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While W.C. Fields might find it hard to
fathom, Philadelphia has been the hotbed
for a burgeoning neo-burlesque scene -
thanks in large part to the
long-running, shimmying shenanigans of
the Peek-A-Boo Revue.
Born in the Five Spot nightclub in 1998,
Philadelphia's Peek-A-Boo Revue was
created by club owner Phil Cohen, who
produced a weekly Wednesday evening
affair notable for a troupe of male and
female performers willing and capable of
doing almost anything related to sexual
tease.
More than ten years later (and one
traumatic fire at their original home),
the Peek-A-Boo Revue, now happily
ensconced at World Cafe Life, has
performed with Murray Hill, the Pontani
Sisters, while entertaining celebrities
like Jennifer Tilly and Chris Noth for
his birthday, and the casts of Saturday
Night Live and Cirque de Soleil (and you
know you'd better be naughty and nasty
if you're entertaining that bunch...)
With a cast of statuesque beauties
performing classic burlesque striptease,
it's no wonder that Philadelphia
Magazine labeled the Peek-A-Boo Revue
"the best troupe in the world."
Now, for one night only, to coincide
with the Philadelphia International
Festival of the Arts (PIFA), the
three-week smorgasbord of arts centered
around the theme "Paris: 1910 - 1920,"
the Peek-A-Boo Revue morphs into the
Moulin Rouge for their take on the
can-can and all its suggestive
incarnations. Expect the risqué and
provocative - for remember, it was in
1890s Paris that the striptease
originated. More than a hundred years
on, we're still thrilled and titillated
by the art of undressing, a fact that
the Peek-A-Boo Revue understands all too
well.
Go ahead, summon your inner Josephine
Baker and work a banana skirt in honor
of Paris and PIFA - and the Peek-A-Boo
Revue.
DETAILS: Saturday, April 30,
2011, two shows, 8 and 11 pm, World Cafe
Live, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19104, 215.222.1400
TICKETS:
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2614
https://tickets.pifa.org/Cart/Cart.aspx?perf_no=12925
LINK:
http://www.peekaboorevue.com/
Tenth in a series of features about the
Philadelphia International Festival of
the Arts (PIFA), continuing through May
1 with the support of PIFA.
Follow PIFA at
http://www.twitter.com/PIFAPhilly
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http://www.facebook.com/PIFA.Philly
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