FringeNYC Hit Returns to NYC
HARVEY FINKLESTEIN’S SOCK PUPPET SHOWGIRLS
** Limited Engagement Celebrates Film’s 10th Anniversary! **
October 15 - 30 at Ace of Clubs
"Don't miss this underground hit from Chicago, which has enough raunchy puppeteering to make the creators of "Avenue Q" avert their eyes." -- The New York Times
"hilarious" -NY Daily News
"You'll never look at your socks--or The Muppets--the same way again." --New York Magazine
Harvey Finklestein’s Institute of Whimsical, Fantastical, and Marvelous Puppet Masterage returns to New York from Chicago with an encore presentation of their acclaimed HARVEY FINKLESTEIN’S SOCK PUPPET SHOWGIRLS. Performances of this limited engagement begin October 15th at Ace of Clubs.
Just in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this cinema classic, HARVEY FINKLESTEIN’S SOCK PUPPET SHOWGIRLS is a unique and unauthorized parody of the Joe Eszterhas film, Showgirls as performed by sock puppets. The play, like the beloved film, follow an ambitious young drifter as she navigates her way through that world of power, topless dancing, seduction, vulgarity, gambling and sex that we call Las Vegas. If you haven't seen sock puppets pole dance, you haven't experienced the true power of the theater.
Harvey Finklestein’s Institute of Whimsical, Fantastical, and Marvelous Puppet Masterage premiered it’s Sock Puppet Showgirls in Chicago in February 2002. It played for over nine months and was hailed by Chicago critics as: "A Great Moment in Chicago Theatre!"(Windy City Times), "Hilariously Tasteless!"(Chicago Tribune), and "A Real Sock-It-To-‘Em Production!"(Chicago Sun Times). Their New York premiere at The Cherry Lane Theatre as part of the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival became one of the hottest tickets of the festival.
Other productions by the Institute include The Branson Family Comedy Christian Cavalcade, utilizing actual Christian Ministry puppets to spoof a Branson, Missouri-style family revue; Harvey’s Reality Repertwat, a repertory of short plays spoofing reality TV, and Harvey Finklestein’s A Puppet Christmas Carol, a twisted look at Dickens. For more information on the Institute visit .
HARVEY FINKLESTEIN’S SOCK PUPPET SHOWGIRLS runs October 15 -30, Saturdays and Sundays at 8pm. Ace of Clubs (9 Great Jones Street, inside Acme -- accessible from the 6 train at Bleecker or the B,D,V,F trains at Lafayette). Tickets are $15; available at 212-352-3101 or theatermania.com.