The next installation of Super Happy Fun Time Burlesque is THIS Thursday, April 23rd at the Park Theater in Holland.
Discount Tickets for this event are available for HYP members ($8/ea) - please contact Jen Pider at 616-717-0048 or jenpider@gmail.com.
Burlesque?
The public’s mind wanders rightly into the gutter.
This is art. Art is a good thing.
It’s the medium in which the artist reflects the viewer back at themselves. When you see this girl on stage taking off her clothes, what does that inspire in you? Do you look at that body and the context in which it’s presented? Do you think of it as beautiful, humorous and zany, or does it inspire deviance, guilt, shame or desire?
Who cares? This is burlesque, baby, this is a good time!!
Burlesque is an underground movement sweeping the nation. Every city from Salt Lake to LA boasts burlesque revivals happening weekly at clubs and theaters. Burlesque stars such as Dita Von Teese spearhead national campaigns for products like Revlon and national TV shows such as NBC’s Americas got Talent.
Composer and Saxophonist Corey Ruffin, aka Mr. Happy Pants, leads Michigan’s part in the vaudeville and burlesque revival as host and bandleader for the nationally renowned burlesque troupe based out of Grand Rapids, Super Happy Funtime Burlesque.
In a typical 2 hour Super Happy Funtime Burlesque show, the audience members see the finest (and sexiest) Michigan performers in an unrestrained and over the top show that will leave them laughing and begging for more! Glass Walking, Hula Hooping, Stilt Walking, Fire, Aerial Acrobatics, Live Jazz, Magic, Illusion, Stand Up Comedy, Costumes and Striptease.
Our naughty musical sexy comedy is a regular sell-out in 400 (or more) seat venues such as the Wealthy Theatre and the Intersection Lounge in Grand Rapids, Bell’s Beer Garden and Poppa Pete’s in Kalamazoo, Park Theatre in Holland, Acorn Theatre in Three Oakes, The Ritz in Warren, the Inside Out Gallery in Traverse City and many more.
With a 25 member cast, a 8 piece avante gypsy jazz rock band, an unforgettable MC who keeps the evening rolling and audience laughing, multi-media, comedy sketches, music, magic, fire-eating/spinning, contortion, juggling, 100% original acts created by local talent this show is a STEAL at $15 advance, 20 DOS. (doors at 7:30 pm)
The audience will confidently resound ‘My town is quirky, hip and edgy. It’s cool; it’s fun to live in!’
Register to win Super Happy Funtime Burlesque Show tickets at superhappyfuntimeburlesque.com