After the First Saturday event at the Brooklyn Museum of Art I will go into Manhattan for what I hope to be an out of this world after party. Brown Girls Burlesque is the name of the show and it is being promoted as a performance that I don’t want to miss.
These ladies are inspired by some of the greatest super heroines of all time. Catwoman, Storm, Aeon Flux, GRACE JONES and PAM GRIER to name a few.
Traditional burlesque shows capture comedic elements and will weave them through all kinds of social taboos and morays. Don’t just be prepared to laugh. Be prepared to laugh at yourself and all the things you thought were important. Burlesque is totally grown folks humor. So you may not get it if you haven’t actually seen the world.
The theme for this performance is super heroines and the people that love them. I like the idea of women putting on stretchy costumes and kicking ass. I’ll let you know how these broads rocked the spot.
Brown Girls Burlesque
The Zipper Factory
336 West 37th Street (btwn 6th & 7th Aves)
$20 – Showtime 11pm
Burlesque shows are hot, (II) if done right.
Is that suppose to be a “burlesque broad” in the above pic?
Looks more like a “burly butch” if you ask me.
That is much better Mr. Penn, much better. Thank you. – LOL
Burlesque chicks have great stage names too. Like Helena Handbasket and Deedee Mao.
Aurora Boobrealis is prolly the best name up there.
Man this sounds like a reeeealllllly good program – I cant believe Im going ot miss it!
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