Peep Show: a quick minute with Creamy Stevens


Creamy Stevens is half of the dynamic duo that produces Starshine Burlesque, a weekly variety show featuring the finest in burlesque with dashes of old school comedic madness. Creamy stands in the balance of kitsch and macabre...she's like American Bandstand with teeth. I caught up with her arsenic and apple pie cuteness for a quick chat. Proceed at your own pleasure.

Tangerine Jones: How do you spell Burlesque?
Creamy Stevens: L-i-t-t-l-e-B-r-o-o-k-l-y-to the n. She does it from burning need and pure joy

TJ: Speaking of Little Brooklyn, how does it feel to be the Lucy and Ethel of Burlesque? Although you guys perform solo at your shows, you're very much a team. How did that come about and what keeps you together?
CS: It came up because we both wound up go-going in the window at RiFiFi before we ran Starshine. We evolved as producers together because we had a very similar vision of what we wanted a show to be. We stay together because there is no freaking way I could do something like this without her. She's got boundless energy, creativity and talent and knows how to apply those things to the show's benefit. I just try to keep up with her!

TJ: If you were a shade of lipstick, what would we call you?
CS: Medium Rare

TJ: Fill in the blank: I am a______________ with ________________ and____________________
CS: I am a lucky freakshow with amazing friends and a fantastically cute and patient life partner

TJ: As a female producer, do you think your gender has any bearing on what kind of burlesque show you put together?
CS: That's tough...I guess..yes, in that we try to be as diverse as possible in who we book...and well....we generally try to limit the penises to one per show. *Wink!*

TJ: Okay, let's do some word association... Creamy?
CS: Bizarre
TJ: Super
CS: girl
TJ: Exotic World
CS: brilliance
TJ: Heroes
CS: villains
TJ: Starshine
CS: Home!

TJ: Which Neo-Burlesquers would you most want to be stuck in an elevator with?
CS: Ooh! Good one! How many can i have?
TJ: Only six
CS: ok...Jo Boobs, Bambi, Tigger, Dirty Martini, Alotta Boutte and Pinkie Special

TJ: What do you consider your super special skill?
CS: Well, sort of a 50-50 thing...I'm good at seeing the humor in things and I'm good at getting along with lots of different personalities.

TJ: What's the funniest thing you ever saw?
CS: Ooh, that is hard. Well...i think something is truly funny if you can watch it over and over again and you laugh every single time...and I'd have to say that for me, that's "Raising Arizona", the Coen brothers movie.

TJ: If you had a choice between the ability to speak to chimps or monkey like agility and grace with a constant craving for bananas, which would you choose?
CS: Holy crap! I hate monkeys with the fire of a thousand suns, so i'd choose agility and grace. The only way i'd choose talking to monkeys would be if i could tell them they suck.

Editor's Note: You can catch Starshine Burlesque every Thursday night at 10ish at Rififi. Wanna smell like a long running weekly show? Cop a bottle of Starshine by Lizzie Sweet.
Peep Show is an interview series with the brightest and best of burlesque and the underground art and music scene.

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