New York Magazine

Skip to content, or skip to search.

Skip to content, or skip to search.

Best Burlesque


Nasty Canasta performing in Pinchbottom Burlesque.  
  • Pinchbottom Burlesque

    Collective Unconscious, 279 Church St.; pinchbottom.com

    In its most classic sense, burlesque should incorporate three elements: striptease, dancing, and ribald comedy. Of the many acts that grace New York stages right now —from the deliciously twisted and avant-garde to one-girl-after-another revues—Pinchbottom Burlesque follows the model to a note. It’s sexy, campy fun with just an insinuation of nudity (thanks, in part, to creative costuming). But this is hardly the same old song and fan dance. Each month, co-hosts Jonny Porkpie and Nasty Canasta script a new show featuring many of the city’s top performers, whose betasseled numbers leave enough to the imagination to make for an uproarious evening. Tickets costs $15; beer are wine are sold inside.

Join the Discussion

Read All Comments | Add Yours

Recent Comments On This Article

From the 2007 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine

Advertising
Order the Issue Today

Cover of New York Magazine's Best of New York issue

Order This Issue

Other Best Of Guides

Where can a person find the perfect pair of tangerine-colored jeans? A reliable reupholstery shop? A good cup of chawanmushi? Those are the kinds of questions we ask ourselves every year when we set out on the grand quest to identify the finest of just about everything this sprawling, ADD-inducing city has to offer, also known as our annual “Best of New York” issue.

Read More...