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    Kilt on Broadway in NYC

    Check out the following link to photos of Broadway star Alan Cumming wearing a kilt in the limited production of Bacchae



    His interesting entrance by being lowered onto the stage will certainly get the audience over the question as to what he is or isn't wearing under his kilt! Just see the photos for yourself.

    I'm going on Sunday afternoon - July 6 and will wear my kilt!
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    Wow, a gold lamé kilt and an Athenian tragedy, all in one production!

    I'm sure both Alan Cumming's ensemble and the show aren't for everyone, but if I still lived in NJ, I might have enjoyed seeing it with you. Post a review?

    Regards,
    Rex.
    At any moment you must be prepared to give up who you are today for who you could become tomorrow.

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    Hmmm… well, whatever floats your boat.

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    Side note, I have seen pics of Alan Cummings in the (failed) levi's attempt at a kilt. I'd love to find one of those.

    Adam

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    Review

    The show was ok. I wouldn't say "run out this is a must see" but if you can score a cheap ticket - sure.

    Alan does make his entrance by being lowered down on to the stage upside down while wearing the kilt. Of course, as you saw in the photos, it is over his head and the appearance is that he is regimental. Not by choice, my seats were on the far right side in the audience and I could see a side view of Alan - he was not regimental (not that it really matters) but since the publicity photos show his bare *** - you might figure they are trying to lure the audience in with the "what does someone wear under the kilt" attitude.

    Several times during the show Alan was seated on stage and many times when he danced the moves would have revealed what was under his kilt too so that may be why they went for the conservative thong (back) speedo type front pouch. Telling you the moves were that revealing that you could see.

    As for the show itself - it was a Greek tragedy with music. If you've never been to one - at least give it a shot along with an opera, ballet etc - just to say you went and experienced it. Then you can really say you do or don't like it. Sort of a good answer for people who ask why we like wearing kilts! Try it yourself once and then say you don't like it!

    I did like the music that was woven in to make this contemporary. The female dance numbers were enjoyable. The second half of the show was very rivoting expecially when the mother was walking around the stage with her son's head but ironically asking where he was (she was crazy and didn't realize that she had killed him).

    I did wear my kilt to the show. I got plenty of looks and even one older woman who asked if I was in "uniform".

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    And they said you couldn't make a kilt with gold lamé. Who's laughing out the other side of their face now?

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    Oh, since someone mentioned it, here is the pic of Alan Cumming in the Levi's denim kilt getting kilt-checked by Hugh Jackman.



    I'm not sure I like the frayed hemline. In fact, I'm sure that I don't.
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    I did wear my kilt to the show. I got plenty of looks and even one older woman who asked if I was in "uniform".
    Jaded New Yorker's looked at you wearing your kilt and commented? Surely they were tourists!

    I'd hate to think that San Franciscans were more jaded than New Yorkers. They don't even look twice around here when you wear one.

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    Glad to hear about San Francisco because when I come out for a visit in September I plan to wear my kilt!

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    Here it depends on the neighborhood. I wear mine in a minority neighborhood. The people from India recognize the kilt, as blacks often do. Hispanics, however, usually have no idea what it is, so tend to comment more.

    But I'm usually surprised if anybody makes a comment while I'm in midtown.

    San Francisco probably has an advantage since it seems that the Northwest is more open to daily kiltwear than here in the more traditional Northeast. Maybe due to the Utilikilt's popularity?

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