This Is Burlesque: Show Press

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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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BUST MAGAZINE - You are always impeccably dressed. What's your secret?

MURRAY HILL - One hundred percent polyester. The ladies love it. It's fashionable but practical too- it never wrinkles. When you're the hardest-working-middle-aged man in show business, you do 10 gigs a week and every day it looks straight outta the dry cleaner. My suits have gone through hell, but look at this! That seam! It's built in.

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It's bawdy, irreverent and is even drawing celebs to its tassel-twirling shows. Dea Birkett lifts the curtain on New York's growing neo-burlesque scene.

It's Saturday night at the Corio, and Murray Hill is warming up. He's smoothing down his hair with wax, teasing the ends of his small moustache into neat points, and tucking his shirt into the belt of his broad waist. Fellow performer Angie Pontani is gluing on her pasties. The music starts up, Murray saunters between the cluster of small round tables onto a low stage the size of a tablecloth, and opens, as always, with "Folks - It's show time!"

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Clothing Optional

If you're looking to explore a new scene, skip the madness of CMJ in favor of bawdy burlesque show.

"This Is Burlesque"
Opens October 18 at Corio Supper Club

The cheeky downtown drag king Murray Hill hosts this newish venue's run of weekend shows, featuring the tap-dancing Helen Pontani (performing solo and with her in-demand group the World-Famous Pontani Sisters), Mark Morris-trained "tassel twirler" Peekaboo Pointe and others.

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A hetero experience-burlesque-suddenly became the domain of the gays when every foofy dance party started weirdly featuring disrobing females onstage a few years ago. It was like booking a pastry chef at an anorectics' convention. But now the straights have seized all those navels back with This Is Burlesque, a review at the Soho boite Corio, featuring strippers, those dancing Pontani Sisters, and Nathan Lane look-alike Murray Hill. Quips Murray, "So it's come to this! A downtown superstar performing in a bottle-service club for bachelorette parties!"

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New Yorkers, get out your to-do list and put this in there: Buy tix for This is Burlesque at Corio in SoHo. Non-New Yorkers, make sure you hit this up the next time you're in town. In fact, I recommend planning your trip around it. You will have the most. fun. ever. I hit it up last week and have been talking about it ever since.

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BURLESQUE WILL NOT DIE- and by the way, are other parts of the country so enamored with uninhibited, tattooed women shaking their cellulite? Tonight, Murray Hill- the comedian, not the Manhattan neighborhood populated by UPenn grads- joins burlesque stars the Pontani Sisters for "This Is Burlesque." Mr. Hill was quick to inform us that this is "a classy burlesque show. This is not performance-arty. It's an Atlantic City, Vegas-style lounge show. It's above the boards, so to speak."

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Now that Jesus-season is over, those seeking something to believe in can look to Corio for a weekly refue far more thrilling than mass. In This Is Burlesque, downtown savior Murray Hill takes the stage in an effort to eradicate the velvit ropes of New York and offer full-on nightlife salvation. She can't walk on water (we think), but four-inch heels have never been a problem: Coney Island bombshell Angie Pontani co-hosts the tassel-fest, in which Peekaboo Pointe, Melody Sweets, and the tap-dancing Helen Pontani perform. But here's where the show truly beats church: The devine drinks-that is shots-flow freely from the onstage bar during intermission.

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In This is Burlesque, the popular racy revue by downtown "King of Comedy" Murray Hill and neo-burlesque star Angie Pontani, bodacious beauties and sultry singers steam up the stage, including tapper Hellen Pontani, tassel-twirler Peekaboo Pointe and songstress Melody Sweets.

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"Pasties or BUST!" Thats the tagline of New York City's nightlife sensation This Is Burlesque. Starring drag king Murray Hill and showgirl Angie Pontani, the show runs indefinitely at the Corio Club.

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Cap your week off with a visual and cultural feast at this burlesque-capades event featuring “the hardest working middleman in the business.” Murray Hill. Pay homage to the speakeasy days with burlesque from sultry stars like The Pontani Sisters, Peekaboo Pointe, Melody Sweets and more.

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