CLARA COQUETTE
Photos and Flyer by David L. Byrd.
The People's Playground:
A Tribute to the History of Coney Island
PRODUCER: Clara Coquette
SHOW: The People’s Playground: A Tribute to the History of Coney Island
DATE: Friday, Mayy 25th, 2017 at 10:00pm
LOCATION: Coney Island USA, Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Ave. Brooklyn NY 11224
TICKETS: $15 at the door or online at www.coneyisland.com
STARRING: Clara Coquette, Bambi the Mermaid, Beelzebabe, Gigi Bonbon, Lil’ Miss Lixx, Nola Star, Aurora North and Faux Pas le Fae, Nasty Canasta, and Rita N. Wink
WEBSITE: www.claracoquette.com
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.