By Nate Freeman 7/12/11 7:02pm

The Wee Hours

Anchors away!

The Wee Hours: Red Hot Red Hook

BEHIND TWO BLANK DOORS on an industrial corner in Red Hook, a few blocks away from the shimmering waters of New York Harbor, three girls in skimpy French lingerie stood cleaning Champagne flutes. It was last Saturday, and though the sun still blazed outside, in a few hours a fledgling nightlife venue would take over Read More

By Rex Reed 11/23/10 2:18am

movies

Going to See Burlesque? Snap Out of It!

Trash comes in all forms, but rarely in a sequined G-string. That’s all there is to a brain-dead, cliché-riddled pastiche of old Betty Grable movies called Burlesque. This one is strictly for Cher fans who like their campy shtick loud, lewd and ludicrous. But the biggest problem among many is that it’s not her movie. Read More

By Chloe Malle 8/18/10 2:51am

The Transom

The Queen of the Neo-Burlesque

Sue Gardner looks a lot like Walt Disney’s Snow White. Her face has the same chiseled heart shape, and her brown eyes have the sort of sweetness that could care for seven dwarfs, or catalyze a burlesque revival.

“This is the age of burlesque,” she told the Transom over coffee and an avocado salad in Read More