Sounds fun, doesn’t it?
Sounds like a perfect Sunday Giveaway, doesn’t it????
Yes, yes, yes it does!
Well, here’s how you win . . .
What I love about the Nutcracker Rouge concept, is that they took a wonderful classic family tale and put it upside down and made it . . . ahem . . . more adult.
Give me the name of a musical that you’d like to see burlesque-a-cized. And bonus points if you name it. (For example . . . nope, nope, not gonna go there. You do it.)
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How about a naughty Cinderella tale, of course to be named Sinderella? 🙂
What about a dirty Newsies and call it Nude-sies?
Cats on a Hot Tin Roof
Cats! So we could name it…. Pussy Cats? (That sounded less terrible before I typed it out.)
Ragtime would be so much more dramatic in the semi-nude: Dishragtime…
Thoroughly Modern Millie: Thoroughly Slutty Millie
“Raunch”, a burlesque version of Rent. With pole dancing, drugs and sex on stage (oh wait, they did that, didn’t they?!)
I feel No, No, Nanette could work well under this premise!
Let’s call it…
“Yes, Yes, Nanette!”
“How To Succeed In Business.” Because this is a family blog I can’t be more specific about the script so use your imagination.
They gone about as fer as they can go in the Oklahoma! revue: Okla-whoa-mama!
For the title possibilities rather than the content, The Most Happy Fella…
Ain’t Misbehavin… Or Am I?
How about “The Secret Garden” where Mary Lennox discovers the wonders of puberty?
The story of a British nanny’s first sexual experiences: Mary’s Cherry Poppins
And “Wicked” just lends itself to this concept, what with the Glinda-Elphaba friendship/relationship and Fiyero running around in tight white pants.
Also, I think it would be great to find out whether Simba really is “The Lion King” or a more adult “Beauty and the Beast”
Regarding someone else’s suggestion, I would title the revised version “Throughly Modern Muffy”
Or how about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, where instead of a car, it revolves around a different object with a motor…
Some shows, like Anything Goes have titles that don’t really need to be changed for this concept
“Sweeney’s Rod”…
Pie shop windows like the Red Light District in Amsterdam… “Barber Pole” stripper poles… Red-Silk aerialists. Live Panthers. Albino Python…
Mrs. Lovett in French Maid drag! Judge Turpin in latex catsuit, mask, ball-gag…
Beadle Bamford in Hausfrau, Dirndl, drag!!!!
The Beggar Woman doing the “Dance of the Seven PIES!” Pirelli in a Bikini (or feather Fan Dancing)…
Tobias running from table to table, drinking everyone’s cocktails!
DAMN! I typed that out LOUD!?!?!? ooops.
Spamalot could be SPERMALOT
Spermalot was a show in the Fringe Festival a couple years back–it was exactly what you think it was! A friend of mine wrote it.
“GUYS & DOLLS & GUYS”
NUFF’ SAID.
I’m going to go with a classic: My Bare Lady!
Wicked. New title Wicked and Risque
Would love to see a burlesque version of “The Boyfriend”. To be called “Naughty-n-Nice”
(With the expected double entendre on the “Nice”, being the French Riviera location of the Boyfriend, and the perfect location for a Burlesque version of the sweet 20’s show, given a sexier edge!)
Take A Chorus Line and rework it showing backstage scandals. You can call it “Tits and Ass”
Instead of “Sweet Charity”, how about “Sweet Lechery”?
Mamma Mia as “Woah, Mamma!” …. Or keep the title as “Mammia MIA!!!”
Where we not only answer the question of the original, we get ALL the juicy details
Diane Paulus presents STRIPPIN’
“A Christmas Story – Licking the Pole” Oh, hang on… this is supposed to be burlesquey not porn.
CYN CITY -Cinderella
Fiddler on the Roof transformed to Fiddlin’ ‘Round on the Roof”
ASS-ASS-INS: America’s Most Wanted Bachelors
The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland… The two lead characters meet each other in “DOROTHY & ALICE: TOGETHER!” at the corner of Oz and Wonderland.
Sunday in the Park with Whores
Instead of “Newsies”, we can have “Floozies”. In this version, the newsboys are forced to sell their ahem, wares on the street!!!
Fiddler on the Roof…..yes:)
For old timers:
VERY Naughty Marietta
H.M.S. Pin-a-whore
For Golden Age enthusiasts:
Came-a-lot, which would focus more on the intimate encounters between Lancelot and Guinevere.
The Pajama Game: Bed-hopping Factory Workers
For fans of movies made into musicals:
Big- the title says it all
Lasciovusly Blonde- Elle Woods’ college exploits
Footlong-loose- A “gifted” high school student mesmerizes a town with his dancing.
I wonder what a burlesque version of Sister Act would be like. Lots of nuns with bad habits..
was so tempted to lay my hands on YANK! But opting for the glorious MAME.
MAIMED! This Auntie scores an A+ for educvating minors.
was so tempted to lay my hands on YANK! But opting for the glorious MAME.
MAIMED! This Auntie scores an A+ for educating minors.
was so tempted to lay my hands on YANK! But opting for the glorious MAME.
MAIMED! This Auntie scores an A+ for educating minors.
Snow White and the convenient Seven Dwarfs.
I know Snow White isn’t a musical but I think it would be a good idea. How about Priscilla Queen of the Desert? Although it’s already burlesque-like it would be nice to see the full extent of burlesque in it.
“Sunday in the Park with WHORES!”
TOTALLY the, WELL-DESERVED WINNER!!!!
Embarrassing public BELLYLAUGH not withstanding! BRAVO!
#classic!
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