A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous...
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Empire Burlesque is the twenty-third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on June 10, 1985 on Columbia Records. Self-produced...
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American burlesque is a genre of variety show derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall, and minstrel shows. Burlesque became popular in...
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Look up burlesque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Burlesque is a classic musical or theatrical entertainment of parodic humour. Burlesque may also...
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Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin. It stars Cher, Christina Aguilera, Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet...
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Burlesque is a musical with a book by Steven Antin, including additional material by Kate Wetherhead, and music and lyrics by Christina Aguilera, Sia...
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Neo-burlesque, or new burlesque, is the revival and updating of the traditional American burlesque performance. Though based on the traditional burlesque...
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Dita Von Teese (category American neo-burlesque performers)
is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, actress, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the...
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Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian England and in...
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Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released by Screen Gems, Inc and RCA Records on November...
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Minsky's Burlesque refers to the brand of American burlesque presented by four sons of Louis and Ethel Minsky: Abraham 'Abe' Bennett Minsky (1880–1949)...
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The Burlesque Hall of Fame (BHOF) is the world's only museum dedicated to the history, preservation, and future of the art of burlesque. Located in the...
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Dirty Martini (born Linda Marraccini) is an American burlesque dancer, pin-up model and dance teacher. She is best known for her over-the-top performance...
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Burlesque in Harlem (also released as Rock & Roll Burlesque and A French Peep Show) is a 1949 revue film directed by William D. Alexander. It features...
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Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American musical comedy mystery film directed by William...
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Gypsy Rose Lee (category American burlesque performers)
Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous...
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SuicideGirls (section Blackheart Burlesque)
female. SuicideGirls' 15th anniversary was celebrated at its Peek-A-Boo burlesque show, which is a regular act at Pour Vous nightclub in Los Angeles, and...
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Dildoides (redirect from Dildoides: A Burlesque Poem)
Dildoides: A Burlesque Poem is a 1706[clarification needed] work by Samuel Butler about a collection of dildos that was seized and destroyed by the authorities...
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Canasta is a New York City-based Neo-Burlesque performer. She is the producer and host of Sweet & Nasty Burlesque, and the featured performer in the New...
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since performed in two concert residencies. She also starred in the film Burlesque (2010) and contributed to its soundtrack, earning a Golden Globe Award...
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Striptease (category Burlesque)
performs a striptease is commonly known as a "stripper" or an "exotic" or "burlesque" dancer. The origins of striptease as a performance art are disputed and...
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The Pussycat Dolls (redirect from Pussycat Dolls Burlesque Troupe)
Los Angeles, California, by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a neo-burlesque troupe. At the suggestion of Jimmy Iovine, Antin decided to take the troupe...
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Angelique Pettyjohn (section Burlesque)
Perrins; March 11, 1943 – February 14, 1992) was an American actress and burlesque queen. She appeared as the drill thrall Shahna in the Star Trek: The Original...
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Danielle Colby (category American neo-burlesque performers)
Chicago, she attended a burlesque performance starring comedian Margaret Cho and dancer Satan's Angel prompting her to become a burlesque dancer. After she...
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Burlesque Fairytales is a 2009 British thriller film written and directed by Susan Luciani set in a fictional 1930s London theatre starring an ensemble...
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Ariana Savalas (category American neo-burlesque performers)
January 9, 1987) is an American host, burlesque performer, singer, and songwriter. She has performed in burlesque cabarets worldwide, including as the...
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of the non-fiction book Pretty Things: the Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens, (HarperCollins 2006) and the novel Sporting Guide (Regan Arts/Phaidon...
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"Burlesque" is a song written by Roger Chapman and John Whitney and performed by English rock band Family. It was first released as a single on the Reprise...
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Grant Lee Buffalo (redirect from Shiva Burlesque)
All three were previously members of another Los Angeles band, Shiva Burlesque. In the late 1980s, Jeffrey Clark, Grant-Lee Phillips, James Brenner and...
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Ball of Fire (redirect from The Professor and the Burlesque Queen)
Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary...
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