TOLEDO, Ohio — A once-thriving burlesque scene is getting a glamorous revival later this month, as local performer and choreographer Jess Worley, known on stage as Scarlett Kiss, prepares to bring ...

Taking inspiration from Bettie Page and 1950s pinups, Lower East Side bar Nurse Bettie hosts twice-weekly burlesque shows on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Last Thursday (4/11), Julie Tease, ...

The Brazen Belles are saucy. Now approaching their third anniversary, these risqué, all-in-good-fun dancers with stage names such as Mini Teasecake and Olive Mia are bringing the spirit of classic ...

These days, burlesque is a term as abused as a stripper’s feet at the end of a night in clear heels. Oops, that was a bad comparison — especially because, dammit ...

BurlyCute’s Cora Vette has heard a lot of misconceptions about burlesque. While some think of it simply as “that stripping stuff,” others are totally clueless to the fact that it involves nudity, ...

Penobscot Theatre Company is proud to present Twirly Whirly Burly-Q, classic burlesque with a modern twirl, for two performances only, May 18-19 at 8:00 pm, at the historic Bangor Opera House. The New ...

Call it a reaction to the overplayed, “spooktacular” theatrics of Halloween and all the allegedly “sexy” costumes it entails (“I’m a mouse, duh!”) but the fiercely inclusive, body-positive Pastie Pops ...

The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque© is proud to announce its return this holiday season with the sixth edition of Chicago's favorite alternative holiday show, a twist on the original story and a ...

The Lehigh Valley doesn’t have much of a burlesque scene today, but not all that long ago Allentown was one of the major hubs for it on the East Coast. Maybe that's because burlesque has evolved from ...

Burlesque continues to bump along in a few flyspecked theaters around the U.S., its tarnished sequins blinking bravely in the murk of purple spotlights, its audiences of sailors and cackling oldsters ...

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