Episode 013

Break a Leg: Theatre Superstitions

It’s spooky season, so what better time to discuss theatre superstitions!

In Episode 13 (whoa, we had no idea we were broadcasting such a sinister episode number), we tell haunting tales of candles, mirrors, unspeakable plays, and Burlesque hexes!

Do you have the courage to listen?

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· Bourbon’s obsession with Winc

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· Dear Winc: Please sponsor Bourbon Layne

· Bourbon was cursed

· The two-show curse

· Terrible tech rehearsals

· F-Bomb’s sabotaged chickens

· Dead dogs

· Complicated lighting systems

· Does a bad rehearsal mean a good performance?

· Peacock feathers will give you the evil eye

· Blue costume superstitions

· Break a leg vs good luck

· The downside of manifesting your destiny

· The history of “break a leg”

· Lily’s adorable son

· Burlesque superstition

· Get your shoes off the table

· Don’t whistle while you work

· The play that shall not be named

· How to break another curse

· Don’t turn off the ghost light

· Pre-show rituals

· Miss F-Bomb gets frisky

· Backstage pledges

· Covid put the kaibosh on on-stage drinking

· What happened to our meet-and-greet?

· F-Bomb’s shoe routine

· Performance befores and afters

· Sadie’s green curler

· Sadie finally does her own lashes

· Instagram ads work

· Pre-show routines

· Sadie’s lack of hamstrings

· No bad talking

· Audience energy

· Burlesque love

· Burlesque headspace

· The new Cabaret and Cocktail ritual

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The term “the show must go on” is never more poignant than when you have a performance scheduled and you are lying on the floor puking up last night’s take-out.

We have all felt “under the weather” one time or another when we had to seriously rally for a show, a competition, or maybe just life.

Three of the four poor ladies of Cabaret and Cocktails have recently succumbed to the stomach flu while preparing for their first live show since the pandemic. In this episode, we medicate and meditate on the ways we stay performance-ready when we feel like dying a slow death by the toilet.

How do you rally? And when do you call it quits? Find out on Burlesque Moms!

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· Lily dies on her bathroom floor

· Wasn’t doesn’t sound good when you’ve had the stomach flu?

· Building up an alcohol tolerance

· Drinking alone with Bourbon Layne

· Sadie sprains her ankle

· Pro tip: always hire a physical therapist to work in your show

· Festive urine

· Trying to feel sexy through a bladder infection

· Bladder infection tips with F-Bomb

· Adrenaline and burlesque

· The two-show curse!

· The show must go on, even with Covid

· Breaking a curse

· Stomach flu weight loss

· Take a break to wipe your kid’s butt

· Backstage tricks to feeling better

· How not to eat

· Hot Toddy magic

· Orange juice associations

· Mimosa etiquette

· Self-medication

· Don’t do what we do

· Bourbon basically gets the plague

· Sadie’s Irish curse

· Emotions or allergies?

· Ancient Chinese secret Ginger tea

· F-Bomb illness cocktail

· Bath, ice, and Bud Light

· Pro tips from a personal trainer

· The benefits of ice

· Our love of hot water

· Pre-show self-care

· To pee or not to pee, that is the question…

· Blocking out the pain

· Kid cameos

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It’s Freaking BHOF!

Recently we had the honor and the privilege to perform in Burlesque Hall of Fame, Hawaii Edition! Whoop whoop! Toot toot!

In this episode, we share what goes into planning and executing a performance, from conception to costume design, choreography to cocktails (or lack thereof), and everything in between.

Join us as we rehash our story of Burlesque on a Boat!

Trust us, it’s not all sequins, glitter, sunshine, and rainbows!

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· Sadie Vine corrects herself so Snoop Dogg doesn’t get mad

· It’s Cabaret and Cocktails, not Cabernet and Cocktails

· Lily gets concerned about alcohol content

· Go extra hard or go home!

· Fart jokes

· Burlesque Hall of Fame fundraiser

· The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque, Dixie Evans

· Burlesque Hall of Fame aspirations

· Burlesque on a boat!

· Cabaret and Cocktails calls in all the favors

· Cinnamon roll pasties

· The Pipeline trimaran boat

· JBR Life Media brings all the cameras to the shoot

· Creating a shooting schedule around water

· Cabaret and Cocktails do burlesque on a boat

· Burlesque as seen by innocent bystanders

· Bourbon can’t dance sober

· Calling in the frequent flyer miles

· Costume updates

· Lily gets burned

· Merman off the shores of Maui!

