Dear Constant Reader,
Last night The Boston Babydolls were delighted to appear in Ruby Besler’s Twisted Holiday Cabaret. I think this was Ruby’s first East Coast appearance. Well, first & second, as there were two shows, early & late.
We were in the back room at The Burren in Davis Square, which is an interesting place to perform. The ceiling over the stage is a little low and there were Christmas decorations hanging from it. We had to be careful, especially Brigitte with her cane, me with my fans, and Betty with, well, her amazonian stature. The dressing room scored high marks, especially for one in a bar.
Ruby is a very funny, proper, and dirty lady from 1947. She has a great deal of advice to impart to the audience, done in part by song. I particularly enjoyed her method for getting a fella. Very simple — sit with good posture, then uncross and recross your legs. Easy to remember with Ruby’s little ditty: “tummy in, neck long, shoulders back, here’s my beaver.”
It was like that all night long — advice on the advanced techniques of fellatio (“tap, tap, tap”), the best way to “jig the fig” (to a rhythm that suits your purpose), &c.
We Boston Babydolls performed one solo each between Ruby’s lessons and Brigitte doubled as stage kitten.
Betty started things off with “Blue Christmas”, which we call Mrs. Clausawitz. I think your imagination can take it from there. If not, you should be able to see her performing it on the Ali@Night show on YouTube soon.
Brigitte took a break from kittening for a high-energy tap dance to “Nut Rocker” with a spiffy light-up cane (from the workshop of Scratch).
Devora frolicked en pointe to “Snowfall”. Sexiest snow angels ever.
Scratch did a brand new magic trick in which vermouth bottles kept appearing, to his surprise, all to the tune of “It’s Martini Time”.
Stella tried to hitchhike home for the holidays to “Burlecue”. Observant fans will note that she was carrying The Innocent’s suitcase with “Fame or Bust” replaced with “North Pole or Bust”. No comment about Stella’s bust.
I closed out the burlesque with my fan dance to “Sugar Rum Cherry”. It’s one of my favorites and a crowd pleaser too. If you missed it, you can see a video here from the first time I ever performed it.
And that was the last Boston Babydolls show of 2013!
Oh, The Glamourous Life! 
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