HeyRubeCircus has featured two Top 10 Freak Lists this week, and I found both of them to be severely lacking in certain regards. To compensate for my criticism, I’ve promised to publish a Top 10 List of my own and today is the official unveiling! In the modern sideshow revival, stunt acts are exceedingly more [...]

Donny Vomit is a professional sideshow performer spending his summers in Coney Island and his winters on tour with Pretty Things Peepshow. This Oklahoma boy earned a degree in broadcasting and set out for Coney when he was denied from his school’s theater program. He’s now been a professional performer, much to his chagrin, for [...]

Bettina Mae is a full-time, professional burlesque dancer currently touring with Pretty Things Peepshow. She is also a vegan, loves vintage clothing and wears fake fur only. In her hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, there was no burlesque scene so this redhead got a visa and started touring. To hear from Bettina Mae herself on [...]

Today, we talk with Heather Holiday. Given the recent 30th Anniversary of Coney Island USA, the nonprofit that helps maintain Coney Island’s cultural activities, our interview with the lovely sideshow mistress could not have come at a better time. Heather is part of a small group who comprise the newest generation of Coney Island performers. [...]

Go-Go Amy is the producer of Pretty Things Peepshow. In this interview, listen to Amy talk about how she got her start in burlesque and, as the professional business woman she is, sling her creative merch: Interview with Go-Go Amy from Noel Benedetti on Vimeo.

If you haven’t heard of Pretty Things Peepshow, get ready to. This traveling troupe is part burlesque, part sideshow, and all vintage flair. Their show is heavily influenced by vaudevillian style variety acts, as well as the traditional Coney Island freakshow. I recently had the pleasure of meeting this group, and they are as professional [...]