A Quickie with Melody Sweets

Melody Sweets is one of the sweetest people in burlesque, and that's saying something! I've known her since the days when I hung out with The Toilet Boys (I appear in their videos for "Future is Now" and "Another Day in the Life") at Squeezebox, and used to watch her perform burlesque in The Bombshell Girls' show at Suite 16. She's a multi-talented lady--she not only, like most burlesque performers, creates her own costumes and routines, but she writes and records her own music as well!


Melody, second from the right, on the set of the Victor/Victrola episode of Gossip Girl. Photo, choreography, and costume design by me!

How did you come to be a New York performer?
When I first moved to NYC I knew I wanted to sing & started singing right away. I started singing at open-mic nights, making my rounds in drag shows, lesbian cover bands & rasta metal nights... crazy combo, I know! That's NY for you. I QUICKLY got tired of being in the background, singing other peoples songs so, I created my own band with the boys of GOODFINGER www.goodfingermusic.com.After a year of touring & finding our sound we decided to stop playing live shows to concentrate on the recording of our debut album, Killing With Kindness.
I missed the stage tremendously! I felt I needed to be up there, constantly honing my skills. I was afraid if stopped performing for any extended period of time that I wouldn't get back up there again. I thought I'd get cold feet. Luckily, I had a few friends who had me previously addicted to glitter & rhinestones who asked me to be a part of their burlesque show & it clicked! I wrote a couple songs that made we want to take my clothes off... & Voila! Slice of Heaven, Troppo Vino & Marry Juana were born.



I met you at Don Hill's in the 1990s! Then I saw you doing burlesque with the Bombshell Girls at Suite 16. Did you expect burlesque to become such a big part of your career?
Whoa! You must've met me when I first got here in 1999! NYC was a different animal then. I partied. It was 1999. ;-)I remember doing my very first burlesque act ever with the Bombshell girls. Back then I didn't even have a Burlesque name! This was pre GOODFINGER! ....Not that Melody Sweets isn't, of course, my natural given name. ;-)I loved the freedom. I loved collaborating & creating with friends who inspired me..... but my early days in burlesque with the Bombshell girls was short lived. At the time, I was dating someone that didn't approve of what I was doing & I allowed myself to believe the things he would say & to be honest, I wanted to sing & hadn't yet made the connection that I could do both burlesque & my own music... and, since I've never met anyone who has done this before, it was even more difficult to imagine doing this as a career.. or shall I say, way of life!.... & so, Burlesque took a 'time-out' while I concentrated on my "serious" band GOODFINGER. Little did I know Burlesque would come back to get me, and I'm so glad it did! It's opened up a world of doors for me. Personally & professionally. .... to my surprise.

Tell us a bit about what it's like to write your own music, perform to your own songs, make your own costumes, and create your own numbers.
It's AMAZING. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I'm a bit of a control freak so to be able to be in charge of everything from the ground up is amazing. It does seem to take me a bit longer to come up with new acts because I'm doing my own music. ...before I can even get to the designing or making of a costume or the act, I've got to get a song written, recorded, mastered & copyrighted. It can be very frustrating at times, but the pay off is worth it. It took me more than 2 years to record Slice of Heaven, (maybe even more), but it's one of my most requested acts still today. Slice of Heaven has been running at The Box now for over 3 years & is now a music video making burlesque herstory.

No performer has ever starred in, written & produced her own music video before! What are some of your other projects?
What else is out there?I'm looking to finish my debut album soon which features musical guests The Dap Kings (Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones) & hope to do a little more traveling this winter, hopefully surrounded by my band & fellow performers. You perform a lot at the Box. Tell us a little bit about that!I love The Box. I've been with them since the beginning & simply love to perform there. The lighting technician is amazing.... his lights alone are a show! The sound is always great, which means alot for a singer, & they treat me well. The Box has also been a big influence on me to push myself even farther in terms of performing, music & costumes. They keep me on my toes & keep me inspired by the many different types of performers they showcase.Oh, and the fact that I've been able to perform for celebrities who have inspired me throughout the years such as STING. He likes to give mojo bear hugs.



