Burlesque has always been a risqué business. It’s tasteful, even when it feels taboo. But that illicit treatment of the art form is what’s hindered off-Strip burlesque from becoming as mainstream as ...

For Seattle burlesque performer Mx. Pucks A’Plenty, “there is just something magical about funk music. You hear a funk song and it’s hard to stay in a bad mood.” They think of songs like Stevie Wonder ...

The 3rd Annual INTERNATIONAL BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE FESTIVAL is a one-of-a-kind sensual literary weekend celebration of four uniquely different BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE shows that highlight a mix of ...

“Burlesque is considered the art of the tease and the thing about tease is that it can be damn near anything,” Murphy Lawless, a nonbinary producer of the first RVA Burlesque Festival, said.

But burlesque is an art; it's not stripping. When Johanna Krynytzky puts on her leopard lingerie and red lipstick, when she hoists an ostrich feather fan and slips into the character of Miss Lily ...

Feb. 8—Spend Valentine's Day weekend at the fifth annual New Mexico Burlesque Festival, where sensuality and the human body are celebrated to the highest degree. Burlesque is an entertainment form ...

Foxy Flambeaux, Praline DuPree, Kitty Twist from "Secrets in Lace Presented Bustout Burlesque in The Mystick" presented at the Royal Sonesta Hotel last September. NEW ORLEANS BURLESQUE FESTIVAL What: ...