Welcome to The
Filthy Lucre
, where the cover charge is exorbitant, the drinks are watered down, and management steals the performers' tips. What sort of money-grubbing miser would run a "Gentleman's Club" like this? Who else but
Scrooge?
When the scantily-clad spirit of her former business partner returns from the grave, the "nudest Scrooge in history" goes on a tassel-twirling journey with the Ghosts of Burlesque Past, Present, and Future. Will this haunting bump-and-grind-through-time help bitter Ebeneza see the error of her exploitative ways? Of course it will. You know the story, but you've never seen it quite like this.
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" Nudest Scrooge in history ... perhaps this 'Christmas Carol' isn't the best choice for the kiddies." -Neil Genzlinger, The NY Times
"Local bump-and-grind impresario Jonny Porkpie reimagines Scrooge as a greedy strip-club owner named Ebeneza who rips off her dancers—and, of course, her clothes—in this risqué burlesque-theater adaptation of Charles Dickens's holiday chestnut. If you like your spiritual redemption stories perked up with pasties and tassels, this is the Carol for you." -Time Out NY
" Heartwarming, scantily clad rendering of the old standby... a costume drama that frequently sheds its costumes... a lively evening of entertainment... an enduring tale and this (slightly twisted) version keeps its message intact." Full Article -Bob Krasner, AMNY, The Villager
"The author/director rides both kinds of burlesque like a pair of skis . There’s the bump and grind kind of course, but there’s also the Mad Magazine/Mel Brooks kind, which takes a well-known stage or screen vehicle and sends it up, literally burlesquing it." Full article -Trav SD, Author of " No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous "
as SCROOGE
as JACOB MARLEY
as BELLE
as BOB CRATCHIT
as GOLDIE
as The Ghost of
Classic Burlesque
as The Ghost of
Neo Burlesque
(12/4 & 12/6)
as The Ghost of
Neo Burlesque
(12/20)
as The Ghost of
Neo Burlesque
(12/13 & 12/22)
as The Ghost of
Burlesque Yet To Come
Photos: Scout by Adrian Buckmaster. Cheeky by Don Spiro, Peekaboo by Ben Trivett
Tigger, Jonny, Cashlee, Jo, Tiger, Misc by
Bob Krasner
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Porkpie International & Spin Cycle present Filthy Lucre: A Burlesque Christmas Carol