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Burlesque profile: Creamy Stevens
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Creamy Stevens is a performer to love, with a wicked sense of humour and an irreverent reverie. If you visited her website, the front page of which drips blood, you may be forgiven for thinking she is the carnivorous love child of the goddess Diana and the diabolical Sweeny Todd, delicately balancing the axe and the bra.
JNU: How long have you been in Burlesque?
CS: I've been performing since 2002.
JNU: How did you get started in Burlesque?
CS: I started by doing go-go pre-show for the founder of Starshine Burlesque, Eva Svensson. When she had to move out of the country, the now legendary Little Brooklyn and I took over the show. We co-produced 6 years' worth of weekly shows and had a fantastic time.
JNU: What or who are your biggest inspirations and how do they translate into your act?
CS: My biggest inspirations are what I always refer to as "the big kids", the people who were performing in NYC and made me want to do what they were doing (or at least attempt it). Apart from that, I grew up in love with David Lynch; his recurrent theme of "the ugly that lurks underneath the pretty" is manifested in my acts quite a bit. Music is also inspirational to me: The Cramps, classic country, Connie Francis. The paintings of Francis Bacon and Cy Twombly, the photographs of Cindy Sherman and Diane Arbus. In any artistic medium, if it's big and dramatic and mentally ill chances are it influenced me.
JNU: Do you travel for work?
CS: Sometimes, but I'd love to do more; hope to do a few more festivals in 2010.
JNU: And if so, which show in which city was the most memorable?
CS: Without a doubt, 2005, the last year the annual Burlesque Hall of Fame show was held in Helendale, California on the old ranch. I got to perform for legendary performers from the fifties and sixties. The next day, I watched a performer named Lucy Fur do a fan dance in the desert sunset to "Knights in White Satin" and it was the most magical thing I'd ever seen.
JNU: How do you stay fit?
CS: Hunting down my enemies.
JNU: What's your upcoming schedule in New York?
CS: I'll be performing in Pinchbottom Burlesque's "A Christmas Carol" at Walkerspace Theater on December 6th; Honi Harlow's Hideaway at Fontana's on December 7th and a fantastic holiday tribute to Lux Interior of The Cramps, called Krampus at The Slipper Room on December 21st.
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