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Bent Wit Cabaret – FREEDOM!

Brendan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:35:29 +0000

It’s September! And it’s almost the 2nd Sunday of the month! That means Bent Wit Cabaret is right around the corner! I’m happy (as always) to be part to be part of the Elephant Tango Ensemble, performing as the house band for BWC – FREEDOM, Sunday September 12th at Club Oberon.

** PRESS RELEASE **

Join Bent Wit Cabaret as we celebrate our First Amendment rights with FREEDOM! Hosted by Mary Dolan, who will be fresh off her tour to Provincetown with her one-woman show, and UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb, who’s never afraid to speak freely.

Sugar Dish, Lainey Schooltree, and Femme Brulée will push the limits of their freedom by baring their lady bits, doing their best Toby Keith impression, and even making terrorism fashionable. And as always, the amazing Elephant Tango Ensemble will “let freedom ring.”

This month’s special guests:

Puppetry by Bonnie Duncan
Comedy by Mimi Gonzalez
Dance/Burlesque by Pamela Passion (Babes in Boinkland)

Bent Wit Cabaret is pleased to have the Boston Underground Film Festival on board curating videos for our shows! bostonunderground.org

JamPlay

Brendan — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:47:37 +0000

I’m proud to announce that my videos are up and running at JamPlay.com.

JamPlay is wonderful website for guitar enthusiasts and students. It’s filled with amazingly helpful videos and is updated daily. I’m very happy that my content is being included. Use this link and code: 5EBD720981 for a one-week trial membership and find our more about JamPlay.

Here’s a preview from YouTube:

Mary Dolan – Sex Sells

Brendan — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:46:53 +0000

I’m very excited to be a part of Mary Dolan’s one-woman show: Sex Sells in Provincetown this week. I’ve been rehearsing with Mary for about two weeks, and every run-through has been funnier than the last. I’ll be performing as Mary’s straight-man and musical accompanist. If you are on the Cape between the 19th & 23rd, come to this show. It’s a premier! It’s at 7pm! And you won’t stop laughing!

August 19th – 23rd
Tickets: $20
Art House Theater
Provincetown, MA
Showtime 7:00

86 year old vaudeville veteran Mary Dolan premieres her wildly entertaining “Sex Sells: An Evening With Mary Dolan” at the Provincetown Art House this summer. Acerbic, witty, and downright hilarious, this old broad is the original Mary! Called both a “gay icon” by her gay friends and “the grandmother I wish I had” by the lonely, Mary brings an hour of her best stories and songs from a life soaked in showbiz. One week engagement only, get your tickets NOW!

August Adventures

Brendan — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:36:47 +0000

Bent Wit Cabaret returns August 8th with MYSTERY!

SUNDAY AUGUST 8th, 2010

OBERON Theater

TICKETS: $20 advance / $25 door

8:00 show/ 7:30pre-show

We’ve been mad scientists in the lab, checking our chemical cookbooks, cross-breeding strange creatures, and searching for the alchemy to bring you a show of gold! Please join us this August forBent Wit Cabaret’s “MYSTERY” show – surprises brewing, and we can’t wait to see you there…

Hosted by: Mary Dolan and UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb

House Band: Elephant Tango Ensemble (including members of Goli and HUMANWINE)

Featuring the Mysterious inner workings of: spoken word artist Jha D, magician Dezrah the Strange, burlesque by Penny Candy and Abby Normal, The System of Soothing (a 7 minute opera by Frank Pesci based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe), art installation by Gina Hereen, the incredible Sugar Dish, Lainey SchoolTree, and Femme Brulee, with video by Samantha Olschan and Bill Domonkos curated by the undeniable Boston Underground Film Festival, Poetry, Dance, and so much more…

Featured Drink: Mystery Date

Sex Sells: An Evening with Mary Dolan

I will be playing the incredilbe Mary Dolan for 5 nights in P-Town!

