December 2003 - Bindlestiffs - mailman.xmission.com

A Message to Our Friends
by bindlestiffs＠mailman.xmission.com 27 Dec '03

27 Dec '03

Hello! We wanted to take a few minutes and thank everyone that has supported the Palace of Variety and all of the great productions of Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. To celebrate with all of you, we are presenting our second annual New Years Eve Gala Performance. This show is a special extravaganza and is presented in the Intimacy of The Palace of Variety and FREE Museum of Times Square. The line up for this special night of vaudeville will include the clowns from Happy Hour, Cigar Box manipulator Adam Kuchler, the aerial artistry of the Fabulous Miss Una, Philomena Bindlestiff, Mr. Pennygaff and several other surprise and beloved guests of our family. When: December 31, 2003, New Years Eve Where: Palace of Variety, 125 West 42nd Street, Btwn Broadway and 6th Ave. Doors: 9 PM. ShowTime: 10:00 PM TICKETS: $50 THIS IS AN ADVANCE TICKET SALE ONLY EVENT! Tickets can be Purchased at the Palace Box Office, by phone at 212 575-0010 or online at www.bindlestiff.org We also want you to know that wanted you to know that over the next weekend we are presenting family performances of "High Heels & Red Noses" Saturday at 8:00 PM and on Sunday at 7:00 PM. As always, we will host our Winter Cabaret at 11:00 PM on Saturday. Our line-up for this week includes: Chris Allison from Cirque du Jour, with amazing physical comedy Torkova-magic and illusion Dr. Calamari and Acrophelia of Circus Contraption-acrobatics Andrea Damien-aerial acrobatics and of course, Mr. Pennygaff and Philomena We also look forward to seeing you at The FREE Museum of Times Square. Our doors will be open on weekdays starting January 2nd. Be sure to stop by and see our amazing and educational exhibits. We hope to see you soon and wish you the best, Keith & Stephanie and everyone at Bindlestiff Family Cirkus www.bindlestiff.org