Tell us about your show at Duane Park.
It's a blast! Every Saturday at 10:30pm my fabulous band, The Candy Shop Boys & I present the best in burlesque, cabaret and other Vaudeville-style variety acts. There is never a cover but we're always packed so I recommend reservations. The food is out-of-this-world good & a great place to bring a date, your family, your spouse, mistress or all of them together! ... we'll make it a party! We've got some amazing performers coming in the next couple months from all over .. Kitten DeVille from L.A., Tatah Dujor from Florida, Annette Bette Kellow from London. And, of course, you Jo! It's getting some great press right now.. Time Out calls it the "Swankiest". ...yeah baby. September 18th will be the start of an all new Sweets' Shop show so I hope to see you then!

You recently produced your video and DVD. What was that like? It looks like a big party!
It WAS a big party! (It better have been! We went through an UNBELIEVABLE amount of champagne that day! ...I figured I'd get 'em all drunk for breakfast, seeing as though we only had 5 hours in total to set up, record, & break down.) Everyone knew each other, it was a cast of about 15, plus tech & crew which brought it to about 25 people to organize. Everyone seemed to feel completely comfortable.. (which is good because it got pretty naughty!!) I loved every moment of it. I was overwhelmed by the feeling of community, love & support during the filming. Not only are the most amazing NYC performers in the cast - MsTickle, Julie Atlas Muz, Amber Ray, Stormy Leather & lots more.....we're all friends that have been brought together in this fabulously shiny world. Who knew there were others out there that felt the need to pile glitter all over their bodies and bare all to the world? A special breed, indeed.What is your ultimate fantasy show? That is a loaded question! I have so many different scenarios I'd like to see played out. Hopefully I'll get at least 9 lives to make it all happen. But, for a start, a common thread through them all is big props, big stages, big bands... maybe even orchestra style & BIG audiences. I'd like to see people leaving my shows inspired, with personal walls broken down.

What do you have planned next?
I have a big show coming up on Sept 9th at Le Poisson Rouge called Melody Sweets & the ladies of La Rouge Coquette! featuring some of my favorite burlesquers Angie Pontani, MsTickle & more! I hope to see you there Jo! We'll be showing a sneek peek of the UNcensored version of Slice of Heaven before it's official release in the fall.


Melody singing "Gold Digga" at The New York Burlesque Festival

Keep up with Melody at http://www.melodysweets.com/. You can hear her music and buy the uncensored version of her DVD!

Note to readers and bloggers: If you use any of the material from this blog, please link back to it or earn my everlasting contempt. Thank you!

Jo! Where's your favourite place to buy g-strings? z

I make mine! But I love stripper stores, online and elsewhere. You can buy ANY g-string and decorate with wih rhinestones or fringe, or even add hooks on the sides to make it breakaway. Just remember that if you add fringe and the fringe doesn't stretch, you need to make sure you can get the garment on and off over your hips before you do your final stitching!

Here's a great base for a decorated g-string:
http://www.mydivascloset.com/satlycybacgs.html

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A Quickie with Lily Burana

Lily Burana is one of my personal heroes. When I read Strip City, I felt like I had finally read a memoir that addressed the ambivalence most strippers feel about the job in a nonjudgemental fashion. Not long after I read that book, I performed with Lily in the video for Debra's song Take It Off, a video recorded to accompany the release of Jill Morley's documentary Stripped. Working with these three women has created one of the strongest support systems of my life. Lily's book I Love a Man in a Uniform is not only a fascinating memoir of the life of an army wife, told with Lily's characteristic candor and charm, but a deeply inspiring account of her personal struggles with PTSD and identity. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to choreograph a routine for Lily's Operation Bombshell, her burlesque school for military wives, and to have had her blurb my book! It's a treat to finally be able to interview her.


Lily and Me in Las Vegas for the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender

You have such an amazing project in Operation Bombshell. How is that going?
It is beyond insane. I'm frankly startled. I started Op B as a little indie project, hosting the first class on the skating surface at the roller rink on Fort Hood, Texas. Then, my friends at Pin-Up Girl Clothing (www.pinupgirlclothing.com) hosted a few benefits for me in LA, one graciously hosted by Diablo Cody, and raised a bunch of money for me to keep going. I added military installations here and there when I could. Then Op B ended up on the front page of the New York Times, on CNN and on Fox News. Now, military installations are sponsoring my visits. If you had told me that the military would spend money to bring a burlesque teacher to posts to teach, I never would have believed you in a million years.



