Clara Coquette's Past Productions
- Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza: A Burlesque Tribute to Misheard Lyrics Part 2, July 2024.
- Zinfandel Nights: A Burlesque Tribute to Yacht Rock, August 2023.
- Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza: A Burlesque Tribute to Misheard Lyrics, May 2019.
- New Flesh Burlesque at the House of Wax, April 2019.
- The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali, July 2018.
- The People's Playground: A Tribute to the History of Coney Island, May 2018.
- The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali, July 2017.
- A Dream Within A Dream: A Burlesque Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, January 2017.
- It's Ruined...The Hard Corey Roast, July 2016.
- The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali, July 2016.
- The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali, May 2015.
- The Guild of Libidinous Intent: A Burlesque Tribute to the Venture Bros., October 2014.
Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza:
A Burlesque Tribute to Misheard Lyrics Part 2
July 13, 2024, New York City: “Hold me closer, Tony Danza!”...“Hit me with your pet shark.”...“Everybody's crazy 'bout a shot glass man.” Have you ever been guilty of mishearing the wrong lyric? In the days before we could quickly search the internet for the correct lyrics, we would have to guess and sometimes those guesses made for hilarious interpretations. They were often shared amongst people and shared for generations.
Clara Coquette returns with a reprise of this unique burlesque show where the performers will act out through striptease those amusing mondegreens to the songs they represent.
Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza: A Burlesque Tribute to Misheard Lyrics Part 2 takes place Saturday, July 13th, 2024 9pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Producer Clara Coquette performs alongside such the comedic talents of Tigger, Holly Ween, Little Brooklyn, Mx Macabre, Uncle Freak, Tiny D and Nina Divina with live music by The Zinfandel Knights. Join us for this side-splitting celebration of merry mondegreens.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
Zinfandel Nights: A Burlesque Tribute to Yacht Rock
August 12, 2023, New York City: Picture this: It's 1982 and you are on a pleasure cruise, you’ve just lost sight of land, as the vessel chases the horizon, nary a white cap to be seen. The corks of fine champagne bottles have been launched into the brine, and abundant mounds of cocaine lie waiting in the cabin for those seeking adventure of a different kind. As the sun begins to set, the Captain calls for the smoothest of sultry tunes to accompany this revelry. Songs that echo tones of rock and folk, funk and reggae all with a soulful backbone, which at times are infused with the burgeoning electronic era’s new wave or a country twang. The softest of caresses, the easiest of ear tinglings, urging you to dance and mingle and enjoy life free of care, if but for this fleeting voyage. Clara Coquette and Captain Dover Whitecliff present a unique burlesque show that explores the mystical nether regions between land and sea, sand and stone, love and loss, soul and flesh.
Zinfandel Nights: A Burlesque Tribute to Yacht Rock takes place Saturday, August 12th, 9pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Co-producer Clara Coquette performs alongside such talents as Daddy Ho, Fem Appeal, Hard Corey, Heather Whatever, Ivory Fox, Tiny D, Miss Coney Island 2023: Maggie McMuffin, The Schlep Sisters: Darlinda Just Darlinda and Minnie Tonka, with live music from co-producer, Captain Dover Whitecliff’s Zinfandel Knights. Join us for this adventure, as we set our sails of groove, weigh our anchors of ecstasy, and frolic amongst the whitecaps of bliss, setting our course for the smoothest of seas
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza:
A Burlesque Tribute to Misheard Lyrics
May 25, 2019, New York City: “Hold me closer, Tony Danza!”...“Hit me with your pet shark.”...“‘’Scuse me while I kiss this guy.” Have you ever been guilty of mishearing the wrong lyric? In the days before we could quickly search the internet for the correct lyrics, we would have to guess and sometimes those guesses made for hilarious interpretations. They were often shared amongst people and shared for generations. Clara Coquette presents a unique burlesque show where the performers will act out through striptease those amusing mondegreens to the songs they represent.
Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza: A Burlesque Tribute to Misheard Lyrics takes place Saturday, May 25th, 10pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Producer Clara Coquette performs alongside such the comedic talents of Sizzle Dizzle, Holly Ween, Hard Corey, Little Brooklyn, Boo Boo Darlin’, Wilfredo, and Tiny Dee. Join us for this side-splitting celebration of merry mondegreens.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
New Flesh Burlesque at The House of Wax
From the diabolical minds that brought you The Persistence of Nudity and Original Cyn, comes a strange and delightful burlesque show set in Brooklyn’s spookiest bar. New Flesh Burlesque is a new twice a month show from producers Clara Coquette and Mary Cyn set inside the gorgeous and intriguing House of Wax bar.
