The Neo-Burlesque Boom

“[It] seems clear that burlesque in its current incarnations can be checked off the endangered species list of performing arts. … While these productions generally involve some stage of undress, they ban total nudity and emphasize a tongue-in-cheek attitude” – with such acts as a magician who combines card tricks with striptease and the perfomer Alli Oops and her “French Fry Fan Dance.”