Call me old-fashioned, but I never thought I'd see the day when I went to a male strip show . . . and actually enjoyed it. Ladies (and gentlemen), do not miss this hilarious Broadway musical, "The Full Monty."
True, this is no ordinary strip show (not that I'd know what a normal strip show is like, of course). It stars six depressed, out-of-work and out-of-shape men, all with one problem or another. How to lift their spirits and raise some cash? Their solution: Do a one-night-only strip show.
Originally a British film (nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1998), "The Full Monty" was adapted for the American stage by writer Terrence McNally, composer and lyricist David Yazbek, director Jack O'Brien and choreographer Jerry Mitchell. Although the characters are broadly similar to those in the film (a few have been added), in order to create an all-American show the setting has been shifted from Sheffield, England, to Buffalo, N.Y.