WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES
DOCUDRAMA / BIOPIC / DRAMA
USA
2022-2023
WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES is an American biographical drama television miniseries created by Robert Siegel inspired by the book Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders by K. Scot Macdonald and Patrick MontesDeOca. WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES consists of 8 episodes of 45 minutes.
STORY: The tale of Steve Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani), an Indian immigrant seeking the American dream, is chronicled in this true crime series laced with murder and sex. He builds the largest and first male strip joint, Chippendales, only to burn it down in less than ten years and wind up being an accessory to murder.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Nick De Noia (Murray Bartlett) was an American director, screenwriter, and choreographer known for his work as choreographer of the Chippendales dance troupe and for his Unicorn Tales shorts for young audiences, for which he won two Emmy Awards. In the scene, De Noia is seen talking to his boyfriend Bradford Barton (Andrew Rannells) in front of a Chippendales bus. Before he can kiss his boyfriend goodbye, his girlfriend Denise (Juliette Lewis) appears. Denise seems to be unaware of the men’s relationship as she begrudgingly gets on the bus.
Nick de Noia (Murray Bartlett) & Bradford Barton (Andrew Rannells)
MURRAY BARTLETT (2022-2023) March 20, 1971, Sydney, Australia
ANDREW RANNELLS (2022) August 23, 1978, Omaha, NE, USA
SPECIAL: On April 7, 1987, at 3:40 PM, De Noia was shot in the face with a large caliber pistol while sitting in his 15th floor office desk at 264 West 40th Street, Manhattan located near the garment district. De Noia was 45 years old at the time of his murder. He was shot by Gilberto Rivera Lopez, recruited by Ray Colon, an accomplice of Somen ("Steve") Banerjee who originally hired Colon to murder De Noia. At the time, De Noia no longer worked for Banerjee but had a licensing arrangement through a company called Chippendales Universal to use the name Chippendales for tour engagements. Banerjee was dissatisfied with the business arrangement which was memorialized on a cocktail napkin. Banerjee tried unsuccessfully to break the contract in New York courts. The murder of Nick De Noia was orchestrated by Banerjee along with the burning of a competitor's Red Onion nightclub.
AWARDS: 'WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES' nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 1 win and 21 nominations.
7.3 IMDB
