Operetta Research Center » Burlesque

Why oh why oh why oh! Burleycue in Ohio: “The Bandbox Revue” Of 1922

kevin — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:31:34 +0000

This picture looked to me like a rather nice American girlie entertainment from the Twenties. Wonder what it is, thought

kevin — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 09:40:31 +0000

A burlesque of Longfellow’s poem of the same name, the extravaganza Evangeline followed the trials and tribulations of its heroine

kevin — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:27:56 +0000

They are certainly five magnificent cowboys, but with a twist. The fact that they dance an Offenbach pas de deux

kevin — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:08:44 +0000

I first came seriously in contact with F. C. Burnand’s burlesque, Ixion, when working on my biography of burlesque megastar,

kevin — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:13:41 +0000

Amy Sheridan was something of a phenomenon. When she died, in 1878, at a Brighton boarding house, aged 39, of

kevin — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:35:04 +0000

A fortunate series of simultaneous anniversaries—the 300th of the founding of New Orleans, the 75th of the New Orleans Opera,

kevin — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 10:29:28 +0000

Today I got led (via my blonde burlesque ladies) into the world of the ‘spectacular theatre’. You know, those shows

kevin — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 20:38:22 +0000

Last night, I was researching in ancient texts, trying to track down the history of a burlesque blonde who went

kevin — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:13:30 +0000

There is a renewed interest in operetta internationally, not just the French and Austrian variety of the genre, but also

kevin — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:59:21 +0000

Lydia Thompson [Eliza Hodges Thompson] is one of the theatre’s ‘legends’, and as in the case of other such legendary

kevin — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:01:20 +0000

We have been talking about burlesque and boylesque a lot here, lately. But have you ever heard of “Berlinesque”? And,

kevin — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:14:36 +0000

Australia’s most successful ever international manufacturer of musical plays was born Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada 10 May 1842. The grandson of