“There’s always something very chaotic that happens on stage or off during the Colorado Burlesque Festival,” says Betsy Bootknocker, one of the event’s executive producers. “I’m always curious about ...

Burlesque has been captivating and tantalizing audiences for centuries. A new festival this weekend — Fatlesque Fest Northwest — is on a mission to disrupt the perceptions that surround burlesque and ...

Poison Ivory remembers one of the first times she stepped onstage, just four years ago, as an inexperienced burlesque performer in New York, at the weekly “Le Scandal” cabaret show. The audience was ...