She doesn’t sing that way because she’s had it easy.” This is how Tess (Cher), the long-suffering owner of the nightclub at the center of Burlesque, defends her new star, Ali (Christina Aguilera), to ...

Burlesque might bring to mind the life of a showgirl like Dita Von Teese or the stocking-adorned duo Christina Aguilera and Cher formed for a movie. The cabaret troupe Sign of the Beast Burlesque’s ...

A history lesson: By definition, Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work meant to humor, and challenge by it’s ludicrous treatment of subject matter. The word derives from the Italian word ...