The Cooper/Foxy Gaiety Reviews

[+ Lucky]

The passing of Gaiety dancer T.J. brought the opportunity to revive a post about him dancing there back when @Cooper and @foxy would alternate writing reviews each week of the new dancers. I loved reading those reviews, and it often caused me to hurry over to 46th Street to take them in myself.

One might enjoy reading some of the others reviewed. I suggest, meekly, that Cooper revive one every week for our vicarious pleasure in this time of sheltering at home! There were some great dancers whose performances should not be left to the dust heap, no?

[leeper]

I think those reviews were what brought me to the forum originally. If my memory is correct, the reviews were done early in the week and if there was a dancer I was interested in, I could go into the city on the weekend and see them. I saw T.J. dance many times, but his after dance-card was always booked solid.

[+ Cock Eyed Optimist]

I was only able to get to NYC twice a year, but you can bet I headed straight for the Gaiety! And I was lucky enough to attend a matinee with @Cooper and @foxy two or three times and then head to a restaurant afterwards. Such fond memories with those two great guys, plus the dancers! LOL

[Cooper]

On March 17, 2005 the last stage show took place at the Gaiety. What a sad night that was. Unfortunately, nothing in NYC ever came close to replacing it.

 

So many happy memories. If you do a search on the Gaiety you’ll find many discussions and reviews. Those dancers became household names.

 

Those were the days... Sure miss it. ?

[Cooper]

Here’s just one of many links to the lineups. This took place the day of our 1st Hooville Party in NYC. Some old familiar names posted.

 

https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/gaiety-lineup-for-the-week-of-3-8-04.65987/#post-584922

[+ Charlie]

OMG! Was that the party at Sofia's? I WAS THERE! It was the first time I met any of the Hooboy crowd, but I was present only at the beginning, because I had an appointment with Jason Markus and had to leave after the appetizers. Talk about ships that pass in the night....

[foxy]

It’s so hard for me to believe the Gaiety has now been gone for 16 years. How is that possible? So many fun filled memories. Aside from the obvious pleasure of watching the show and meeting the dancers I’m happy to report that Cooper and I bonded and have remained good friends all these years. Except for the pandemic we continued meeting in the city almost every Wednesday to take in a Broadway show, have lunch or dinner and continue on with cocktails. For years that was Splash Bar and when that closed (very sadly) we moved on to other bars. In the last few years that has been Hardware. Even though we haven’t been able to see each other in person this last year we text almost every day. I‘m looking forward to resuming our weekly meetings.

I‘ve been reading some of our old reviews and have to admit they are pretty amusing. It was fun doing them and we got help from other posters like Lucky.

Cooper and I had a standing date to meet and go to the first show on Mondays. After the show we’d head to a local bar or restaurant and compare notes. We actually took notes during the show. We took our job pretty seriously believe it or not. Although sometimes Cooper would see a dancer he liked and take off mid-show. But I would get a report later on so it was fine.

Looking back it’s hard to believe the Gaiety existed. I guess we’ll never see anything like it again.

[foxy]

Jason Markus!!! OMG!

[Luv2play]

OMG! Was that the party at Sofia's? I WAS THERE! It was the first time I met any of the Hooboy crowd, but I was present only at the beginning, because I had an appointment with Jason Markus and had to leave after the appetizers. Talk about ships that pass in the night....

 

I would have left early to catch Jason Markus as well. He was such a hottie and hunk. One of my favorite escorts of all time. An a really sweet guy too. And talk about a preternatural amount of pre-cum. I've never seen anything like it since.

 

The thread reminded me of Dave Angelo, a dancer at the Gaiety at that time who danced in Montreal. He had the angel wings tattooed on his back. He was super hot in the backrooms in the stripper clubs in Montreal.

Edited March 18, 2021 by Luv2play

[+ Charlie]

Jason Markus!!! OMG!

That's what Cash4Trash and others said when I explained why I couldn't stay for dinner. ?

[+ Cock Eyed Optimist]

I would have left early to catch Jason Markus as well. He was such a hottie and hunk. One of my favorite escorts of all time. An a really sweet guy too. And talk about a preternatural amount of pre-cum. I've never seen anything like it since.

 

The thread reminded me of Dave Angelo, a dancer at the Gaiety at that time who danced in Montreal. He had the angel wings tattooed on his back. He was super hot in the backrooms in the stripper clubs in Montreal.

 

When you said “angel wings tattooed on his back”, a light went on! Totally HOT!

[MiamiLooker]

The thread reminded me of Dave Angelo, a dancer at the Gaiety at that time who danced in Montreal. He had the angel wings tattooed on his back. He was super hot in the backrooms in the stripper clubs in Montreal.

I remember seeing him many times at Campus in the 90's. Nice guy.

[Luv2play]

I remember seeing him many times at Campus in the 90's. Nice guy.

 

Dave was there into the 2000's. And I saw him at Campus during the period when they had curtains on the backrooms where pretty much anything went on, depending on the friendliness of the dancer and the amount of cash you had in your wallet. I rarely left the place with any cash left in my wallet but a big grin on my face.