Pinchbottom Presents NAKED GUYS READING Great Women Writers 6/11

When Marguerite Duras said "Men like women who write. Even if they don't say so," she didn't count on the men of Naked Girls Reading. On Friday June 11, for the first time ever, the works of great female writers take center stage at Naked Girls Reading NYC ... even as the women readers step off it.

"But how," it has been asked, "can boys star in Naked Girls Reading?" Because in June, Naked Girls Reading NYC bends genders to become Naked GUYS Reading, as Pinchbottom puts a new twist on the international hit nude literary salon. Top male stars in New York burlesque and alternative performance take the NGR stage for a special celebration of the works of Great Women Writers - scheduled to include Dorothy Parker, Penny Arcade, Anaïs Nin, Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelly, Sylvia Plath, and more.

"When we started doing Naked Girls Reading in New York, people kept asking us, 'But what about boys?', to which we always responded 'The salon is called Naked GIRLS Reading,'" recalls host and co-producer Jonny Porkpie. "But the time has finally arrived for the guys to get up there and share their literary prowess. And there's no doubt in my mind that naked guys have just as much prowess as naked girls."

But what about the fact that boys are missing certain ... assets ... that audiences have come to expect from the performers of Naked Girls Reading? "Never fear," says co-producer Nasty Canasta, "What they lack in rack, these boys more than Make Up For in other areas."

"Like talent," she clarified. "I meant areas like talent."

The June salon continues the run of Naked G-- Reading NYC at the plush and decadent upstairs lounge at Madame X in Greenwich Village. $25 reserved seating in this intimate space is limited to 40 patrons (and includes one drink from Madame X's 'Foreplay' menu), with a few standing room tickets available at $20.

"Rest assured, this will be exactly the same sultry literary experience audiences enjoy at NGR NYC each and every month," says co-producer Nasty Canasta, "but for one month only, the 'G' stands for 'Guys.'" Albert Cadabra, Mancandy, Tigger! and Machine Dazzle join host Jonny Porkpie in a salute to literary ladies at Naked Guys Reading Great Women Writers, a very special edition of Naked Girls Reading NYC at Madame X for one night only, Friday June 11 at 8pm.

ABOUT NAKED GIRLS READING
Naked Girls Reading was created in Chicago in March 2009 by Franky Vivid and Michelle L'Amour. The New York City edition, produced by Nasty Canasta and Jonny Porkpie of the award-winning Pinchbottom burlesque, debuted in October of that year to a packed house. Since its launch, NGRNYC has been covered by The New York Times, The Village Voice, Flavorpill, Asylum.com, Revenge of The Show... Entertainment Weekly called the NYC debut "appropriately racy" and "genuinely hilarious"; NBC New York asked "What did you get up to last Friday night? If you answered anything other than 'went to the Naked Girls Reading Banned Books event,' you lose"; and Tor.com said "The effect on the crowd, mostly couples, was intoxicating... It was a remarkable experience."

ABOUT PINCHBOTTOM BURLESQUE
Pinchbottom is where burlesque meets theater, buys it a drink and takes it to bed. Named the "Best Burlesque in NY" by New York Magazine and called "The Best Burlesque Show in Town" by The Village Voice, Pinchbottom is the winner of the first-ever "Most Innovative" award from The Burlesque Hall of Fame. "Daring, funny, imaginative, and titillating to all tastes" - The Sunday Telegraph (UK) "Comedy and partial nudity go remarkably well together. Where else can you hoot, whistle, and bust a gut laughing?" -NY Theatre.com; "Hilarious burlesque" -Next Magazine; "Your perverted genre fantasies have come shimmying to life" -Time Out New York

SHOW: Pinchbottom presents NAKED GUYS READING Great Women Writers
DATE: Friday, June 11 at 8:00pm
VENUE: Madame X 94 West Houston Street, Manhattan
TICKETING: Tickets $20-$25 - http://www.pinchbottom.com/tickets/ or 866-811-4111