Joey Nova ("The Vroom! Room") rounds up the cutest faces in burlesque and brings them all together with the cutest musical acts around, in one adorably sexy show called "Cutie Patooties”! As if that's not already cute-overload, the night is co-hosted by burlesque's adorable alcoholic Anita Cookie! Still not enough sweet treats? Free cupcakes and other cute giveaways are available all night long! This much cheesecake could only happen at Cake Shop in the Lower East Side.
Featured cutie-pies for Friday, November 27 include Lil' Miss Lixx, Kit Cat, and Kristen Lee! With super-cute musical guests J'aime and I!
"Cutie Patooties" is a monthly show at 10pm at The Slipper Room (167 Orchard St at Stanton). Tickets ($10) are available for purchase at the door. Doors open at 10pm.
Joey Nova is a NYC-based theatre Producer and Set Designer whose most recent work can be seen on the set of the revival of "The Wiz" at City Center and on the glittery retro-futuristic gang-deb play, “Go-Go KIllers!” at the Sage Theater in Times Square. He has worked with other burlesque shows such as Wasabassco Burlesque's "The NEW Monday Night Burlesque" at Public Assembly and his own monthly show, "The Vroom! Room" at The Slipper Room. Look for Joey's new burlesque event, “Sextacular! Sextacular!", a neo-bohemian rock n roll homage to the old days of the Moulin Rouge, coming December 5th to Hiro Ballroom.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Cutie Patooties - The Cutest Burlesque Show in NYC!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Boudoir Of Horrors Burlesque
Tuesday, October 27 @ 8:00pm The Beehive, 541 Tremont Street, Boston MA starring Nasty Canasta and Jonny Porkpie with special guests Clams Casino, Legs Malone, Ruby Valentine
Friday, October 30 @ 10:00pm Killmeyers Old Bavaria Inn, 4254 Arthur Kill Rd, Staten Island, NY starring Nasty Canasta and Jonny Porkpie with special guests Anita Cookie and Gal Friday
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Sweet and Nasty Burlesque Presents: LIES
As Sweet and Nasty Burlesque celebrates it's three-year, one-month, three-week and four-day anniversary, we take a look back at the people and things that made us Thailand's number-one burlesque show from 1974 to 1996, inclusive. On Monday, July 27th, LIES: THE ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY TRUE HISTORY OF SWEET & NASTY BURLESQUE delves into the sordid past and improbable future of the greatest entertainment juggernaut ever to strip its way from the Lower East Side, across southeastern Wales, and into Brooklyn.
"Nothing compared to the pride we felt after bringing irrigation systems to drought-blighted Swedish villages," says host, producer and shifty-eyed prevaricator Nasty Canasta. "Then Sweet and Nasty won the Oscar for Best Sound Design in 1992, and I thought our joy was finally complete. But now, belatedly celebrating our third anniversary in a former mayonnaise factory in Williamsburg ... well, I just can't imagine where we could possibly go from here." Canasta will call out some of the performers most responsible for this mess: style maven Miss Ruby Valentine; Albert Cadabra (magician, bald); charm-school dropout GiGi La Femme; our Canadian cousin Hard Corey; super-smartypants Precious Little; rapper and grammaticist Schaffer the Darklord; Sunday-night burlesque scion Fem Appeal, and other, even less-savory characters. The show will also feature a good old-fashioned Sweet and Nasty raffle for suckers, tributes to Door People Through the Ages, and special appearances by The Ugly Brothers, inspirational meddler Frank Applebaum, and surprise guests.
Since 2006, Sweet and Nasty has been adding its own unique mix of glam camp, historical fact, and blatant lies to the New York burlesque scene. Sweet and Nasty currently appears monthly at Public Assembly; their July extravaganza, LIES, celebrates three years of bringing the highest-quality burlesque entertainments to New York City and beyond.
The truth will finally be told - by Albert Cadabra, Fem Appeal, GiGi La Femme, Hard Corey, Precious Little, Ruby Valentine, Schaffer the Darklord, and special surprise guests. Reformed Mouesketeer and Franciscan friar Nasty Canasta presents LIES: The Absolutely & Completely True History of Sweet & Nasty Burlesque at Public Assembly for one night only, Monday, July 27th at 10pm.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
This is Burlesque Rocks NY!
Photo by C. Patrick Wade
Recently I had the pleasure of seeing This is Burlesque at Corio, NY. This is my experience...
In the Dim and Intimate setting at Corio, all eyes are already on the stage, so far empty except for the framed red velvet curtain.
Then the girls emerge and allow patrons to have photos taken with them prior to the show.
The menu? There is food, but I'm not much interested in eating. The Cocktails however, caught my eye. Drinks such as Gypsy Rose Lee, Tempest Storm and Satan’s Angels. And, of course, Champagne.
The crowd is about 50/50 in the gender department and tonight the club is hosts a very enthusiastic bucks night and a far more enthusiastic hens night!
Miss Exotic World Angie Pontani is the first act to emerge on stage. Looking very much Burlesque Queen wearing an amazing steel boned fishtail corset dress she wowed the crowd to almost silence. (With exception to the hoot or odd whistle.) She teased her way free of the corset dress to reveal pasties to die for, pink Swarovski crystals.
Between acts a Lil Miss Lixx playing the cheeky maid comes on stage to fetch the discarded clothes and has to bend over… bending over quite a lot actually “oops!”.
Next, PeekaBoo Pointe who is touted as “The fastest twirler from East to West!” gets her gear off faster than any other Burlesque show I’ve been too and reveals her talent of seriously fast twirling!
The next act features Helen Pontani who performed a seduction in an amazing Feathered skirt and tap danced all the way to a the splits. What can I say? The girls got talent!
Melody Sweets was amazing. She has the voice as well as the looks and performs a fan dance while she singing. Melody is clearly talent and manages to capture the very essence of heyday burlesque.
We were lucky enough to be there for Lil' Miss Lixx's 1st performance. After downing a few shots for courage she danced her way through a cute act with Maracas’. The patrons are then all invited to come on stage for their own round of shots. Mmm free shots.
Angie Pontani, Coney Island’s “Miss Cyclone” does an amazing dance to French music with ballerina theme and performs the entire act classicly on her toes.
At this point I've had a few drinks and I'm sure I'm enjoying myself too much and not taking notes on all of the performances, such as a can-can number and a finale featuring all of the girls, it's just too easy to get caught up in the fun :)
For a great night out in New York I highly recommend see This is Burlesque. You can order drinks from your table, they also have a well thought out menu with food available and in this amazing setting, adding its own touch of Glamour to the New York Burlesque Scene. So get in there Guys and Dolls, you’d be mad not to find out what all the fuss is about!
Checkout This is Burlesque
Web: http://www.thisisburlesque.com
Address: CORIO, 337 West Broadway at Grand Street, NYC (212) 966-3901
Here's a sneak peak of what you can expect: