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...re shown back to back. Many of these inner-city theatres formerly featured burlesque shows which featured "bump and grind" dancing, leading to the term "grind-h

...ate Victorian and Edwardian eras famous for her roles in operetta, musical burlesque, music hall, opera and, later, comic plays. ...joined the Gaiety Theatre company, playing Marguerite in the hit Victorian burlesque ''Faust up to Date'', which toured America (1889–90), and then the Britis

...de show and the next. Its owners have helped to create related cabaret and burlesque shows in other cities. Unrelated businesses have used the phrase "Crazy Hor {{cat|Cabarets in Paris|Burlesque theatres}}

...naged his own company. For over a decade, starting in 1884, Edouin managed theatres in London, particularly the Strand Theatre, producing and starring in comed ...played in Fawcett's stock company at the Princess's Theatre, Melbourne, in burlesque.

'''Le Lido''' is a [[cabaret]] and [[burlesque]] show located on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It opened in 1946 ...rding to Forbes, they are "some of the world’s most beautiful and talented burlesque dancers". The cast comes from all over the world, and are noted for their s

...d on the corner of a block of buildings that included the Apollo and Lyric theatres, where Archer Street joined Great Windmill Street, just off Shaftesbury Ave ...ondon and provincial theatres and music halls. The Piccadilly and Pavilion theatres copied the format and ran non-stop shows, reducing the Windmill's attendanc

...the concert saloon, minstrelsy, freak shows, dime museums, and literary [[burlesque]], vaudeville became one of the most popular types of entertainment in Nort ...le" had been used in the United States as early as the 1830s, most variety theatres adopted the term in the late 1880s and early 1890s for two reasons. First,

American strip tease nurtured its roots in carnivals and Burlesque theatres. The art and business enjoyed prosperity as the United States economy grew === Burlesque ===

...articular, moving panoramas, demonstrated a vocabulary of the spectacular. Burlesque, itself a bawdy hybrid of various theatrical forms, lent to classic revue a ...venues. (The shows did, however, continue to infrequently appear in large theatres well into the 1950s.) The high ticket prices of many revues helped ensure a

...ed his stomach. In 1881, she played the leading soprano role of Mabel in a burlesque of ''The Pirates of Penzance'' at Pastor's theatre. She next played at the ...rica, touring for Pastor in Solomon's comic operas and playing in New York theatres or on tour in Gilbert and Sullivan and in operettas. In 1886, Solomon was a

...the Doric Ballroom. When it opened on 21 April 1958 it offered traditional burlesque-style entertainment, which included strip tease, and was popular with leadi [[Category:Former theatres in London]]

...agers, bearing various names, to become known as one of the most important theatres in New York history. ...Evans Burton, with The Rivals. In 1858, Joseph Jefferson performed in the burlesque Mazeppa<ref group="Note">''Mazeppa'' is a poem by Lord Byron: Mazeppa is ca

...s in the greater San Francisco area. From these studies, LeRoy devised a [[burlesque]] of the comedian, and perfected his imitation on the local amateur circuit ...cals with a portrayal of the young Gypsy Rose Lee in her early career as a burlesque stripper, played by [[Natalie Wood]] and [[Rosalind Russell]] as her domine