Upcoming: Deconstructing Burlesque at The Kraine Theater on 2/11

This is happening…

Take your beautiful brains and other parts to The Kraine Theater this Tuesday, February 11 at 8PM.  It’ll cost you $20 or bring a friend, it’s 2 for $30…because anything burlesque is always better with friends!  See below for more details.

Deconstructing Burlesque

Tuesday, February 11

The Kraine Theater

85 E 4th Street

New York, NY

Doors: 8PM

Tickets: $20 / 2 for $30

This is a description of the show: A performance of a performance. A burlesque of burlesque. A sentence fragment that is also redundant. See all this and more at a show we are currently describing, as presented by your esteemed professeurs of the evening: Iris Explosion and Jonny Porkpie. Together, we will venture into the land of the semiotic and semi-erotic as we break down the barriers of burlesque itself in the most head-scratching and pants-shaking burlesque show that has ever been described in this Facebook invite. 

Body parts that may or may not be featured in this show: mammary glands covered in subcutaneous adipose tissue, gluteus maximus AND gluteus medius muscles, bipedal extensible struts, reproductive intromittent organs, a human soul. These body parts may or may not be incredibly arousing. 

This is a list of performers who will be performing in the previously described show:

Creamee Stevens
Fancy Feast
Peekaboo Pointe
Peter Aguero
Sizzle Dizzle
Tigger! Boylesque

and the previously aforementioned academicadazzlematicians:

Iris Explosion (NYU '09)
Jonny Porkpie (Brown '96)

With special help from our TA with T&A Dick Jones

The described show begins at 8pm and will require tuition of $20, unless you buy two tuitions, and then they are only $15 each. Tuition payable here: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=dec211

#whatdatbootydo: The Show at Parkside Lounge on 1/27

Get thy backside down to Parkside Lounge on Monday, January 27 at 8PM for some bootytastic burly-q.  It will cost you $10 or 2 for $15 (bring a friend or three!)  Nina La Voix and the New York School of Burlesque’s mentoring program Driver’s Seat present, #whatdatbootydo: The Show!  See below for more details.

Showing you #whatdatbootydo will be Bombazeen Bean, Brooklyn Irons, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Dottie Dynamo, Essence Revealed and Nina La Voix.  For your go-go delight will be Zoe Ziegfeld.  Iris Ex Plosion will be your hostess.  

It's happening and you should definitely go!  

#whatdatbootydo: The Show

Monday, January 27

Parkside Lounge

317 E Houston Street

New York, NY

Doors: 7:45 PM / Show: 8 PM

Tickets: 1 for $10; 2 for $15

Burlesque: At Last... Marshmallows, Bad Girls & Ruby Red Pumps

NY Pin Up Club Burlesque: June 2 @ Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY

Sometimes, a chick has to let her hair down. What better way to have fun than to take in a burlesque show. So, Thursday night I headed over to the Bowery Poetry Club to hoot 'n' holler and have a good time at the NY Pin Up Club's monthly get together. The show was hosted by the groups leader, the loveable Brandon Herman and with co-hosting duties handled by the adorable saucy, delectable diva Miss Em.

The lovely Desiree DeLovely belted out "At Last" which you can see if you scroll down to the bottom. That tiny little lady has a big voice! It was her first official performance for the group; unofficially, she emerged from the audience a couple of months ago and blew us away. She was great fun to watch and looked to be having a blast onstage. She also made an adorable Dorothy as you can see in the photo below. Everyone should have a pair of ruby red pumps.

Red hot, redhead Cherry La Voix from Ohio also sang and has a great voice as well. Why oh why didn't I turn on my video to catch one of her songs? The two songs she sang were her own compositions. I forgot to ask her if she has any recordings available, shame on me! It was my first time seeing her perform and it was definitely a treat. She makes a really good bad girl as you can see below.

Miss dynamite, Iris Ex Plosion didn't sing but she put on one hell of a show! I'm sure a lot of the gentleman in the audience have a new found fondness for marshmallows now. I certainly won't look at them the same way again. You should have been there! Like her fellow performers, she was great fun to watch. The photo below was just the beginning!

I know you were probably expecting some risqué photos since this was after all a burlesque show. But, if you want to see that, you've got to go to the shows! The first Thursday of every month is always entertaining!