Burlesque isn’t just striptease. It’s live performance that trades in sex appeal, but it isn’t sex. Sex is the object, not the verb, you might say. Chicago has a bustling burlesque scene, never more ...

WILTON — Burlesque was a glittering fantasy that was the height of American entertainment in the 1940s and 50s. It was a comedic evening that combined graceless sight gags with graceful dancers, and ...

(Editor's note: Burlesque shows, once a staple of turn-of-the-last-century entertainment, have become fashionable again. With that in mind, the Press-Register's Robert McClendon attended Friday ...

1 Review: Fidelity Theatricals Serves Up Waitress at Don’t Tell Mama " It's going to be another steamy weekend, and this time it has nothing to do with global warming... Leave your scarf and coat at ...

CHICO — A wildly enthusiastic audience greeted Director Phil Ruttenburg at Chico Cabaret when he made announcements before the opening of the fourth annual “Holiday Burlesque and Vaudeville Comedy ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Some might say that there is no way to improve upon a beautiful woman in a corset. Like a sunset or a meadow in springtime, they'd argue, embellishment is uncalled for. It's gilding ...

As a recent newcomer to burlesque, I read Laurie Penny's article with shock and disappointment (Burlesque laid bare, 15 May). Shock at the sweeping conclusions she draws, and disappointment that she ...

Shawn Derek, quite a guy, and Tempest Storm. Photo by: John Katsilometes Elion Ness, in full gown. Photo by: John Katsilometes A sex-ified sextet of ladies in flapper-type, canary-yellow dresses and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the Depression-era days of Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque dancing was about as naughty, and as nude, as it got in public. The emphasis was on the tease more ...