You and I sat at a table together once and watched Kate Valentine's Vavavoom Room about six years ago, which was one of the first neo-burlesque shows in NYC. What was your impression of burlesque from that show??
My impression was that passion--for glamour, for performance, for feminine excellence, is what's really behind the new burlesque movement. It blends the best of the primal drive for self-expression with the elemental theatrical feminine essence. And it's a blast to watch. Seriously? I have an almost boundless appetite for good burlesque. I could watch it all night, no exaggeration.

In Strip City you describe going to feature dancing school. Did that remind you of burlesque at all??
It did! Because the class was taught by a feature performer, with a slant towards encouraging dancers to become features themselves. Today's feature dancers the true descendants of the old burlesque girls--I learned a lot about developing a persona, how to work with choreography (which I had never done as a house girl), matching costumes to music, themes, how to captivate an audience. I knew I would never have the energy to be a feature, but I loved pretending for a few days.

You've been to the Burlesque Hall of Fame events in both the original location in Helendale and the new weekender in Las Vegas. What are some of your memorable moments from both??
Memorable moments? My heavens, so many. Windstorms. Heat. Kiss curls and big sunglasses. Catherine D'Elish in a golden birdcage, stepping carefully down the runway and opening a huge fan of peacock feathers behind her. Tempest Storm, in her purple sequins, showing the world the true meaning of star power. Beautiful, loving Dixie Evans being surrounded by young women who positively adore her. And shoes, sequins, feather fans, pasties, glitter, headdresses, boas, gowns, gloves, stockings. Bumping horns and nasty drums. Humor. Glamour. Love.

What are some of the most memorable responses you've had to it? Memorable incidents in class or related to running the project??
Op B has really grown my heart. I don't know that I was a Grinch before, exactly, but since starting Op B, I'm certain my heart has leapt up at least three sizes. I'm deeply touched that the military sees the value in the program, and is willing to put resources toward sponsoring my travel so I can teach so many wives. On a personal note, I was moved when one of my students told me that she had recently lost her young son to a tragic accident, and that the day she took my class was the first good day she'd had since he died. I'll never forget that, ever.

And on broader a wife-to-wife level, it's just wonderful for me to meet so many strong, amazing, resilient women. Military wives have a ferocity of spirit that is nothing short of inspirational, and I consider it an honor and a privilege to sass up their lives for an hour or two.

What's next for Operation Bombshell??
We're headed to Germany in September, which is so exciting! Then, Fort Carson, Colorado in October, Savannah, Georgia in November and maybe a couple other places in between.

What's next for you? What projects are nearest and dearest to your heart??
Believe it or not, I'm trying to find another way to approach burlesque. I feel like there's still a new story to be told there. And, of course, I'll be at the NY Burlesque Festival showcase. Can't wait to see everybody there!



Lily on Fox News

Lily in the NY Times

A Quickie with Mr. Murray Hill, Burlesque MC

New York has an amazing pool of burlesque MCs, all with unique personalities and their own cults. Today we'll have a quickie with everyone's showbiz heartthrob, Mr. Murray Hill.



The first time I saw you at a burlesque show was a Pontani Sisters show at the Slipper Room in either 2002 or 2003. What was your first burlesque MC gig? Did you expect to be MCing so many burlesque shows?
Ahh, the old days...and who can remember all the details! I don't remember my first burlesque hosting gig per se, but I was doing The Murray Hill Show in the late 90's and Dirty Martini was my first showgirl guest. How could I forget her. She is the first burlesque performer I saw in NYC uptown at the supperclub, I suppose it was true love right from the beginning.
Hosting burlesque shows seems like a natural fit (no pun intended) for me...I'm an old-school kinda guy, and burlesque is from the old vaudeville days. Back then, comics and burlesque girls were always on the same bill. I loved seeing the Don Rickles documentary and hear him talk about the Vegas showrooms. He got his start doing comedy bits in between burlesque performers.
I love the ladies, they love me, it just works. They also let me backstage...that keeps me coming back.



How did you develop the Murray Hill persona?
It developed me! Or maybe more accurately, it enveloped me!

