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Get Your Sin On With Sunday School-Themed Second Sunday Revival

By Sam Byrd
Jul 5, 2019

Join Tifa Tittlywinks and the burlesque performance troupe Dem Damn Dames for an afternoon of entertainment and mischievously delicious fun as part of Market Square Park's Sunday School Theme Second Sunday festivities.
Tainted Cabaret Pushes The Envelopes of Naughty and Funny at The Secret Group

By Vic Shuttee
Apr 2, 2019

"I first picked up a guitar at 20 or 21. I just wanted to make my friends laughs, and kept thinking up silly little ideas."
Sell Your Body Show's Latest Menu Offers Comedy, Chocolate and Nudity

By Sam Byrd
Jul 14, 2017

Rec Room Arts puts on a show all dessert lovers can get behind.
The Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Ruby Revue Burlesque Show

By Nancy Rodriguez
May 26, 2017

Houston has a weekend full of bombshells, penguins and ballerinas all in one weekend.
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Sondheim, Beatles and Wine

By Susie Tommaney
Dec 16, 2016

Santa wants to know whether you've been naughty or nice this year, but we think there's no wrong answer here. Embrace a little bit of both this weekend in Houston. We've got the rapping Witch in the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical mashup, Into The Woods, plus some naughty XXX-mas carols and...
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Witches, Nerd-lesque & Music

By Susie Tommaney
Jul 8, 2016

All we have to say about the body painting by RCC Creations is that it's freaking awesome. KiKi Maroon's Comic Strip mixes in a little burlesque, comic book characters and comedians for one bawdy Saturday night. The themes continue all weekend with comedian Jim Gaffigan headlining in The Woodlands, and...
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Puppies for Breakfast and More

By Susie Tommaney
May 20, 2016

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and good examples can be found in our pool of presidential candidates (D.L. Hughley's in town for some skewering) and in the very strange ten-part Netflix documentary Making a Murderer (Steven Avery's defense attorneys can answer our questions). This weekend includes free performances of Puccini's Tosca...
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Bayou City Art Festival & More

By Susie Tommaney
Apr 29, 2016

Forget Second City. Comedy and improv greats are descending on H-Town this weekend for the Houston Improv Festival; over at the Hobby Center, teenage murder is on the menu with Heathers the Musical; and the jiggly lovelies are doing some great things over at the Benefit Betties Ball. The weather...
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Horse Races & a Drone Drama

By Susie Tommaney
Mar 25, 2016

It's the first weekend of spring, and there's lots to see and do in Houston before sitting down for this Sunday's Easter brunch or dinner. It's opening night and the quarter horses are at the starting gate over at Sam Houston Race Park, there's a battle between sci-fi and fantasy...
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: A '60s Spin on Figaro & More

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 22, 2016

In Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Count Almaviva has married his Rosina, now the Countess (Ailyn Pérez), but instead of a first love/true love story arc (from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville), it seems the Count has strayed repeatedly in his wedding vows. “Their love has fallen away. She has...
Anime Matsuri Returns to Houston and It's Bigger Than Ever

By Phaedra Cook
Mar 30, 2015

Anime Maturi, the convention that anime fans of all ages love, returns from Friday April 3 through Sunday, April 5. It's now in its ninth year and there are several new features for 2015. The show has grown so large it will take up all of the first floor of...
Houston Woman Bares All in Stripper Memoir

By William Michael Smith
May 30, 2014

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that in a room full of suits, the naked chick holds all the cards." Ever wonder what it would be like to walk in to the Men's Club and take your clothes off for an audition? Read the first eight pages of Stacey Keith's...
Just a Tease: 10 Photos of Dita Von Teese to Prepare You for Strip Strip Hooray [Slightly NSFW]

By Cory Garcia
Apr 3, 2014

Let us cut to the chase: you care not about the words on this page. I know this. You know this. I could share with you the epic tale of a web editor at an alt-weekly who wanted nothing more than the best burlesque slideshow for you, dear reader, to...
UPDATED: What's the Status of Burlesque in Houston? sNSFW

By Brittanie Shey
Feb 4, 2014

Check out our slide show of the burlesque festival. In November 2010, my colleague Pete Vonder Haar asked the question "Why Doesn't Houston Have a Burlesque Troupe?" Three-plus years later, the burlesque scene in Houston is booming, and boasts at least five unique troupes plus a handful of solo artists,...
sNSFW PICS: SuicideGirls Brings Modern Burlesque to House of Blues

By Brittanie Shey
Oct 28, 2013

If you find the Burlesque revival a little too quaint, the Blackheart Burlesque Tour might be just for you. The production, put on by early-Internet alt-softcore-porn site SuicideGirls will take place November 2 at House of Blues and promises to offer tease-tastic performances with a decidedly modern twist, according to...
You Too Can Look and Smell Like Dita von Teese -- But Only if You Live in Europe

By Christina Uticone
Jun 21, 2012

Dita von Teese is an arresting beauty, known as much for her dedication to the "bombshell pin-up" look and brief marriage to rocker Marilyn Manson as for her actual career as a burlesque dancer. If you attended her Strip, Strip, Hooray! show at the House of Blues last year you...
Ruby Revue Burlesque Ticket Giveaway (w/ sNSFW VIDEO)

By Brittanie Shey
May 30, 2012

Video by Heather Alexander It's no secret we love the ladies (and gents) of Ruby Revue Burlesque. That's why we sent videographer Heather Alexander to their show at House of Blues this past weekend, where she talked to fellow fans and interviewed Missy Lisa, founder of the Dallas-based troupe. Peep...
Slideshow: Stripping Through the Ages (NSFW)

By Troy Schulze
Dec 29, 2010

Dallas' Ruby Revue burlesque group returned to the the House of Blues Tuesday night. The curvy ladies jiggled and swung their pasties in spirals to the theme of vintage burlesque. (No blood or alien-bursting nipples this go-round--their last visit's theme was horror.) If Houston crowds are turning out this well...
Slideshow: Ruby Revue Burly-Q at House of Blues (NSFW)

By Troy Schulze
Oct 27, 2010

The curvy ladies of Ruby Revue Burlesque performed in the Foundation Room at The House of Blues last night. As the photos attest, the theme was horror. One girl is covered with a black robe and holding a naked baby doll. What happens when the robe comes off isn't very...

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RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Winning Clown JIMBO Channels Six Characters In “Pee Wee” Style Drag Circus

Musical Comic Matt Griffo at Studio Regina

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