TOLEDO, Ohio — A once-thriving burlesque scene is getting a glamorous revival later this month, as local performer and choreographer Jess Worley, known on stage as Scarlett Kiss, prepares to bring ...

The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque has shared featured soloists' biographies and special events for the 2023 engagement. Now in its seventh edition, Chicago's favorite alternative twist on the ...

Allied Media Projects (AMP), a Detroit-based media collective, makes it their mission to shine a light on "all the ways we communicate with the world." Through their connections — locally and ...

Somewhere between Tropicana and nipple tassels exists the extravaganza that is Pasión Burlesque. Coproduced by Alexis Morgenstern and dancer Aurora Natrix, the show combines elements of the classic ...

Queer Liberty’s first show featured the group’s founder Gabriel VanHorn (far left) in his drag persona Showbiz Baby with local drag artists (from left to right) Ra O. O’Bishop, Medusa Chaos, Susu ...

Margaret Cho is the veritable Renaissance woman. As a stand-up comedian, Cho has boldly targeted both social and political issues in her routines, and is a fierce advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. As ...

ROCHESTER — There wasn’t much time for the two first-time burlesque dancers to get nervous before performing at Bleu Duck on Saturday, Aug. 20. The two were the first ones on the lineup of performers ...

"For women, saying 'yes' to our bodies is discouraged," Lillian Bustle tells PEOPLE Lillian Bustle initially began performing burlesque as a hobby while pursuing a musical theater career. “I had ...

On Saturday night, October 5th, the New Yorker Festival will stage what is certainly its first burlesque show, but of the up-to-date variety, called The New Burlesque. I first went to a new-burlesque ...

Stormy Gayle got her start with Bustout Burlesque before moving to Los Angeles, where she is currently based. She's expanded her repertoire to include aerial work as well as work with the 'Big Wheel' ...

Their creative partnership works so well that the duo co-founded Noir Rose Productions and launched Black in Bloom, Utah’s first all-Black burlesque show, earlier this year. They brought an elevated ...