Revealed Burlesque
Like many second Friday nights of the month, I found myself a few days ago at the Living Room Lounge enjoying Wassabasco Burlesque and a drink (actually it was a couple drinks). It was their 2 year anniversary in the space and although the ladies were fantastic (as usual) the place was unfortunately quite empty.
During the show, the ever fabulous host Gigi LaFemme, dropped a subtle hint about a special show she’d be performing in the following night. So, after the show, I caught up with Gigi while she gogoed on the bar in a sparkly blue and silver outfit complete with a short cropped, metallic blue wig. I’d had a couple by then, but managed to pull out my geek magnet and email her an RSVP for the next night.
Luckily, the show was just a couple blocks away from home, so after a long tiring day, I dragged myself out to Revealed Burlesque.
Despite the rough $20 cover, as it neared showtime, the little performance space was filling up quite nicely. However, a closer look at the crowd revealed a lot of familiar faces… and bodies that usually were on the stage rather than in the crowd. In fact, I would say out of the entire crowd, only 4 people were not direct friends with the performers. Unfortunately, I counted myself in that number.
At any rate, with the show about to begin, Gigi came out on the tiny 7′ x 5′ stage, took off a long black cape, and, completely nude, started to work up a sweat with a little gogo action. Did I mention she was completely nude?
Yes, Revealed was all about burlesque plus and I gotta say, it delivered and in more ways that just the extra skin. Hosted by Bastard Kieth, who toed the line between hilarious and annoying (thankfully, usually on the side of the former), Revealed exposed the most fabulously fit, smart, and funny ladies in New York burlesque in one of the best burlesque shows I’d ever seen.
All the ladies were amazing, but as often happens, Peekaboo Pointe stood out with the most madcap performance that found her eschewing the whole clothes removal directive by coming out already completely nude except for a blindfold, then proceeding to mix a martini on a small tray with perfect comedic timing… oh and the use of creative problem solving skills when it came to finding a place to hold her ice cubes.
I gotta remember to be on the lookout for another Revealed Burlesque.
Posted in Nightlife
October 15th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
[...] The last time I wrote about Revealed Burlesque, the semi-hush-hush Brooklyn show where fantastic ladies bear everything in the name of burlesque, I was completely blown away by how excellent a show it was. There were a large number of performers and it seemed like they were doing their best material. Some even seemed to have come up with special numbers to accommodate the special needs of the event. [...]