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 ...

Editor's Note: The story previously referenced Roxi D'Lite as a drag queen; she is not. She's a female burlesque performer, and just as fabulous as a drag queen. Thanks for taking it in stride, Roxi.

'Some Enchanted Evening, The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein' The Hippodrome Theatre invites the public to kick off 2026 with romance, passion, and the music that theatergoers have grown to love: ...

Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett), burlesque madame extraordinaire, has been getting back to basics: the vintage songs, costumes and vibe that pulled her into the burlesque scene to begin with. That’s ...

Cleveland Burlesque conjured up the spirit of Halloween with The Velvet Nocturne, its latest revue. Here’s all the action we saw. Emanuel Wallace is a photographer and journalist from Cleveland, Ohio.

Macabre Noir (Pittsburgh) – Le Femme Mystique Burlesque’s TEASE! The 11th anniversary show Sponsored by Good Life – Body Piercing + Fine Jewelry! – Photo ...

"The Nutcracker" is a classic holiday tale that most could likely recite (or at least hum a few bars of) in their sleep. But what if the confections of Clara's dreams got candy-coated in glamour, ...

This time of year, some things are meant to go together: mint and chocolate, Rudolph and Santa, Swallow Hill and spangles. Catch the belles of bump ‘n grind Orchid Mei, Violetta Volare, Tatianna TaTa, ...

Anna Smith Higgs was just 24 years old when she suffered from a stroke on Christmas Day in 2004, just a month after the birth of her son, Henry. Devastated, she would spend the next five months in the ...

Toronto's burlesque scene, while thriving, still struggles with diversity. The artform dates back to the mid-19th century, and Black, Asian, and ...

At nearly every drag and burlesque show, I get asked the same question: How long have you been doing this? I never really know how to respond. The easy, sort of official answer is that I had my ...

Next month, I travel to Saint Louis for my very first out-of-town gig. While I saw a few drag shows during college in Santa Fe and have been once to Denver’s Hamburger Mary’s, the bulk of my drag ...