· Shell pastie tutorial

· Sadie sacrifices her wedding dress for our costumes

· Expressing ourselves as friends and as a dance group

· Kicking kids out of the country club pool

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We often talk about how amazing our fans are, and we should know…we LOVE watching and cheering on our fellow Burlesque performers, too!

We are so excited to discuss our absolute favorite live performances, and a few virtual ones, too.

From crying lobsters to Dolly Parton impersonations, puking on stage and Chris Farley tributes, we love the humor, the ingenuity, the costumes, and, well, everything about the incredible variety of Burlesque performances available today.

And of course, we can’t wait to watch more!

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· Bambi the Mermaid’s Lobster number

· Why most burlesque performances make no sense in dress rehearsal

· Butter colored glitter

· Laughing to the point of crying

· Lily’s inspiration for “Dying Chicken”

· It’s all in the costume details

· Coney Island Burlesque scene

· Ageless ass-kicking

· Utter perfection in a Burlesque routine

· Media Noche live at Bathtub Gin, NYC

· Stalker Sadie

· “Boom” we love RedBone

· Lily admires RedBone’s perfect skin

· “A big part of Burlesque is the energy you get from the audience.”

· A true standing ovation

· Our Hawaii pin-up star, Violetta Beretta

· 9-5 and Dolly Parton burlesque genius

· Lily’s favorite burlesque performer, Jezebel Express

· Fan dancing at BurlyCon

· Lily fan-girls Jezebel

· One of Sadie’s favorite classes at BurlyCon

· Learning to love yourself

· “Motivational Stripper” Bunny Wigglebottom and her Chris Farley impression

· ChiChi Roniz pukes on stage

· Snot number or seasick number?

· Madame X has your back

· Violetta Beretta kills us with her characters, from Dolly Parton to Stranger Things

· Why Miss F-Bomb still finds confetti in her living room

· Sadie Vine’s mad crush on Adam Apple

· The Duality of performers on and off stage

· The costumes and pageantry of Ida Slapter

· What could possibly be way too dirty for Cabaret and Cocktails?

· Are we stalking Raquel Reed?

· Absinthe, the fabulously lewd variety show

· A classic burlesque gorilla number…makes sense

· A new routine for Miss Riding Good and her Big Bad Wulf?

· Peekaboo Pointe teaches classes on Oahu

· There is never enough time to see New York!

· Stop motion with Peekaboo

· Dirty Martini in NYC

· The fabulous Frankie Fictitious

· The darker side of Bourbon and her love of Redrum

· Why Instagram could never replace the live experience

· Costume inspirations with Frankie Fictitious

· The many questions of “How do they do that?!”

· Frankie blows our minds on TikTok

· Chris Oh! And his fabulous feet!

· Bedazzled codpieces

· The wonderful Ballet Trocadero

· Christmas with Kitten and Lou

· Never show the reveal!

· Reasons Lily and Sadie love burlesque

· Inclusivity and burlesque

· Lily admits to stealing

· What Instagram has done for us as a group

· What is Boylesque? No really, someone tell us!

· Burlesque gender ramblings

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Couldn’t we all use a vacation?

This week the ladies of Cabaret and Cocktails describe our dream vacations, with and without the kiddos.

We explore all this and more in Episode 009: Vacation’s All We Ever Wanted.

In this episode we talk about:

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Troupe:

Noun, a group of dancers, actors, or other entertainers who tour to different venues, “a dance troupe.”

Cabaret and Cocktails is Maui’s cheekiest Burlesque Troupe. We are a group of strong performers in every sense and we shine the brightest as a group.

Some of our absolute favorite memories include choreographing, creating, and performing together in our group numbers. Keep listening for an inside look at our creative processes, costume malfunctions, and general stage mayhem as we discuss our most memorable group acts.

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· Sadie’s proximity to the brewpub

· Drinking from a sippy cup

· Hawaii and garage parties

· Kid’s say the cutest things about whiskey

· Miss F Bomb’s dislike of country music

· Lily’s fear of Bourbon Layne

· How Golden Girls brought us closer

· Lily talks about the hardest group numbers

· Yoga pants on a Burlesque stage

· F-Bomb and Bourbon like being upside down

· Pregnant Bourbon does some chair and lap dancing

· Bourbon tries to trick F-Bomb

· Dominatrix nurses

· Homeless people and dungeons

· Pleasers are not pleasurable

· Lily loses her shit

· Some of our WORST group numbers

· Trying to perform into a void

· We love our old crowd!

