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Picks of the Glitter: Hula and Apple Pie Edition.
Ruby Mimosa (By Debora Spencer Photography) Want to add a little sway to your summer? Look no further than the all-level hula class brought to you by Ruby Mimosa (aka “The Island Flower”) over at the...
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Paint it black.
Maui’s black light troupe The Ultraviolets This week’s most unique show also happens to be the most logistically challenging: The Can Can presents The Ultraviolets Black Light Burlesque at The Can Can...
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Get your Southern Gothic on with Stripped Screw.
This poster is seriously spooky and therefore needs no caption. Temperatures are rising, and with it Stripped Screw Burlesque’s propensity for lunacy and wild fits of lascivious behavior. Their savage...
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Picks of the Glitter: SeaMen at the Rendezvous.
Mod Carousel: Thursday July 25 at the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater This week’s top show pick is a no-brainer for sheer manpower alone. The spectacular three-headed monster that is boylesque troupe Mod...
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A very ‘Festive’ showcase; the return of The Log Lady.
Wanna meet the man, the myth, the legend? This week a person near and dear to our hearts at BSP – partner in crime Paul O’Connell of POC Photo – is the focus of an artist-curated display of photography...
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Gone but never forgotten.
Dixie Evans 1926-2013 As word spreads quickly around the international burlesque community, most of you have heard that Dixie Evans has passed away at a Las Vegas assisted-care facility after suffering...
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The Truth Is Down There: Jo Jo Stiletto on The Burl-X-Files.
Mulder & Scully (The Shanghai Pearl and Jake Groshong) Photo by Jules Doyle ~ Written by Jessica Price Three weeks from the launch of her brand new show The Burl-X-Files, the effusive dynamo that...
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Che festa! (Anno due) Burlesco DiVino returns to The Triple Door.
Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann (POC Photo) Many grand ideas have been born over a glass of wine. In the case of Burlesco DiVino: Wine in Rome, it was the nationwide Month of Riesling celebration that...
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Three reasons why you should see The Burl-X-Files.
Need any further convincing to go see the final three performances of Jo Jo Stiletto’s hilariously spooky (and extremely sexy) Burl-X-Files? We’ll give you THREE really, really good ones: The...
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Sinner Saint Burlesque’s last night at Noc Noc.
Sinner Saint Burlesque performed for the last time at Noc Noc on August 22. (POC Photo) On August 22, after seven years of bawdy and beautiful weekly performances, Sinner Saint Burlesque took the stage...
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The Shanghai Pearl’s Burlesque Royale.
La Chica Boom will appear in Burlesque Royale, September 14 (Photo by Hanna Quevedo) ~ Written by Jessica Price The Shanghai Pearl’s upcoming Burlesque Royale is in many ways the show she was born to...
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Burlesque Royale: a positively dreamy photo recap.
Ah, Burlesque Royale. Minds were blown; hearts set afire. A diverse array of fiercely unique women shared their larger-than-life talents at Seattle’s Triple Door on September 14. If you missed it, what...
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A Q&A with Lily Verlaine on La Danse! Le Burlesque! L’Edition Francaise!
Lily Verlaine and Kitten LaRue (Photo by Christopher Nelson) One week before opening night, Artistic Director and Choreographer Lily Verlaine chatted with me via email regarding the magnifcent trifecta...
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For you.
We here at Burlesque Seattle Press are taking a week or two off to work on some glamorous freelancing…but don’t you fret. You know we always leave a little something special for you to feast your eyes...
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Picks of the glitter: a cornucopia of fall burlesque events!
There are too many noteworthy shows to mention over the next few weeks. Here’s our top picks for the most stellar events to keep you warm before the holiday blitz begins: 10/26 Witching Hour starring...
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One to watch: Meneldor Photography.
The visually striking images of Meneldor Photography have been popping up all over the place recently. Rick Priest has been hard at work, quietly building up a formidable portfolio that moves between...
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Happy anniversary, Bombshells!
~ Written by Jessica Price The supertroupe that first put the sparkle in many a future burlesquer’s eye celebrates a milestone anniversary this year- The Atomic Bombshells have been strutting their...
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“Bettie Page Reveals All” coming to SIFF Cinema.
Bettie Page by Bunny Yeager, 1954 Bettie Page Reveals All, a new documentary from director Mark Mori and writer/editor Douglas Miller, will premiere at SIFF Cinema Uptown December 5 at 7pm. The special...
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Land of the Sweets & throwing out all the rules: an interview with Mr. Bruce...
Land of the Sweets returns to the Triple DoorDecember 12-28, 2013 Last week the curtain lifted on the eighth year of Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker. Costumes were unpacked, last year’s...
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Gift it, baby: Picks of the Glitter.
Epic. Lily Verlaine and just some of the cast of House of Thee Unholy (POC Photo) Waxie Moon and Paris Original. (POC Photo) There are few shows that so brilliantly fuse the worlds of rock and roll,...
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