The act that brought E. Fab to The Burlesque Hall Of Fame! Inspired by classic burlesque, yet quickly becomes comedic and tongue in cheek. Includes several innovative teases, and the multiplication tables of 9 are taught on the chalkboard of the human body. Lots of boa work, a little bit of chair work.
Performed to Schoolhouse Rock's "Naughty Number Nine"
'Cause you must have some secret way you can check on or you'll break your neck on Naughty Number Nine
Video viewable on Media Page.
Hair Baby
A Lip-Syncing Boylesque act. Enamored with his copious follicular beauty, EmpeROAR overlooks that sometimes there IS such a thing as too much of a good thing. Costume comprises of 13 and a half wigs, and 6 feet of weft.
Performed to "Hair Baby" by Scissor Sisters
I've seen the devil and it looks like that.
Video available upon request.
Costume Auction
A ridiculous, comedic act about what to do when the rent is past due. Money flies from costume pieces while the artist does a fully scripted lip-sync...to horns.
Performed to an edited version of "Claxton Hall Swing" by Louie Bellson.
Swarovski! Swarovski! Satin! I bought this shit, and then I sprayed it, and glued every fucking little rhinestone on it. It ain't acrylic. We'll start the bidding at 200 now.... Do I hear 11 hundred?!?! 1 time, 2 times, 3 times, SOLD!
Video viewable on Media page
Champagne Cannibal
A classic-inspired burlesque act with voguing and waacking influences, tassel twirling fingertips on gloves, floorwork, and hairography.
Performed to "Invitation" by The Quincy Jones Orchestra
Wherever I go, You're the glow of temptation Glancing my way in the grey of the dawn
Video available upon request
OOPS! (The Infomercial Act)
A comedic act portraying various troubles that befall the corniest and clumsiest of people in infomercials.
Performed to a mash up of voice overs, and "Oops" by Little Mix, "Oops (Oh My)" by Tweet, "Oops!" by Dan Crow, "Oops!!" by Super Junior, and "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey.
Oops! Oops! Oops! I'm always dropping Oops! Oops! Oops! I'm always spilling Oops! Oops! Oops! I don't want to pick it up. But you have to pick it up!
Video available upon request.
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Starting in drag, lip syncing in desperation, a spinning quick change transforms EmpeROAR into a rhinestoned leather daddy. Coded hankies pull out to reveal rainbow swing flags, and a flaming but aggressively butch seduction occurs utilizing poses and movements prevalent in vintage physique magazines and 1970's pornography.
Performed to "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" by ABBA
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away?
Look This Good
A sing-and-strip act to original music. An ode to everyone who's ever eaten ramen to buy rhinestones it took days to apply, suffered blisters for their fabulous shoes, or endured a terrible wig headache. Ends in tassel twirling. YES, while still singing! (requires ability to use the artists wireless headset microphone system)
Get out your makeup case It's time to prep your face ''Cause it's a long rat race for just a taste of a tiara You gotta work so hard to Look This Good- I think you do and everybody should.
Video available upon request.
Unexpected Guest
An intensely emotional act about internal and external struggle, the fight to be free from what binds us, and the lure those binds have. Includes veil fan work, floor work, and a hoop skirt cage dress that creates some very arresting shapes in movement.
Performed to "Unexpected Guest" by Purr Gato.
Don't be perplexed by the special effects- they are intangible at best. I wonder what comes next, 'cause I am tangible- An Unexpected Guest.
Video available upon request.
Harriet Scary In Love
It's Hairy! It's Scary! It's Harriet Scary! And she's in love- with you! An act as sub-persona Harriet Scary, an awkward and strange yet enthusiastically seductive hairmaphrodite. Her take on "classic burlesque"- includes weird creepy campfire-style faces in flashlight bouquet, change falling from her crotch, and an eye opening transformation.
Performed to a very cheesy, sappy recording of "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life", by an unknown male Australian vocalist in the 1970's.
Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes In the world of love you keep in your eyes I'll awaken what's sleep in your eyes It may take a kiss or two
Seagulls! Shimmy Now!
A ridiculous, high energy, comedic shimmy act featuring tassel finger gloves and loads of stupid faces. Performed to the viral hit "Seagulls! (Stop It Now) by Bad Lip Reading.
Seagulls gonna come poke me in the coconut! And they did! And they did!
Robottom
Sing-and-strip act to original music. Most robots were created to serve but this one was created to service! Full of lyrical puns illustrated through movement and costuming...and a couple of lights from surprising places! (2 versions exist- 1 using artists wireless headset microphone system, with more complex choreography. The other version uses a microphone in a stand, with more limited, yet still entertaining, choreography.)
I will be your Robott...om I just want to feel your cum... puter and you can be my Sir... ver, my electronic pervert. And I will be your Robottom.
Video viewable on Media page.
Winterwood
A slow and mystical striptease following the transformation of a barren tree into a human. Haunting music, beautiful line. 2 versions of act exist- 1 for fall and winter (snow, moss, and fog), 1 for spring (sun and blooms). Due to fragility of natural tree branches in costume, this act does not travel outside of Pacific Northwest region of United States.
Performed to "Dedication" by Vitas.
The Mile High Club
Sing-and-Strip to original music about, you guessed it! Sex on an airplane! Full of silly puns. Starts as Captain, becomes steward, then stewardess.
By the time that you land you've got so many strands of pubic hair caught in your teeth that you gotta stop at customs to declare
I Can't Close My Eyes
A performance art sing-and-strip about struggling to make it as an artist to sparse rock music. Enter covered in plastic wrap with layered reveals of rejection letters, poster for shows that flopped, budget spreadsheets in the red. Glittering latex smile peels away. Music has lyrics anyone that has struggled can relate to, the "artist part" comes in play through costuming.
I can't close my eyes To the things I see So I'll just disguise That they're so ugly
Happiness
A lip-syncing burlesque act that is a social commentary on organized religion, yet is sweet and charming. Imagery includes a cross, sacred heart, flying money, and a rosary that comes from...somewhere... .
Performed to "Happiness" by Goldfrapp.
We can see your troubled soul Give us all your money we'll make you better.
Photo by Max Shaw
A smattering of other cabaret and burlesque acts. Need something for a theme not listed here? ASK! E.Fab may have something that fits, and is always open to commissions! FellatiOde: Original ballad about a guy E.Fab used to blow. touching and hilarious, every word of it true. Video viewable on Media page Let It Gaaaaaah! A ridiculously high energy and absurd act as a F-d up "Elsaaaaaugh" from Frozen, to a black MIDI rendition of "Let It Go". Video available upon request. O! Saint Valentine!: Original song celebrating the mascots and customs of other holidays, yet bemoaning the loneliness Saint Valentine brings. Prop heavy, and sing-a-long-able. Video viewable on media page. I Swear: Lip-syncing burlesque act to the song "I Swear" by 90's boy band All4One. Definitely stupid comedic. Nail Me, Captain Hammer: Singing nerdlesque act, A combination of new musical material and rewritten themes from Joss Whedon's "Doctor Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog", from the point of view of a Captain Hammer groupie. Let's Have A Barbecue!: A comedic eating & sploshing act. Ends with hot dog being fed to audience plant from boxer shorts, and E. Fab pouring an entire bottle of barbecue on his head.