You do more than burlesque MCing. What are some of your other frequent gigs?
I make sure to always work different scenes and to be in front of new audiences all the time. Keeps me fresh and challenges me. I do comedy clubs, call Bingo numbers, appear in plays, TV, movies, host annual events, holiday shows, homosexual pageants...you name it, I do it! They don't call me the hardest-working middle-aged man in show business for nothing.



How was the tour and the New Orleans event? Can you tell us about a few of your favorite gigs?
I really enjoyed all the shows and all the new cities I got to check out, but my favorite gig was with Dita Von Teese and the most hopping city was New Orleans. Oh boy, the audiences for those shows were off-the-charts...well-dressed, loaded, and gorgeous. They were so welcoming and were ready to be entertained. I didn't have to do any ice-breaking, it was all heat from the second I hit the boards. I truly admire Dita's show-womanship, it's a great thrill to see her dazzle and tease from the wings of the stage. Dita Von Teese is like UPS in two ways....she's a package and she delivers.



The New York Burlesque Festival is coming up this fall. You've been hosting at it every year since it began in 2003,correct? Is there anything about the Festival you particularly enjoy?
I look forward to the NYBF every year to see all of New Yorkers in one place together! It's like a high-school burlesque reunion.

What's next for Murray Hill?
Trying to quit eating Swedish Fish. Showbiz! I'll be announcing a debut Off-Broadway show in the coming months! Until then, I'll be hitting the boards all over the country and in the concrete jungle.

What is a gig you haven't yet done that you'd like to do?
I'd love to host the Oscars and and a late night talk show like Johnny Carson, the master!

What advice would you give to would-be burlesque MCs?
The most important part of MCing, in my opinion, is the audience. The audience is #1 in my book. They are the reason we are all there, and that is the essence of entertainment. First thing I do is engage the audience, put them at ease, get them involved in the fun and set the tone for the night. If this is missed in the first minutes of any show, it's an uphill battle all night, and I'd rather have it be a Murray Hill night!


Murray's Showbiz Website!

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Jo! What are the best burlesque venues in New York City?

There isn't any venue devoted to burlesque while the Slipper Room is on hiatus, so you have to look for shows. The best source is Ed Barnas' Calendar:
http://www.edbarnas.com/Burlesque/calendar/index.htm

Don't miss the Coney Island shows! Mine is tomorrow night:
http://www.coneyislandusa.com

And I'll be performing at the Oak Room this Sunday, at Galapagos on Monday, and at White Slab with the Slipper Room Crew on Wednesday. See the calendar for details.

I perform most frequently at Duane Park with Brian Newman:
http://www.duaneparknyc.com

Ask me anything about Burlesque!

I've been enjoying watching fan dances & am ready to try one. You have a pretty silk fan veil routine on your DVD but your clothes stay on. Do you have tips or resources or inspiration for using fan veils in a striptease?

People have been using these fans more and more in burlesque and in other forms of dance. As I say in the video, think about fans as items you use to reveal, conceal, and frame yourself, as well as to create a glamourous and sensual spectacle onstage. Orchid Mei does a fantastic job with them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikUe_s5vm9U

It's possible to do a very poor job with these, as they are a little tricky. Rehearse, videotape yourself rehearsing, and if you have someone whose critique is valuable to you, employ them to watch and help you find exciting and elegant things to do with them besides just move them around. You can do some really clever reveals and gorgeous moves if you take the time to discover your own style with them!

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If you were a rainbow... What treat would you leave at the end for people to find?

You, Deelightful lady!

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How would you deal with a jealous performer who is obsessed with being/doing better than you? She's a former student. This is taking the fun out of burlesque for me. :(

Just focus on your own business. If she does anything actually shady or cutthroat, call her on it publicly; but otherwise, her jealousy and competitiveness is really her cross to bear. And if it's REALLY taking the fun out of burlesque for you, if burlesque is only fun for you if it's free of any problems of business and social interaction, you might reconsider what you expect from burlesque.

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What do you think of MC's that talk trying to gain more cheers from the crowd, during the dancers performance?

It depends. Generally I could do without it, since I want to focus on the performer and not the MC; but some MCs make it brilliant and energizing and funny; and some audiences really respond to it. So in theory I don't like it, but in action I've seen it both succeed and fail.

