Girlie-Q Productions Presents "Guilty Pleasures" May 14, 2009

Join Girlie-Q for an evening of guilty pleasures. That's right we'll be napping, eating donuts and takin' it off to some of the most deliciously wrong music you can think of. (We're talking Gwen Stefani, we're talking Color Me Badd, we are talking about Mother-effin' Barry Manilow, people.)

DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW. What other burlesque troupe in town can promise the highest quality burlesque to the lowest quality music?

Hosted by Burlesque's Brainiest Broad, Ms. Bea Haven.

Friday, May 1st, 2009
9:00pm (doors open at 8)
@ Betty’s Blue Star Lounge
1600 W. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
$10 at the door

Starring: Cruel Valentine, DeeDee & Irma, Faustina von Feist, Lula Houp-Garou, Plucky Rosenthal, Salome Slaughter, Sauda Namir, Scarlett D'Evil & Viva La Muerte.

For more information contact JT Newman at msbeahavenburlesque@gmail.com

Girlie-Q Productions is the latest, greatest incarnation of the series of Girlie-Q shows produced and directed by Jeanne Theresa Newman, aka Ms. Bea Haven. With a keen curatorial eye, high production values, and a queer campy sensibility, Girlie-Q brings performance that titillates, entertains, and makes you think. Our shows have been in production since 2003, making them the among the longest-running in Chicago today.

Featuring some of the edgiest burlesque, modern dance, live music, and variety performance in town, the Girlie-Q is the alternative to mainstream burlesque. The show mixes drag, striptease, dance, comedy and radical sexual art with "lowbrow" performance interests. They regularly dig up the strange, the bizarre and the fantastic for an unforgettable evening.

Press for Girlie-Q
"Straight audiences bored with vanilla strip tease will not be disappointed...If you like burlesque and you're not boring, check out a queer show. It's funnier, dirtier, and the main course is still mams and gams!"
-Being Totally Sweet in ChicagoPress for

Time Out Critic's Pick

Metromix/Red Eye's Best Bets (for things to do that day)1/5/08, 5/10/08, 6/28/08, 10/11/08, 2/7/09, Metromix/Red Eye's Best Bets for Pride 2008

"...providing bawdy fun for a sophisticated crowd"
The L Word, Metromix.com

"My number one choice is Girlie-Q."
Chicago Theater Critic Johnathan Abarbanel on

"For the very adult!" Lin Bremer, Bremer's Best, WXRT-FM

"Great Energy! Bravo! …Highly Recommended"
-Ray's Guide to Chicago Area Burlesque

FOR THE STRAIGHTS:
"One note about queer burlesque for the straight and uninitiated: the acts may sometimes have feminist overtones, but they still consist of sexy women (sometimes more than one!) taking their clothes off and should be anticipated more than feared."-Ray's Guide to Chicago Area Burlesque

Official Website: http://myspace.com/girlieqproductions