Every seat in the house was packed opening night of the first ever Florida Burlesque Festival at Fort Lauderdale's Cinema Paradiso. Attendees scrambled to save seats for friends who were on their way.

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 ...

“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.

When people hear the term “burlesque” some still think of that 2010 film with Christina Aguilera. For others—like performers Lita Deadly, Jasper St. James and Dino Foxx—it’s a more nuanced label, one ...

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: ...

Whether a veteran or a first-timer, the SA Burlesque Festival is ready to make you feel exposed. Credit: POC Photo Gone are the days when the image of burlesque is a pale vixen with a very large ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The New York Burlesque Festival is the largest and most acclaimed festival of its ...