The burlesque revival might have waned recently. But as many a 50-year old virgin will tell you, Star Wars is forever. Now the Forces have combined at Hollywood's Music Box, as Devil's Playground gives the George Lucas epic the tawdry vaudeville (taudeville?) treatment.
When you think about it, this isn't such an odd pairing. C-3PO and R2-D2 built their friendship on the sort of pansexual tension on which burlesque thrives. Princess Leia already had her gaudy, risque metal bikini. And it doesn't get much more phallic than a lightsaber.
Saturday, February 11
Plovgh, the new online farmers market
Who knew that the farming world had a trend? Well, Mallory Sustick, a Brooklyn bartender, works like a dog to maintain, promote and advance the online farmer's market startup Plovgh that began after noticing a need for more local farm market distribution.









