Theatrical ad banned from London Underground over bare man bum

My Night With Reg is a 1994 play about gay men in London during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. This poster, for the current revival revived at the Donmar Warehouse (and now the Apollo Theatre) was rejected by Transport for London for "male nudity," according to Pink News.

The poster, with a nude man holding the best rock album ever recorded, is a direct adaptation of the first edition cover of its book version.

In the past, Transport for London has been the subject of ridicule for its prudish advertising standards, once banning a poster for an exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts for showing a 16th century female nude by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Clever ads proclaim, "Live theatre has always been 3-D"

How do you show the full dimensionality of live performance in a 2-D print ad? Brazilian agency Escala has come up with a pretty clever solution. Although I suppose you have to had experienced those headache-inducing blue and red glasses to really get it.

See the full agency credits at Ads of The World.

The Importance of Being Guido

AdFreak just posted the first of this awesome viral video series by NYC's The Roundabout Theatre Company to promote their performance of The Importance of Being Earnest. It's transcripts from MTV's Jersey Shore, delivered Wilde style:

"The only thing worse than being over-tanned is not being over-tanned."

Here's a promo that features the actual performance. It runs until July 3.