Weekly Burlesque

Weekly Burlesque: Miss Coney Island 2008

It's Gal Friday! The Miss Coney Island Pageant of the Millenium is a burlesque of a beauty pageant with sideshow…

Weekly Burlesque: Dick Zigun, burlesque impresario

I've been conducting a series of interviews with Dick Zigun, and I'm going to give you just a taste of…

Weekly Burlesque: Interview with Catherine D’Lish

It's my birthday, so I got myself an interview with Catherine D'Lish. As I've mentioned previously, I'm crrrrrrazy about Ms.…

Weekly Burlesque: Porcelain Twinz

There are several velvet-rope bars on Christie Street in Manhattan, in a section of the city formerly reserved for lower-income…

Weekly Burlesque: Interview With Baby Doe

Although I missed the first Tease-o-rama convention (I was in San Francisco for the Sex Workers' Film Fest, where Erochica…

Weekly Burlesque: Fan-cy

In fan workshops, once we master some of the hand positions, we talk about the conceal/reveal opportunities afforded by fans.…

Weekly Burlesque: Interview with Selene Luna

“Selene Luna lives in a building once inhabited by Lucille Ball, and whatever magic Ball left in the walls seems…

Weekly Burlesque: Bambi’s Blacklight Spectacular

New Yorkers often bring their most inventive A-Games to Coney Island's Burlesque at the Beach, a series which has been…

Weekly Burlesque: Interview with Garo Sparo

In a recent post, I described how many burlesque performers collaborate very closely with designers, and named corsetier Garo Sparo…

Weekly Burlesque: Sex Worker’s Art Show Riles ‘Em Up

I wanted to go on the Sex Workers' Art Show Tour this year, as I did last year, but I…

Weekly Burlesque: Blog Post About A Blog Post

When I was a stripper at the Cheetah III, we had a calendar on the wall that listed all the…

Weekly Burlesque: Burlesque on the Subway? Not Exactly.

One of the interesting side effects of burlesque getting better and better known is that there are more and more…