Black Cat Burlesque

About me:

Subscribe to our blog to get all the latest news, gigs and gore
Get Your Spook On at these upcoming events:

The whole ghoulish gang will be on hand for another legendary J. Cannibal Feast of Flesh!

Troupe History: Conceived in the back of a hearse by veteran burlesque performer, tassel-twirling dynamo (not to mention former mortician), Miss Firecracker and monster man-at-large, illustrator Mister Reusch, BCB is quite possibly the only burlesque troupe to build its ranks in a funeral home . . . Then, during a particularly portentous embalming, our devilicious Miss F met fellow undertaker J. Cannibal. Over blood and formaldehyde, he revealed his nasty little secret: namely, a penchant for voodoo and one Miss Mary Widow — horror movie obsessed choreographer and gore-gore girl extraordinaire! Thus, our creepy coven was nearly complete and what ensued has left a trail of broken hearts and resurrected corpses across the Eastern seaboard. In 2006, we welcomed our newest succubus into the fold . . . the hot & deadly Yellow Fever!

Performance Resume:

Our own Famous Monsters have appeared at such events as:
NYC Burlesquefest 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006
Miss Exotic World Pageant
26th Annual SciFi Marathon
NELA Fetish Ball
B&D Ball
Burlesque-a-pades
Garters & Lace Convention
Motherfucker NYC
LadyFest DC

. . . and with such acts as:
Jonathan Richman
The Dresden Dolls
Gogol Bordello
Beat Circus
Rev. Glasseye
Devotchka
HUMANWINE
Groovy Ghoulies
O’Debra Twins

BCB and its members have been featured in the ..

Specializing in, but not limited to horror, B-movie themed and generally offbeat acts, we have produced the now infamous burlesque horror spookshows at the Coolidge Corner Theater, Spooks A-Poppin' and the Spookalicious Horror Sideshow for the Annual 13 hour Horror Marathon. Along with DJ Vinny, we have also co-produced the sixties themed Zombies A Go-Go, Born to be Wild and the Russ Meyer Tribute nights at the Milky Way Boston. Our J. Cannibal runs his own bi-annual zombie fest, J.Cannibal’s Feast of Flesh, and is also one of the masterminds behind the independent publishing and production company, Black Ocean.

Burlesque Lays the Smack Down:

In 2004, BCB gave birth to it's very own mutant love child, La Gata Negra League of Masked Lady Wrestlers. Inspired by Mexican Lucha Libre, Joshi Puroresu (Japanese Women's Wrestling), From Parts Unknown, Kaiju Big Batel and wrestling legends the world over, LGN's mayhem mamas are New England's Only all masked, all female wrestling superstars. Add them as a friend at http://profiles.myspace.com/users/6604037.

..Our Touch of Infamy..

"..Black Cat Burlesque, a troupe that adds fresh, creepy camp to the art form..... also celebrate the burlesque revision of female beauty, which rejects the notion that women have to be thin, much to the delight of many women in the audience.."
The Boston Globe

"Black Cat Burlesque triggers pheromones with artful stripteases inspired by scream-worthy B-movies"
New York Magazine

" Terror and Titillation..."
The Weekly Dig

"it's daunting to consider the energy it takes to pull these fascinations together into..."
Chris Dahlen, Pitchfork Media

"We Featured Black Cat Burlesque this month and they obviously entertained you near to death."
Latex Lily Productions

"J. Cannibal, the “King of Horror Burlesque.” "
The Weekly Dig

"[J.Cannibal] is the sort of guy people brag about knowing. After all, he sounds like an exotic, epic character: poet, undertaker, horror-burlesque king, small-press publisher, show promoter, fake-blood engineer."
The Boston Phoenix

"Too Wicked for Witch City"
Courtesy of the Salem town elders

"The Black Cat Burlesque is the Moulin Rouge of Hades. You will have one HELL of a good time."
Shawn Poirer, High Priest of the Salem Tradition of Witchcraft.

"That was some f*cked up shit!"
The amazing El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, after the BCB Frankenstein act at the Miss Exotic World Pageant 2006

Join the spooky fun at:
www.blackcatburlesque.com

Click to join blackcatburlesque

If you are a band, and would like to be friends, please message us and explain why. We perform with a lot of live acts, but the band requests on MySpace have just become out of control and please, no comment images over 400 pixels wide! ..