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I love your videos (Fandance, Honey & Spice) and want to try to make a copy of the cute black top hat you wear with that vintage circus costume. How do you fix it to your hair? Pins? Comb? Rubber band? Thank you!

That hat, made of painted styrofoam, is available online at various places, and my roommate Julie Muz decorated it with feathers and glitter. It's on a headband. Here's a similar one on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Top-Hat-with-Veil/dp/B001CVDXPA/ref=pd_sbs_a_2

And for those who haven't seen the hat this formspringer is asking about, here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3ZgnFFKjY

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Where Did I Go?

I underestimated how many gigs I booked this past month and STILL have not finished transcribing my AMAZING interview with Miss Clams Casino. The good news, however, is I did manage to cram in my third interview! Last week I sat with the amazing Darlinda Just Darlinda, and hope to have both of those interviews posted in the next month.

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XOXO

Lefty

Interview with Clams Casino to come!!!

Hey there, fancy pants!

A couple weeks back I had the honor of interviewing Ms. Clams Casino for this very blog and, foro the first time since then, had more than 5 minutes at home to upload the file to my computer! I hope to have it posted within the next couple of weeks!

For updates on when there will be new posts, you can become a follower of this blog, or friend me on facebook, where I will always link to this blog when a new interview is up.

XO,

Lefty Lucy

Interview with Bonnie Dunn, Pt. 2 of 2

Bonnie Dunn, known as “the Godmother of Burlesque,” has been performing her cabaret and burlesque acts for over a decade. She sat down with me at her apartment in Manhattan and told me about her many unique experiences performing burlesque in New York. You can read the first part of my interview with her here.



New York vs. The World
LL: What have you noticed about how burlesque has changed?

BD: I think that the spirit of burlesque, the art form itself, attracts a certain type of personality. I would say a person that’s a little bit more edgy, a little bit more of a rebel, that doesn’t necessarily fit in to, say, the Broadway mold, or the typical body that you need to be in a dance company, for example. People come to New York to pursue a career in the theater or music or whatever, and they are really lucky now to have burlesque. We used to joke about the ads in backstage; The ad would say, ‘You have to dance, you have to sing, you have to do flips, you have to have classical training,’ and then at the end of the ad it would say, ‘NO PAY.’ So I feel like burlesque and circus and vaudeville—all of that has opened up all these venues for live entertainment that they really didn’t have in the early ’90s. You did have these underground clubs where you could do performance art, but I really wasn’t in that scene. I was more in the cabaret/midtown/singing [scene], with the gown and the piano and all of that, but they weren’t for pay. And I know people who make a living out of burlesque. Not the greatest living, but they do make a living doing it. But I would say that it’s still the same in that it attracts that type of person that would be uninhibited.

If you look at [burlesque] within the United States, I’ve noticed that every city has a different flavor, a different perspective on it. New York has a lot of very individual acts because it, as I said, stems out of performance art. We were doing so many shows, carrying our bags all over the city. So it wasn’t until we went to Tease-O-Rama that we saw, full blast, some of these costumes. We were like, “Look at these people from L.A. that have money, that do shows once a month so they have time to really work on their costumes”—I mean, I really felt that when I went to Exotic World, I was looking at the costumes going, “Oh my god!” They really concentrate on that in certain other places. And I think New York concentrates on the quality of the performance. And also, well, they’re original in a lot of places, but I think New York is grittier. Vegas is glitzier, it’s more packaged. New York is really that performance art vibe which is nice, because you don’t want all pretty, feathers—it’s a beautiful aesthetic, but that’s only one part of it.



LL: So have you done Coney Island?

BD: I’ve done Coney Island almost since the beginning of when they started doing burlesque there, at least 10 years ago. Coney Island is probably my favorite. I think Coney Island is my favorite gig. Even compared to my own show, because I can be really creative. I have this big place in my heart for Coney Island, definitely. I like all the people that run it, and admire what they’re doing and what they’ve been doing all these years to revitalize it. Dick Zigun and Fredini—those people are really wonderful. I would say that Coney Island’s been a huge inspiration to me. The Blue Angel was great—I started there—but as far as the inspiration you were talking about, Coney Island is probably my biggest inspiration.

LL: What is it about Coney Island, for you, that makes it so special?