Veteran burlesque performers Clara Coquette and Mary Cyn fell in love with House of Wax’s collection of death masks, anatomical models, and disease specimens. This rich atmosphere inspired them to combine their love of history, horror, oddities and cult films into a tantalizing, comedic, and outrageous burlesque and variety show with a rotating cast of performers. Sip a craft cocktail and pose with our infamous wax specimens while you watch New York’s hottest burlesque performers strip down in the strangest of ways.
New Flesh Burlesque takes place at 9pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at the House of Wax in Downtown Brooklyn, presented by producers Mary Cyn and Clara Coquette. Join us for a night of exciting entertainment and long live the New Flesh!
The Persistence of Nudity 4: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali
July 7, 2018, New York City: 114 years ago the mad, megalomaniac genius Salvador Dali burst forth from his mother’s viscera to become the one and only True Surrealist to ever live and the Saviour of painting. Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz present Dali’s visceral dream images on a gleaming, argent platter for you to devour. Join us on a succulent, scintillating journey where we invert the trauma of birth and open the secret drawers of the body.
“Take me, I am the drug. Take me, I am hallucinogenic.” Deciphering and devouring the bizarre, twisted images of Dali’s work is addictive. The more you imbibe the more you desire and the desire becomes a need to bring his nightmare images and mystical scenes to life.
The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Dali takes place Saturday, July 7th, 10pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, Coney Island USA, in its fourth year as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Producers Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz perform alongside such magnificent talents as Dirty Martini, Doll Body, Maggie McMuffin, Mary Cyn and Johnny Caligula, Sarah Tonin, Faux Pas le Fae, and Galatea Stone. Become a surveyor of the world of dreams, madness, and absolute genius. For Dali, by Dali, inspired by Dali.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
The People's Playground: A Tribute to the History of Coney Island
May 25, 2017, New York City: From Coney Island’s earliest days as a natural park to its heyday as a place for amusement and bathing in the late 1800s and early 1900s. From its destruction and decline in the middle 20th century to its revitalization in the 21st, Coney Island has had a long and interesting history. Clara Coquette presents a tale of this history through burlesque and sideshow with tributes to Coney Island’s rides and amusement parks, bathing beauties and circus performers, events and characters, and much more.
“Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where people of all backgrounds come to have a good time.” quote Coney Island born, photographer Harold Feinstein. Come take your place in the history of Coney Island among the amusements and grand boardwalk.
The People’s Playground: A Tribute to the History of Coney Island takes place Friday, May 25th, 10pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Producer Clara Coquette performs alongside such historic talents of Bambi the Mermaid, The Brides of Burlesque: Aurora North and Faux Pas le Fae, Beelzebabe, Miss Coney Island 2018: Gigi Bonbon, Lil’ Miss Lixx, Nola Star, Nasty Canasta, and Rita N. Wink. Come see the long, rich, and colorful history of Coney Island as told through Burlesque at the Beach at Coney Island USA.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
The Persistence of Nudity 3: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali
July 8, 2017, New York City: 113 years ago the mad, megalomaniac genius Salvador Dali burst forth from his mother’s viscera to become the one and only True Surrealist to ever live and the Saviour of painting. Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz present Dali’s visceral dream images on a gleaming, argent platter for you to devour. Join us on a succulent, scintillating journey where we invert the trauma of birth and open the secret drawers of the body.
“Take me, I am the drug. Take me, I am hallucinogenic.” Deciphering and devouring the bizarre, twisted images of Dali’s work is addictive. The more you imbibe the more you desire and the desire becomes a need to bring his nightmare images and mystical scenes to life.
The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Dali takes place Saturday, July 8th, 10pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, Coney Island USA, in its third year as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Producers Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz perform alongside such magnificent talents of Mia Julep, Liberty Rose, Wae Messed, Sincerely Yours, Fibi Eyewalker, Faux Pas le Fae, Betsy Propane, and Tiny D. Become a surveyor of the world of dreams, madness, and absolute genius. For Dali, by Dali, inspired by Dali.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
A Dream Within A Dream: A Burlesque Tribute to the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
January 17, New York City: “There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” The exquisite, strange beauty Clara Coquette celebrates her birthday and the birthday of one of America’s greatest writers, Edgar Allan Poe. Born in Boston on January 19th, Poe’s short, dark life, strife with depression, poverty, and alcoholism, provided an influence for his ominous stories and poetry. Clara Coquette brings Poe’s works of mystery and macabre to life with tributes to the literary classics of “The Raven”, “The Masque of the Red Death”, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, and many more tales.
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” An innovative and imaginative thinker, Edgar Allan Poe crafted stories and poems that still shock, surprise, and move modern readers to this day.
