Posted on 05/12/2003 4:18:44 AM PDT by chance33_98
Freak show or circus? You be the judge
05/11/03
John Petkovic Plain Dealer Reporter
Ladies and germs, step right up to the freakiest show in town. Where every stunt will tease, titillate and amuse the entire family. That is, if you're the Addams Family.
Oh, no, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. The New York-based troupe is an orgy of bizarre stunts, burlesque tricks and wacko gags that are weirder than a 50-foot, three-headed woman with facial stubble.
At 8 p.m. Thursday, the Bindlestiffs will unveil their latest production, "High Heels and Red Noses," when they hit the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern, 15711 Waterloo Rd., Cleveland. Sure, it boasts perve-y tomfoolery: a trapeze striptease, a Hula-Hoop goddess, a kinky whip-master.
But that's not all. (It never is.) The Bindlestiffs also will trot out moldies but goodies, such as the bumbling clown who stumbles and mumbles like a drunken Dean Martin, the strange-o who swallows scissors and, of course, enough acrobatic chicanery to make you reconsider P.T. Barnum's famous line.
Maybe there is a sucker born every minute. But there's a weirdo born every second. Bindlestiff offers two hours of proof. $12; $10 if you wear something weird. Call 216-383-1124.
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