Shelly Watson News

GOTHAM BURLESQUE will welcome VERONICA VARLOW as the headliner for June's show tonight, June 2nd at 10PM at The Triad on the Upper West Side.

“Mensch” is not a word you might immediately think of to describe Frank Sinatra, but the label seems to fit Cary Hoffman quite snugly.  And though his solo musical, My Sinatra, has the nice Jewish guy from Long Island singing fifteen Sinatra hits (“One For My Baby,” “”Summer Wind,” “Luck Be A Lady,” “The Lady Is A Tramp”… you know the rest.), it is not a celebrity impersonation show.  It's actually a very warm, enjoyable presentation of his lifelong obsession with the man who many would consider to be definitive male interpreter of American popular music.

GOTHAM BURLESQUE will welcome VERONICA VARLOW as the headliner for June's show on Saturday, June 2nd at 10PM at The Triad on the Upper West Side.

Next month on April 7th, The King of Boylesque and the first ever Mr. Exotic World TIGGER! will headline Gotham Burlesque's One Year Anniversary Celebration, with the production now offering audiences two shows in one night at 8pm and 10:30pm.

Next month on April 7th, The King of Boylesque and the first ever Mr. Exotic World TIGGER! will headline Gotham Burlesque's One Year Anniversary Celebration, with the production now offering audiences two shows in one night at 8pm and 10:30pm.

Contortionist and Burlesque Siren HARVEST MOON and the 'Tapping Tornado' HELEN PONTANI are among the performers taking the stage next month at GOTHAM BURLESQUE on Saturday, March 3rd at 10pm.

Contortionist and Burlesque Siren HARVEST MOON and the 'Tapping Tornado' HELEN PONTANI are among the performers taking the stage next month at GOTHAM BURLESQUE on Saturday, March 3rd at 10pm.

Just one day after what would have been his 69th birthday, the fourth edition of The Rum House's Bespoke Music Series celebrates the work of the legendary Jimi Hendrix, led by a musician who shares that birthday, award-winning NYC bassist Kenball Zwerin.

Just one day after what would have been his 69th birthday, the fourth edition of The Rum House's Bespoke Music Series celebrates the work of the legendary Jimi Hendrix, led by a musician who shares that birthday, award-winning NYC bassist Kenball Zwerin.

Surrealist Burlesque returns to Coney Island with 'Animal Funhouse!' Loosely based on George Orwell's Animal Farm, 'Animal Funhouse' is part experiential tour, part burlesque spectacle, and all surrealist fun. Two different casts appear on separate floors in a phantasmagoria of sights, sounds, and olfactory overload as the audience is invited to participate in the gluttony.

Surrealist Burlesque returns to Coney Island with 'Animal Funhouse!' Loosely based on George Orwell's Animal Farm, 'Animal Funhouse' is part experiential tour, part burlesque spectacle, and all surrealist fun. Two different casts appear on separate floors in a phantasmagoria of sights, sounds, and olfactory overload as the audience is invited to participate in the gluttony.

THE ZIPPER FACTORY THEATER (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) will present the following entertainment events in January 2009. For advance tickets to all Zipper events call OvationTix at 212-352-3101 or buy online at www.thezipperfactory.com (For IN-PERSON purchases, The Zipper Box Office opens one hour prior to curtain for all events).

THE ZIPPER FACTORY THEATER (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) will present the following entertainment events in January 2009. For advance tickets to all Zipper events call OvationTix at 212-352-3101 or buy online at www.thezipperfactory.com (For IN-PERSON purchases, The Zipper Box Office opens one hour prior to curtain for all events).

The Zipper Factory Theater, which offers an eclectic lineup of theatrical events, music, cabaret, comedy, dance, variety and burlesque, proudly presents the following attractions in July.

The Zipper Factory announces its June line-up featuring some old favorites and some new shows.

New York's Nerve Ensemble will present spam.show, a one night only modern junk mail spectacular, on Wednesday, November 15th at the Zipper Theater.

The 2005 New York International Fringe Festival will play host to hundreds of shows; here is an (almost) alphabetical preview of 23 of them