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04.07.08: "Goings On About Town" - The New Yorker
The drag king Murray Hill, who has an acid tongue and a plumber's build, hosts "This Is Burlesque," a sardonic revue of neo-burlesque, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights in the velvety upstairs room of this boudoir-like Mediteranean restaurant and club. The performers-all first-rate- include Angie Pontani and the World Famous Pontani Sisters, who are neither world-famour nor sister. Nevertheless, they're the perfect centerpiece for this raucous evening of high kicking and tassel twirling.
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01.28.08: "Who's That Girl: Vintage Vamp" - New York Post
Burlesque is booming in New York, and Angie Pontani is its reigning star. you know a trend has reached critical mass when it finds its way into a plotline on Gossip Girl. The teen grama recently featured a fictional burlesque club and a performance by 30-year-old real-life dancer Angie Pontani.
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02.11.08: "This Is Burlesque" - Backstage
In terms of audience, there's some overlap between New York City's legit theatre and nightclub scenes but not much. With the possible exception, that is, of Gotham's flourishing burlesque scene, which ties together everything from stage work and performance art to specialty acts, comedy, music, and dance.
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The Strokes, who strolled into the This Is Burlesque show at cheeky and cheerful Corio eatery on a Friday eve. The Strokers slid into a table by the stage (to get a better look at the ladies, fer sure) and interacted with the emcee throughout the campy show. The five indie fellas sported jeans and rocker tees, natch, foregoing anything harder than vodka 'n' Red Bulls. Funny, you'd think their energy drink du jour would be Rock Star, huh? The band enjoyed the saucy entertainment—who wouldn’t?—and stayed well after the show was over to chill with the cast. Bet none of the performers in this sexy dinner theater were a match for drummer Fabrizio Moretti’s ex Drew Barrymore, but a guy’s gotta eat, no?
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