Takin' it to the streets

Bringing back one of our favorites for the second straight year

Photo and design by Ted D'Ottavio.

All the burlesque that's fit to print

A shot of the whole cast backstage before AM GOLD on Thursday night, a great show, an amazing cast, a fabulous night at the beach! (That's me, Kenny Law, GiGi LaFemme, Anita Cookie, Creamy Stevens, Clams, Darlinda Just Darlinda and Runaround Sue)

Speaking of Darlinda Just Darlinda, Clams was part of the stellar cast for her show on Saturday at the Zipper Factory; the finale to her Year in Rainbow, a year-long art project/blog/performance in which she wore a different color of the rainbow exclusively every month. It was really an amazing show.

And next up: come out and join us tomorrow night, when Clams and I are in charge of Monday Night Burlesque while Doc Wasabassco, the producer, is out of town! I'm starting off the night at 9:00, hosting the Fresh Face Showcase. Summer's almost over, we have a great lineup, come on out!

I'm alright, don't nobody worry about me

I know I already told you all to come out to Coney for AM GOLD tonight, but have you been outside? It's a perfect late summer day. And there's a soft rock bonus: Huey Lewis is playing a free show next to the aquarium. How can you stay home?

Takin' it to the streets

I love this shot of Clams, I think it looks like an ad in an issue of of Playboy from 1974. Anyway, it should definitely get you in the mood for what will be, without a doubt, the smoothest burlesque show ever. You have GOT to join us in Coney Island tomorrow night for AM GOLD! We'll see you there!

Even the nights are better since I found you.

What a fool believes

Is that it would be easy to find a good karaoke track of "This Is It" by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald. Isn't this why the internet was invented? Why do we need that, do you ask? Come to Coney Island on August 21st and find out.

The summer of shows continues

We took the Jersey shore by storm again this Saturday at Asbury Lanes, and now it's time to gear up for more great shows coming up this summer. Of course, this Thursday is the next installment of Gameshow Speakeasy, the last of the summer before we take an August hiatus. And of course, coming up in August, AM GOLD! Above: the greatest flyer ever, thanks to the genius of photographer and designer Ted D'Ottavio. (click for the large view)

We Are the Champions

Last night's show was an absolute triumph; amazing crowd, amazing cast, amazing performances, amazing theater. Completely exhausted. Taking our bows on the stage of an Off-Broadway theater to rousing applause, surrounded by my genius friends and loved ones, most of them not wearing any clothes, was a dizzying, surreal moment that I can't stop thinking about today, the sheer joy of that moment that makes the tremendous work of being an independent producer so, so worth whatever it takes to make that moment happen.

I recently looked back at some of the early posts on Pound Sign, from around this time two years ago, and I had a very different trajectory in mind for my creative life here in New York City. I've been thinking about the things that I would have written about then that now I simply haven't had the time or, frankly, the strong inclination to; this year's Whitney Biennial, the opening of the New Museum. Experiences like those, make no mistake, remain a vital part of my cultural life, and that kind of contemporary art still informs how I think and what I do. But I'm not sure if my focus will ever be there again...

Wow, that got serious for a moment. Any reader who doesn't know me personally certainly stopped reading around the part about nudity. So, onward! This summer the adventure continues: in July for the first time Clams and I are co-producing a show with Jonny Porkpie and Nasty Canasta, also known as Pinchbottom Burlesque! And we're bringin' it to the fabulous Asbury Lanes! Stay tuned for The Shore Thing: A Burlesque Road Trip! And then in August, the two of us return to Coney Island's Burlesque at the Beach series for: Clams Casino and Neil O'Fortune present: AM Gold!

Ya Mo Be There!