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Burlesque-A-Pades Sneak Preview Photo Essay

Just a  little sneak preview of comedy bits from last night’s rehearsal for Burlesque-A-Pades, (no previews of the specialty dances, I’m afraid — for those I’m afraid you must pay full admission!) The show opens this Friday  October 12 at the Soho Playhouse. For all the info, go here.

Officer Tigger and the Maine Attraction
Angie Pontani and Tigger in the “Post Office” sketch
Albert Cadabra, Gal Friday and Tigger in the “Doctor Sketch”
Pinkie Special Incognito
Pinkie and Little Motown in the “Candy Butcher” sketch
Albert and Gal crack each other up
Don’t trifle with Tawney the Tigress

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Writer and performer Trav S.D. (www.travsd.com) is best known for his books "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (2005) and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube" (2013). He has written for the NY Times, the Village Voice, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Reason, the Villager and numerous other publications. Trav has been in the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers. He has directed his own plays, revues and solo pieces at such venues as Joe’s Pub, La Mama, HERE, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, the Brick, and 6 separate shows in the NY International Fringe Festival. In 2014 he produced and directed the smash-hit "I’ll Say She Is", the first ever revival of the Marx Brothers hit 1924 Broadway show in the NY International Fringe Festival.

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