Bathhouse: The Musical!
Bathhouse: the Musical! is a 2006 American musical written by Tim Evanicki and Esther Daack with additional material by Ryan Beck and Jason Wetzel. The show follows the story of Billy, a wide-eyed youth venturing into a bathhouse for the very first time. He is looking for love, but soon realizes that the other patrons are looking for something "a little more temporary". With some guidance, Billy soon learns the ins and outs of bathhouse etiquette.
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| Music | Tim Evanicki Esther Daack |
| Lyrics | Tim Evanicki Esther Daack |
| Book | Tim Evanicki Esther Daack |
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The musical is structured like a revue composed of original songs that humorously depict the vagaries of men meeting other men online and in gay places. The show is intended for mature audiences as it contains explicit language and features a lot of gay sex-related themes.
Bathhouse: the Musical! premiered at the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival in Orlando, Florida in June 2006. before the show found a home at the Footlight Theater in the same city. In 2008, a New-York production toured across the United-States and traveled to cities including Orlando, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Rochester, New York; Buffalo, New York; and Cleveland, Ohio. The same year, a Canadian tour brought the show to audiences in Montreal; Ottawa and Quebec City. A London production ran for five weeks at the Above The Stag Theatre in 2009.