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Burlesque performers — people who have been professional burlesque entertainers during their careers. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories ...
Pages in category "American burlesque performers" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Burlesque in the United States" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Advertisement for a burlesque troupe, 1898 Souvenir programme for Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué. American burlesque is a genre of variety show derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall, and minstrel shows. Burlesque became popular in the United States in the late 1860s and slowly evolved to feature ribald comedy and female nudity.
American burlesque performers (1 C, 89 P) Argentine burlesque performers (5 P) B. British burlesque performers (1 C, 18 P)
Pages in category "Burlesque" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Burlesque on Ben-Hur, c. 1900. A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. [1] The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery. [2] [3]
This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname followed by their birth name. Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed. Those with a one-word stage name are listed in a separate article.