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Halloween 13 ¾  –  Strip of the Slasher Movie Villains Presented by  Hotsy Totsy Burlesque at The Slipper Room 167 Orchard Street, Manhattan, NYC October 8, 2026 Dutch Baby. Photo by Jason Laboy.  For the better part of five decades, Michael Myers has made a career of clearing rooms. For one night at The Slipper Room, he finally brings down the house. As embodied by Fem Appeal in Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s Halloween 13 ¾  –  Strip of the Slasher Movie Villains , horror cinema’s famously expressionless killer makes for a thrilling entertainer – the perfect capstone to an evening in which some world-class slashers prove to be excellent company. Presented by Cherry Pitz and Handsome Brad, Hotsy Totsy’s Halloween offering gathers Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Ghostface, and assorted other nightmares for an evening of striptease, mutual pop-cultural affection, and unapologetically terrible jokes. The fun begins before the show proper, as patrons settle in with ...

Mary Cyn. Photo by Amanda Mustard. After the runaway success of Hotsy Totsy's 2023 art therapy forum (aka a gloriously unhinged night of burlesque), Cherry Pitz, Handsome Brad, and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On have once again gathered a troupe of brave—yet deliciously disturbed—souls to process the beauty, chaos, and sheer emotional damage caused by A24 films. A24 is a powerhouse of independent film and TV, known for its fearless originality and devoted fanbase—including the Hotsy Totsy family. From  Everything Everywhere All at Once  to  The Witch ,  Marcel the Shell with Shoes On ,  Bodies Bodies Bodies ,  Lady Bird ,  The Lighthouse ,  The Green Knight , and more, their films take us on wild, unforgettable journeys. Through the power of interpretive stripping, the Hotsy Totsy family will bare their souls (and their bodies) in a last-ditch effort to keep from spiraling completely off the deep end—and they’re taking you with them. Come get weir...

The Houses of the Landsraad have folded space to gather to celebrate the handover of Arakkis to the House Atreides. Cherry Pitz has no idea what that means, but for her and the girls at the Home for Wayward Girls and Fallen Women, a paying gig is a paying gig. Even one with knives fit for political backstabbing. On Thursday, March 14th, Hotsy Totsy finally tackles a burlesque tribuite to Dune , the sci-fi epic created by award-winning author Frank Herbert, whose books are the world's best-selling science fiction novels of all time. The 1984 film version, directed by David Lynch, is notoriously camp, and the more recent films, directed and co-written by Denis Villeneuve, are decidedly less camp and more entertaining! All things Dune are certainly deserving of the loving send-up that Hotsy Totsy is planning! The event will be hosted by Handsome Brad and Cherry Pitz, with acts by Miranda Raven, GoGo Gadget, The Sweet Siren, Rocco Chanel, Luna Lee, gogo by Le Grand Chaton, and Betty B...

Persé Fanny. Photo by Jason Laboy.   Just in time for Valentine's Day, Hotsy Totsy Burlesque - in its 15th year of paying tribute to favorite movies and TV shows with rhinestones, glitter, and flying underpants, and winner of Broadway World's “Best Burlesque Show of 2023” - will present its fan-favorite annual tribute to the ladies of Disney. Prince Charming (Handsome Brad) and his wife, the Cherry Godmother, are throwing their annual Bride Finding Ball, this time for Tinkerbell, the original Manic Pixie Dream Girl. But is finding a handsome prince really her idea of happily ever after? The show will take place at The Slipper Room (167 Orchard Street, NYC), a 21+ venue, on Thursday, February 8, 2024. The performance will be hosted by Cherry Pitz & Handsome Brad, with special guest host Bimini Cricket; acts by Fortune Cookie, Persé Fanny, Betty Brash, and Rosie Cheeks; gogo by Bitsy Brûlée, and stage kitten duties handled by Dutch Baby. Admission is $25 pre-sold reserved s...

On December 9, 2021, Hotsy Totsy Burlesque will present its 9th annual tribute to The Star Wars Holiday Special . After the past couple of years of craziness, Cherry Pitz has lost the spirit of the season. Handsome Brad and the team are here to help and show her that despite the bad acting, the terrible script, the ill-conceived notions and just the horror that it was ever made, there really is meaning to be found in The Star Wars Holiday Special , travesty that connects everyone who has ever seen it in a single community of people. We might not agree on everything, but we can agree on one thing: this was the most gloriously bad thing ever to appear on TV. As Cherry points out, if you have not seen The Star Wars Holiday Special , then you have not seen special guest star Bea Arthur sing and dance with the space alien bar patrons from the Tatooine Cantina, ( here is a clip ). The Star Wars Holiday Special was quite possibly the worst holiday special ever conceived. It is literally...

WHAT:  Handsome Brad and Cherry Pitz Present:  Hotsy Totsy Burlesque's Return Tribute to Star Trek WHERE:  The Slipper Room 167 Orchard Street, NYC WHEN:  Thursday August 12th, 2021 Doors 7:00 PM / Show at 8:00 PM TICKETS:  Admission: $25 pre-sold reserved seating Tickets available at  www.slipperroom.com Shows are reserved seating, $20 drink minimum The Slipper Room is 21+ The mysterious Q has come back in time to find out who has framed him for the planetary garbage fire on earth that was 2020. Meanwhile, Captain Kirk has been stranded at The Home for Wayward Girls and Fallen Women for almost a year after a time travel excursion to whale watch landed him accidentally in the midst of the Covid Pandemic. Can Cherry Pitz help these intergalactic space guys, and can they help her in return to book Lwaxana Troi as the closing act of this, the first back-to-live-shows performance of Hotsy Totsy Burlesque? As live shows return to New York City, Hotsy Totsy Bur...

Queen of Hearts Conceived, choreographed, and directed by Austin McCormick Presented by Company XIV at Théâtre XIV (21+ only) 383 Troutman Street, Brooklyn, NYC July 25-November 2, 2019 Nolan McKew, Làszlò Major, Ian Spring, Sam Urdang, Nicholas Katen, Michael Cunio, LEXXE, Lilin Lace, Jacoby Pruitt, Ryan Redmond, Ross Katen, Jourdan Epstein, Allison Schuster, Marcy Richardson. Photo credit: Mark Shelby Perry. Queen of Hearts begins its first chapter, "Lady Alice," with Alice (LEXXE) installed on a bed set before a trio of mirrored wardrobes, pausing to regard herself in a handheld looking glass or to accept or wave away dainties and other offerings from servants. Soon enough, though, she is off down the rabbit hole, losing her baroque wig and eighteenth-century dress in the process. From there, Austin McCormick and Company XIV reimagine the major characters and events of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a stunning, heady fusion ...