· When burlesque doesn’t work

· Hula dancers and assels

· Stage Mom Lily

· Acting and dancing

· Holding liquids in our mouths

· Bourbon pops her Burlesque cherry

· Taking your bra off while doing a drop split, #lifeskills

· Lily falls on her ass

· Sadie’s love affair with her “Bad Girl” boots

· Square Dance Conventions make great dates

· Lily’s philosophy on outfits

· How Scott won Lily’s heart with promises of closets

· Lily is an audience a-hole

· Tsunami’s ruin Sadie’s performance

· Why it’s hard to leave a showing of Cats

· Squirrels!

· Sadie’s boobs are 24 snaps big!

· Lily lucks out at the Goodwill

· Covid and the two-show curse

· Hey Big Spender

· Burlesque Zombies

· Sadie hates Bob Fosse

· Thriller flash mobs

· Lactic acid hangovers

· Terrifying the masses

· Learning how to make people feel uncomfortable, a Bourbon Layne 101 tip

· Eye contact

· Hairography, Eye Fuckery, and Fierce: The History of Leopard Print with Jo Weldon

· The history of sex workers and burlesque

· Models doing ballet

· Point your toes and fix your face!

· What ruins group numbers for us!

· Dancer feet

· Irish dancing

· Bourbon hates on people some more

· A shoe will not fix your lines

· Bourbon overuses the word “adorable”

· Our connection on stage

· Cabaret and Cocktails’ signature Cupcake number

· “Booty Girls”

· Bumper sticker ideas

· New group number themes

· Ponyplay

· Bat Ballet

Episode 007

Flying Solo

A mother is never truly alone. From the moment of conception, there is a small human lurking about at all times.

Today we discuss one of the only moments we are alone as performers (though technically also in front of hundreds of people)—the solo act.

What are our favorite solo acts as performers and why, and maybe a little on how those same solos have changed post-baby? Enjoy a peek at our creative processes and favorite stage moments as solo performers.

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· Day drinking tips and tricks

· Sleep training with whiskey

· Lily’s most prized possession

· Dying chickens

· Too chicken to be a chicken in LA

· Creepy peeping Toms

· Chicken calls

· Whipped cream

· Sadie’s Love Potion

· Sadie’s mom does a dinner striptease

· Choreography on the plane to San Francisco

· Sadie sacrifices her solo for the group *tear*

· The Golden Girls on Oahu

· Sadie kisses the spider

· Costume brilliance by Sadie

· Costume creation trial and error

· Creative use for an underwire bra

· Tassel twirling technique

· Sprained ankles and lucky accidents

· Inappropriate birthday invitations

· Belly bedazzling

· Pastie malfunctions

· Public indecency

· The worst thing you can do as a Burlesque performer

· F-Bomb’s chickens make a cameo

· Bourbon’s favorite “couples” moment

· Containing water on stage

· Vampires and bloody tricks

· Holding fake blood in your mouth

· The worst thing to swallow

· Lily’s incredible playlists and music-finding abilities

· Burlesque Fest stage faux-pas

· Glitter + champagne = THE WORST

· Fucking glitter!

· Stop waxing the floors!

· Every dancer’s nightmare

· Bomb makes a bloody mess

· Ida Slapter—a legend!

· F-Bomb and bathtubs

· Bourbon’s Mermaid number aka Fish Head number

· The differences between pre and post-baby performances

· Bourbon sucks at pole dancing, especially for an instructor

· The fastest costume-change ever

· Dumpster diving finds

· Mimes are sexy, too

· Bourbon avoids people

· Our take on living with your persona

· Performing in a post-Covid world

· Bourbon’s multi-media stage vision

· Are Bourbon and F-Bomb a couple?

· Go-go dancing and plexiglass cages

· 6-feet of separation

· Potty training

Oh, burlesque. Oh, children. Oh, children and burlesque? Do those even go together?

In our last episode, we spoke about some of the major challenges children have brought to our burlesque careers. This week, we talk about the few and surprising benefits our children have given us…and no, we don’t mean the general “joy” of parenting.

We won’t lie, this episode was MUCH tougher than describing how children make our jobs harder, but still, we find joy in the little things like spending time together, creative crafting, and obscure, bizarre inspiration.

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· What’s going on at Sadie’s house aka reasons to drink tequila

· The benefits of kids and burlesque

· Peppa Pig and Baby Shark Burlesque?

