Michael Todd's Peep Show

Michael Todd's Peepshow was a 1950 American musical revue produced by Mike Todd with music and lyrics by Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand.[1] The book was by comedian Bobby Clark, who did not perform in the show. Peepshow, which opened at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre on 28 June 1950, was a success, closing on 25 February 1951 after 278 performances.

After the opening performances of Peepshow, the New York City Commissioner of Licenses called a meeting with Todd which led to changes in how the women were presented. In Art Cohn's posthumous biography of Todd, The Nine Lives of Mike Todd, it is revealed that the naked girls featured in the show's mermaid sequence had difficulty getting the blue dye used in the water, out of their pubic hair.[2]

Critic George Jean Nathan wrote that Peep Show emphasized "sex, ferociously".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Thai King Mixes Eastern Customs, Western Life". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. 21 June 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Michael Todd Biography". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Shteir, Rachel (2004). Striptease : The Untold History of the Girlie Show. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0195127508.

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