Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Cirquelesque is coming to Charm City! Some of New York’s finest circus/boylesque artists are coming this weekend to perform at Boys Night – All Male Cirquelesque Revue this Saturday …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45PMThursday, November 17, 2016
Magic shows are often full of tricks and spectacle, “smoke and mirrors.” Going to a David London show though tends to take more of a psychological turn. There are still plenty feats of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:41PMFriday, November 4, 2016
I’ve said it before, for someone with a lot of friends who perform sideshow I’m kind of squeamish. I see, maybe, half of their acts, peeking through my fingers. Imagine my delight when I…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:09PMThursday, October 6, 2016
Oh Mama, Mama what am I to do? I like Shakespeare but I like to shimmy too! It’s ‘Shakespeare with Shake Appeal’ for two nights, Saturday, October 8th in Baltimore and then Sun…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:16PMWednesday, October 5, 2016
There is a spiritual element and aspect of ritual to burlesque and sideshow, two artforms linked to Carnival (literally translated – a farewell to the flesh). Hexwork pushes those ele…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:35PMWednesday, September 21, 2016
One of the things I love most about the burlesque and sideshow community is the sheer love for the craft and joy of performing that shines through when performers talk about their chosen art…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:19AMMonday, June 27, 2016
I think everyone who’s ever popped a pastie or twirled a tassel has thought about jumping out of a cake. When one actually considers the logistics of doing that though it quickly becomes …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30PMTuesday, April 26, 2016
Admittedly, I haven’t been to that many bachelorette parties, and with good reason – Ms. Blozia drinks a little – but the atmosphere at The Naked Magic Show at the Lincoln Theatre on…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:54PMWednesday, April 13, 2016
I’m a big fan of Christopher Guest, master of the mockumentary, and yet had shamefully never seen the movie that started it all, This is Spinal Tap, until my friends at Black Market Burles…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:56AMWednesday, April 6, 2016
Sometimes I hear a concept and I find it hard to envision – Shakespeare with no words for example. Having seen it, I’m now a huge fan and never miss a show. On the other hand, buff Au…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:42PMWednesday, March 16, 2016
Gigi Holliday is one busy lady! From running a burlesque academy, to producing a regular show for performers of color to running three different shows at L’Enfant Café the only chance we …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AMDC hearts its nerdlesque! Do a Doctor Who-, Game of Thrones-, or Walking Dead-themed show and the fanboys and girls are sure to show up. I got a chance to chat with Maki Roll recently who h…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:26AMSunday, February 7, 2016
In the Venn Diagram of your brain on burlesque and your brain on standup, Barenaked Comedy is the intersection. It made for an interesting energy flow at BNC’s first show in their new home…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05AMFriday, February 5, 2016
And the stars look very different today. David Bowie left us poor, mere earthlings behind last month but there are two burlesque shows in his honor happening next week! Philanthrotease is …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:40AMWednesday, January 27, 2016
The Round World is proud to present Avenue Burly Q, an evening of puppets and pasties, at the Bier Baron on January 31, 2016. Five of the DMV’s finest (weirdest) burlesque/boylesque and va…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:04PMWednesday, December 16, 2015
You know at this time of year, so much is centered on kids and entertainment for kids. Personally … blecch! I say it’s time to take that shiz back from the kids! I like my kids entertain…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32PMWednesday, November 25, 2015
Super-excited to get to talk with Montreal’s oh so fabulous Billy L’Amour, whose career spans ballet, cabaret, and burlesque and is bringing her one-woman show Gentlemen Prefer Billy to …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:34AMWednesday, November 18, 2015
The Weirdo Show is one of the DC Burlesque and Variety scene’s longest running and most beloved institutions. It started in 2006 and has continued, with some brief hiatuses and producer ch…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:09PMWednesday, October 28, 2015
Hello my name is Lucrezia and I am a Rocky Horror-aholic. Like I’ve got “Don’t Dream It, Be It” tattooed on my left bicep. Growing up it helped so many of us, who felt outside and un…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:09PMFriday, October 9, 2015
This Saturday, for the first time ever, the Strathmore’s new venue AMP will be featuring sideshow and variety when Atomic Doll Productions brings the New York Variety All Stars to town! We…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
TimelessTease Productions, a young burlesque troupe out of Baltimore, burst onto the scene last year with a very elaborate and scripted production, Steampunk Seductions. Since then they’ve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:08PMThursday, September 3, 2015
The Burlesque is Coming Tour is a big burlesque deal! This Game of Thrones-inspired tour is making 22 stops across the country – more than some major indie bands do! Oh, and, small detai…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:46PMTuesday, June 30, 2015
If you like to combine your thrills with chills, then you’ll want to be sure to catch The Apocalypse Peep Show, hosted and produced by Buster Britches, this Friday, July 3rd at 9 PM at th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:18AMWednesday, April 22, 2015
The Burlesque scene in DC and Baltimore is now a pretty vibrant one but once upon a time, about a baker’s dozen years ago, it was the landscape, and not the folks on stage, that was bare. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:09PMWednesday, April 15, 2015
That bevy of Baltimore beauties known as Bawdy Shop Burlesque have a busy next few months. I recently got a chance to catch up with them and chat about their next show, Don’t Knock the Blo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:14AMWednesday, March 11, 2015
When I first returned to DC “from abroad” in 2009 one of the powerhouses in the local burlesque scene was Li’l Dutch. Besides being an inventive and super fun performer (I laughed unti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:49AMThursday, February 5, 2015
One of the things I love most about the variety arts is that since it’s a retro art form there’s a lot of room to be innovative. One of the most innovative performers I know is magician …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMWednesday, December 17, 2014
Burlesque is an adult art form and as such interviews with burlesque performers include adult language. I met Reggie Bügmüncher (pronounced boo-moo-shay) when we both performed at a benefi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:08PMWednesday, December 3, 2014
The Nutcracker, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street… it’s that Christmas Special time of the year when families gather around the plasma flatscreen and enjoy eggnog and gi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:58PMThursday, November 20, 2014
If you missed Compound 50/50 Productions Barbarellesque last year at the Wind Up Space or this summer at the State Theatre you still have two chances to catch the super fun, super sexy send …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:29PMThursday, October 30, 2014
If you wear sexy costumes all year round you’ve got to really “raise the stakes” at Halloween. I chatted with Hot Night Productions Hot Todd Lincoln and Chérie Nuit and their guest ar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:24PM 
