Long before strippers twirled on poles in G-strings you could floss with, men would get their jollies watching women twirl their pasties at a burlesque show.
With more than a dozen theaters that featured bodacious babes in barely-there costumes, New York was the epicenter of burlesque - at least until prudish city officials banned the shows in the late 1930s.
With the neo-burlesque movement back en vogue in New York - and with Christina Aguilera and Cher co-starring in the new movie, “Burlesque” - here’s a fond look back at burlesque’s heyday.
The best-known burlesque joint of all was Minsky’s on W. 42nd St., site of many a police raid over the years. Seen here in 1937, the building currently attracts a very different audience - it’s now the family-friendly New Victory Theater.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/galleries/burlesq/burlesq.html#ixzz16c6dgdby
With more than a dozen theaters that featured bodacious babes in barely-there costumes, New York was the epicenter of burlesque - at least until prudish city officials banned the shows in the late 1930s.
With the neo-burlesque movement back en vogue in New York - and with Christina Aguilera and Cher co-starring in the new movie, “Burlesque” - here’s a fond look back at burlesque’s heyday.
The best-known burlesque joint of all was Minsky’s on W. 42nd St., site of many a police raid over the years. Seen here in 1937, the building currently attracts a very different audience - it’s now the family-friendly New Victory Theater.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/galleries/burlesq/burlesq.html#ixzz16c6dgdby
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