A Weekend of Shows!! Part 1:

I can't even look at this!! (MUA: Complete Destruction)

This last weekend was a busy one! Starting on Thursday night I had three shows lined up for the weekend and it was the best! 

The first show was CHEAPSEATS which is a DIY show put on by Erich Haygun at the YMCA in Cambridge, MA.  Erich has a beautiful philosophy about building a supportive community of different types of artists who can all come together in one show. It's a good place to experiment.  It was definitely the quietest crowd I'd ever performed burlesque for. I think seeing burlesque was a new experience for a lot of people in the audience.  Either that or they weren't into seeing my butt which just can't be true! I mean come on guys, butts!

The second show of the weekend was A Dark Knight in the Asylum which is the Batman themed burlesque show that my troupe The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts created.  The show, at Oberon in Harvard Square, sold out two weeks before the opening! The costumes and makeup alone were enough to impress anyone. I had to share a dressing room with Killer Croc (played by Willie Dumey) and it was terrifying. I like to think I don't scare easily, but damn! Some of the costumes in the show were truly frightening!

The plot of the show was that Commissioner Gordon, played by Dale Stones visits Arkham Asylum to check up on the villains that had once plagued Gotham. Dr. Arkham, played by THE WIZARD, walks him around the asylum introducing the audience to all the villains until all hell breaks loose and Joker, played by Complete Destruction, reigns as king of chaos! 

There were so many amazing numbers in the show!  


These were some of my favorites:

• Scarecrow, played by Femme Bones, opened the show with a freaky, group dance, number that was the perfect opener. It had great choreography, the creepiest costumes, and special effects. It set the audience's expectations really high for the rest of the show and we didn't disappoint! (She also used audio from the Goosebumps TV Show which was bananas.) 
  
•  I got to be in both of the Poison Ivy numbers. Played by Anne Frankenstein, in maybe the sexiest burlesque costume I've ever seen (made by Amy Young), Poison Ivy was deadly beautiful and she poisoned me via makeout TWICE.  Lucky me!
  
• Landis Darling did aerials as Cat Woman and totally wowed the audience with her strength and skill.
  
• Dewie Decimator played the Danny Devito Penguin and it was hilarious and gross and just what the show needed.
  
• Allix Mortis was The Riddler and she brought rock and roll insanity that was spot on.
  
•  I was in a Two Face number with Ricky Lime (from Sirlesque) and my troupe mate Sake Toomey. The number was really sexy and Ricky's costume was great! 
  

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Allix Mortis as The Riddler C: Daniel Nocturne

You got a little something on your face! Poison Ivy Kisses!

Backstage Devil Selfie

Shanky's new hat(s)

A bunch of my Muggle friends came out to support me in my debut as a Slaughterhouse Sweetheart. They bought out 2 tables in the front row and cheered like lunatics whenever I was on stage. (they are awesome)  Afterward, we all went out to my favorite bar and drank all of the wine.

Now, I have a confession.... I ended up singing karaoke with Gypsy Lux to Honky Tonk Badonkadonk. (Thank god no one recorded it!) In all honesty I think I sang four songs which is a true testament to how much "fun" I was having. Despite being such a ham, the idea of singing karaoke is my idea of hell...although I'm pretty sure I rocked Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You" #letsbehonest

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The only photo where I look human

After the karaoke some of us headed over to The Slaughterhouse...there is a lot of photographic evidence of this but most of it is locked in the vaults. 

The coolest thing about this weekend of shows was that so many people I don't get to see that often braved the cold to come see me perform. My liver paid for it but my cold little heart swelled with all the love I got from my friends. 

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Hello, Gorgeous!

And with that I leave you until later when I'll recap the third show of the weekend: Geek Girl Boston Presents: BIG IN JAPAN!

Here's a selfie of me looking (and feeling) extremely hungover to tide you over until then! 

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