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Two for One Shows This Weekend!
by bindlestiffs＠mailman.xmission.com 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus E-Mail Newsletter: In This Edition: . "High Heels & Red Noses Shows Selling Out! . New Years Eve Spectacle Announced! . FREE Museum of Times Square Presents "The Horrors of Drug Abuse" . Volunteer and be a part of Times Square History High Heels & Red Noses Selling Out The Palace of Variety With advance ticket sales strong, word is spreading that the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is back in town and have the hottest ticket around! Thier Performances at the newly renovated Palace of Variety and FREE Museum of Times Square are wowing audiences that have travelled from around the world to see what happens when a couple of ex Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baily Circus Clowns join up with the sexiest show in town. See The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus' newest production "High Heels & Red Noses" in the greatest vaudeville show palace in New York City. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents its latest innovative burlesque and circus theatrical extravaganza, "High Heels & Red Noses." Outrageous antics ensue when Kinko the clown finds a mysterious high heeled shoe in the trash. The unexpected arrival of its owner conjures a world of thrills, where surprises literally come out of the woodwork. Loaded with Bindlestiff's trademark burlesque humor and jaw-dropping theatrics, "High Heels & Red Noses" is a spectacular peek into the spine tingling world created in the Palace of Variety. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the online ticket booth. THIS WEEK ONLY! See High Heels and Red Noses and The Winter Caberet for Only $25!! Call 1-877-Bindles for details! See High Heels & Red Noses Every Friday, Saturday at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 7:00pm. Join the Bindlestiff Family for a New Year's Cirkus Celebration! The night will feature a star-studded Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Performance--the finest talents in modern variety convene on one stage for a special two-hour performance of danger, beauty, joy, and wonder. See sword swallowers, whip crackers, jugglers, aerialists, and modern masters of the ancient arts of sideshow and circus as you've never seen them before. After the show everyone joins us for dancing, drinking, and old style debauchery. Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office, by phone 212-575-0100, by email cirkus(a)bindlestiff.org and online at http://www.bindlestiff.org, click on schedule. When: December 31, 2003, New Years Eve Where: Palace of Variety, 125 West 42nd Street, btwn Broadway and 6th Ave. Doors: 9 pm Showtime: 10 pm Tickets: $50 THIS IS AN ADVANCE TICKET SALE ONLY EVENT & WILL SELL OUT FAST FREE Museum of Times Square Presents Rare Traveling Exhibit For a limited time only, the FREE Museum of Times Square will be displaying the classic side show exhibit "The Horrors of Drug Abuse". This exhibit has been certified and recognized by medical experts as the only exhibit of it's kind in North or South America. You will be amazed and horrified by this 100 year old display. Children under 14 are permitted, but only with adult supervision. There is a $1 donation required to view this, and all of the money collected goes towards the care and preservation of this horrible wonder. The Palace of Variety and FREE Museum of Times Square is located at 124 West 42nd Street. Visit us online at www.bindlestiff.org. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret See our weekly display of Vaudevillian Variety and Audacious Amusements. These shows will feature the best of the "New Vaudevillians" and the most original and shocking rising stars. This weekends lineup includes: Laura Witwer - Aaerialist Supreme Anne Weshinsky -Tight Wire Artist Magic Brian - Doing, well, Magic! Hillary Chaplain - Presenting Physical Comedy Plus surprise performances by surprise guests! Friday and Saturday at 11 pm. Dec 12 through Feb 29. No show Dec 26. Tickets: $15. Available at the box office or online. Volunteers and Staff Needed for Palace of Variety Be part of the most unique theatrical experience in New York City! Volunteers/Interns/Staff Members are needed at the Palace of Variety and FREE Museum of Times Square starting December first, when BFC moves back onto 42nd Street. We needed to help to promote, clean, tech and staff the Palace and Museum. Most positions are volunteer, though some do include some pay. Let us know if you can help out and gain a once in a lifetime experience! Contact our volunteer coordinator at cirkus(a)bindlestiff.org. Contact us at cirkus(a)bindlestiff.org and be sure to include a phone number and a good time to contact you. Cavalcade of Youth Bindlestiff Family Cirkus seeks young performers for upcoming shows on January 17 and February 21, 2004. These are vaudeville-style shows whose casts consistentirely of young performers. We are looking for jugglers, magicians, puppetteers, ringmasters or mistresses, tap dancers, singers and musicians, clowns, aerialists, rope spinners, wire walkers, sideshow marvels, and other entertaining folks. Solo, partner, and group acts are welcome! If you'd prefer to help out behind the scenes, that's great too. Take thisopportunity to learn basic theater production skills of all kinds, including sound and lighting operation,set maintenance and construction, rigging, costume and make-up design, front of house management,and show promotion. Our staff of theater professionals is ready to invest its talents in the next generation of variety performers.You help us; we'll help you. No experience necessary if you're willing to work! Sign Up! To find out more or sign up to perform, please contact Cavalcade of Youth Director Viveca Gardiner at 212.989.4718 or viveca(a)juggler.net. Also at the Palace of Variety: See these upcoming shows at the Palace of Variety. For a full schedule, go to our website. Winnie's Wondercabinet December 19, 20 and 21 at 4 pm Tickets: $10 Finding herself in a musty Cabinet of Curiosities, Winnie is reacquainted with the impulse to wonder. Virtrines featuring tightwire, comedy, song, unicycle, shadow puppets and juggling, guide Winnie to realizations for which she has been searching. Lucky Stiff Still on Hiatus..Returns January 7th to the Pussycat Lounge Lucky Stiff is taking a well deserved break over the holidays to give the beutiful performers a chance to rest and recuperate. The show will return on January 7th, 2004, with all new stars and acts. What: "Lucky Stiff in the Pussycat" Show When: Returning January 7th, 2004 Where: Pussycat Lounge, 96 Greenwich Street, NYC Showtime: 9:00 pm Admission: $11, ADULTS ONLY! ( Get in Cheap - print this email and get in for just $8! ) Information: (212) 726-1935 N, R, 1, & 9 Subway to Rector Street "Lucky Stiff" Is a Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and Lucky Devil Circus Sideshow Production THIS IS NOT INTENTIONAL SPAM! TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST, E-Mail bindles(a)myway.com with the words "remove me" in the subject line.

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The Palace of Variety is Open!!
by bindlestiffs＠mailman.xmission.com 10 Dec '03

