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Two Weeks ’til Bathing Beauties!

Drawing by Carolyn Raship
Drawing by Carolyn Raship

Wednesday, August 7 at 9pm at Coney Island USA:

Trav S.D. (American Vaudeville Theatre) and a High Kicking Chorus of Cuties recreate burlesque as it was in Coney Island’s early 20th century glory days, and a salute to Mack Sennett’s Bathing Beauties. Water Nymphs, Wisecracks, and Whatever Floats Yer Boat –

Featuring…

Your host: Trav S.D.

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The Bathing Beauties:

Helen Pontani!

Grace Gotham!

Kat Mon Dieu!

Kita St Cyr!

Edie Nightcrawler!

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All the Way from St. Louis: Sammy Tramp!

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Authentic Eastern Belly Dancing by NEON NYC!

And the grape drenched sensualité of Mata Hari’s Wine Bath!!! *

Plus comedy sketches inspired by old time burlesque and silent movies featuring Trav S.D., Bob Greenberg, Gregory Levine with additional nuts TBA!

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Copies of CHAIN OF FOOLS will be on sale purchase and signing, in that order

And for swell official Bathing Beauties merchandise designed by our Royal Court Artist Carolyn Raship go here:

http://society6.com/cavigliascabinet/Trav-SD-and-The-Bathing-Beauties_Print

See more at: http://www.coneyisland.com/event/trav-sd-presents-bathing-beauties#sthash.MwttAopv.dpuf

* Thanks to Thieves Theatre!

Published by travsd

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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