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Bacon vs. Rand
Zeigfeld called her “the most beautiful woman in the world”.  Born in California, Faith Bacon began her burlesque career in Paris in the early 1920’s, returning to the United States to appear on Broadway in Eric Carroll’s Vanities in 1928.  Her first...

Social Media blew up this weekend when Madame Cocksworthy of Tucson threw up a Nazi salute during her act and again at curtain call. The premise of the act was apparently to portray a Trump supporter in a satirical light, but the message missed the audience...

Burlesque Etiquette with Jo Weldon
Making Introductions: Etiquette Guidelines for Performers and Emcees
We couldn’t think of anyone’s advice we’d rather take than Miss Jo “Boobs” Weldon, Founder of the New York School of Burlesque and author of The Burlesque Handbook, which is why we’re thrilled to have her as our Burlesque Etiquette contributor!  Have...

I didn’t come to the decision to perform burlesque in a wheelchair easily. I didn’t even own a personal wheelchair when I began reentering the burlesque world, in fact. At that point, I had been struggling with ever-increasing pain for years, gradually...