In another, "Perfect Crime" was housed one floor above a gay male burlesque show.

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But for now your grotesque and fabulous burlesque show is a full-on mainstream commodity.

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About three years ago, she and Mr. Abbate approached MsPixy, a local burlesque performer, with the idea of combining a parody show with burlesque.

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So the name was quickly changed to "Hooter Rangers: A Spicy Morphing Burlesque, " and the show went on.

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You can play mini-golf at the bar-cum-games hall H Street Country Club, grab a pastrami on rye and a Guinness at the kosher deli-cum-Irish pub Star and Shamrock, or take in a show at the burlesque-cum-punk rock venue Red Palace.

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