Horse Trade Presents THE 2009 BURLESQUE BLITZ 12/26-30

After the success of 3-night Brooklyn Burlesque Blitz, The Burlesque Alliance bring their teasing talents to The Big Apple for five nights of winter hotness! Recover from your stressful holiday season with sizzling hot performances by Fisherman's Burlesque, Bastard Keith, Pinchbottom, Casino O'Fortune Cookie's burlesque tribute to Patrick Swayze, and a special holiday edition of Revealed!

Featuring the steaming hot talents of Anita Cookie, Bastard Keith, BB Heart, Clams Casino, Ekaterina, Figgy, The Fisherman Xylophonic Orchestra, Gal Friday, GiGi La Femme, Jonny Porkpie, Julie Atlas Muz, Kobyashi Maru, Madame Rosebud, Mat Fraser, Minnie Tonka, Nasty Canasta, Neil O'Fortune, Precious Little, Ruby Valentine, Sapphire Jones, And more!

Buzz for The Brooklyn Burlesque Blitz:

" It's going to be another steamy weekend, and this time it has nothing to do with global warming... Leave your scarf and coat at the door, it sounds like it's going to be a sizzler." The Village Voice

"Gotham's smokiest global warmers send Brooklyn's mercury rising" Next Magazine

The 2009 Burlesque Blitz will run December 26-30 at 10:30pm in The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery). Tickets to all shows ($15) may be purchased online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling 212-868-4444.

Brian Fisherman presents
Fisherman's Island - a Burlesque Hallucination
Saturday, December 26
Burlesque bandleader Fisherman has a problem--he's been marooned on a tiny desert island for 7 years, with only his memories of Coney Island to keep him company! Fortunately for the audience, Fisherman's vivid imagination brings all his most lovely dancers to glorious life, performing their most exotic, savage and untamed stripteases to the live music of Fisherman's Xylophonic Orchestra! Featuring Miss Coney Island GiGi La Femme, Ekaterina and many more surprises, this original show is funny, sexy, and will make you question the value of Civilization! www.fishermansburlesque.com

Bastard Keith presents
Bastard Keith Saves Chanukah
Sunday, December 27
This holiday season, you'll be assaulted by Yuletide imagery and mawkish sentiment. Don't you want a show that kicks ass, takes names and tastes a little more...well...Jew-y? On December 27th, the swingingest MC in burlesque will defend the civilized world (and its myriad menorahs) in the super-spectacular holiday special to end them all: Bastard Keith Saves Chanukah. The forces of evil, headed up by Madame Rosebud, Gal Friday and BB Heart, have a dastardly plan to destroy the festival of lights once and for all. But they aren't counting on the efforts of the Jewstice League, a cadre of courageous Heebs led by Bastard Keith, Minnie Tonka and Precious Little. It's a fight to the Yiddish, and only one side can prevail. There's only one way to find out who. For anyone seeking Hebraic heroics and sheer excellence, Bastard Keith Saves Chanukah is, truly, the chosen show. www.myspace.com/bastard_keith

Pinchbottom Burlesque presents
How the Pinch Stole Christmas
Monday, December 28
When Nasty Canasta takes charge of the Holiday Pageant, she decides to celebrate with nudity, using burlesque stars for sexy tributes to the season. But the grinch-like (but legally distinct) "Pinch" (Jonny Porkpie) wants to keep Xmas clean and pure as the virgin snow, and so dresses up like a Burlesque Santa and sets out to kidnap each and every performer in Nasty's show. www.pinchbottom.com

Casino O'Fortune Cookie presents
Swayze For You: A Tribute to Patrick Swayze
Tuesday, December 29
Ghost, Dirty Dancing, Roadhouse, Point Break, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, Next of Kin, Red Dawn...truly, one of the great cinematic legacies. This year we lost a legend, a man who combined ass-kicking and classically trained dance in such a way that, when a luxurious mullet and tight jeans were added, possibly with the combination of a song like, say, Unchained Melody, an entire generation lost control of their bodily functions. That man...is Patrick Swayze. And on December 29th, Casino O'Fortune Cookie Productions will show their love for the hunkiest man to ever play a bar bouncer with a degree in philosophy that wasn't afraid to cry-or rip a dude's throat out. And don't think we've forgotten about She's Like the Wind either! It's Swayze For You! Starring your hosts Anita Cookie, Clams Casino and Neil O'Fortune, and Figgy, Gal Friday, and Ruby Valentine! You'll have...the time of your life! www.casinoofortunecookie.com

GiGi La Femme & Doc Wasabassco present
Revealed Burlesque's Holiday Bonus
Wednesday, December 30
REVEALED...Brought to you by the Power Couple of Burlesque (GiGi La Femme and Doc Wasabassco), is a cutting edge burlesque show with a sinfully dirty twist. This unique and extra-sultry night features the sexiest, most notorious performers in New York City, as you've never seen them before! Revealed promises you more bang for your buck than any show in town. What surprises will the girls have in store for us this month? Come find out and experience an evening of salacious striptease and skin, where the climax of each number leaves everything...Revealed. This special edition showcase will feature delectable performances by: Miss Coney Island 2010 GIGI La Femme, The Intoxicating Anita Cookie, The Five Alarm Fire of Burlesque, Gal Friday, The Borg Queen of Burlesque Kobyashi Maru, The Alabaster Beauty Ruby Valentine and The Tantalizing Sapphire Jones! Hosted by the charming and inebriated Bastard Keith and his Sensational Stage Kitten Sidekick, Your Gibson Geisha Girl Fantasy, Madame Rosebud! www.myspace.com/revealedburlesque

Horse Trade Theater Group is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.

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