I'd like to personally invite you all
to come out and experience a wonderful piece of
Burlesque and Theatre History!
The work we're doing in this show means so much to me,
and it would mean so much to see you come out to experience it!
I'm truly honored to have the opportunity to pay tribute to one of the
Burlesque Mothers of us all, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee, the way she should be tributed...
in pasties and a g-string!

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Wednesday June 27th
and
Wednesday July 25th
9:30 pm
Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction
34 Avenue A at 3rd
(click here for tickets and info)
$10

ABOUT THE SHOW:
Gypsy Rose Lee and the Minsky Follies is Ixion Burlesque's latest venture.
The show evolves with every new showing, incorporating new songs, new skits and even new cast members!

Guided by Ixion's founder, historian and dramaturg, Albert Garzon, the show is a loving tribute to Billy Minsky's Follies, the Burlesque theatre on 42nd Street that employed, among others, Gypsy Rose Lee during the Great Depression.

The cast re-creates some of Gypsy Rose Lee's original routines and monologues, as well as some of Minsky's original Burlesque comedy skits. As Gypsy herself puts it,

"When most people think of Burlesque, they think of the girls.
Me, I think of the Comics!"

The score, with charts lovingly re-created by Albert Garzon and played by Ixion's live three piece band, brings to light numerous songs written by Eli Basse, a legendary comedic composer from the Yiddish Theater in the 1920's and 30's. Basse's music is rarely heard today, but he was hired by Billy Minsky to write original strip-tease music for the Minsky Follies.

If you have an interest in Burlesque or theatre history or a passion for Burlesque in general, let Ixion take you back to Burlesque's depression-era heyday, when times were hard, money was tight,
and everyone needed a little fun!