Delight Before Christmas November 27, 2009

Girlie-Q Productions, Chicago's premiere LGBT alternative to mainstream burlesque, presents its first original, full-length production, Delight Before Christmas, a sexy, campy, comic burlesque journey to discover the meaning of Christmas, starring Faustina von Feist, Honey La Fleur, Paul "Pusie" Backer, Adam "Elena" Rose, Kelly "Special K" Kiorpes, Brad "Jugglemaster" French, Kyler Greer, Brad "Emoclown" Brubaker, and the Amazing, Bendable, Poseable Dolls of Doom, with nightly guest stars from the Chicago and national burlesque and queer performance scenes.

Delight Before Christmas incorporates a stunning variety of classic burlesque, modern dance, variety acts, and performance art to tell the story of a hopeless Fox News intern who posts a sad message on Craigslist and then is led on a sexy, magical quest by the Fairy Craigster to find the true meaning of the season. Along the journey, they encounter a gender-bending gang of burlesque and variety performers who each express the meaning of the season in their own unique and titillating ways.

One part Baz Luhrmann and one part Dickens, with a dash of 1940's & 1970?s holiday claymation and a heaping tablespoon of Bing Crosby & Howard Hawkes, combined in a cocktail shaker with several shots naked ladies, boylesque dancers, jugglers, drag and butoh performers, and all the ingredients for a flaming rum punch, Delight Before Christmas goes behind the glittery holiday facade, exploring the agony and ecstasy of the season, with an ending wrapped in a sparkling bow.

Special nightly guest performers include Holly Peno & Dizzy Lizzy Delicious (11/27), Holly Peno & Viva La Muerte (11/28), RTG Dance & Cruel Valentine (12/3), Siren Jinx & The Revelettes (12/4), Backdoor Aly & Scarlett D'Evil (12/5), The Lady Miss Vagina Jenkins & Bizarre Sally (12/10), The Lady Miss Vagina Jenkins & The Revelettes (12/11), The Lady Miss Vagina Jenkins & Holly Wouldn't (12/12), Tribal Bellydancer Jolie & Siren Jinx (12/17), Tribal Bellydancer Jolie & Holly Wouldn't (12/18), and Dizzy Lizzy Delicious (12/19).

Delight Before Christmas will perform Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. (doors open 8:15 p.m.) from November 27th through December 19th (2009) at Theatre Building Chicago, 1223 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago. Tickets $15–$20 via Ticketmaster online. For more ticket information, please call the TBC box office at 773-327-5252 or visit TBC online at www.theatrebuildingchicago.org. Parking: Valet ($8) and limited street parking available. CTA: Red/Brown lines to Belmont; #77 bus to Racine.