BD: The whole history of the freak show, of the circus, of carnival—that whole thing about kind of being on the edge. Just the showmanship, feeling like you’re really transported back to another time, and it takes skills! A lot of those circus acts take a lot of skill. And the originality of it. Just thinking of going in to a ghetto and taking a lost art form and dedicating his life to revitalizing that, I really admire that.

LL: What are other performers who you’re into now, or who you’ve seen develop over the years?

BD: I’ve seen a lot of people really develop. Tyler Fyre—I really saw him change and develop and become really great. He’s in Baltimore now, but he started in Coney Island. He’s one of the Coney Island people. I think he really learned a lot of his stuff from Keith. But there’s so many great people. Julie Atlas Muz—she was at the Red Vixen. That’s where we went from the Blue Angel. That was the interim period. I mean, she was always very good and very original, but to see her, to see Kate Valentine—she did the Va Va Voom Room. That was one of the first shows out there, too, a couple years after the Blue Angel. And Dirty Martini started with all those people. They were all pretty damn good. Tigger, Rose Wood—I think Rose Wood really developed. Rose, she’s the kind of person that will really rehearse her act very professionally. I can’t think of all the people that I’ve known that are in it.

LL: Are there any stories or costumes that you remember loving, or people or…

BD: Oh, there’s so many! I guess when you asked me how it’s changed, it’s much more accepted. People know what burlesque is. There’s so many more people that want to do it. And I remember Steve [Walter]—he was the owner of the Cutting Room, where I used to have [Le Scandal]—he was telling me to get some younger women doing burlesque, and I couldn’t find ’em! But now they’re just banging down the door.

When I [started] doing burlesque, there really was a stigma to it. We got a lot of slack about, “Oh, come on, it’s just stripping. You’re putting some artistic costume over it, but when you get right down to it, it’s still objectifying women.” That was an issue that was brought up by reporters very often: “What is the difference between stripping and burlesque?” And I would say that now, that question really isn’t asked as often. It’s seeped in to the mainstream culture, even in to advertizing. There’s not that stigma at all now, which I think is wonderful. You know, you shouldn’t be ashamed at a little bit of boobies.

I guess it is empowering because it’s a lot of women that run the shows, and it’s a celebration of all different kinds of body types and different ages. If you criticize that, then you’re not getting it. And if the act is good enough, you’re not going to be concentrating on, ‘Oh, that person’s a little heavy,’ or ‘That person’s younger,’ or older, or whatever, because you’re looking at the act. I mean, you’re looking at the body too. That’s very naive to say that you’re not looking at the body—that’s a big part of it, that’s your instrument. But, you don’t get it then—that would be a strip club if you’re looking for a particular body type. But we have to keep that perspective, otherwise it’s gunna become something else.

Le Scandal is every Saturday night at the West Bank Café on 42nd st and 9th Avenue.

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www.myspace.com/lescandalcabaret

Video of the Week

All The News That's Fit Strip

Video of the Week

Dancing With The Devil by the Pale Moonlight

Oh Lenna (Photolena) has added a photo to the pool:

Glamour Puss Burlesque at Goodhandy's August 27, 2010.

Cherry Poppins

KeithSonic has added a photo to the pool:

Taken at the Mid Summer Burlesque Extravaganza.
To see the rest go to: sonicshoots.com/2010/07/mid-summer-burlesque-extravaganza...

I Brought Cuffs

Vera Wylde has added a photo to the pool:

And I have plans for them.

Performing to "This Magic Moment" with K. James and Jonathan Bitchman of Switch N Play at Hypergender Burlesque.


Photo by Stacey Joy.

Naked PIRATES!

Superstars of Burlesque – Aug. 20-21

So You Wanna Be…

A Naked Girl? It’s time for our 2nd annual So You Wanna Be a Naked Girl contest on August 13th!

If you are interested in participating in this event, please email me: michelle@michellelamour.com.  I will send you all the important details.  There will be a winner that is chosen my audience vote via text message.  Wanna be a part of the studio audience? Buy tix now!

We also have a very limited special right now.  You can get tickets to the Aug. 13th Naked Girls Reading and the Superstars of Burlesque show at a discounted rate!

Two shows for $30.  A very limited offer so grab them while you can!

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