Dateline: 1938!
After shutting down NY’s striptease shows, an ambitious city official turns his prudish attentions to Coney Island, scheming to terminate the 10-in-1, the thrill rides, the midway games, and everything else the People’s Playground is famous for! It’s up to the Flim Flam Sideshow's house doctor, a boardwalk grifter, and a suspiciously silent merchant of wieners to thwart the pernicious politico … with burlesque! This new madcap frolic in the Marxian vein kicks off the Burlesque at the Beach 2024 season with an unprecedented 3 night run as part of MarxFest 2024.
As Harpo — who made his stage debut in Coney Island! — said: "Burlesque is a legitimate form of show business. It’s the audience that perverts it."
Classic comedy meets carny meets the ol' bump-n-grind in this burlesque tribute to the Marx Brothers.
This sexy madcap frolic starred Miss Coney Islands Frankie Eleanor and Gigi Bonbon , plus Dutch Baby, Susie Dahl, Peekaboo Pointe, pickup artist Brooklyn Knightly , and Jonny Porkpie, Lady Scoutington, and Tigger! as the Siblings, with special appearances by Coney Island USA artistic director Adam Realman and headmistress of the New York School of Burlesque Jo Weldon.
A Day on the Boardwalk, A Night at the Stripshow is a hilarious journey into the Coney Island of yesteryear... which turns out to be not so different from today.
"A hilarious hoot!" - Trav SD, author of No Applause, Just Send Money, The Book that Made Vaudeville Famous , on Travelanche
"Demented and joyful... made me want to watch their films again" - Elyssa Maxx Goodman, author of Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City , on Miss Manhattan
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NOW AVAILABLE! The annotated scripts for not only "A Day on the Boardwalk, A Night at the Stripshow" but also the original Marx Bros burlesque, "The Bawdy House" in one convenient reversible volume. Printed at your demand, for your Marx burlesque enjoyment.
A Day on the Boardwalk, A Night at the Strip Show