Get Out Tonight: Yard Dogs Road Show at the Triple Door
We went to the Sunday night performance, and the show grabs you by the lapels and shakes the entertainment into you. Once it kicks off, the performance never lets up, and only slows down so you can get a close-up of something bizarre or sexy -- probably both. They'd really prefer if you didn't catch you breath.
It's a weird concoction, crossing elements of The Muppet Show (ragtag band of entertainers) with Penn & Teller (boisterous prestidigitation) by way of Beetlejuice (high-octane motormouth host), and pin-up calendars (the Black & Blue Burlesque Troupe). The show alternates bits -- songs, skits, magic -- with burlesque performances. At first we wondered if the three Black & Blue ladies would be SuicideGirls-style burlesque -- all alty beauty, little skill -- but it quickly became apparent that they're skilled performers, Atomic Bombshells-style.
High points: a surprisingly strong singing voice from their gorgeous trombonist; sword swallowing, including a syringe-sharp tube of "100% pure evil"; a "mad maharajah" who uses fire the way people in the '70s used Shower to Shower, and also as a snack; and several solo burlesque pieces. Even the long-haired clown in a utilikilt who kicked off the evening (and made us highly skeptical) with a few dick jokes comes back to do a surprisingly entertaining routine with ping-pong balls.
Which reminds us: see if you can sit close. The better your view, the more fun you'll have. (But you can skip the fruit crisp off the dessert menu -- ours was lukewarm and sweetly bland.)
Yard Dogs Road Show
Triple Door: 7:30, $22 day of show
