The Full Monty (2013) – Riverside Center for the Performing Arts

Based on the motion picture, released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, written by Simon Beaufoy, produced by Uberto Pasolini and directed by Peter Cattaneoe

Music and Lyrics by

David Yazbek

Book by

Terrence McNally

Theaters on both sides of the Atlantic have enjoyed resounding audience receptions to this “Americanized,” multiple award-winning musical stage version of the 1997 British film. Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, seeing how much their wives enjoy male strippers during “Girls Night Out,” devise a novel way to accumulate some cash – they’ll become strippers themselves, but go all the way – “the full Monty.” During the process, they are confronted with anxieties of self-esteem, physical appearance, bigotry, marriage relationships and child custody, but discover a strength in each other to face and overcome their inner demons – without even having to appear absent their underwear! Clever and tuneful melodies abound: Scrap, It’s a Woman’s World, Man, You Walk with Me, Big Black Man, You Rule My World, and a rousing finale, Let It Go! augment a story line that is frisky but heartwarming. Adult themes, but not unduly risqué. You’ll want to bring your mother-in-law!

THE FULL MONTY

is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

www.mtishows.com