The Art House, 214 Commercial St. Thursday,August 19th – Monday, August 23rd at 7pm, $20. 86 Year-Old Vaudeville veteran, Mary Dolan, premieres her wildly entertaining “Sex Sells: An Evening With Mary Dolan” at the Provincetown Art House this summer. Acerbic, witty, and downright hilarious, this old broad is the original Mary! Called both a “gay icon” by her gay friends and “the grandmother I wish I had” by the lonely, Mary brings an hour of her best stories and songs from a life soaked in showbiz. One week engagement only! Tickets available at www.ptownarthouse.com/tickets, or by calling 866-811-4111, or at The Art House Box Office.

https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/1861

FB: http://www.facebook.com/MaryDolanFanPage?filter=3

The Elephant Tango Ensemble is proud to announce:

Contemporary Puppetry: The Language Inside opens in the Mikhail Zakin Gallery. On view August 2 – September 10.

This exhibit was created to introduce this amazing medium and explore a variety of techniques from cutting edge to traditional. Intended as a broad survey, the show includes artists from as far away as London, Canada, California, and New Orleans. The exhibition is comprised of 14 artists and art groups with works ranging from traditional puppetry to LED puppets, shadow and felted puppets, dioramas, toy theatres, videos and installation.

Please click here to view the press release.

LIVE PERFORMANCES, VIDEO SCREENINGS & ARTIST RECEPTION: Saturday, August 7, 2:00-4:00 PM. This event is FREE and open to the public – please join us!

http://www.tasoc.org/node/169

Bent Wit Identity

Brendan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:43:14 +0000

The Elephant Tango is working hard to put together another killer show for you at this month’s Bent Wit Cabaret: June 13 @ Club Oberon.

Press Release:

Hosted by the outrageous UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb and the legendary 86-years-young Mary Dolan, Bent Wit Cabaret is a monthly “high-end, low-brow variety show.” Previous explorations have included Grotesque and Fantasy, and now with Identity, the show takes a deeper look into whom we are, why we do the things we do, and whether or not anyone else is aware of it.

Deemed “provocative and waaayyyy ‘outside the box’ cabaret/burlesque… achieving a growing ‘cult status’ amongst a Boston audience interested in something unique and challenging,” by The Boston Survival Guide.

Identity brings back the indomitable NYC-based trans spoken word artist Kit Yan, the hilarious Baratunde Thurston of The Onion, and trans dancer and burlesque artist Ms. Lolita LaVamp, with more guests to be confirmed soon! Also featuring video by Alex Carey-Cooper and a Tesselight installation to bring the room to its knees. These guests will join Bent Wit’s core performers Sugar Dish, Lainey SchoolTree, Femme Brulee, as well as the Bent Wit House Band, Elephant Tango Ensemble (featuring members of Goli and HUMANWINE).

Bent Wit Cabaret is a regular show at OBERON, running the second Sunday of every month. The show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 dollars at the door, and are available at www.cluboberon.com or at OBERON, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, MA. Seating is limited.

Upcoming Performances

Brendan — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:43:54 +0000

I will be performing with Mary Bichner’s Box Five on Wednesday, May 12th at the Lizard Lounge along with Jaggery & Rachel Smith. Advance tickets are available.

I will also be performing in the Elephant Tango ensemble for two puppet shows this weekend:

Friday, May 21st at Pershiable Theater’s: Blood From A Turnip (showtime 10pm)
Saturday, May 22nd at Brookline’s Puppet Showplace for Puppet Slam (showtime 8pm)

Bent Wit – Grotesque

Brendan — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:52:38 +0000

Bent Wit Cabaret and the Elephant Tango return with Grotesque! this Sunday, May 9th at CLUB OBERON.

Hosted by the outrageous UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb and the legendary 86-years-young Mary Dolan, Bent Wit is a monthly “high-end, low-brow variety show” with a different theme for each show and a brilliant core cast of collaborating performers and musicians.

