The Wau Wau Sisters
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Apr 21, 2006
Closed Dec 14, 2006
1hr. 15min.
Visit the The Wau Wau Sisters website:
http://www.wauwausisters.com|www.arsnovanyc.com
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
In the alternative tradition of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Donkey Show and De La Guarda, these lascivious siblings fuse acrobatics, burlesque, comedy, music and audacious costuming in a modern vaudeville style.
Through gin-soaked smiles, The Wau Wau Sisters capture a diverse crowd with their deliciously defiant mix of hell-raising humor, scintillating circus routines, music ranging from country to rock to rap, and acts such as their sexy schoolgirl strip tease, complete with erotic crucifixion.
"Highly skilled performers who unleash their lewd material with singular archness." - The Village Voice
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"Fabulous" does not even begin to describe The Wau Wau Sisters. The cult favorite sister act consisting of Tanya Gagné and Adrienne Truscott mixes vaudeville, circus, burlesque, and rock and roll. After wowing audiences downtown, in Brooklyn, and in a host of other places, the talented twosome have gone Off-Broadway with their new show at the Ars Nova Theater in midtown.
Their opening number is one of the most audacious acts I've seen in a theater. Clad in Catholic schoolgirl uniforms, the duo perform an hysterically funny, unabashedly blasphemous striptease to the tune of the '80s rock band Night Ranger's "Sister Christian." It's a highly athletic affair complete with handstands, ba[...]