Carol of the Boobs
MsPixy,
Lady Annabelle, Naughty Natanya, Bella Ciao
Hazel Hellbender, Diva
LaVida, Slightly Spitfire & Pup T'Nogood
The people of Belmont Burlesque have
provided me with good cause to find the answers to the following
holiday entertainment questions.
- 1 -
What happens when you have two modest
and self respecting Sugar Plum Fairies … Forced to deal with a
little sister who can't seem to understand that “There are some
things about us we really don't want the Human's to see”?
Sugar Plums
Naughty
Natanya, Bella Ciao & Hazel Hellbender
- 2 -
Did the wayward Angel actually fall
from grace? Or did she enjoy every single moment of casually
strolling down the mountainside?
Bad Angel as performed by Bella Ciao
- 3 -
What happens when a good looking
gentleman is politely trying to ask his Mis-Match.Com date to leave …
And she's had just enough to drink, that no matter what the poor
fellow says, she hears a sexual come on?
Baby It’s Cold Outside
Pup T'Nogood & Bambi Rein
- 4 -
What is it going to cost me to have
Bazuka Joe perform at my Lovely Evil Wife's Birthday Party this
Summer?
Drummer Boy as performed by Bazuka Joe
- 5 -
And most important of all …
How good of a review should a smart ass
Irish Comedian expect when he's decided to make fun of the nation of
Wales … Not realizing that the invited Drama Critic has a
grandfather by the last name of Edwards?
Featured Comedian - Adam Burke
What I love most about the people of
Belmont Burlesque, is that they combine a delightfully refined sense
of the absurd with a healthy respect for propriety. While very
little is sacred to this group of delightful lunatics, they clearly
know how to avoid the crude and tasteless forms of behavior that a
lot of modern day slobs and buffoons are determined to try and pass
off as comedy. They work very hard to take the high road and their
shows are made that much better for it.
Having not seen Adam Burke before this
show, I'm rather happy that I got the opportunity to watch the boy
perform before some other angry Welshman decided to strangle him with
his bare hands. Burke has a comedy style that tends to be casual and
meandering. Quite different from the frantic scattergun type of
routine that is too often present in 21st Century Comedy Clubs. The
man is as much a Storyteller as he is a Comedian. And that is very
welcome to my ears.
I hope to have the opportunity to watch
Adam perform again, in the not too distant future, in spite of the
fact that he's a stuck up Irish know it all. Because I'm darn
certain that the two of us would be quite happy to sit down for a
drink and do everything we could to bad mouth the English and the
Scots. And don't even get us started on the French.
I want to hand a special shout out to
Ms Pixy, who makes the task of being an M.C. Appear almost
effortless. Having done that job, I can attest to the fact that it
can be nerve racking.
From beginning to end … This past
Weekend's show was nothing less than solid. Often rising to
masterful and hilarious. There was not a bad act in the bunch. And
I'm very sorry I don't have the opportunity to mention every single
act and performer by title and name.
The Cast performing White Christmas
If you were unlucky enough to miss that
performance, feel free to visit the Wit Theater this coming Saturday.
The troupe will be giving a (mostly) repeat performance with a few
of this past Saturday's acts being replaced by other routines and
artists.
That's the nature of Live Theatre.
It's always changing and evolving.
Travis Clemmons.
