Does This Piano Make My Ass Look Big? |
Media Release Press Contact: Lawrence Helman PR lhelman@sbcglobal.net 415/661-1260/c.415/336-8220 For Immediate Release: Feb 24, 2009 To Download Hi Resolution digital images, please visit our press page: http://www.suzanneramsey.net/doesthispianopress (all photos by Larry Utley- please give photo credit) Mama Calizo's Voice Factory presents..... Kitten on the Keys in DOES THIS PIANO MAKE MY ASS LOOK BIG? a new work (words and music) written by Suzanne Ramsey (D.I.Y. Resident Artist aka Kitten on the Keys) A World Premiere - Limited Engagement- Two Weekends Only! March 27-April 5, 2009 (Fri., Sat., & Sun.) Mama Calizo's Voice Factory in SF http://www.suzanneramsey.net San Francisco's own Kitten on the Keys (aka Suzanne Ramsey) is a frisky one ma'am band. Her new one woman musical :DOES THIS PIANO MAKE MY ASS LOOK BIG? follows the hi-jinks of a suburban dorky girl who is insecure, addicted and socially impaired. Her life changes for the better with the discovery of punk rock and burlesque rock and roll lifestyle. This world-premiere romp replete with sequins & sass , told through original songs (written and performed by Kitten) and video, wll tickle your funnybones and stir your nether-regions. Kitten on the Keys is a little Judy Tenuta, Mae West, and a dash of Shirley Temple optimism rolled into one perky package. She writes her own material and plays the piano, accordion and ukulele. The show is co-directed by Dwyane Calizo and Suzanne Ramsey. NOTE: This show is for adults 18 years old only DOES THIS PIANO MAKE MY ASS LOOK BIG? has a limited engagement-runninh two weekends only: March 27,28,29-Fri/Sat,8:00 PM & Sun. Matinee 2:00 PM and April 3,4,5 Fri/Sat., 8:00 PM & Sun. Matinee 2:00 PM at Ma Ma Calizo's Voice Factory 1519 Mission Street (Van Ness and 11th Streets) San Francisco, Ca 94103 Tickets are $15.00 and $20.00 (No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds) and are available at the door and at Brown Paper Tickets http://wwwbrownpapertickets.com/event56774 For More Information Please Call 1 800-338-3006 or visit the site: www.suzanneramsey.net/doesthispianopress To arrange an interview with performer Kitten On The Keys, please contact publicist Lawrence Helman at 415/661-1260 BIO- Kitten on the Keys ....aka Suzanne Ramsey is an award winning musical and burlesque artist. As seen on E!, HBO, CBS, NBC,IFC,Queer TV, BRAVO and other mdeia outlets, she embodies the spirit and style of days of decadence gone by. As a pianist and a chantuese, expect a racy ragtime romp when this little kitty sharpens her claws on a meow mix medley of map cap gems of yesteryear with a naughty whimsical edge. This Interntionally known versatile comedic performer MC's, sings, dances, tickles the ivories, plays the ukulele and accordion in outrageously campy costumes. She's a little Cabaret, Burlesque, and Vaudeville all rolled into one pink buxom package. Her coquettish voice channels a sacu Betty Boop with a gritty Mae Weat ommph! Clever, Kinky, and Cute. Kitten on the Keys is taking off this Spring '09 to portray a version of her burlesque mistress of ceremomies self in a film by famed French actor and director Mattieu Almaric. (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY; QUANTUM OF SOLACE). Mr Almaric has been a fan of the hit show CABARET NEW BURLESQUE that Kitten on the Keys has been performing in for several years throughout France and Italy. She has opened for seminal punk rockers THE DAMNED on the Twisted Cabaret Tour 2007 in the UK, appeared in a video by French rock band FRENCH COWBOY, performed in many Midnight Cabarets at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland 2008, at the Napoli Teatro Festival in Itlay with the show Cabaret New Burlesque, and in Paris Quartier D'ete Festival in Paris 2005. She traveled the US and Canada with Devotchka and Burlesquefest as the Musical Mistress of Ceremonies. In October 2003 she received rave reviews in Hollywood as the MC for the Teaseorama Burlesque Convention. In 2004 she was the MC at the annual Miss Exotic World Burlesque Contest. Suzanne started performing with the Cantankerous Lollies Burlesque Troupe and San Francisco's Famous Burlesque Orchestra many years ago. She plays piano, ukulele, and accordion for Goth Cabaret Performer Vinsantos and David J of Bauhaus fame. In 2003 , Suzanne won the Sf WEEKLY MUSIC AWARD in the New Genre/Beyond Catagory for her campy Vaudevillian performances of her kinky cabaret ditties. Kitten on the Keys was made a Saint by the thoughtful Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence- Kitten on the Keys is now ST TICKLE ME IVORIES. Her favorite three female role models are Liberace, Freddie Mercury, and Alice Cooper. Kitten on the Keys has 4 CD's on her own Rug Burn SF Label: Kitten on the Keys (2001), Kitty Muffins (2002),( It's Not A ) Pretty Princess Day (2004), and Salty Meat Girl(2007). Available on CDBABY and iTUNES. To View Video Of Kitten on the Keys please visit: http://www.tinyurl.com/au/x.php?1omv |