Blog Posts about Oh! Calcutta!

Nude Broadway Classic Had Crowds Doing More Than Just Dancing in the Aisles!

The musical revue Oh! Calcutta! started as the brainchild of British intellectual and social critic Kenneth Tynan.

It featured naked people singing and dancing, and became a worldwide sensation any place where audiences were interested in seeing live nude bodies.

No wonder Oh! Calcutta! went on to reign as Broadway’s longest running production, closing after nearly 6,000 performances on this date in 1989.

For the full skinny on the Great White Way’s greatest pink exposure, join us after the jump.

By Mike McPadden

Here at Skin Central, seasons come and go like so many DVDs across our desks--and, subsequently, Kleenexes in our wastebaskets.

Narrowing the releases of the last 12 months to just 25 "favorites", in fact, proved a challenge. But we're up to handling hard parts in these jobs--I mean, handling hard jobs in these parts.

Our only ground rule was that the film in question on a given DVD did not have a theatrical release in 2006. Our tribute to the finest skin-chievements on the big screen--as well as the boob tube--is coming up in the weeks ahead, and no measly charge of "lewd behavior in public" is going to keep us from weighing in on this in full.

Without further ado, then, here are our picks, in alphabetical order, for our 25 Favorite DVDs for nudity and sex--a.k.a. "the good parts"--that were released in 2006.