10 Dec '03

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus E-Mail Newsletter: In This Edition: . "High Heels & Red Noses Debuts in Times Square! . Palace of Variety and FREE Museum of Times Square Opens! . Volunteer and be a part of Times Square History . See Live Burlesque Stars at "Lucky Stiff" at the Pussy Cat Lounge! High Heels & Red Noses to Debut in Times Square this Friday at 8:00 PM What happens when a couple of ex Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baily Circus Clowns join up with the sexiest show in town. See The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus' newest production High Heels & Red Noses in the greatest vaudeville show palace in New York City. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus presents its latest innovative burlesque and circus theatrical extravaganza, "High Heels & Red Noses." Outrageous antics ensue when Kinko the clown finds a mysterious high heeled shoe in the trash. The unexpected arrival of its owner conjures a world of thrills, where surprises literally come out of the woodwork. Loaded with Bindlestiff's trademark burlesque humor and jaw-dropping theatrics, "High Heels & Red Noses" is a spectacular peek into the spine tingling world created in the Palace of Variety. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the online ticket booth. This weekend we are giving a $5.00 discount to anyone who comes to a show either dressed as Santa Clause or a Clown, or mention "Longacre" when buying your tickets! See High Heels & Red Noses Every Friday, Saturday at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 7:00pm. FREE Museum of Times Square Reopens With New and Bizarre Exhibits Did you know that Times Square was once a Cabbage Patch? Or that in got it's name from a Newspaper? Or that we have the only two headed chicken and four legged ducks in New York City? Be sure to visit the FREE Museum of Times Square to celebrate the centennial of the brightest, bawdiest and most outrageous place in America! The Palace of Variety and FREE Museum of Times Square is located at 124 West 42nd Street. Visit us online at www.bindlestiff.org. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret See our weekly display of Vaudevillian Variety and Audacious Amusements. These shows will feature the best of the "New Vaudevillians" and the most original and shocking rising stars. This weekends opening weekend lineup includes Mistress Philomena, Mr. Pennygaff, Laura Witwer-aerial, Drew the Fool, Angelo Iodice and Ula the Pain Proof Rubber Girl-aerial. Not to be missed entertainment presented in the intimate confines of the Palace of variety! See this show every Friday and Saturday at 11 pm. Dec 12 through Feb 29. No show Dec 26. Tickets: $15, Available at the box office or online. Volunteers and Staff Needed for Palace of Variety Be part of the most unique theatrical experience in New York City! Volunteers/Interns/Staff Members are needed at the Palace of Variety and FREE Museum of Times Square starting December first, when BFC moves back onto 42nd Street. We needed to help to promote, clean, tech and staff the Palace and Museum. Most positions are volunteer, though some do include some pay. Let us know if you can help out and gain a once in a lifetime experience! Contact our volunteer coordinator at cirkus(a)bindlestiff.org. Contact us at cirkus(a)bindlestiff.org and be sure to include a phone number and a good time to contact you. Also at the Palace of Variety: See these upcoming shows at the Palace of Variety. For a full schedule, go to our website. Broadway Man by Marc Leland December 17 and 18 at 8 pm "Broadway Man" is the Super Hero of the Great White Way. He defends women, children, and the American Musical. When he sings, criminals don't stand a chance. Never before has the world seen such a unique hero. This 30 minute, one act musical farce is filled with everyone's favorite Broadway songs. When Broadway Man's nemesis, "T.V. Tuneman," arrives, you'll be carried back to the good old days of television by a wave of T.V.'s most memorable theme songs. Put it all together and you have a theatrical experience that is guaranteed to make you laugh, sing and return with your friends to re-experience the fabulous time you had seeing "Broadway Man." Winnie's Wondercabinet December 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 at 4 pm Tickets: $10 Finding herself in a musty Cabinet of Curiosities, Winnie is reacquainted with the impulse to wonder. Virtrines featuring tightwire, comedy, song, unicycle, shadow puppets and juggling, guide Winnie to realizations for which she has been searching. Lucky Stiff Still Hot at the Pussycat Lounge Tired of the "New" New York? In the depths of downtown NYC, only two blocks from the WTC Train Station, the exotic cabaret has risen again like the Phoenix. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and the Lucky Devil Circus Side Show have teamed p to make your circus fantasies come true. Lucky Stiff will suck you into a netherworld where you will be seduced by clowns and sword swallowing burlesque stars. Plus your chance to win a strip club super prize pack! Hosted, as always, by Tyler Fyre and Keith Bindlestiff. What: "Lucky Stiff in the Pussycat" Show When: Every Wednesday Through November Where: Pussycat Lounge, 96 Greenwich Street, NYC Showtime: 9:00 pm Admission: $11, ADULTS ONLY! ( Get in Cheap - print this email and get in for just $8! ) Information: (212) 726-1935 N, R, 1, & 9 Subway to Rector Street "Lucky Stiff" Is a Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and Lucky Devil Circus Sideshow Production THIS IS NOT INTENTIONAL SPAM! TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST, E-Mail bindles(a)myway.com with the words "remove me" in the subject line.

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