At first glance, “The Full Monty” is yet another movie-to-musical transfer, in this case adapted from an independent British caper movie from 1997 about a group of laid-off Sheffield ...

“The Full Monty,” the musical version of the 1997 film now playing at the North Shore Music Theatre, fits squarely in this camp. Although it would be easy to dismiss David Yazbek’s ...

Based on the 1997 British film, “The Full Monty” is a musical with book by Terrence McNally and score by David Yazbek. It will be performed Aug. 21-Oct. 6 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

The original Full Monty picked up four Oscar nominations in 1998, including a Best Picture nod, and won Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score. The movie inspired a Broadway musical that ran ...