· Little girl’s clothing

· Pandora Nursery Rhymes station

· Veggie Tales inspiration

· Hamburger Ballet

· Bourbon steals from children

· Lily’s year-round shopping tendencies

· Lily speaks our truth

· Time management or should we say MOMagement?

· Appreciating time with friends

· Creative outlets and escapes

· Weird overlaps between kids’ things and burlesque

· The Four My Little Ponies of the Apocalypse

· Bourbon steals craft supplies from children, too.

· Pets and Burlesque

· Making pasties for puppies

· Pet stars

· F-Bomb’s chicken feather supply

· Burlesque with chickens

· Creepy Disney Princess F-Bomb

· Drinking with Chickens and chicken lingerie

· Don’t work with kids or animals

· Photo and video shoots with kids!

· Photography editing at its finest

· Costume concessions

· Anti-social behavior

· Is it worth the babysitter?

· Kenneling your kids

· Leaving kids in the car

· F-Bomb’s shopping horrors with Bourbon

· Did Bourbon have a baby or a tiny monster?

· Sadie’s baby is seriously the cutest

· Talking to Sadie’s boobs

· Reason #500,261 why Bomb should not be a Mom

· Why Target Drive-Up is the best thing ever!

· Target, Bourbon is mad at you!

· Lily tells us something to look forward to

· Sadie’s daughter is not “normal”

· Lily leaves her kid at home

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*DISCLAIMER:

In this episode, we make light of things like kenneling children, leaving the kids in the car, or leaving kids at home. We do not intend to offend or downgrade the severity of these offenses. We are merely venting some of the frustrations parents have with managing everything we have to manage on a daily basis. We love our children and would never intentionally harm them in any way. As a sidenote, Maui has an extremely low crime rate and you feel like you know just about everyone here, so we make these jokes knowing full well that we are blessed to raise our kids in such an incredibly safe environment.

Of all the challenges we face as performers, there is no greater challenge than our children. Gone are the days of late nights out drinking and dancing (well, at least not as many and not with such abandon). Gone are the leisurely rehearsals and complicated costumes.

Instead, we have munchkins underfoot, crying, bribery, underage babysitters, and multitasking like the lady bosses we are!

This week we skim the surface of challenges and changes that have occurred AC (after children) and we reminisce on the BC (before children) days.

In this episode we talk about:

· Our drinks, of course!

· What is a Vagina Smoothie?

· What is a Shrub and Shrubbery secrets

· Efficient rehearsals

· What rehearsals were like BC-Before Children

· What rehearsals are like AC-After Children

· Dancing with kids, literally with them

· Pay rates for underage babysitters

· Inappropriate love triangles

· Who wrangles the children?

· Choreography for kids

· “Choo-choo booty”

· Post-natal care in a Burlesque Troupe

· Lies we tell our children

· Why our babysitters are better parents than us

· The benefits of video vs live

· Virtual Christmas party practices

· Why Sadie’s sister, Annie, doesn’t let us play at her house anymore

· F-Bomb’s parenting observations

· A BIG “thank you” to F-Bomb

· Uncle J’s coping mechanisms

· Puppy coping mechanisms

· How crafting and costuming has changed

· Why Bourbon can never leave her kid alone

· Monkey on Bourbon’s back

· How Lily’s breaks in her heels

· Wig styling with Lily and Winston

· Custom costumes with Sadie

· What’s in Sadie’s closets?

· Making costuming easier

· The best show Sadie’s ever costumed

· Go-Go Pirate F-Bomb

· Lily’s favorite musical/movie

· Our favorite song, “Porn World”

· Making a headless costume

· It’s blood spatter not splatter

· Decapitation

· Our “divide and conquer” mentality

· Post-partum body issues

· Sadie’s vaginal encounter with a sledgehammer

· The miracle of childbirth

· Post-baby glory

· Pregnancy and sexuality

· All sizes and ages of Burlesque

· Boot-licking good times

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Episode 004

Burlesque on the Rock(s)

Despite this episode, I swear we aren’t alcoholics!

Performing on a “rock” in the middle of the ocean can have some serious downsides when your island is practically run by the Liquor Commission. If you’ve seen the movie “Footloose,” then you know what we’re dealing with here.

Now you might be thinking, “Oh poor Hawai`i, cry me a river.” And we get that. We are tremendously blessed in so many other ways, but today we are discussing the challenges of performing Burlesque on Maui--how the Liquor Commission, venue availability, and audience scarcity have really shaped how and what we perform.

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