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The Trav-a-Log, December 4, 2010

Caesar's Greenings, Lemmys and Jugglemen!

We're closing out the year with a few exciting new gifties under the tree -- notably a new book and a new variety show (hopefully a pilot for a regular series), and the dope on my latest column, and more. In the spirit of this festive season, I hope you will touch the sleeve of my robe and join me for this tour of December-yet-to-come. If you don't, ghosts will come to your house at the stroke of midnight to tell you all about my new shows, and none of us wants THAT, Mr. Scrooge!

Item: let it be known throughout the land that an essay of mine is anthologized in the new book Playbills to Photoplays: Stage Perfomers Who Pioneered the Talkies, published by the New England Vintage Film Society. My piece treats of former vaudevillians Cary Grant, James Cagney, Clifton Webb and Burt Lancaster, but there are dozens of other smashing articles as well. For more info on the book and how to aquire it, go here.

Item: my big variety show this month is JACK THE RIPPER'S HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR.

Tuesday, December 14 at 10:00pm at Bowery Poetry Club

Join me as “Saucy Jack” in this darkly humorous Bowery music hall holiday extravaganza featuring:

* THE BLEEDIN' TARTS (Becky Byers, Shiloh Klein, Erin Posanti, Stephanie Willing, Candace Yoshioka)

* piano man ALBERT GARZON (of Ixion Burlesque)
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* country band THE TALL PINES

* contortionist AMY HARLIB

* sideshow/burlesque performer FOXXX TROT

* chanteuse LORINNE LAMPERT

* and SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS a special holiday radio play featuring our company of dulcet-toned comic thespians, including Mr. S.D., Ms. Lampert, JUSTIN HOLCOMB, JAMES ISAAC, DOUGLAS MACKRELL, and MICHAEL CRISCUOLO

Jack the Ripper’s Holiday Spectacular

December 14, 10pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker)
F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker
212-614-0505 or www.bowerypoetry.com

Tix: $10

Item: My December Villager column just hit, with the skinny on Bread and Puppet Theatre, TerraNova Collective's Bug Out!, George Hunka's What She Knew, Theatre Askew's Horatio's Rise, Old Kent Road's Emancipatory Politics, Horse Trade's Corporate Personhood Festival, Bradford Scobie's Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas, and much more. Check it out here or in a big yellow plastic box near you.

Item: Travalanche!

And this month don't forget to check out my blog Travalanche (travsd.wordpress.com). In December, we'll have features on Paul Winchell, Stubby Kaye, Spike Jones, Morey Amsterdam, Charlie Grapewyn, coverage of indie theatre and variety shows and much more!

Upcoming months:

January 21, 9:30pm

Trav S.D.’s Bohemian Theme Park at Dixon Place.

Featuring Jonny Cigar, Yves Moutard, Carol and Carol et al, plus a film by Trav and Art Wallace, starring me, Audrey Crabtree, Lynn Berg, Bryan Enk et al. Details to follow.

March 17-April 3

Trav S.D.’s Tent Show Tetragrammaton at LaMama E.T.C.

Four one acts by Mr. S.D. with a cast of thousands, including the works “The Strange Case of Grippo, the Apeman”, “The Ballad of Jasper Jaxon”, “Universal Rundle”, and “Strega Nona”. Mummies! Zombies! Witches! Freaks! And that’s just in the lobby! Details to follow.

See you next year, if the creek don't rise! I hope you have a great holiday!