TONIGHT: Pretty Things Peep Show @ North Star Bar

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TONIGHT: Pretty Things Peep Show @ North Star Bar

POSTED: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 11:00 AM

Filed Under: Arts | Just Do It | Arts Events Arts Preview

Baring it all, or most of it at least, the Pretty Things Peep Show is taking the stage at North Star Bar to put on their vaudeville-style variety act featuring traditional pastie-clad dancers, as well as stunts worthy of a circus sideshow. Joining the critically-acclaimed act are a few local talents: the Philly Roller Girls are putting on a Psydde Delicious fashion show, and a guest appearance by Peek-A-Boo Revue will add local flavor to the night.

GoGo Amy, a burlesque dancer and CEO of Pretty Things Productions, says the performers’ talent is the heart and soul of the show; their smokin’ hot bods are just an added bonus.“Vaudeville is more about variety and wonder then just the bump and grind, although our show does have a good deal of that too,” she says.

Some of the wonder GoGo Amy is talking about is the sideshow element her performers bring to the stage. One member of the cast, Miss Heather Holliday, swallows swords and eats fire, and Lil' Miss Firefly is a little person who can walk on glass. The night’s MC is Donny Vomit, a seasoned veteran of all things freaky having worked for the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and Ripley’s Believe It or Not in Times Square.
Racy but not raunchy, The Pretty Things Peepshow manages to shimmy towards a balance.

Wed. March 9, 8 p.m. $10 in advance, $12 at the door, North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar St. 215-787-0488, prettythingsproductions.com.

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