The Full Monty

[hermionejuliet]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:18pm

So a local theatre is putting on a production of The Full Monty. They generally put on decent productions, but how is the actual show?

[big_girls_don't_cry]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 6:34pm

IDK I HAVE PLAYBILLS FOR IT THOUGH...MY AUNT SAW IT

[sidneybruhl]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:51pm

"The Full Monty" is a great show! I never understood how "The Producers" won best musical--it should have gone to "The Full Monty."

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:49pm

It's a hilarious show. The music is wonderful too.

[ruby_rings]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:56pm

There's a local production that's about to happen where I'm at too.

I've heard the cd and liked it alright.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:19am

It's got a great score, with some questionable songs, but for the most part it's a funny, witty show.

How did it do in the West End?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:29am

The West End version, subsequently titled The Full Monty: Uncut, continues to be a big hit across the UK!

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:37am

great book, fun music, it's an underrated musical.

[little_sally]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:40am

It's one of my favorite scores. I think the lyrics are just brillant. Why it didn't win best score in 2001, I don't know.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:42am

The Producers was just riding a wave. So they tossed it every award possible. Score and Featured Actress really should have gone to Monty.

Updated On: 7/16/06 at 12:42 AM

[little_sally]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:44am

Of course. The voters were trying to give The Producers every award they could possibly give them. TFM still deserved best score.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 1:56am

How long did Full Monty last in the UK? "UNCUT"? Did they change the story or the score any?

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 1:58am

Just got the cast recording the other day. I think it is absoloutley brillant. There are both insanely funny and beautifully touching songs and I would love to see it done live.

[KelRel]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:10am

It is an amazing show. Unrated and not given enough credit. How it slipped through the cracks I'll never know. It is one of my favorite shows.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:32am

How it slipped through the cracks I'll never know.

Let me help ya out there, hun. Two words: THE PRODUCERS.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 3:10am

The Producers win over The Full Monty still kills me. FM was far and away the best musical of that season. It's a fantastic show with an excellent score that contains both some of the funniest and some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 3:27am

I like "The Producers" but I LOVE "The Full Monty". I saw it several times on Broadway and during the First National Tour. I also saw the final performance of the show that "The Gallery Players" did in Brooklyn last year and it was also great! The guys were totally naked at the end which was different than the Broadway and tour versions.

[CJWesselman]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 3:46am

It's even more fun to do than watch! Just getting ready to wrap up a production of it in Cincy. It's been a true joy and great time to do this show. Although I also love Producers, I agree that FM definatley got some serious overlooking at the Tony's. Perhaps a revival in a matter of years would give it the just attention it deserved.

[PersonofInterest]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 5:36am

Any other year FM would have swept the Tonys.
The score is fantastic, and finally a musical with REAL masculinity, where men are men. (Despite a few cheesy bits of dialogue, of course)

[Princeton78]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 8:47pm

True..
The day after "The Full Monty" opened, they were pretty much set to sweep the Tonys. Then "The Producers" came along and won several Tonys that they perhaps deserved and took ones that rightfully belonged to "The Full Monty." "Monty" should have easily taken Best Score and Best Supporting Actress at the very least.
I'm still very bothered by their loss that year.

[haverchuck]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 10:00pm

I just got cast as "Reg" in a production near Phoenix - can you tell me more about the role?

[west end artist1]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 10:01pm

The West End version, subsequently titled The Full Monty: Uncut, continues to be a big hit across the UK!

Thats not true im afraid,the Full Monty was a not a hit in london and its national tour was awfull and played to half empty houses.The UK didn't really embrace this show as they thought it was wrong that the action was moved to the states.A lot of people who did go to see it were also annoyed at its location change and thought it was a cheap version of the film.
The full Monty has never been a hit here and i doubt ever will be.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 10:23pm

PS it was never called THE FULL MONTY:UNCUT they just tagged the UNCUT on the poster to try and up the ticket sales.
They weren't really any changes made for the UK version just a few lines here and there.

lots of love

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 10:26pm

Thanks for the info west end artist1 too bad this show had such a hard time finding an audience. By the by how did it do (financially at least) on Broadway?

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 10:28pm

They just did The Full Monty at MTW and I LOVED it! It's a really great show that is as touching as it is funny. I never thought I'd find myself yelling and clapping for middle aged men to take off their clothes. But there I was screaming with the rest of the audience.

"Walk With Me" is one of the most beautiful songs to come out of music theatre in the past decade. I absolutely love it!