The Slipper Room is a variety theatre and house of burlesque, comedy and neo-vaudeville, located in the Lower East Side district of Manhattan, New York City.
As the trannies tarted themselves up backstage, Amanda Lepore and Sophia Lamar performed deadpan magic tricks in panties; Tina Sparkles pushed her sequinned titties into an audience member's face in a vivid tribute to the Lion King, Candis Cayne climaxed Le Jazz Hot in a way skimpier ensemble than Julie Andrews could ever manage; and Gloria Wholesome shed her boa while dedicating Different Drum to George W. Bush (though Bush is generally this crowd's goal genital).
In New York now, they have the Slipper Room, and they put on their own New Burlesque revue on Saturday nights: The show that looks like your dad's old Playboys, plays like your bachelor uncle's vinyl, and grooves like a cool, net gimlet.
[8][9] Artists who have guested at the Slipper Room over the years have included such acts as Lady Gaga,[10] Leonard Cohen,[11] the Scissor Sisters[12] and U2,[13] while popular downtown performers Dirty Martini, Murray Hill and Matt Fraser often appear.
Variety shows are regularly hosted by comedians Bradford Scobie, Matthew Holtzclaw and Matt Roper under the guise of various characters, and also by James Habacker himself.