The Schlep Sisters to Bring 10th Annual Menorah Horah to Highline Ballroom
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 15, 2016
The Schlep Sisters & Thirsty Girl present the 10th Annual Menorah Horah! on Saturday, December 24th at The Highline Ballroom.
Drop that dreidel and hold on to your latkes! The Schlep Sisters are heating up the holidays with Hanukkah's Hottest Hebrew Hotties at THE 10th ANNUAL MENORAH HORAH! Celebrate eight dreidel-spinning nights of Hanukkah in one special evening of music, laughs, latkes and burlesque.
The world-class Schlep Sisters - Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda - are joined by premier burlesque stars Fancy Feast, Jonny Porkpie, Varla Velour, Saphire Jones, Zoe Ziegfeld, and Sasha Velour! Plus DJ Momotaro will make you shake your moneymaker, while host Bastard Keith will keep you laughing until your candles burn out. All that fun, for just a little gelt.
Whether you're a yeshiva bocher, an honorary Jew, or a bacon-loving while heeb, THE 10th ANNUAL MENORAH HORAH will titillate and inspire your holiday spirit.
IF YOU GO:
Doors: 6pm | Show: 8pm
GA Tickets: $25 adv, $30at the door | VIP Tickets: $40 adv, $45 at the door
Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th Street, NYC, 10011
THE SCHLEP SISTERS are burlesque performers of the Jewish persuasion! Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda are long lost sisters who found each other while tracing the roots of Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville on the Lower East Side. Inspired by Manischewitz, The Barry Sisters, and Rock n' Roll these ladies can cut a rug! The Schlep Sisters have been livin' it up on stage together and captivating audiences across North America since 2004. The Schlep Sisters were both voted into the Top 50 International Burlesque Industry Figures of 2010-2014 and were founding members and stars of Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go!, the USA's Premier National Touring Burlesque Troupe! From the New York, Helsinki, Toronto, Florida, and Dallas Burlesque Festivals to the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, the Key West Burlesque Holiday Extravaganza, and their 2012 Australian tour, these sassy sisters have so much love they schlep it all over the world! www.schlepsisters.com
International burlesque star MINNIE TONKA hails from the Land of 10,000 Lakes - that's Minnesota - but is based in New York City. Known as the One Woman Riot, Minnie's theatrical, inventive, and flirtatious striptease has been dazzling audiences across the globe since 2004. Minnie is a multiple-time New York Burlesque FestivAl Golden Pastie Award Winner and has been voted one of the Top 40 International Burlesque Industry Figures every year since 2010. She's the co-founder of Kosher Chixx Jewish Burlesque Revue, co-produces the annual Menorah Horah Hanukkah burlesque show, and she produced and starred in Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go, the USA's premier national touring burlesque troupe, and more. A solo performer who can be seen every night on stages across New York City, Minnie Tonka also performs as one half of interntationally acclaimed duo, The Schlep Sisters. Minnie's lusty hilarity has graced the stages of the Burlesque Hall of Fame, The New York, Toronto, Minneapolis, Vancouver Burlesque Festivals, Show-Me Burlesque Festival, Midwest Burlesk Festival, Tease-O-Rama, and the Key West Burlesque Holiday Extravaganza. Additionally, Miss Tonka has Headlined multiple festivals including the Dallas, Florida, and Iowa Burlesque Festivals, The International Stockholm Burlesque Festival and the Helsinki Burlesque Festival. Minnie is a sought after burlesque performer and instructor and has toured the world, captivating audiences at packed houses in Australia, Italy, Finland, England, Sweden, Germany and across North America. www.missminnietonka.com
The Village Voice calls DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA a "Mastermind of Bizarre Extravaganza" and she has been working as a Burlesque Performer and Producer since 2004 locally (NYC) and internationally (Australia, China, Finland, Germany, France, England, Canada, and most of the USA including Alaska!) Darlinda is one half of the Burlesque duo The Schlep Sisters, co producing such shows as Menorah Horah and The Burning Bush vs. The Second Coming. Darlinda and Scary Ben co-produce Bushwick Burlesque, The New York Times call it "shockingly explicit." Darlinda has also performed Off Broadway and on television; she performed with Taylor Mac in The Lily's Revenge (Obie) , The 29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival at Lincoln Center and at Celebrate Brooklyn. She can be found on television, in HBO's Boardwalk Empire. She's lectured for Yale's infamous Sex Week. She's crossed over into performance art with her year long "life as art" projects Year in Dance and Year in Rainbow. Darlinda is a current faculty member at the New York School of Burlesque and BurlyCon and also teaches internationally. The Sundance Channel made Darlinda a "Top 10 Badass Burlesque Babe," she was voted in the Top 50 International Burlesque Industry Figures of 2011-2014! Darlinda is the recipient of the Golden Pastie Award for The Most Innovative and Creative and The Brooklyn Nightlife Award Winner for Best Burlesque in 2013 & 2014! USA Today says "It's hard to top Darling." darlindajustdarlinda.com
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