As the popularity of burlesque has spread around the globe, the New Orleans Burlesque Festival’s Queen of Burlesque competition has become a coveted crown. “New Orleans was my biggest dream,” says ...

Poison Ivory remembers one of the first times she stepped onstage, just four years ago, as an inexperienced burlesque performer in New York, at the weekly “Le Scandal” cabaret show. The audience was ...

The Red Velvet Burlesque Show – started during the pandemic at venues around the country – has made a name for itself through audience-engaging burlesque and variety performances. Its unique approach ...

Are you ready to celebrate the big and beautiful! An often overlooked group of folks in the drag and burlesque communities are the ones with the curves and swerves and Fat Chance: A Plus Size Drag and ...

“Cutthroat” probably isn’t the first description people think of when it comes to burlesque, but the stage can be a competitive world. The Burlypicks is an international competition that pits ...

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Nancy Myers, a stripper known as Tammi True when she worked at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club, holds a poster from the documentary about her life, "True Tales." See a burlesque double feature at the ...