The New York Burlesque Festival is the largest and most acclaimed festival of its kind in the world, attracting sold-out crowds since its premiere in 2003. This fall marks the 19th year for this ...

Their venues are closed and their stages are dark, but New York City’s burlesque performers are itching for the return of feathers, tassels and harnesses. Veronica Viper at the Slipper Room on the ...

Tempest Storm, the burlesque star who left audiences breathless for decades, died Tuesday. She was 93. Storm died at her home in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. She was surrounded by ...

After more than a year without live, in-door audiences, arts venues around Seattle continue to struggle because of the pandemic. But one group of burlesque performers have teamed up to create a new co ...

When the salon she was working at burned down, Brook Umbrell took it as a sign that maybe it was time to take a risk and throw caution to the wind. So she packed up and moved to Chicago from a small ...

Rhinestones, fringe, laughter and dancing — anything can happen on a burlesque stage. The Lalas, a Los Angeles-based burlesque group, are set to perform two shows at the Hollywood Casino Columbus ...

The wildly successful Dallas Burlesque Festival returns for its twelfth year with a new date and location. Join the Ruby Revue on Saturday, May 8th at the historic Band Shell at Fair Park. See ...

It’s time to deck the halls and light up the stage. The Savannah Burlesque Festival is bringing performers both in-person and virtual to Club One, 1 Jefferson St., on Dec. 3 and 4. The "Visionary ...

A Metro desk collaboration features portraits in color film that honor burlesque’s history and showcase its vibrancy. The photographer Kholood Eid with Jo Weldon, a performer, in Coney Island, ...

Southern Nevada lost a legend last month when burlesque queen Tempest Storm, who was pals with Frank Sinatra and dated both Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy, died at her Las Vegas apartment at age 93 ...