Stack up your $10,000 poker chips, strap on your laser sunglasses, and don't forget to polish your solid-gold nine-millimeter bra. The secret agents are taking over the burlesque theater, and you'd better be ready to twirl, baby.
As part of Pinchbottom Burlesque's Sub:Conscious program, thrill to the exploits of superspy Nasty Canasta as she brings that other international secret agent to shame in the totally unauthorized parody "You Only Pinch Twice." She's "taking on the Pernicious INternational Cartel of Horrible Baddies Out To Take Over el Mundo (P.I.N.C.H.B.O.T.T.O.M.) whose plan for global domination -- to use the twirling of burlesque performers' tassels to hypnotize the populace into submission -- is not the most ludicrous in the 44-year history of the 007 franchise."
Fear not! Nasty's got some tassels of her own, and there ain't a burlesque dame around can hypnotize her.
In addition to Nasty Canasta, You Only Pinch Twice stars Jonny Porkpie as "Eye Candy," aka "Porkfeld," and features superspy burlesque from Anita Cookie, Bastard Keith, Clams Casino, Delirium Tremens, Dirty Daddy, Gigi LaFemme, Jo Boobs, Julie Atlas Muz, Naughtia Nice, Neil O'Fortune, Peekaboo Pointe, Scarlet Sinclair, Scott Rayow, Tigger, and Veronika Sweet. That's right -- it's a virtual army of cloak-and-dagger cuties, villainous vixens, wicked wardens, salacious spies, double-D double-agents, dastardly dames, amorous assasins, and criminal concubines.
The venue, Collective: Unconscious on Church Street in TriBeCa, offers a beer & wine bar to lubricate your clandestine enjoyment. This gig was made possible, in part, by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council with generous support of The September 11th Fund.
"Twice" was originally performed back in late 2006, making this "A burlesque re-run" that will never grace Bravo or, God forbid, Turner Classic Movies -- and you can't get it on DVD. Despite its title, "You Only Pinch Twice" will only be pinching you once -- that's right, one show only, March 2.
But if "Twice" doesn't satisfy your appetite for burlesque thrills, never fear! You'll have a second chance to catch some criminalicious hijinx at the premier of "Who Killed Jo Boobs?" -- a burlesque murder mystery. "Amateur detectives Nasty Canasta and Jonny Porkpie must track down the killer of famed tassel-twirler and burlesque educator Jo Boobs before the police arrive and shut down the Pinchbottom show... for good. But who is the most likely suspect? The Coney Island Mermaid, the Pierced Ballerina, or the Sideshow Freak? The Female/Female Impersonator, the Stripper Librarian, or the Big Blue Bunny? The Ex-Student with Plans of Her Own, or Miss Exotic World 2004? The maid? Or was it, in a fit of predictability, the butler? How did the murderer manage to commit the crime in front of an audience full of people? And where did she hide the weapon? Can YOU solve the mystery of... Who Killed Jo Boobs?"
In addition to Canasta and Porkpie as the gumshoes and Jo herself as the corpus delicti, "Boobs" features suspects Bambi the Mermaid, Bastard Keith, Clams Casino, Delirium Tremens, Dirty Martini, Naughtia Nice, Remi Vicious, Scotty the Blue Bunny, Tigger, and World Famous *BOB*. You amateur dicks'll have your work cut out for you trying to find the villain in this rogue's gallery of suspicious characters!
Take a trip to TriBeCa and taste the forbidden fruits and criminal thrills of Pinchbottom Burlesque. Don't miss it -- because, after all, You Only Pinch Twice.
You Only Pinch Twice: A Burlesque Re-Run Quick Info:
when
Friday, March 2, 2007
where
Collective: Unconscious, 279 Church Street, New York City