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 ...

As a burlesque dancer at the Follies Theater in downtown L.A., Dixie Evans encountered a few rats in the early 1950s, but not all of them were customers. Some were actual rodents. “There was a big, ...

The combination of Kristen Bell, Christina Aguilera and burlesque can only mean one thing: Justin Timberlake is a dirty rotten liar, because sexy didn't come back until just now. THR reports that Bell ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're only as sexy as you feel, we can all take a lesson from the burlesque community's lusty ladies, who were out in full force this past weekend for the Toronto Burlesque Festival, which ...