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WORLD PREMIERE. Nasty Canasta arrives for her first day of Freshman year at Pinchbottom University, where the student body is well-rounded, the college green is nicely trimmed, and the extracurricular activities are all extra-extracurricular! But even though she quickly befriends "Big Man on Campus" Jonny Porkpie, Nasty discovers that dorm life is a lot harder than anticipated at... PINCH U.

But when, despite surviving a rigorous hazing process with flying colors (and flying clothing), Nasty's application to burlesque sorority Theta Ampersand Alpha is stymied by an obnoxious upperclassman and a buttoned-down Dean of the College, Nasty, Jonny, and their outcast friends devise a plan to put the snotty senior and uptight administrator in their place.

"In one way or another, everybody wants to go back to college," says co-producer and co-star Nasty Canasta. "The drinking, the lack of responsibility, the random hookups, streaking the quad... Actually, life in burlesque is much more exciting than campus life ever was. So with Pinch U., we're taking the audience back to what college should have been."

Starring Nasty Canasta & Jonny Porkpie, featuring Bastard Keith, Clams Casino, Delirium Tremens, Miss Coney Island 2009 Gal Friday, Naughtia Nice, Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey, and The World Famous *Bob* in an all-new Pinchbottom show in the tradition of such somber meditations on collegiate life as Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, and Teen Wolf Too. PINCH U. kicks off Pinchbottom's Off-Broadway Spring season at The Bleecker Street Theater on Saturday, April 18 at 10:30pm. Remember the school motto: Carpe Bottom.

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ABOUT PINCHBOTTOM BURLESQUE
"BEST BURLESQUE in NY" - New York Magazine's Best of New York 2007
"MOST INNOVATIVE" - Burlesque Hall of Fame Exotic World Pageant 2007
"THE BEST BURLESQUE SHOW IN TOWN" - The Village Voice
"DARING, FUNNY, IMAGINATIVE AND TITILLATING TO ALL TASTES - and, at $15 a ticket, about as good entertainment value as you can get in New York City" - The Sunday Telegraph (UK)
Explore the inner mind of burlesque with Pinchbottom Burlesque. Now Off-Broadway, each monthly journey centers around a different theme, linking together striptease and variety acts from top performers with a topical narrative... and, believe it or not, a plot. Pinchbottom is where burlesque meets downtown theater, buys it a drink and takes it to bed. The show is hosted by NASTY CANASTA & JONNY PORKPIE, who should probably not be described at the Lunt-Fontannes of the New York Burlesque scene, although they do perform together with alarming frequency. "Comedy and partial nudity go remarkably well together. Where else can you hoot, whistle, and bust a gut laughing?" -NY Theatre.com; "Hilarious burlesque" -Next Magazine; "Your perverted genre fantasies have come shimmying to life" -Time Out New York