A Top-Shelf Toast: 80 Proof Variety Celebration Hits the Lower East Side
Get ready to step into the gaslit glow of The Slipper Room for the grandest “hokum-and-howl” this side of the Bowery. On Monday, May 4, 2026, the 80 PROOF VARIETY CELEBRATION arrives for a one-night-only engagement that promises to be a “high-volume distillation of talent guaranteed to intoxicate the senses”.
Presented by Vaudevisuals Press LLC, Outside Talker Press, and Jim R Moore, this event is described as a “one-night-only cocktail” of circus, sideshow, magic, and song. This is pure “uncut variety gold” with no rubes or ringers in sight.
Your Bartenders of Bad Behavior
Guiding you through these ten rounds of high-proof spectacle are your incomparable hosts:
- Mel Frye: The “gloriously unhinged” downtown legend will host the first half of the evening.
- Wilfredo: The international sensation takes over for the second half, leading the room in a traditional audience-wide sign-off song.
The Menu: Ten Top-Shelf Acts
The evening features a potent blend of performers, including:
- Elizabeth Munn: ‘The Ethereal Enchantress of the Upper Air’ (Aerial).
- Angelo Iodice (A.J. Silver): ‘The Lariat Legend’ and Western rope wizard.
- Bradford Scobie (Sir Richard Castle): ‘The Aristocrat of Articulate Absurdity.’
- Greg Dubin (The Great Dubini): ‘Master of the Manifest & Prince of Prestigiditation.’
- Zero Boy: ‘The Man of Ten Thousand Voices & Sonic Sorcery.’
- Juanita Cardenas: ‘Architect of the Aurreal Seamstress of the Skies’ (Aerial).
- Jellyboy the Clown: ‘The Steel-Stomach’s Sentinel of the Sideshow.’
- Ellie Steingraeber: ‘The Human Knot’ and physical contortionist comedian.
- Richard Saudek: ‘The Silent Sovereign of Pantomime Panache’ (Precision clowning and mime).
- Plus a Mystery Special Guest so secret we dare not speak their name!
Event Logistics & “Monday Night Special” Pricing
Because this is a “Monday Night Special,” admission is the real McCoy at only $25. In the intimate, two-level setting of the Slipper Room, you are never far from the stage—or the potential for questionable decisions.
- When: Monday, May 4, 2026, at 8:00 PM.
- Where: The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St (Entrance on Stanton), NYC.
- Cost: $25 admission.
- Tickets: Reservations are highly recommended as “once this bottle’s empty, it’s gone”. You can grab your tickets at slipperroom.com/calendar or through the short link tinyurl.com/5j5jytnp.
Don’t be a flat tire—join us for a dangerously fun school night on the Lower East Side!.
