Taking inspiration from Bettie Page and 1950s pinups, Lower East Side bar Nurse Bettie hosts twice-weekly burlesque shows on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Last Thursday (4/11), Julie Tease, ...

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 than the strip, until Playboy and harder-core ...

These days, burlesque is a term as abused as a stripper’s feet at the end of a night in clear heels. Oops, that was a bad comparison — especially because, dammit ...

Earlier this month, Florida settled a lawsuit filed by several LGBTQ rights groups against the law popularly known as “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement clarifies that the law does not fully prohibit ...

Twas the Night Before Nutcracker” blends burlesque, Broadway and acrobatics in its grown-up reimagining of the classical ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Blaze Starr, a burlesque icon and stripper whose affair with a 1950s-era Louisiana governor gained notoriety for both parties, died Monday at age 83. Starr's nephew, Earsten ...