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Who are The Skivvies?
The Skivvies are Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, award winning Broadway actor/singer/musicians who perform eclectic covers, “musically thrilling” mashups, and eccentric originals with a comedy pop, undie-rock twist. The New York Times calls them “a hot musical comedy duo... paradoxically sophisticated and innocent”, People Magazine hailed them as “The Most Playful Performers of the Year”, and The Wall Street Journal calls them “smart, sophisticated…ingenious.”
Molina (Broadway's "Rock of Ages", "Sweeney Todd", Mary Zimmerman's "Candide" - Helen Hayes Award, "Marry Me A Little") and Cearley (Off Broadway’s "Pageant" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Broadway First National Tour "All Shook Up" ) met in 2003 performing in the national tour of the "Just So Stories." They quickly became best friends and musical collaborators.
In 2012, Molina and Cearley were inspired to take highly produced pop songs and reduce the arrangements to cello, ukulele, glockenspiel, melodica, finding and infusing humor in lyrics. Releasing a series of “stripped down” music videos for YouTube, they decided to literally strip down to their underwear to perform. Thus The Skivvies were born.
Joe’s Pub presented the Skivvies first live show featuring some of Broadway’s finest. Following critical acclaim, they have toured internationally, and appeared on tv programming with an expanded group of musicians and vocalists. Sports Illustrated named them "Favorite New Band” and Out Magazine says, “The Skivvies have managed to carve out a niche that we never knew needed to exist: part Weird Al-parody and part sexy burlesque…”
The Skivvies + The Rocky Horror Show + Covid-19 = Album
Cearley and Molina created the roles of Brad and Janet in a new imagining of "The Rocky Horror Show" at Bucks County Playhouse in 2013 under the direction of Hunter Foster and choreographed by Lorin Latarro. Cearley continued to perform the role for many subsequent years following. Their love of the score led them to create a concert version of their own in 2018 called “The Rocky Horror Skivvies Show” which debuted at Joe's Pub. Performing it as a concert allowed them to put their classic Skivvies touch on each tune, creating medleys, mashups, and gender bending roles.
This year, The Skivvies had plans to tour the Rocky Horror Skivvies show but sadly, all shows were cancelled. So from quarantine, they decided that if they couldn't do live shows, they should record remotely and create an album of the show. As it is one of their favorite shows of the year, and brings audiences unabashed joy, they knew that what they could create on an album would be even more thrilling and wild. Also, the Skivvies have never made an album before!
In addition to The Skivvies on the album, other guest artists on the album will include Nick Adams, Christina Bianco, Brittany Alexandra Campbell, Michael Cerveris, Alison Fraser, Nathan Lee Graham, Diana Huey, Travis Kent, Tamika Sonja Lawrence, Rob Morrison, Alice Ripley, Krysta Rodriguez, Marissa Rosen, and Will Swenson. The band is Andrew Gutauskas (Reeds and Brass), Joshua Roberts (drums), Rob Morrison (guitars), Eric Shorey (keys) and Debbie Tjong (bass).
How can you help?
You can help make The Skivvies' dream of creating The Rocky Horror Skivvies album a reality by contributing today. 100% of the money raised through this campaign is going toward the creatives making the album. We are passionate about making this album during a pandemic so we can support musicians when they need it most, in a time when their careers have been labeled "non-essential". Your donation will be used to help cover the many costs from vocalists, to musicians, to sound engineering, to mixing and mastering, to production. With a 17 song track list, 7 musicians in the band, and 16 vocalists, there is a lot to pay for, but it's so worth it. If you can't take in a show live, help us bring the music to you like never before. You will be helping a lot of artists who are otherwise unemployed.
What's in it for you?
Perks of donations will include personalized thank you notes, digital download of The Rocky Horror Skivvies Show Album, custom Rocky Horror Skivvies Show masks, contribution credits, autographed items from any singer on the album, personalized thank you videos from Lauren and Nick, a sponsored song just for you, and Associate Producer credit!
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