Travel Back in Time to the Days of Burlesque
Neo-Burlesque is a flashbaclk to the days of classic burlesque fating back to the first half of the 20th century. It’s a hodge-podge of bawdy humor, caberet, racy burlesque dancers (suggestive but non-nude striptease), side show performers such as fire eaters, sword sallowers, singers, jugglers, contortionists tied in with some audience participation — all in one show.
Le Scandal Burlesque is a New York-based group of performers that New York’s Village Voice asks the question, “One wonders why there isn’t a year-long waiting list to get a piece of this action.” At times bizarre and risqué at others funny and freaky. You never know just what you’ll get get at their show, but expect a good sampling of new burlesque.
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Click here to see a quick video of Le Scandal Burlesque.
Le Scandal Burlesque
The Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave
Alexandria, VA 22305
Date and Time - Friday, May 25th, 7:30 p.m., doors open at 5:00 p.m., kitchen at 6:00 p.m.
Tickets -$19.50 and are available online.
Nearest Metro subway station - Pentagon City - Blue and Yellow line, then a 5-mile cab ride.
Parking - Free lighted, secure parking is available at the theater and included with the ticket service charge.
Some Burlesque Trivia
- The skits were called “bits”.
- For adancer to expose any part of her body was called “flashing”
- A “Sunday-school-show” was code to the dancers and comics to clean up their show as police or censors were in the audience.
- The strut before the strip was called the “trailer”.
- A dancer with a “swell set-up” meant she had a nice figure.
- When a comedy bit was not funny, it was said to “lay eggs”
- Burlesque was often called the “burleycue” or a “leg show”.
- Entertainers who got their start in burlesque include Abbott & Costello, Red Skelton, Al Jolson, W. C. Fields and Mae West.
NOTE: While all the shows at the The Birchmere are “all ages”, this show is probably not for kids.
Photos: All photos courtesy of Le Scandle Burslesque.
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