The new acts’ major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample breasts, and highly fertile hips, these bombshells inspired women everywhere to exxagerate their...

The prosecutor uttered the party line that would distinguish revue from burlesque for the next thirty years. “The difference is movement. On Broadway, unadorned female figures are used to artistic advantage in tableaux. They do...

I don’t think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.