The New Orleans Burlesque Festival crowned a new Queen of Burlesque on Saturday (Sept. 20) at the sixth annual festival in the theater at Harrah's New Orleans. Elle Dorado of New Orleans won the ...

Commonly mistaken for little more than strip tease, burlesque has deep roots in vaudevillian parody. Performers Queenie O’Hart and Tootsie Spangles dish on the true trials and tropes of the art form.

Elle Dorado expanded her repertoire when she incorpated her experience as a competitive skater into her routine, which helped her win the 2014 New Orleans Burlesque Festival. (Photo by Grace Wilson, ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—A jazzy band behind her and 100 people crowded into a bar before her, the evening’s emcee walked on to stage wearing a Victorian outfit of corsets, bustles, bloomers and a feathered ...

"Burlesque is a journey, while stripping is a destination," says Zora Phoenix, a drag queen and one of Portland's most prolific burlesque producers. "Burlesque performers are strip teasers as opposed ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- You’ve come a long way, baby. The burlesque revival is a mature dame, going on her second decade. She started strutting some time in the mid-1990s – decades after strip bars and sex ...

This production stars international showgirl and Miss Tiki Oasis 2017, Di’ Lovely (San Diego), Queen of Burlesque 2014 title-holder Elle Dorado (New Orleans), and dynamo member of the Stage Door ...

The calendar may say January, but the show on stage will be as hot as summer when Broadway Bares: Winter Burlesque kicks off the 24th season of Broadway Bares with two sizzling performances on Sunday, ...

Here are a few more things worth knowing about the Make a Difference Films documentary flick. Secrets Of Burlesque starring Anna Fur Laxis, Boy George has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 52 min ...

SAN DIEGO >> A group of rampaging burlesque-inspired Godzilla monsters walked away with the top prize at Saturday’s Masquarade at Comic-Con International. The foursome — Lisa Truong, Lynleigh Sato, ...

'Highlight of this year's Fringe' (Heckler.com.au). The club has been closed for years since the 'incident' but you can still hear the piano echoing throughout the empty establishment. Sounds spooky, ...

Danielle Colby, known for role on the hit show American Pickers, is also passionate about burlesque performances. For the second year in a row she is bringing some of the most important names in ...