Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Update
This Update Contains:
* Bindlestiff co-founders in Sugar Babies (the musical)
* Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and Magic Hat 2007 Summer Variety Show Tour (schedule now available)
* Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Summer Camp on Staten Island
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Bindlestiff Co-founders in Sugar Babies
SUGAR BABIES: The Burlesque Musical
May 4 , 2007 to May 13, 2007
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm; Sundays @ 3pm
at Snug Harbor Cultural Center (in the Music Hall), 1000 Richmond Terrace
Adult: $25.00 Students/Seniors/SHCC Members: $23.00
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founders Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu will be singing, dancing, acting, juggling, and presenting a number of their variety skills in a Burlesque Musical.
"A sizable Broadway hit and a homage to a classical American theatrical form" is how the NY Post described this tribute to the burlesque style of the early 1900's through 1930. This riotously funny musical will be presented in Snug Harbor's Music Hall from May 4 through May 13, 2007. The show follows the classic recipe for the typical Burlesque venue one might find in a run-of-the-mill theatre playhouse at the turn of the 20th century. The original 1979 Broadway production starred the talented and energetic duo, Anne Miller and Mickey Rooney, and had a long and well deserved run boasting 1208 performances and 8 Tony Award nominations. The shows strengths lie in its dense compilation of some of the greatest Burlesque sketches and musical numbers which fire off in a barrage of colorful acts overlapping in such a way as to thrill all theatre goers, even those with the shortest of attention spans. In short, Sugar Babies is a historical re-enactment of one of the greatest eras of show business where some of America's greatest comics received their training before moving to Vaudeville, Broadway, film and television. The show tributes this valued section of theatre history by including classic Burlesque sketches such as: "The Little Red Schoolhouse",
"Meet Me Round The Corner", "The Minstrel" and "The Court of Last Retort."
Popular songs include: "Good Old Burlesque Show", "I Feel A Song Coming On", "Don't Blame Me", "Keeping Myself Available", "Exactly Like You", "I Can't Give You Anything Bu Love", and "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
Call the box office at (718) 815-SNUG for tickets.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus And Magic Hat Summer Variety Show Tour
Tour Schedule Now Available!
The 2007 Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and Magic Hat Summer Variety Show Tour is hitting road this June. We are touring the eastern United
States Summer June/July/September with an all new spectacle.
There are still a few dates available for book. If you know of a great venue or festival in need of a visit from the Bindlestiffs, e-mail Stephanie at
stephanie@bindlestiff.org.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Summer Camp
July 30–August 11, ages 8 to 15.
This summer the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will be offering a two-week
day camp program at Staten Island's Snug Harbor Cultural Center, where
children can learn circus skills like juggling, balancing, acrobatics,
clowning, physical comedy, and stilt walking. Register now!
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus on DVD.
For over ten years the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus has been presenting
its unique blend of Circus, Sideshow, Vaudeville, and Burlesque. You
can now take the Cirkus home with you. Produced by Alan Plotkin this
documentary highlights the travels, trials and evolution of the
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus.
DVD IS NOW AVAILABLE. Bindlestiff DVD can be ordered by sending a $23
payment to Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. PO Box 1917, New
York, NY 10009.
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Tax-deductible donations can be made at
to Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc., PO Box 1917, New York, NY
10009.
Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit
organization devoted to the preservation and evolution of the variety
arts.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
PO Box 1917
New York, NY 10009
1-877-BINDLES