Stage Left Announces Forbidden Kiss LIVE, 3/17

By: Mar. 15, 2012
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Now enjoying six years of packed houses, Forbidden Kiss LIVE (Stage Left Studio) will celebrate St. Patrick's Day evening with their own version of "wearing of the green."  Or in the case of this sexy cabaret, it could very well be the "stripping of the green."  Show host Cheryl King combines burlesque, song, spoken word, sketches, and full-on hot and steamy monologues to create the long-running series.  This and other upcoming performances will feature improv sketches, including a panel where King, along with other hilarious and sexually-aware panelists, answers sex questions from the audience. The event features a regular pool of seasoned writers, performers, vocalists, and burlesque acts to present their own erotica with a twist-this time, with a wry Irish tongue firmly planted in their cheeks. 

Dubbed "Sexiest NYC Cabaret" by Village Voice, the special St. Patrick's Day show will include leprechaun burlesque, spoken word performances with shamrocks, haikus in green, and even a belly dance by Carol Henning. 

Bella da Balls will bring her comedy burlesque skills to the stage and will be followed by other Forbidden Kiss regulars DeeAnne Gorman (poetess responsible for haikus), TC Corwin (King's co-star for audience favorite sketch "Podcasters"), and the celebrated burlesque performer Alithea Howes with an erotic story.  Gloria Rosen will present a song as well as share her comedic chops with a monologue.
 
King wrote and directed the sketch "Nurse Elza" that brought the house down at last month's show.  Though the star of the piece is sometimes the cowbell and the slapstick, the actress playing the nurse has been charming crowds at Stage Left Studio of late. King renamed the sketch in her honor.  Elza will be opening her own solo show "Dating, Depression and Dirtbags" on March 21 at Stage Left.  Elza and Corwin team up onstage with Stage Left Studio regular Frank Blocker whose show Stabilized Not Controlledpreviews once more in March before opening for a limited engagement at the theatre. Blocker will also perform an Irish version of Tom Wait's "Frank's Wild Years."
 
Another soon-to-open solo artist, Tom Gualtieri, will feature an original monologue entitled "Plato's Retreat."  Gualtieri will soon open THAT PLAY: A Solo Macbeth in the Left Out Festival at Stage Left, April 14-25.  He has been enjoying great success alongside playwright David Sisco as they co-star in Bait 'n Swish, also at Stage Left.
 
Any tickets not picked up by showtime will be released, and there will be no refunds or exchanges. Due to the intimate nature of the Stage Left Studio performing space, regrettably, there will be no late seating.
 
Stage Left Studio is located at 214 West 30th Street, 6th floor, between 7th and 8th Aves. Conveniently located near the 1,2,3 lines, B,D, F and the C,E and A lines, and Penn Station.
 
Tickets $20


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