This month’s theme is “Grotesque,” and features twisted guest artists Black Cat Burlesque, The Steamy Bohemians, New Exhibition Room, dance by the incredible Mesma S. Belsare, and the truly outstanding Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, as well as original video and other surprises. These guests will join Bent Wit’s core performers Lainey SchoolTree, Femme Brulee, and Sugar Dish as well as the Bent Wit House Band, Elephant Tango Ensemble (featuring members of Goli, HUMANWINE, and Brendan Burns).

Bent Wit Cabaret is a regular show at OBERON, running the second Sunday of every month. The show starts at 8pm. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 dollars at the door, and are available at: http://www.cluboberon.com, or at OBERON, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, MA. Seating is limited.

Bent Wit premiered to a packed house in January 2010 at OBERON in Harvard Square. This fresh, new cabaret brings together the best from all corners of Boston and beyond- bridging the famous gap between Boston’s artistic communities. Showcasing every type of art from dance to spoken word, from video to puppetry, all strung together with outrageous comedy, characters, and brilliant live music. Bawdy, beautiful, delicious and disastrous, Bent Wit audiences should always come expecting the unexpected! You’re welcome, Boston.

Making your dreams come true….

Brendan — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:01:38 +0000

I’ve already posted about Bent Wit Fantasy, but I wanted to put up a little something showcasing Maria Korgan’s always amazing poster-design:

Flyers are going up around town, tickets are selling, and we’re working hard putting the finishing touches on an amazing show.

Sunday, April 11th @ Club Oberon 8pm (Doors @ 7:30)

Bent Wit Fantasy

Brendan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:13:53 +0000

The Elephant Tango Ensemble is back for more Bent Wit!

On Sunday, April 11th we return as the house band at Club Oberon for the Bent Wit “Fantasy” show. We’re pulling out all the stops to work up some “Fantastical” material. This time around, we will have the pleasure of performing with the Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band. It’s going to be a fun show – as always!

INFO:

SUNDAY APRIL 11th, 2010
OBERON THEATER
TICKETS: $20 ADV / $25 DOOR
SHOWTIME: 8pm / Doors and Pre-Show 7:30pm

Get your tickets early ’cause you don’t want to miss this month’s installation of Bent Wit Cabaret themed: Fantasy! This line-up is too juicy to ignore, so think happy thoughts, get dressed to the nines, and settle in to enjoy the radical explosion of our brains for your pleasure…

Hosted by: Mary Dolan and UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb
House Band: Elephant Tango Ensemble – Brendan Burns, Valerie Thompson, Vessela Stoyanova & Nate Greenslit
Featuring the Genius of: Cameryn Moore the Phone Whore, Second Lins Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, Babes in Boinkland, Evan O’Television, Sugar Dish, Femme Brulee, Ginger Rita, Rhino Preserves (a collaboration by Anne Howarth and Monkey House Dance’s Karen Krolak), Puppets, and so much more…
Featured Drink: Smoke and Mirrors

Upcoming Balkan Performances

Brendan — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:10:31 +0000

I’ll be performing as part of Vessela Stoyanova’s Eastern Stories Under Western Skies project again on Saturday, February 27th at Gulu Gulu in Salem, MA, and then also the following Saturday, March 7th at Caffe Vivaldi, in Greenich Village, NYC.

Both of these sets will be in conjunction with Goli, and in Salem, we’ll be guests of Molly Zenobia.

Eastern Stories Under Western Skies is directed by Marimbist Vessela Stoyanova, and features Balkan music interpreted by western musicians (in this case: myself, Valerie Thompson on Cello, and Nate Greenslit on percussion).

Saturday, February 27th
Gulu-Gulu Café: 8pm
247 Essex St, Salem MA. 01970
978-740-8882

Saturday, March 6th
Caffe Vivaldi: 9:30 – 11pm
32 Jones Street
New York, NY 10014
212-691-7538