A Dream Within A Dream: A Burlesque Tribute to the Works of Edgar Allan Poe takes place on Tuesday, January 17th at 8pm at The Parkside Lounge. Celebrating her birthday, producer Clara Coquette performs alongside the amazing talents of Matt Knife, Broody Valentino, Divina GranSparkle, Fem Appeal, Johnny Panic, Mary Cyn, Viktor Devonne, and Seedy Edie. Join us as we dare to dream the dream created by the mind of Edgar Allan Poe
It's Ruined...
The Hard Corey Roast
July 31, New York City: Join us at the The Legendary Slipper Room to “celebrate” the 40th birthday of NYC’s very own Hard Corey.
Join our Masters of Ceremony: half of the man that was Peter Aguero, legendary storyteller and host of the Moth & the BTK Band and kinda okay looking Brad Lawrence, famed Moth GrandSLAM winner and co-host of Hotsy Totsy Burlesque, as they bring you on a tour of ruination that is Hard Corey.
They will guide the roasters of the evening: Clara Coquette, Fem Appeal, Dottie Dynamo, Magdalena Fox, Darlinda just Darlinda, Brief Sweat, and more special guests in a celebration of his 40 years of life and 10 years of performance. It’s Ruined: The Hard Corey Roast takes place Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 10pm at the Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St., New York, NY 10002.
Come and join in the festivities!
The Persistence of Nudity 2: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali
July 15, 2017, New York City: 112 years ago the mad, megalomaniac genius Salvador Dali burst forth from his mother’s viscera to become the one and only True Surrealist to ever live and the Saviour of painting. Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz present Dali’s visceral dream images on a gleaming, argent platter for you to devour. Join us on a succulent, scintillating journey where we invert the trauma of birth and open the secret drawers of the body.
“Take me, I am the drug. Take me, I am hallucinogenic.” Deciphering and devouring the bizarre, twisted images of Dali’s work is addictive. The more you imbibe the more you desire and the desire becomes a need to bring his nightmare images and mystical scenes to life.
The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Dali takes place Friday, July 15th, 10pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, Coney Island USA, as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Producers Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz perform alongside such magnificent talents as Bambi the Mermaid, Fem Appeal, Hazel Honeysuckle, Corvette LeFace, Matt Knife, Betsy Propane, and Fancy Feast. Become a surveyor of the world of dreams, madness, and absolute genius. For Dali, by Dali, inspired by Dali.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Salvador Dali
October 8, New York City: 111 years ago the mad, megalomaniac genius Salvador Dali burst forth from his mother’s viscera to become the one and only True Surrealist to ever live and the Saviour of painting. Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz present Dali’s visceral dream images on a gleaming, argent platter for you to devour. Join us on a succulent, scintillating journey where we invert the trauma of birth and open the secret drawers of the body.
“Take me, I am the drug. Take me, I am hallucinogenic.” Deciphering and devouring the bizarre, twisted images of Dali’s work is addictive. The more you imbibe the more you desire and the desire becomes a need to bring his nightmare images and mystical scenes to life.
The Persistence of Nudity: A Burlesque Tribute to Dali takes place Saturday, May 9th, 10pm at Coney Island USA as part of the Burlesque at the Beach Series. Producers Clara Coquette and Gemini Blitz perform alongside such magnificent talents as Boo Bess, Minx Arcana, Astoria Grey, Scarlett Lace, Heather Whatever, and Sincerely Yours. Become a surveyor of the world of dreams, madness, and absolute genius. For Dali, by Dali, inspired by Dali.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
The Guild of Libidinous Intent: A Burlesque Tribute to
The Venture Bros.
October 8, 2014, New York City: Join the Guild of the Libidinous Intent on an action-packed, naked adventure as The Monarch sets an elaborate burlesque ruse for his arch-nemeses, Dr. Venture. See if Brock Samson and Dr. Venture will be able to protect the Venture boys and the audience from impending doom or the impending sexiness of Dr. Girlfriend. Or will they need the help of the magical and alluring Order of the Triad?
“I immediately fell in love with The Venture Bros. when I first saw it in 2003.” said producer, Clara Coquette. “I am excited to combine my love for the show with my love of burlesque in my first producing role.”
Clara Coquette, in conjunction with the New York School of Burlesque’s Driver Seat Program, presents The Guild of Libidinous Intent: A Burlesque Tribute to The Venture Bros. at the Parkside Lounge on Wednesday, October 8 at 8:00pm. Clara Coquette as “The Monarch” leads a star studded cast featuring Fem Appeal as “Jefferson Twilight”, Charles Stunning as “Brock Samson”, Miss Coney Island 2013: Miss Cherry Delight as “Dr. Girlfriend”, Holly Ween as “Dr. Orpheus”, Apathy Angel as “The Sovereign”, and nerdcore rapper, Schaffer the Darklord as “Dr. Venture”. Join the thrilling and humorous world of the Venture Bros. at The Guild of Libidinous Intent.
Flyer by David Lawrence Byrd
© Clara Coquette, 2025
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