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Christmas at the baths", and all four of them sing about gay sex and End-of-Year Festivities, parodying Christmas carols ("Penises are like Snowflakes / Christmas at the Baths").
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From his room at the baths, Billy writes to another boy on the internet on a regular basis. His life changes when he stumbles upon
Maurice who just had sex. Billy is conquered, while Maurice just tries to rush out with bad excuses. But Billy's now much more confident and reaches for Maurice's crotch.
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Maurice go on meeting each other at the baths. When Billy says his parents are in town and suggest they should have dinner with them, Maurice decides to break up with him. He's helped by angel-Teddy and devil-David. As they exit, Billy sings a romantic torch song about his despair ("Lonely
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The show opens with the four characters making their entrance at the bathhouse and undressing as we get to know them better ("Friendly
Neighborhood Bathhouse"). David is a young married man who finds it difficult to accept his homosexuality. Teddy is a young partygoer who likes to spend the end of
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The characters then tell about their various experiences as gay men: Teddy reveals how he was drawn to understand that "penises are like snowflakes"; David tells about a former boyfriend who had an unusual foreskin; Maurice remembers a school friend who impressed everyone with his penis under the
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Maurice. When they realize they have been opening their heart to each other for so long, they admit there is a special relationship between the two of them and they need each other ("Unlove Song").
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Billy goes on writing to his virtual friend. Everyone at the baths then checks out a beautiful guy. The voice reminds that "some men are just meant to be seen and left untouched". The cast bursts into a gospel song about these beautiful men that no one ever seems to land ("Hottie
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The voice invites Billy to take stock of the year that just ended: he may not have found the boy of his dreams, but he "found that could find self standing on own". He is joined by the rest of the cast in a reprise of "Friendly
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A depressed Billy ignores David, who tries to seduce him. David does not feel so much self-confident anymore and tells about the time he used to be fat, and how the gym at the bathhouse helped him become a well-built guy ("The
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The voice suggests that Billy first tries to make contact with boys through internet. Disgusted by the kinky ads he reads, Billy says he won't send a pic as a reply and that he just looks for someone to talk to ("Clickin' for dick").
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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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This leads the cast into a new scene and a new place in the bathhouse ("The Steamroom"), where each one tells to Billy that the steam is magical. When he decides to try to approach a guy, they all have disappeared.
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Maurice is immediately turned on. They start to dance as each one expresses his intentions : Maurice is a seducing guy in search for a one-night stand, Billy thinks he found the one ("Seduction Tango").
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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;
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Nevertheless, they know they don't love each other and that this could not lead them anywhere. Teddy and David count down the last seconds until the new year, then Billy and Maurice split up.
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in June, 2010. They performed "Bienvenue au Sauna" (literally "Welcome to the Bathhouse"), the French version of "Friendly Neighborhood Bathhouse". The musical will be directed by
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An anonymous voice-over welcomes Billy. Maurice then takes Billy for a tour of the bathhouse and gives him some advice as how to behave in this place ("The Bathhouse ABC's").
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The opening nights in either official language in Montreal as well as in English in Ottawa served as fundraisers for HIV/AIDS service organisations.
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The voice tries to give confidence to a very shy Billy. He tries for the first time to approach a man (David), but this one disappears behind a door.
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The UK premiere of the show opened at the Above the Stag Theatre on September 8 and ran through October 11, 2009. The cast consisted of Nic Gilder,
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The voice then suggests that one might find a "last package in the showers". The boys sing about the things they do there ("The Showers").
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